Turtlecreek Friends Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project

This location was the site of the Turtle Creek Friends Preparative Meeting and cemetery which was established in 1806. See details and photo below.
We know of 104 burials in the cemetery ranging from 1814 (Eunice Hollingsworth) to the 1953 burial of Douglas Hollingsworth.
CAUTION: There is also a Turtlecreek Cemetery on State Route 48 that was originally known as the Kirby Cemetery. FindAGrave, has mistakenly mixed burials from both cemeteries together under the name Turtlecreek Cemetery.

Turtle Creek Preparative Meeting.
Photo taken in May, 1983 by Duncan Hill and submitted by his father, Thomas C. Hill who also provided the following:

Superior Meetings:	Miami M.M., Miami Q.M., Indiana Y.M. until 1891, Wilmington Y.M. after 1892
Established:	Indulged 10 Apr 1806 Worship 14 Aug 1824 Preparative 14 May 1859
Laid Down:	Worship Nov 1915 Preparative 31 May 1942 (attached to Harveysburg)
"Property of Meetings in Wilmington Yearly Meeting" by Thomas C. Hill at http://www2.wilmington.edu/academics/documents/WYMDeedsto25January2010.pdf Pages 67 & 68 provide a detailed history of the property to include the following:
17 Jun 1819	Henry & Martha Steddom deeded the property to John Steddom etal for use of the Turtle Creek Meeting of the Society of Friends
17 May 1947	Trustees of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting deeded the property to Dr. R. P. Steddom
6 Apr 1950	Will of Rice P. Steddom admitted to Probate. It establishes a Charitable Trust for the care of the Turtle Creek Graveyard.
28 Nov 1983	Judgement of Warren County Common Pleas Court (Case No. 3810) authorizing the razing of the meeting house and treating the meeting house grounds as part of the cemetery.

by
Thomas C. Hill
6 April 2011

Another Photo of the Turtlecreek Meeting House (undated)

by
Christine Hadley Snyder
16 Nov 2012

Veteran Graves Registration Project - Turtle Creek Cemetery No. 101, Sheet #43
Rows are numbered from west to east and Graves are numbered from south to north

Row	Grave	War	Name	Comments
5	12	19 - Civil War	Hydee (Hidee), George
4	15	19 - Civil War	Kuhn, Lewis
5	2	19 - Civil War	Schuyler, Wm.
7	20	19 - Civil War	Young, Michael	Help! We're looking for additional service information for this soldier

by
Arne H Trelvik
4 April 2011


Location:	The Turtlecreek Friends Cemetery is located on the east side of Waynesville Road (TR #39) about 4/10ths of a mile north of Hollingsworth Road (TR #283) and about 800 feet south of the house at 2537 Waynesville Road. "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society , Cemetery #14208 [Turtlecreek; Friends Turtlecreek Cemetery] Coordinates: 39° 28' 12.23"N, 84° 7' 25.59"W TRS: Range 4 North, Township 4 East, Section 8
Links:	Other Warren County Quaker: Caesars Creek, Roachester, Springboro Hicksite, Springboro Orthodox, Waynesville USGS GNIS - Turtle Creek Cemetery; FID #1047225 Google Map at coordinates 39° 28' 14"N, 84° 7' 26"W Warren County Auditor for Property Account # 5323576, Parcel ID 09081000010 - owner is listed as Minst Cemetery - note the County lists the property in Section 7 which is thought to be wrong] Range 4 Township 4 Section 8 from Warner's 1867 Warren County Ohio Wall Map Veteran Graves Registration Project, Turtle Creek Cemetery #101, sheet 43 Beers History of Warren County page 500 Quaker Resources compiled by Thomas C. Hill Turtle Creek Preparative Meeting subordinat to the Miami (FUM) Meeting at QuakerMeetings.com Property of Meetings in Wilmington Yearly Meeting (pdf file) at Area Quaker History Online Resources on the Wilmington College, Watson Library Website See #93 Turtle Creek Preparative Meeting on pages 62-63.
Transcriptions:	D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library) Early Vital Records Volume 4, pages 36-39 & Volume 10, pages 6-11 Warren County Genealogical Society Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6 pages 411-413 lists 97 burials based on a reading of the cemetery done in 1984 by Chester & Betty Dunn and Evelyn Preest. See WCGS website at http://wcgsoh.org/cem/Turtlecreek.htm Our thanks to Dana Palmer who visited the cemetery on 24 & 26 October 2009 and photographed all extant gravestones for the "Warren County Virtual Cemetery" Project. Her photos have been added to this website and her efforts will be incorporated into the new cemetery books planned by the society. Dana found all of the graves listed in the 1984 reading plus 7 additional gravestones that were not included in the 1984 reading. Other photos have been contributed by Laura Pelletier and Arne H Trelvik. Other Known Transcriptions None known of
Variant Names:	Turtlecreek Cemetery, Turtle Creek Cemetery, Friend Turtlecreek Cemetery Minst Cemetery name listed in Warren County Property Records. CAUTION: The Minst name is a variant name for the Jeffery Cemetery located on private property south of this cemetery in Section 7, Township 4, Range 4