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."

Sunday, November 17, 2024

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

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

Fayette County, Ohio is comprised of the following townships.: 
Concord, Green, Jasper 
Jefferson, Madison, Marion
Paint, Perry, Union, Wayne
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Fayette County is part of the VMD = Virginia Military District in Ohio.
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Fayette County was formed on March 1, 1810, from portions of Highland and Ross Counties.
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This collection of W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps is complete with its Cemetery Index Page, and a 1940 Fayette County Road Map with Legend.

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The original .pdf scans are located at the Fayette County Recorder's Office.  They were scanned as individual pages, (Search type “Book / Page”, Book Type “Cemetery Plat").

Thus, some maps do not have their map page number listed on them but the numbers are included in their titles in these .jpg images.
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It appears that these W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps were created in 1924 which pre-dates the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) era of the 1930s, however, the  "OFFICIAL PROJECT NOS 465-42-3-467 & 665-42-3-232" identification is affiliated with them. 
See excerpts from the Fayette County Genealogical Society's publication below. (I am unsure if it is still available for sale by the society).:



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The Evans Cemetery in this publication includes information that it may actually be located in Clinton County. 
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On the W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Map for the Johnson Cemetery shown as being in Union but possibly Marion Township.:
The following interesting additional information was included that states the "Grave of Elizabeth D. Carr wife of Martin Carr 100' East of Fence Line of cemetery in wheat field." 
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Fayette County is mostly a rural county with a great number of small family cemeteries that were still in existence 100 years ago that may have vanished by today.

The main purpose of these maps was to document the burial sites of veterans and are companion records to the individual veterans graves registration cards. However, as we see in the collection of these cemetery maps and some in other Ohio counties, there are any number of reasons to reference them. It is good to consider that unexpected hidden gems just might be there awaiting our discovery if we only take those extra steps to uncover them.