Did this cemetery ever really exist? - VanDillingham Church Cemetery - Perry Township - Franklin County, Ohio - A 1930s WPA Cemetery Plat Map that is unlike any other!

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.:

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Below is a 3-image collage showing a more close up view of some of the names written on the WPA Cemetery Plat map for this cemetery named "VanDillingham Church Cemetery".

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It is evident from the three photo collage below that the Official Project Numbers of 465-42-3-467 & 665-42-3-232 that are associated with the WPA Program and appears in the "Legend of Wars Box" is missing for this VanDillingham Church Cemetery.   Only a partial listing of the designated numbers for the wars, a short history of the cemetery, and the size of the cemetery are shown there, however.  

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Emphasis appears to be more about the platting of this cemetery as referenced by the "Note:  "Measurements at edges of plat show method of plotting unmapped cemetery."  And, we can see in the very right-hand corner is the tiny, but nevertheless important, notation of:

 "Ohio State W.P.A. Project Number 99".  This Project Number has never been seen on a WPA Cemetery Plat Map before. Thus, additional research is needed; and so this mystery continues!

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Including here is my response from the Franklin Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society to my question.:

"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.”