WCGS-Unity/ Gilbert Cemetery

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

Unity Church / Gilbert Cemetery
Deerfield Township

(513) 695-1144

406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio 45036
Hours: 9 AM-4 PM Monday through Friday
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wcgs@co.warren.oh.us

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.

Cemetery Description

Cemetery Name

Unity Church

Variant Name(s) Gilbert, C. E. Gilbert

Township
Deerfield

Status
Inactive

First Known Burial
1813

General Condition
Average Maintenance

Tombstone Condition
Poor

OGS Cemetery #
12215

Location:
North side of Bethany Road (CR 59) opposite Hickory Woods Drive, about 1/2 mile west of Mason-Montgomery Road (CR 21)

Coordinates:
39° 22' 51.56" N, 84° 19' 21.14" W

STR/ VMD
Section 31, Township 4, Range 3

Property Account:
1126586

Parcel ID:
12311010080 (0.805 acres)

Map:
GIS Map of Location Plat Map Township Map

USGS GNIS - Gilbert Cemetery; FID #1040860

Google Map at coordinates 39° 22' 51"N, 84° 19' 21"W

Warren County Auditor for the Unity Cemetery. - Property Account # 1126586 [Parcel ID 12311010080] - 0.805 acres [132' x 240']

Aerial Map from Windows.Live Local

Google Map

Range 3 North, Township 4 East, Section 31 from Warner's 1867 Wall Map of Warren County Ohio

Cemetery History
Beers History of Warren County, Ohio, page 642 says,
"One of the oldest burying-grounds was the now unused part of the Unity School lot. It was set apart about the year 1800, when the first bodies were buried there. In 1813, J. D. Lowe gave a lot, adjoining the one he gave to the Unity Church. In this many bodies have been interred, but it is no longer used as a burying-place."
From From Palmyra To Kirkwood - The Early Progress Of Mason by Dallas Bogan says, “In 1808, just seven years before the founding of Mason, the Presbyterian denomination was founded and were gathering in each other's homes for worship. At this time they called themselves the Unity Congregation of the Presbyterian Church. On December 3, 1812, Noah Cory and David Williamson, the first elders of the church, acquired a lot for $10 from Susan and George Howard. An adequate church was built. Families of the first church were: George, Mary, Peter and Hannah Williamson; John and Hannah Van Dyke; Judge Jacob D. Lowe; Peter and Catherine Wikoff; John and Jane Lynn; John and Mary Monfort; and Noah and Hannah Cory. In 1813, Jacob D. Lowe gave to the Unity Congregation a lot just west of the location of their church to be used as a cemetery. This cemetery was used until the early 1870's.”
A large number of the extant tombstones have been reset into a common, slanted concrete base. Other stones remain in the wooded areas on the perimeter of the cemetery, awaiting "rescue".
The only known military veteran buried in this cemetery is Thomas Hamilton who served in the Revolutionary War.

Cemetery Transcriptions

D.A.R. TURTLECREEK CHAPTER: Early Vital Records,
Volume 3 page 59

WARREN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY:
Vol 6 Old Cemeteries in eight townships, pages 363-364

Chuck Griffen visited the cemetery in July, 2006 and photographed all extant tombstones. The results of his efforts are posted here and will eventually be incorporated into a new edition of Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6. Chuck was able to locate stones for 48 of the 64 entries found in Volume 6. If you have photos of any of the missing stones listed below, please consider sharing them with us.

