The W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Franklin County have been added to the right sidebar of the blog in .jpg format, converted from another format.
As is the case for other Ohio counties, this collection of W.P. A. Cemetery Plat Map albums are grouped under the name of the township where they are located in.
There are page numbers on each page.
This cemetery map collection does have the Cemetery Index Page, however, there is no cemetery locator map included for it.
There is a small listing of unknown burial locations for veterans whose names appear on the top right portion of the Cemetery Index Page. Possible burial locations for some of them have been added below. :
(Below)
The Franklin County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps are quite unique in nature due in large part to the bustling city of Columbus which is not only the county seat but also the State Capitol of Ohio.
There is a vast variety of types of cemeteries dotting the landscapes of Franklin County. Each one offers reasons for exploration and expanding one's knowledge about them through studying the lives of those who found peace and rest on their grounds. Each cemetery can rightfully claim its own important place in the history of the city and the county.
The townships in Franklin County, Ohio are.:
Blendon, Brown, Clinton, Franklin,
Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson
Madison, Mifflin, Norwich
Perry, Plain, Pleasant, Prairie
Sharon, Truro, Washington
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Referencing the Glenrest (AKA Glen Rest) Cemetery.:
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The following cemeteries have their own dedicated albums in this collection.:
Green Lawn Cemetery which has map pages from 68 through 134; and Green Lawn Abbey with pages 135 and 136 are together and contain the largest number of interments existing in any Franklin County cemetery.
Noting also that Page 122 - Section 71- indicates the most veterans burials for a single section.
(See below).
And, the other cemetery is.:
Union Cemetery in Clinton Township with Pages 221 through 236 are listed in the cemetery's own album.
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For the remainder of other cemeteries in this collection that have multiple section pages, those are included along with map pages of smaller cemeteries under the township where they are located. It is a good idea to check the Key Map Page for a cemetery first to see the sections on a map and their respective page numbers.
Every township album of cemetery plat maps lists the cemetery pages in page number order from lower to higher in the description box for the album.
Since there is no Cemetery Locator Map page included with this collection, the Cemetery Index is a crucial tool to reference for locating cemeteries by name and their corresponding page number.
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There are 22 map pages that are saved in the "Multiple Townships / Smaller Cemeteries" Album. This indicates that the map pages have more than one cemetery and more than one township name on the map page.
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Note Silent Home Cemetery's Title Page shown below. Of particular interest is the short but telling statement provided under "History.":
"Established 6-23-1880.
Previous Record Destroyed."
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Truro Township is missing its last page which is page number 48.
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Spotlighting the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery which is of particular interest for those researching Confederate Civil War veterans. It is located in Franklin Township. The Cemetery Index page shows that the pages are from 20 through 24. Page 20 is missing, however. It would have been the Title Page.
Page 21 is the Key Map.
These W.P. A. Cemetery Plat Maps were created during the 1930s - the decade of the Great Depression. So it is that these many decades later they continue to have their special relevance for us today. They can serve as a starting point for someone just learning about a cemetery. They can even pique the interest for those who simply enjoy lingering among the inspiring monuments and reading the touching epitaphs and inscriptions carved on flat and slant style markers.
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Whatever the reasons, these cemetery plat maps should be preserved and made available for the public to access and view - not hidden away atop a filing cabinet inside a dusty hard-covered book where in some cases, those working around them may not even know they exist or what they are.
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This writer/researcher by the Benjamin Penn Duvall monument at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus. He was my third great-grandfather.
