The VanDillingham Church Cemetery shown as being located in Perry Township, Franklin County, Ohio has a W.P.A. cemetery plat map unlike any other! I couldn't find the cemetery name on Find A Grave, or anywhere else. That was just the start of a journey to learn more about this unusual W.P.A. cemetery plat map - and it hasn't ended yet.
Fortunately for me, Grace at the Columbus Metro Public Library did help answer the question about the VanDillingham Church Cemetery's existence. It does exist, but not under that name or in that township! It is the Old Baptist Church Cemetery in Truro Township, Franklin County.
It is also called the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery now on Find A Grave.
See the comparison below.:
"Consider this a Mystery NO MORE."
We notice that the first drawing you enclosed had
a reference to State Route 256 along the left side
of the cemetery and Jackson St. on the right side.
We were able to triangulate these two roads and
discovered the Cemetery is Not in Perry Township
but is actually in Reynoldsburg, Ohio Truro
Township about 17 miles to the southwest of Perry
Twp..
S.R 256 is also known in Reynoldsburg as Lancaster Ave.
This cemetery is now known as the Old Primitive
Baptist Church Cemetery - GPS
Coordinates 39.952385, -82.800625.
You will see a second much bigger cemetery across
the road which is known as the Silent Home
Cemetery.
You can find a number of photos of
the Primitive Church Cemetery on Find A Grave.
The Reynoldsburg Street Department now
maintains the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery,
Seceder Cemetery, and Hill Road Methodist
Cemetery.
We found this Online.
“BAPTIST (PRIMITIVE BAPTIST) CEMETERY - Established 1844. Located at the intersection of Route 256 & Jackson street in Reynoldsburg. Still maintained by the church. The Church is still active. GPS Coordinates: N 39° 57.153 W 082° 48.015. Although the church is called Friendship Primitive Baptist Church, the adjoining cemetery is referred to simply as "Primitive Baptist Cemetery." The stones date from the 1830s. It is small -- approximately 100-150 burials.
There had not been any burials there for many years until the summer of 2007.
The cemetery was restored in 1998.
Reynoldsburg was a key spot on the Underground Railroad because of its location and the number of abolitionists here.
Slaves, traveling north from the Ohio River, were sent from Columbus along East Friend Street (East Main Street) to Reynoldsburg. The David Graham House, 1312 Epworth Avenue, still standing after 150 years, was a major Underground station. There was also a cave off Main Street near Waggoner Road, a room under the Old Primitive Baptist Church on South Jackson Avenue, and the Alexander W. Livingston seed farm, among others, that provided hiding during the day and transportation at night for escaped slaves.
The cemetery was Recorded/Indexed ca 1940. Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Also known as Baptist Church Cemetery, Reynoldsburg, Truro Township, Franklin County, Ohio. Earliest burial indexed: 1818.”