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Warren
County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project |
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(sometimes spelled Murdock)
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| South side of driveway looking east to the back of the cemetery | North side of driveway looking east to the back of the cemtery |
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The name of the cemetery comes from a Professor James Murdoch who was a well-to-do actor who owned land in the vicinity. The crossroads to the north of the cemetery was the location of a store, the Bethel Presbyterian Church and the Murdoch Post Office.
| The cemetery is somtimes referred to as the Murdoch Presbyterian Church Cemetery but as far as I know, there was no connection between the church and cemetery other than location. The church was originally known as the Bethel Presbyterian Church but is now known as the Bethel Murdoch Presbyterian Church in honor of the contributions that Professor Murdoch made to the church. |  |
From Beers History of Warren County,
Page 614 says "The
first interment at Bethel Graveyard was that of Annie
Spence, in the year 1806."
Page 625 says
that the church was formed on the 9th day of September, 1814 and for several
years had no house of worship, but held their
meetings, in the winter season, in a log schoolhouse near the present Bethel
Graveyard, and in the summer season in the groves.
