St. John Family Cemetery, Salem Twp, Warren County, Ohio

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St. John Family Cemetery
Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio

Since 2 February 2010 -- thanks for stopping by!

Location:	This is an old farm graveyard located on a 30 acre tract of land at 3575 Shawhan Road, nearly 1/2 mile east of the intersection of Waynesville Road in Turtlecreek Twp. The graves are located about 1/4 mile south of Shawhan Rd in a wooded area at the south end of farm pond. This cemetery is on private property. Before attempting to visit the cemetery, please obtain permission from the property owners. "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society , Cemetery #15913 [St. John's Cemetery] Coordinates: 39° 22 56.48"N, 84° 8' 37.93"W TRS: Range 3 North Township 5 East Section 14
Links:	USGS GNIS - Not listed in the USGS GNIS system. Warren County Auditor for Property Account # 4806247, Parcel ID 13142000250] Aerial Image of the cemetery location from Bing Maps Range 3 North Township 5 East Section 14 from Warner's 1867 Warren County Ohio Wall Map [The cemetery appears to be on the 93 acre H. Wager property]
Transcriptions:	D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library) none Warren County Genealogical Society Not included in current cemetery books. See the page for this cemetery on the Warren County Genealogical Society website Our thanks to Vicki Bergerhouse, George Kroener, Dana Palmer, Terry Vioxx and who visited the cemetery on 12 Dec 2009 and photographed all extant gravestones for the "Warren County Virtual Cemetery" Project. All of the photos have been added to this website. These efforts will be incorportated into the new cemetery books planned by the society. If you have any other photos or have more information regarding this burial ground, please consider contributing it to the project. Other Known Transcriptions We have not found any previous documentation of this cemetery.
Variant Names:	None known of

In memory of
James St. John
who died May 29, 1845
aged 57 years 1 month & 25 days

9 Apr 2016 email from Diana (St. John) Anderson of West Des Moines, Iowa,
"I believe this is the grave of my 3rd great-grandfather who was born April 4, 1788 in New York to John St.John and his wife, Anna Lockwood. John St. John is a Revolutionary War Patriot and is buried at Ft. Ancient with his wife and other family members."

by
Dana Palmer
2 February 2010

In memory of
Eloner St. John
born Aug. 21, 1831
died May 5, 1849
aged 17 years 7 months & 7 days

by
Dana Palmer
2 February 2010

2 field stones thought to be marking additional graves

by
Dana Palmer
2 February 2010


Eloner St. John stone leaning against tree	Eloner St. John stone leaning against tree	Terry Vioxx & George Kroener

James St. John stone leaning against slot base	James St. John stone leaning against slot base

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