Washington Township
The Burnside Cemetery has also been referred to as the Arbela Cemetery. This cemetery is located off of Cunningham-Arbela Road short distance from State Route 739. To access it, a person needs to go through private property. It is on land once owned by Nathan Burnside.
Byhalia Cemetery
This cemetery is an active, public cemetery. It is northwest of Byhalia off of State Route 31, on both sides of Lingrell Road. This graveyard dates to 1854. It is on land that was once part of the Boyd Thornton Farm, and so it is sometimes referred to as the Thornton Cemetery.
Rush Creek Cemetery
The Rush Creek Cemetery has also been known as the Quaker Cemetery. It was once associated with the Rush Creek Quaker (Friends) Church. It is on West Mansfield - Mount Victory Road north of Rushsylvania Road. This cemetery was visited in the fall of 2006 and was found to be well maintained with very few broken gravestones. This cemetery is currently under the care of the Washington Township trustees.
Titsworth Farm Cemetery
This cemetery is believed to have been
north east of Byhalia near Rocky
Fork on the
Lemeul Titsworth Farm. It is mentioned in the 1883 Beers History of Union County, and it had
fallen into a state of severe neglect by 1883. This historical
account goes on to state that many bodies were consequently removed to
other burial grounds. Bodies
that remained were believed to
have been washed away by the stream. Another section of the History of Union
County states that the old log
school house on the Titsworth place, one of if not the first school in
Washington Township, was located near this cemetery. It is said
that this
cemetery was abandoned by the 1850s.
