Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Friday, February 24, 2023

The W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Morgan County, Ohio have been added to the right sidebar on the blog.

link to the .jpg conversion W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Morgan County has been added to the right side bar of the blog. 

This collection of maps has a Cemetery Index.  

All of the pages are numbered.

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The Morgan County Recorder also has a link to their original .pdf versions of these maps on their website

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These map pages are in fair to a more diminished condition for viewing and reading the names of the veterans.  

Enlarging the pages to 25% or larger, if needed, would be helpful for reading the names and war designation numbers in the listings on maps pages.

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There are 21 map pages in the category for the "Multiple Townships - Smaller Cemeteries" where more than one cemetery appears on a map page and there is more than one township represented on the page.

Otherwise, cemeteries are listed under the name of the township they are located in.

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McConnelsville is the county seat for Morgan County.

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Find A Grave currently lists 147 cemeteries located in Morgan County, Ohio.

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It is indeed good news these Morgan County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps are added to the listing with other Ohio counties having these useful historical maps made accessible to the public to view and utilize for research.

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