Potts Cemetery

Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio

 

 

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This old Potts Cemetery is located along a road that is locally known as Sawmill Road (T-267).   This is an unpaved road that runs south from Ohio Rt. 78.  The intersection of T-267 and Rt. 78 is about equidistant from Woodsfield and Lewisville, Ohio – that is, about 3.5 miles from each.  A useful landmark is the M. Fisher rest-stop located about one mile to the west on Rt. 78 (toward Lewisville, OH) from this intersection.  Driving on Rt. 78 from Lewisville toward Woodsfield, go past the rest-stop and soon come to a long, fairly steep dip in the road (on Rt. 78).  As you climb the hill on the other side of the valley that forms the steep dip, Rt. 78 turns to the left near the top of the hill.  The intersection with Sawmill Road is in this curve with Sawmill Road on the right side of Rt. 78.  To get to Potts Cemetery, proceed along Sawmill Road (T-267) for nearly a half mile.  The cemetery is on the left at the intersection of T-267 and Center Township Road 2313 that turns off to the left.  There is a house directly across Twp Road 2313 from the cemetery.

 

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Potts Cemetery

 

Road T-267 forms the Cemetery boundary on this side

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Approximate length of cemetery (east to west) is ?? feet

Approximate width of cemetery is ?? feet

Top of above chart is ??

The cemetery is oriented almost exactly on North/South (length) and East/West (width) axes ??

 

Names listed by Stone Number

 

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Rebecca wife of William Tidd died Mar 2, 1858 aged 72 yr, 8 mo, 6 da

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Unreadable -- probably could be read with an aid such as tracing

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Averilla dau of Samuel & Averilla Potts died Oct 13, 1850 aged 24 yr, 9 mo

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Broken stone – not readable

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Averilla wife of S. Potts died Apr 1869 aged 84 yr

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James T. son of ? Osburn died Sept 16, 1852 aged 5 yr

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William S. son of Isacc & R? Osburn died Oct 23, 1852 aged 10 mo & 2 da

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Catharine wife of John Fisher deceased Dec 29, 1854 aged 42 yr, 11 mo, 22 da   and

John Fisher died July 7, 1888 aged 76 yr, 7 mo, 22 da

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Alexander son of Wm & Elisabeth Moorhead died June 26, 1850 aged 22 yr & 28 da

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W. Potts died July 21, 18?? (probably 1845 or 1848) aged 25 yr, ? mo

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George ? son of G? & E Osborn died Feb 26, 1855 aged 2 yr, ? mo, 11 da

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Sarah Ann dau of Gideon & Elizabeth Osborn died Mar 31, 1849 aged 5 yr, 10 mo & 2 da

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Mary Jane dau of Gideon & Elizabeth Osborn died Mar 6, 1849 aged 3 yr, 6 mo & 18 da

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Nancy K. dau of Gideon & Elizabeth Osborn died Mar 7, 1849 aged 8 yr, 11 mo & 28 da

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Eucinda Ann dau of G & E Osborn died 1852

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William Davidson son of Gideon & Elizabeth Osborn died Oct 11, 1852 aged 2 yr & 10 da

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Sevilla Jane dau of G & E Osborn died Feby 21, 1855 aged 9 mo, 2 da

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William Boyer son of John M & Rebecca Preshaw died Aug 26, 1852 aged 7 yr, 1 mo & 15 da

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Mary Avarilla dau of John M & Rebecca Preshaw died Aug 25, 1852 aged 9 mo & 28 da

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James Gibson son of John M & Rebecca Preshaw died Sept 6, 1852 aged 12 yr, 5 mo & 22 da

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William T. son of T & C Osborn died Feb 8, 1855 aged 1 yr, 1 mo & 22 da

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Mary Alis?n dau of George and Catharine Muc??men died Nov 20, 1861 aged 6 yr, 5 mo, 10 da

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Rebecca Paith died Sept 1, 1861 aged 18 yr, 6 mo

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Mary Piath died Dec 1865 aged 42 yr

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Geo. McCammon Co A 116th Ohio Inf

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Broken stone – can’t read name – aged 39 yr, 25 da

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Lissace died Feb 23, 188? Aged 6 yr, 10 mo ? of Emanuel and Mary J. Paith

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Stone entrapped by tree roots – can’t read

 

Inventoried, Measured, and Charted May 4, 2003 by R.E. Harrington

 

Latitude/Longitude/elevation measurements for the Potts Cemetery were made on the headstone of ??.  Accuracy = +/- ?? feet;  elevation corrected to ground level = ?? feet; latitude = N39o 46.044’; longitude = W080o 52.391’ (Note:  These are not the latitude and longitude of the Potts Cemetery.  The correct L/L will be recorded here soon.)

 

 

 

 

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