The Washington County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps have been added to the right sidebar of the blog.

Please note that the W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Washington County have been added to the right side bar of the blog. 

The images are .jpg format converted from the .pdf format offered on the Washington County Recorder's website. Every effort was made to improve the quality of the map images.
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Please note, there are instances where there are two map pages having the same page number.  This is due to the unusual circumstance where the cemetery index appears to identify with an earlier version of numbering that does not refer to the page number appearing in the lower right corner within the frame around the map; as is usually the case in these particular cemetery plat map collections.  Some map pages only had numbers in the upper right corner, and thus in those cases that number was used in the title. Some numbers are "smudged" and difficult to read.
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As is the case with other counties and their map pages, where more than one cemetery is shown on a page and there is also more than one township on that page, it is saved in its own collection entitled: Multiple Townships - Smaller Cemeteries.  Washington County has 54 pages in that album.
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Spotlighting: 

Note, Mary Bird Lake is shown on the WPA Cemetery Plat map as having been buried at the Union Cemetery, however she is listed on Find a Grave buried with her husband, Archibold / Archibald Lake at the Rainbow Cemetery. 

However, their son Thomas Lake, is buried at the Union Cemetery, and his name appears on that WPA Cemetery Plat map page. 

All three family members have a "1" designation for their roles in the American Revolutionary War. 
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Returning to WPA Cemetery Map Page 92 (upper right corner) with the Union Cemetery is the Stanleyville Cemetery. 

Four American Revolutionary war veterans were buried at this small cemetery.  One of them shown is Robert Collins whose grave marker states he died in the 109th year of his age. 

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Earlier this month, a blog post was dedicated to the Mound Cemetery in Marietta in Washington County. This cemetery is a "must see" if you enjoying viewing historically important cemeteries in Ohio.  It has a unique landscape not typically associated with most cemeteries in the state.  History abounds with its connections to the American Revolutionary War. Noting it contains the most burials of officers from that war found anywhere in America according to Wikipedia. 

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I hope you enjoy viewing these almost century old map pages drawn up during the years of the Great Depression.  

What a wonderful legacy those who documented these cemeteries, as accurately as they were able to, have left for us. These maps of veteran burials better enable us to utilize their information for our own research while passing down their importance to new generations who can build upon and preserve them as we do now. 

For me, these maps are akin to mirrors shining into a past that, in turn, was reflecting upon events of earlier times that otherwise might be lost to history by today.    

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Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary - Spotlighting the Semiquincentennial in Ohio by documenting the grave sites of the American Revolutionary War Patriots buried in the Buckeye State.

There are several activities planned and many in progress to celebrate and commemorate America's 250th anniversary as a free country making our own laws and plotting our own paths without interference from foreign powers.  

Perhaps you have a specific Ohio county of interest, or a cemetery of concern in the state where you know American Revolutionary War veterans are buried.  This year would be a good year to bring your concerns to those who can do something about resolving the issues and helping document the grave sites from your instructions provided to them.  

There is a link here on the blog to learn more about this program and how to participate by contributing to it.  

 Thus, I am sharing a thought of what someone can do even if they are not able to visit a cemetery in person so that an American Revolutionary War veteran's grave site will be documented.  What I did was send an email to someone whom I knew lives near where the Revolutionary War veteran is buried and provide them the necessary information regarding the veteran and approximately where in the cemetery the veteran is buried (i.e cemetery name including alternate names; section details; any maps of the cemetery I have, etc.)  They in turn can visit the grave site and document it with their in-person photographs and location specifics directly sharing the required information for that veteran in the database.

Here is the link for how to contribute.  

The Interactive Dashboard keeps everyone up to date with what is happening with this important project and how it is progressing. 

May 4, 2026 is the deadline for the public to participate in this Project before it is reviewed for accuracy.  When that portion is completed, the results will then be published for the public to view by July 4, 2026. 

Please refer to the website for all of the particulars with this project!

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Mound Cemetery - Marietta, Ohio. One of Ohio's most historic cemeteries!

Mound Cemetery 

Sharing below this wonderful W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Map of Washington County Ohio's Mound Cemetery in Marietta.: 

 

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