| The OES visited Greencastle Cemetery on July
30, 2007. The cemetery sits about 100 yards behind an old church and
a municipal building in the small hamlet of Greencastle. Although
there are a few tombstones that are illegible or broken, most are in
good condition and can easily be read. According to records, there
were 98 marked graves and several unmarked graves in the cemetery
sometime in the 1940s. The earliest recorded burial was in 1818, so
the cemetery could have been founded sometime near then. The last
recorded burial took place in 1916. There are veterans from the
following wars buried here also, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and
the Civil War. To view photos of all the standing tombstones at the
time of our visit, click the link below. |
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| Location
Information: Inactive
Cemetery [Safe] |
| Greencastle Cemetery is located behind an old
church on Lithopolis Road in Greencastle, Fairfield County. |
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| Photographs |
Approaching Greencastle Cemetery from the parking lot behind the old church. Many of the tombstones are still standing. The cemetery is in the shape of the letter "L." Courtright, a Civil War veteran. The veteran died in 1885. Abraham Courtright was a Revolutionary War veteran. He died in 1825. The tombstone of Henry Roller, who died on August 14, 1824. The very well preserved tombstone of Thomas R. Roller, who died in 1842. The marker for Jesse C. Drake was severely leaning. He died in 1825. Some stones that were broken, like Andrew Drake's, were neatly laid on the ground and could still be read. One of the taller monuments, this one belonged to Jacob Courtright, who died on June 13, 1864. No doubt a replacement stone, this marker belongs to War of 1812 veteran Christian Morehart and his wife Lydia Roller. A view from the middle of the cemetery looking back toward the old church. The tombstone for Christain F. Loeffler, his wife Jacobine and their three children. Three well-preserved, nearly identical tombstones of the Cameron family. All died within days of each other in 1843. The partial tombstone of Jesse D. Courtright. The fallen tombstone of Ohio Courtright Jr.
Approaching Greencastle Cemetery from the parking lot behind the old church.
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