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Warren
County, Ohio, Virtual Cemetery Project |
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Warren
County, Ohio, Virtual Cemetery Project |
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Jeffery Cemetery aka Minst Cemetery or Stolle Farm Cemetery Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio |
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The Jeffery Cemetery is an
area about 40' by 50' located on a vacant 40.6 acre parcel of farmland
owned by S.M.G. Land Holdings LLC. The parcel is a part of the original
farm where Francis Jeffery settled in 1816 that was later known as the
Minst Farm. The name is also found spelled Jeffrey rather than Jeffery. This cemetery is very difficult to find. It is behind a corn field back along an old dirt road that leads to the burned down old home site. The old barn is still standing. From this entry point, it is a good hike through the woods past a small creek (Hawley's Run) and up a slight hill. The cemetery is on top of the small hillside. Most of the fence surrounding the cemetery is still intact but in poor condition. It is very overgrown with brush and small trees. There are four definite rows of graves. Of the 18 known graves many of the headstones are still intact but not set in their bases. Chester Dunn of the Warren County Genealogical Society was able to get names and details on the 18 stones in this cemetery and published it in Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6. The rest of the graves are marked by plain unlettered limestone field markers. It is not known who is buried in the unmarked field stone graves. |
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Many details about this cemetery come from a scale drawing found among the papers of William Jeffery. The date the drawing was made and by whom is not known. It was drawn on fine linen paper using brown ink and the handwriting looks very much like that of Francis Jeffery J.P., of Washington Township, 1850’s and 1860’s. Much of the information was provided by Robert Jeffery, great grandson of Francis Jeffery. |
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| Jeffery Cemetery Burials Transcribed by Vivian Combs Moon 1 October 2003 |
| Of the 18 known graves the headstones of all but no’s 7-8, 10-17
and 18 are broken and badly damaged. Measurements are from center to center
of lines and headstones. Scale 1 link = 1/16 inch. |
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| All the rest of the graves are marked by plain unlettered limestone and
it’s probably not known who is buried in them. The Jeffery Cemetery information was taken from a scale drawing found among the papers of William Jeffery. When the drawing was made and by whom is not known. It was drawn on fine linen paper using brown ink and the handwriting looks very much like that of Francis Jeffery J.P., of Washington Township, 1850’s and 1860’s. I was told that very little of this cemetery still remains The above information was given by Robert Jeffery, great grandson of Francis Jeffery. The Jeffery Cemetery is located on the farm now owned by Ralph Stolle, formerly a part of the original farm where Francis Jeffery settled in 1816. |
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This page created 1 October 2003and last updated
27 February, 2012
© 2003-2006 Arne H Trelvik
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