Brannock Cemetery, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio

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Brannock Cemetery
abandoned
Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio

This is an old, abandoned farm cemetery located in a wooded area on private property at the edge of a field on the north side of Elbon Road in Wayne Township. The Brannock family bought the land back in the 1920s which is considered the source of the name. The current owner recalls other stones being in the cemetery and says they were stolen many years ago.
Location:	From Corwin Road, go east on Elbon Road, around the curve to the house at 5101 Elbon Road on the right. Turn left before the mailbox at 5101 Elbon Road and park in the field. You then have to walk through the field and enter the woods directly in the center and go a little ways to get to the bowl shaped area where the cemetery is located. "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society [OGS], Cemetery #12326 [Brannock Cemetery] Coordinates: 39° 28' 51''N, 84° 6' 10''W GPS coordinates read at gravestone on 24 Oct 2009. Other coordinates that have been used elsewhere are listed below for reference purposes. 39° 28' 56.94"N, 84° 6' 09.69"W from OGS 39° 28' 58"N, 84° 6' 11"W from GNIS Virginia Military District Survey #528
Links:	USGS GNIS - Brannock Cemetery; FID #1963084 Google Map at coordinates 39° 28' 56.94"N, 84° 6' 09.69"W Warren County Auditor Property Account # 7604599, Parcel ID 09094000040 [123 acre farm at 5141 Elbon Road] Aerial Image of the cemetery location from Bing Maps [click on the Bird's Eye View button] Virginia Military District Survey #528 from Warner's 1867 Warren County Ohio Wall Map. The cemetery would be on the T. E. Smith farm but is not marked on the map
Transcriptions:	D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library) Early Vital Records - none Warren County Genealogical Society Warren County Cemetery Records Volumes - none Our thanks toWarren County Genealogical Society volunteer, Andy, Dana & Megan Palmer who visted the cemetery in August & October of 2009 for the "Warren County Virtual Cemetery" Project. They found one legible stone and piles of other stones. All of their photos have been added to this website. These efforts will be incorportated into the new cemetery books planned by the society. If you have any other photos from this cemetery or know of other burials, please consider contributing them to the project. Other Known Transcriptions none known of
Variant Names:	A 1955 vintage USGS 7.5 Minute Topographic Map has the location labeled as the Murray Farm Cemetery [incorrectly?] The same map shows the Brannock Cemetery as south of there on the property at 5466 Gard Road which OGS has labeled as Unnamed Wayne Twp Cemetery #12333.. These cemeteries are not identified this way on newer USGS maps and it is thought that it may have been a labeling error on the 1955 map.

		Brannock Cemetery No. 10 Depression era Veteran Grave Registration Project Sheet #30 The plat does not identify any veterans buried in the cemetery.	by Arne H Trelvik 25 Oct 2009
		General area of entrance into to the woods from the open field	by The Palmers 30 August 2009
		In memory of William Hyde died Aug. 11, 1840 [corrected - originally recorded as 1810] aged 20 years 11 months 15 day	by The Palmers 30 August 2009
		slot type base for William Hyde gravestone	by The Palmers 30 August 2009
		Stones	by The Palmers 30 August 2009
		Stones	by The Palmers 30 August 2009
		Stones	by The Palmers 30 August 2009
		Stones	by The Palmers 30 August 2009

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