| General Information |
| The OES visited Landes (Plum Travis) Cemetery on November 27, 2001. This cemetery is also referred to as the Lockbourne Plague Cemetery. Just east of Lockbourne Road, this cemetery sits in the middle of a corn field. The oldest stone in the cemetery dates back to 1811, so that may be the time frame that this cemetery was founded. Records indicate the oldest stone belongs to Jacob Landes who died on May 12, 1811 at 12-years-old and the last burial was John D. Plum who died February 16, 1859 at 10-years-old. Most of the tombstones here are still standing, but are so eroded that you can't read them anymore, and a few are knocked over or broken. The cemetery is usually in pretty nice shape since it is maintained by the Hamilton Township Trustees. It's been rumored to be haunted, but we didn't get very high EMF readings there. The rumors probably stem from the legend that this is a plague cemetery. Upon researching the dates of death of those buried here, it was discovered that the dates were widely spaced apart. This makes the likelihood of Landes (Plum Travis) Cemetery being an actual plague cemetery slim-to-none. The legend probably arose since the cemetery sits away from the road on the outskirts of town. | |
| Location Information: Inactive Cemetery [Safe] | |
| Landes (Plum Travis) is located in a field off Lockbourne Road in Lockbourne, Franklin County. | |
| Photographs | |
This shot gives a pretty good idea of how far out in the field this cemetery is. |