Gravestone Images

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

Alphabetical Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Photo #	Given Name	Death	Veteran	Cemetery	Vol	Page	Twp.
	----, ----	1836/1838		Unity	photo		Deerfield
A	Allen, Rhoda	1838		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Ammons, David D.	1839		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Ammons, Samuel S. W.	1845		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Ammons, Sarah	1840		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Ammons, William	1825		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
B	Ball, Elizabeth	1831		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Ball, Luther	1827		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Bercaw, Joshua	1831		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
Need Photo	Brewer, Cornelius	1836		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Brewer, Joseph H.	1837		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Brown, Mariah	1838		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
Need Photo	Bunnel, Benjamin	1854		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Bunnel, Henry	1829		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
Need photo	Bunnel, John			Unity	6	363	Deerfield
C Need photo	Cory, Adam			Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Cory, Emily E.	1848		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Cory, George L.	1848		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Cory, Hannah	1839		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Cory, Mary	1833		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Cory, Mary H.	1848		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Cory, Noah	[no dates]		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Coulson, Abigal	1815		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
D	Dunlap, Joseph	1849		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
F	Fugate, Elizabeth	1826		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
H Need photo	Hamilton, Thomas		Rev. War	Unity	email		Deerfield
I	Ingersoll, Hannah C.	1828		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Ingersoll, Sarah	1828		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
M	McKeig, Martha J.	1848		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
Need photo	Meighen, Abigail	1830		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Meighen, Charity	1841		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Meighen, Patrick	1844		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
	Monfort, Margeret	1829		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
Need photo	Murphy, Mary	1834		Unity	6	363	Deerfield
P	Peterson, Lucretia	1850		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need Photo	Peterson, Samuel	1854		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
R Need photo	Rynearson, Jane	1850		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Rynearson, Nicholas	1822		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
S	Schenck, Elizabeth Linn	1835		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Schenck, Hannah	1847		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need photo	Schenck, Hannah M.	1850		Unity	email	*	Deerfield
	Schenck, John R.	1846		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Schenck, Ruliff	1831		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Schenck, Thompson	1847		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Scott, Louisa C.	1858		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	See, Elizabeth (Keever)	1828		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	See, Felix	1851		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need photo	Smith, Ann Eliza	1849		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Staats, Garret	1849		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
T	Tullis, Barbara Ann			Unity	6	364	Deerfield
U	Ulm, Amanda	1865		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Ulm, Benjamin	1861		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Ulm, Hiram	1856		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Ulm, Mable	1862		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Ulm, Sarah J.	1859		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
V	Van Dyke, Lydia	1829		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
W Need photo	White, Caroline	[see notes]		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	White, Jane	1833		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	White, Sarah	1838		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need photo	White, Thomas	1866		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need photo	Wikoff, Catharine	1857		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need photo	Wikoff, Catharine Tice	1830		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Wikoff, Goretty (Monfort)	1830		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need photo	Wikoff, Helen	1830		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
Need photo	Wikoff, Infant son	[no dates]		Unity	6	364	Deerfield
	Wikoff, Peter	1829		Unity	6	364	Deerfield

Cemetery Name	Unity Church
Variant Name(s)	Gilbert, C. E. Gilbert
Township	Deerfield
Status	Inactive
First Known Burial	1813
General Condition	Average Maintenance
Tombstone Condition	Poor
OGS Cemetery #	12215
Location:	North side of Bethany Road (CR 59) opposite Hickory Woods Drive, about 1/2 mile west of Mason-Montgomery Road (CR 21)
Coordinates:	39° 22' 51.56" N, 84° 19' 21.14" W
STR/ VMD	Section 31, Township 4, Range 3
Property Account:	1126586
Parcel ID:	12311010080 (0.805 acres)
Map:	GIS Map of Location Plat Map Township Map USGS GNIS - Gilbert Cemetery; FID #1040860 Google Map at coordinates 39° 22' 51"N, 84° 19' 21"W Warren County Auditor for the Unity Cemetery. - Property Account # 1126586 [Parcel ID 12311010080] - 0.805 acres [132' x 240'] Aerial Map from Windows.Live Local Google Map Range 3 North, Township 4 East, Section 31 from Warner's 1867 Wall Map of Warren County Ohio
Cemetery History	Beers History of Warren County, Ohio, page 642 says, "One of the oldest burying-grounds was the now unused part of the Unity School lot. It was set apart about the year 1800, when the first bodies were buried there. In 1813, J. D. Lowe gave a lot, adjoining the one he gave to the Unity Church. In this many bodies have been interred, but it is no longer used as a burying-place." From From Palmyra To Kirkwood - The Early Progress Of Mason by Dallas Bogan says, “In 1808, just seven years before the founding of Mason, the Presbyterian denomination was founded and were gathering in each other's homes for worship. At this time they called themselves the Unity Congregation of the Presbyterian Church. On December 3, 1812, Noah Cory and David Williamson, the first elders of the church, acquired a lot for $10 from Susan and George Howard. An adequate church was built. Families of the first church were: George, Mary, Peter and Hannah Williamson; John and Hannah Van Dyke; Judge Jacob D. Lowe; Peter and Catherine Wikoff; John and Jane Lynn; John and Mary Monfort; and Noah and Hannah Cory. In 1813, Jacob D. Lowe gave to the Unity Congregation a lot just west of the location of their church to be used as a cemetery. This cemetery was used until the early 1870's.” A large number of the extant tombstones have been reset into a common, slanted concrete base. Other stones remain in the wooded areas on the perimeter of the cemetery, awaiting "rescue". The only known military veteran buried in this cemetery is Thomas Hamilton who served in the Revolutionary War.
Cemetery Transcriptions	D.A.R. TURTLECREEK CHAPTER: Early Vital Records, Volume 3 page 59 WARREN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: Vol 6 Old Cemeteries in eight townships, pages 363-364 Chuck Griffen visited the cemetery in July, 2006 and photographed all extant tombstones. The results of his efforts are posted here and will eventually be incorporated into a new edition of Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6. Chuck was able to locate stones for 48 of the 64 entries found in Volume 6. If you have photos of any of the missing stones listed below, please consider sharing them with us.
Gravestone Images	Gravestone photos for the Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project are being posted to the Warren County OHGenWeb Project To view images ===> Unity To submit images ==> email to Arne H. Trelvik at atrelvik@gmail.com [please send high resolution digital images if available]