Swearingen Cemetery, Beaver County, PA

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SWEARINGEN CEMETERY
Swearingen Road (off of Hardens Run Road)
Hanover Township, Beaver Co., PA
(Contributed by Liane Freedman, [email protected])

Swearingen Private Cemetery is located on Swearingen Road (off of Hardens Run Road) in Hanover Township, Beaver Co. The cemetery is over 200 years old and was originally located on the Swearingen farm, established in 1785 by Samuel V. Swearingen. The farm -- originally 393 acres -- was sold off over the years and now no longer exists. The cemetery is located between 2 houses. All the stones are on the ground in 2 rows. Around 30 years ago the stones were standing upright. Samuel and Catherine Swearingen's only daughter is buried there with her 4 month old child. Mary Swearingen Colvin and her infant were victims of the last Indian murder in Beaver County. They were scalped and killed by two Indians near where they rest in the later part of March 1790. There is an historical marker (pictured above) along the road adjacent to the cemetery.

Posted: October 22, 2007 Last Update: August 25, 2008

Surname	Given Name	Birthdate	DeathDate	Deathplace	Age	Inscription	Notes
Colvin	Infant	1789	Mar 1790	Hanover Township, PA	4months	No Stone	Child of Mary and Jacob Colvin. Infant and mother were killed by Indians
Colvin	Mary Swearington	1749	Mar 1790	Hanover Township, PA		No Stone	Wife of Jacob Colvin. She and her infant were killed by Indians
Massey	Caroline Adams	1809	22 Feb 1855		45 yr, 7 m, 9 d
Patterson	Linda	??	6 Apr 1810
Swearingen	Catherine Condell	abt1741	1786				w/o Samuel Swearingen
Swearingen	David Ellsworth	1862	1872		10		s/o Zachariah & Rachel Swearingen; He was the last to be buried at this cemetery. His remains were later removed to Mill Creek Hill Cemetery
Swearingen	Hugh F	1856	18 Oct 1860		4 y, 7 m, 9 d		s/o Hugh & Rebecca Swearingen
Swearingen	John F	1839	18 May 1840		1 yr		s/o Hugh & Rebecca Swearingen
Swearingen	John V	1772	14 Aug 1846		74 y, 7 m, 4 d		Husband of Martha Swearingen
Swearingen	Martha	1779	4 Jan 1861		81 y, 1 m		Wife of John V Swearingen
Swearingen	Mary J	1840	29 Dec 1860		20 y, 4 d		d/o Hugh & Rebecca Swearingen
Swearingen	Ruth	1792	13 Jun 1830		38 y		Wife of Zacariah Swearingen
Swearingen	Samuel Van	1732	1824				Husband of Catherine Swearingen	According to family tradition he is buried here
Swearingen	Samuel V	1777	11 Dec 1807				s/o Samuel & Catherine
Swearingen	Zacariah	1783	31 May 1864		81 y		Husband of Ruth Swearingen
Will-Coxen	Elizabeth Swearingen	??	17 Feb 1841				Consort of John Will-Coxen
Will-Coxen	John	1754	25 Dec 1832		78 y, 3 m, 16 d		Husband of Elizabeth Will-Coxen
Swearingen	Unknown						Stone is buried backwards in ground

Caroline Adams Massey	Elizabeth Swearingen	Hugh F. Swearingen	John F. Swearingen
John V. Swearingen	Martha Swearingen	Mary J. Swearingen	Ruth Swearingen
Samuel V. Swearingen	Zacariah Swearingen	Linda Patterson / 1 (stone in 2 pieces) Note: There are 2 stones lying in the ground -- one reads "...Patterson ... (sic) baried in this life aprile the 6th 1810 ... aged ... and the 2nd stone reads: "L.P....thus you (sic)se .... remember me ...a ...when i ....	Linda Patterson / 2 (stone in 2 pieces)

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