Wilkerson Cemetery, Warren County Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project

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Wilkerson Cemetery
aka Hurrell, Murrell and Spring Hill Cemetery
adjacent to 8966 Wilmington Road
Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio

Index to Available Gravestone Photos
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [no surname/illegible] [Wilkerson Cemetery Home page]
[To contribute your photos email them in jpg format to Arne H Trelvik with any other details that you would like to share]

This small farm cemetery is located on a 0.3 acre parcel of land on the north side of Wilmington Road east of Ward Koebel Road. The cemetery was deeded to the Trustees of the Wilkerson Grave Yard (Paul Vandervort, George F. Longstreth & William Settlemyre) by James Wilkerson (1797-1876) and his 2nd wife, Mahala Wilkerson (1813-1879) on 27 Jul 1854. His 1st wife was Jane Wilkerson (1797-1841).

Based on past gravestone readings, we know of at least 82 burials in the cemetery dating from 1811 through 1903 including the family patriarch, James Wilkerson (1758-1834) who was a Revolutionary War veteran.
In addition, we know of 5 veterans of the War of 1812 that are buried here: William Settlemire, Paul Vandervoort, Jonah Vandervort, John Wilkerson & William Wilkerson. None of them have any military markings on their graves

Warren County Genealogical Society volunteer, Dana Palmer, found and photographed the stones for 67 of the burials in this cemetery on 3 Nov 2009. At that time, a lot of the stones were on the ground, broken with some stacked atop of each other. There was a pile of fresh dirt near/on the cemetery from new home construction on adjacent properties. Dana was not able to unstack the stones to photograph the others in the piles.

If you have any older photos of stones that Dana was not able to locate, please consider sharing them with us.


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This small farm cemetery is located on a 0.3 acre parcel of land on the north side of Wilmington Road east of Ward Koebel Road. The cemetery was deeded to the Trustees of the Wilkerson Grave Yard (Paul Vandervort, George F. Longstreth & William Settlemyre) by James Wilkerson (1797-1876) and his 2nd wife, Mahala Wilkerson (1813-1879) on 27 Jul 1854. His 1st wife was Jane Wilkerson (1797-1841). Based on past gravestone readings, we know of at least 82 burials in the cemetery dating from 1811 through 1903 including the family patriarch, James Wilkerson (1758-1834) who was a Revolutionary War veteran. In addition, we know of 5 veterans of the War of 1812 that are buried here: William Settlemire, Paul Vandervoort, Jonah Vandervort, John Wilkerson & William Wilkerson. None of them have any military markings on their graves Warren County Genealogical Society volunteer, Dana Palmer, found and photographed the stones for 67 of the burials in this cemetery on 3 Nov 2009. At that time, a lot of the stones were on the ground, broken with some stacked atop of each other. There was a pile of fresh dirt near/on the cemetery from new home construction on adjacent properties. Dana was not able to unstack the stones to photograph the others in the piles. If you have any older photos of stones that Dana was not able to locate, please consider sharing them with us.
Location:	North side of Wilmington Road (CR7) about 0.3 miles west of Ward Koebel Road (TR214) to driveway for house at 8966 Wilmington Road. The cemetery is on the west side of the driveway about 350 feet north of Wilmington road. "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society , Cemetery #12325 [Wilkerson Cemetery] and #12321 [Hurrell Cemetery] Coordinates: 39° 25' 55.02"N, 84° 1' 59.52"W Virginia Military District Survey 4592 (same as Survey 5658)
Links:	USGS GNIS - Not Listed Google Map at coordinates 39° 25' 55.02"N, 84° 1' 59.52"W Warren County Auditor 94'x139' cemetery plat [0.3 acres] located on Property Account # 8508740, Parcel ID #14181000050 at 8966 Wilmington Road. [no longer platted separately] Aerial Image of the cemetery location from Bing Maps Virginia Military District Survey #4592 & 5658 from Warner's 1867 Warren County Ohio Wall Map WPA Plat Map of Murrell Cemetery #70 - no veterans listed Beers History of Warren County, Page 706, "The Wilkerson Graveyard was established by James Wilkerson, on his farm on “The Knobs” (Springhill) as a family graveyard. Thomas Deakin, his son-in-law, was the first buried, in 1811, and Solomon Reel the next." 27 July 1854 deed for 1 Acre in Virginia Military District Survey #4592 (same as Survey #5658), Washington Township from James Wilkerson and Mahala Wilkerson of Warren County to Trustees of Wilkerson Grave Yard
Transcriptions:	D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library) Early Vital Records Volume 4, pages 73 & Volume 8, pages 17 Warren County Genealogical Society Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 7 pages 493-494 [see online index] Our thanks to Dana Palmer who photographed all extant gravestones on 3 Nov 2009 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. We also thank Lucy DeYoung, James Wilkerson's 4th great granddaughter, who has contributed her photos taken at the cemetery in in 2003. Other Known Transcriptions none
Variant Names:	Hurrell Cemetery, Murrell Cemetery, Spring Hill Cemetery