The OES visited the Lockbourne Cemetery on September 8, 2001. Located on Landis Street in the Canal town of Lockbourne, we stumbled upon this cemetery while looking for old canal locks and relics. Most of the tombstones here were in good condition as they are cared for by township trustees, but some were weathered beyond recognition. The earliest stone we found was that of Jase Curry, who died in 1849, but records indicate that the earliest stone in the cemetery dated to 1835. It was probably around that time when the cemetery was founded. This cemetery is not to be confused with the Landes (Plum Travis) Cemetery (AKA Lockbourne Plague Cemetery), which sits in the middle of a corn field about a mile away. There was also an Old Lockbourne Cemetery, which sat on Commerce Street that was founded before 1820, but was abandoned in 1876. Many bodies from that cemetery were move to the near by Fernwood Cemetery, and some to this Lockbourne Cemetery.