Unity Cemetery, Deerfield Twp, Warren County, Ohio

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Unity Cemetery
aka Gilbert Cemetery
Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio

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	Unity Cemetery Est. 1813 Preserved by Deerfield Township Trustees Albert Schutte Jr., Pres.; Bobby Carter; Francis Palmer; Lee Hamilton, Clerk 1981 In Memory of The Early Settlers Buried Here Whose Names are Unknown
	A large number of the extant tombstones have been reset into a common, slanted concrete base. As shown in this photo, other stones remain in the wooded areas on the perimeter of the cemetery, awaiting "rescue".

Location:	North side of Bethany Roade (CR 59) opposite Hickory Woods Drive, about 1/2 mile west of Mason-Montgomery Road (CR 21) Cemetery #12215 in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society Coordinates: 39° 22' 51"N, 84° 19' 21"W Range 3 Township 4 Section 31
Links:	USGS GNIS National Mapping Information for Gilbert Cemetery (Feature ID 1040860) TopoZone map at coordinates 39° 22' 51"N, 84° 19' 21"W Warren County Auditor for the Unity Cemetery. - Property Account # 1126586 [Parcel ID 12311010080] - 0.805 acres [132' x 240'] Aerial Map from Windows.Live Local Google Map Beers History of Warren County, Ohio, page 642 says, "One of the oldest burying-grounds was the now unused part of the Unity School lot. It was set apart about the year 1800, when the first bodies were buried there. In 1813, J. D. Lowe gave a lot, adjoining the one he gave to the Unity Church. In this many bodies have been interred, but it is no longer used as a burying-place." "From Palmyra To Kirkwood - The Early Progress Of Mason" by Dallas Bogan says, "In 1808, just seven years before the founding of Mason, the Presbyterian denomination was founded and were gathering in each other's homes for worship. At this time they called themselves the Unity Congregation of the Presbyterian Church. On December 3, 1812, Noah Cory and David Williamson, the first elders of the church, acquired a lot for $10 from Susan and George Howard. An adequate church was built. Families of the first church were: George, Mary, Peter and Hannah Williamson; John and Hannah VanDyke; Judge Jacob D. Lowe; Peter and Catherine Wikoff; John and Jane Lynn; John and Mary Monfort; and Noah and Hannah Cory. In 1813, Jacob D. Lowe gave to the Unity Congregation a lot just west of the location of their church to be used as a cemetery. This cemetery was used until the early 1870's.
Transcriptions:	D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library) Early Vital Records Volume 3, page 59 Warren County Genealogical Society Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6 page 363-364 [also see on-line Name Index] Chuck Griffen visited the cemetery in July, 2006 and photographed all extant tombstones. The results of his efforts are posted here and will eventually be incorporated into a new edition of Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6. Chuck was able to locate stones for 48 of the 64 entries found in Volume 6. If you have photos of any of the missing stones listed below, please consider sharing them with us.
Variant Names:	Gilbert Cemetery, C. E. Gilbert Cemetery
	Range 3 North, Township 4 East, Section 31 from Warner's 1867 Wall Map of Warren County Ohio
	WPA Graves Registration Project Plat of 0.52 acre C. E. Gilbert Cemetery #32 [no veterans burials listed on the plat]

MISSING STONES

Surname	Given Name	Born	Died	Age	Other
Cory	Adam		[no dates]
Brewer	Cornelius		26 Jul 1836	4m 4d
Bunnel	John		[no dates]		son of Henry & Christena Bunnel
Bunnel	Benjamin		11 Feb 1854	37y 3m
Hamilton	Thomas				Revolutionary War
Meighen	Abigail		23 Oct 1830
Murphy	Mary		20 Dec 1834	12y 24d	dau of John Murphy
Peterson	Samuel		5 Aug 1854	74y 5m
Rynearson	Jane		[no dates]	80-11-6
Smith	Ann Eliza		26 Sep 1849	9 years	dau of Jas. & Adrean Smith
White	Caroline		16 ___ 18__		dau of Thomas & Sarah White [see notes]
White	Thomas	18 May 1784	11 Jul 1866	83rd year
Wikoff	Catharine		16 Sep 1830	6m 24d
Wikoff	Infant son		[no dates]		son of Peter & Goretty Wikoff; buried with Goretty Wikoff
Wikoff	Catharine Tice		26 Dec 1857	89 years
Wikoff	Helen		16 Sep 1830	2y 11m

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