Warren County Genealogical Society
Warren County, Ohio
Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society

Ford Cemetery
Hamilton Township

(513) 695-1144

406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio 45036
Hours: 9 AM-4 PM Monday through Friday
Driving Directions

Cemetery Name

Ford

Township

Status

First Known Burial

General Condition

Tombstone Condition

OGS Cemetery #

Location:

On Cozzadale-Murdoch Road (CR#26), about 0.6 miles southeast of Zoar Road (CR#153) or 0.5 miles northwest of Dallasburg Rd (TR#51) to mailbox at 9882 Cozzadale-Murdoch Road.  The cemetery is about 1500 feet off the road in a northeastly direction and could be difficult to find without a GPS unit. Please note, this is private property.

The cemetery is in a large wooded area behind farm land and next to a house at 9882 Cozaddale-Murdock Rd.   Follow the farm field and fence to the creek in the woods.  Go until you cross the creek and come to a pathway.  You will follow this path until you get to the cemetery.  The cemetery is on the right side of the path up on a hilly area over looking the river.  It is very difficult to find.  There is a wire fence but it is in poor condition. 

Coordinates:

STR/ VMD

Property Account:

Parcel ID:

Map:

• USGS GNIS - Not listed
• Google Map at coordinates 39° 17' 24.66" -84° 10' 52.74"
• Warren County Auditor for Property Account # 2610701, Parcel ID 17201000010] - 139.42 acres vacant land
• Aerial Image of the cemetery location from Bing Maps
• Virginia Military District Survey #4239 from Warner's 1867 Warren County Ohio Wall Map

Cemetery History

The Ford Cemetery is a long neglected cemetery located in a heavily wooded area on a privately owned 139 acre parcel of vacant farm land in Virginia Military District Survey #4239.  Some of the early owners of the property can be identified by looking at various maps which would include J. Spence (1856, 1867, 1875), T. D. Spence (1892), W. F. Eltzroth (1903) & J. M. Cretcher (1932). The cemetery is included in the WPA Veteran Grave Registration Project as Cemetery #26 on page 13 which shows 7 rows containing 10 graves each.  The plat does not identify any veteran burials.

There were 33 known burials in this cemetery from 1815 to 1886 plus a footstone which does not match any of the names. Sadly, hardly any of the stones remain standing in 2009 and many of the stones are in pieces. Family names listed within include: Morgan, Creamer, Cramer, Snell, Leer, Lear, Pobst, McMullin, Neumaster, Hammer, Clark, and Spurling.  Our volunteers were able to find and photograph all but the stone for Nancy Fulks, dau. of J. & C. Fulks who died on 20 Dec 1835 aged 26 days.

Cemetery Transcriptions

• D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library)
  • Early Vital Records Volume 4, pages 24a
  • Early Vital Records Volume 21, pages 134a (listed as Cozaddale-Murdock Cemetery) listing 27 burials
• Warren County Genealogical Society
  • Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 5 page 5 listing 32 burials dating from 1815 through 1886 as read by Chester Dunn, Betty Dunn & Evelyn Preest
  • Our thanks to Warren County Genealogical Society volunteers, Henry Johnson, Vicki L. Bergerhouse and Dana Palmer who photographed all extant gravestones on 6 Oct 2009 for the "Warren County Virtual Cemetery Project." They were able to photograph gravestones for 32 of the 33 known burials in the cemetery as well as numerous footstones, including one marked J. D. H. which does not match any of gravestones.  There also found many fieldstones and other worn stones which are no longer identifiable.  All of the photos have been added to this website. These efforts will be incorporated into the new cemetery books planned by the society.
• Other Known Transcriptions
  • none known of

Gravestone Images

Gravestone photos for the Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project are being posted to the Warren County OHGenWeb Project
To view images ===> Ford Cemetery
To submit images ==> email to Arne H. Trelvik at atrelvik@gmail.com [please send high resolution digital images if available]