Hunt Cemetery/ Burial Ground

South East corner of Yankee and Princeton Roads

 

Labeled in the 2003 OGS, Cemeteries of Ohio book as

Hunt Cemetery and Huntsville Baptist Cemetery.

1868 or 1875 map in the Middletown Library has a cross marking the burial area.

Section 20, Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio

 

No Tombstones are currently visible.  Currently land is being used for grazing sheep.

Longtime residents have said that on some winter days one could see the fallen tombstones.

 

 

From the Butler County Cyclopedia(1882):

Among the early settlers of this vicinity were the HUNTS, VOORHEESes, Wm. ELLIOTT, ELijah HUGHES, John HARDEN, John HOLDEN, John MALALLY, Charles LEGG, and others. The place was named from Thomas HUNT, who died Jun 25, 1814, aged 68 years, 9 mos, and 28 days. He came here prior to 1800. His wife, Anna Hunt, lies by his side in the old private grave-yard. Duran WHITTLESEY and his wife, Ruth, also lie in this yard; he was buried Sep 26, 1823, and was 48 years old. She died Sep 24, 1855, at 75 years of age.

 

From a 1935 writing about Township cemeteries, found at the Middletown Library,

There were two adjacent cemeteries in “Huntsville”.  One burial ground was on the hill and the other farther south(?) from “Huntsville”.  The graves on the most north graveyard had 3 or 4 graves while the one on the hill had about 15 graves.  This 1935 commentary notes the following burials;

Samuel Davis, born 1781 and died 3-12-1828.  Family names include- Reeves, Young and Boggs.

 

Huntsville is the name for the area at the intersection of Yankee road and Princeton Roads, in Liberty Township

 

Reference http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/ The Butler County Cyclopedia, 1882,  to learn about the Huntsville in Butler County.

 

 

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