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| Alphabetical Surname Index | Cemetery Description | Virtual Cemetery | Cemetery Main Page |
This online index only lists the individual, death date (if
known) and reference page. We are creating a master index of everyone who is
buried in this county and their burial location to aid researchers. We are
especially in need of people buried here who have no stones or whose stones no
longer exist. If you have any of this information or if you have additional information for anyone who is buried in
this cemetery,
please
email the Warren County Genealogical Society.
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Cemetery Name |
Underwood |
| Variant Name(s) | Seceder's Church |
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Township |
Massie |
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Status |
Abandoned |
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First Known Burial |
1820 |
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General Condition |
Endangered |
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Tombstone Condition |
Poor |
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OGS Cemetery # |
12282 & 15908 |
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Location: |
East of Harveysburg. West side of Brimstone Rd. (CR 25) and North of Hwy 73 on Middletown Rd behind the Renaissance Festival buildings. Take the entrance to the Renaissance Festival office off Brimstone Rd. Follow the road until it dead ends. The cemetery will be on your left. |
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Coordinates: |
~39° 29' 57.74" N, 83° 59' 12.9" W |
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STR/ VMD |
770 |
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Property Account: |
4303067 |
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Parcel ID: |
10053000010 |
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Map: |
GIS Map of Location Plat Map Township Map |
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Cemetery History |
This cemetery is very
near the Renaissance Festival property in a wooded area. Part of the
allotted cemetery
is being farmed. There are no visible tombstones. They could be buried
underground.
According to Howard Doster, the Gaddis family owned the property from 1815 to about 1840. The Underwood's owned it from 1856 to about 1950. Howard said his 98 year old mother remembered when her father, Dan Underwood mowed the graveyard with a scythe while she picked wildflowers. From page 651 of Beers History of Warren County, "About the year 1820, near where the road from Waynesville to Wilmington crosses the Clinton County line, a log church was built in the interest of the Seceders, with the assistance of other denominations and those not belonging to any society. As it was free to all, it was known as the Public Meeting House. It also was used as a schoolhouse. In the ground surrounding it many bodies were buried, most of them having since been moved to other grounds; but many remain there, and the ground is now held by the township for burial purposes." |
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Cemetery Transcriptions |
Linda Eckert is currently photographing this cemetery. Probing still needs to be done. |
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Gravestone Images |
Gravestone photos for the Warren
County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project are being posted to the
Warren County OHGenWeb Project |
No known transcripts exist. If you have any further details on people buried in this cemetery, please email us at wcgs@co.warren.oh.us
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This page was created on 23 December 2009 last updated on
11 October 2010
