Morningstar Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Warren County, Ohio

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Morningstar Cemetery
East side of Franklin-Madison Road
Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio

All 640 acres of Section 6 were patented to James Findlay on 15 Nov 1807 when the land was still part of Butler County. Findlay sold the west 320 acres to M. Morningstar on 7 Aug 1811 for $3200 - see 1837 plat map. This Micahel Morningstar is believed to be the John George Michael Morningstar who is buried in the cemetery in 1841. Warren County probate records [Box 17] shows that his estate was entered into probate on 8 Jun 1844. There was supposed to be a will that could not be found, resulting in the estate ending up in court. Records in the Warren County Recorders office list the transfer of the 320 acre property from the estate of John George Michael Morningstar to sons John, Jacob and Michael Morningstar on 11 Oct 1847 [Vol 28:352] as well as 4 Sheriff sale entries on 12 Jan 1864 [Vol 41:366] from the estate, all to Michael V. Poast.
Location:	Wooded area on privately owned 23.7 acre parcel at 7648 Franklin-Madison Road (TR T-0004) about 1/2 mile south of Morningstar Road (TR T-0106). The cemetery is about 100 feet due east of the junction with Thomas Road. "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society , Cemetery #12227 [Morningstar Cemetery] This would appear to be the same cemetery listed as the Barkalow Cemetery #1293 in Madison Twp, Butler County, on the west side of Franklin-Madison Road which is the county line between Butler & Warren County (S1-T2N:R4E) Coordinates: about 39°33'44.4"N, 84°21'50.9"W TRS: Range 5 East, Township 1 North, Section 6
Links:	Not in the USGS GNIS Google Map at coordinates 39°33'44.4"N, 84°21'50.9"W Warren County Auditor for property at 7648 Morningstar Road , Property Account # 1620052, Parcel ID 02061000110] - 23.7 acres Aerial Image of the cemetery location from Windows Live Local 50 acres parcel of Mrs. Schwartz & Mrs Morningstar from Warner's 1867 Warren County Ohio Wall Map [location of cemetery is not shown on the map]
Transcriptions:	D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library) None Warren County Genealogical Society Not in any of the currently published Cemetery Books. Harriet Foley of Franklin and Kay Davenport of Orem, Utah, read the cemetery on 9 Nov 2001 and found 10 gravestone plus some footstones. The result of their efforts was published in the Heir Lines Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 4, Winter 2001, page 64 Other Known Transcriptions J. Larry Helton, Jr. of Butler County, read the cemetery on 18 Nov 2008 and appears to have found the same stones as those recorded by Foley and Davenport. With a few exceptions the readings are the same. See http://www.mainstreetmadison.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1305&SID=f8142e8a14az113bdaz854z7zfbc2abc
Variant Names:	NONE KNOWN OF [Butler County, Ohio Cemetery Records, Volume IX done by Hazel Stroup in 1967 describes the location of a Barkalow Cemetery as Wayne Township, on a farm once owned by William C. Barkalow on Trenton-Franklin Rd near the overhead railroad bridge near the Butler-Warren County line. This description would put the cemetery in the vicinity of the Morningstar Cemetery. The Stroup book lists 5 burials, none of which are included in the readings of the Morningstar Cemetery. However, they are all found in the Barkalow Cemetery on the Atlas Roofing Company grounds in Franklin Twp, Warren County. A review of 19th century entries in the Conveyance Book for Section 6 at the Recorders office did not reveal any entries that would indicate a Barkalow owned any part of section 6 during the 1800s.]

		1837 Plat Map of Range 5 East, Township 1 North Section 6 [from Carlisle, The Jersey Settlement in Ohio 1800 - 1990] Michael Morningstar - west half [no cemetery shown on map] Michael VanTuyl - East half	by Arne H Trelvik 21 November 2008
		1875 Plat Map of Range 5 East, Township 1 North Section 6 [from Combination Atlas Map of Warren County by L. H. Everts] The west half now divided as follows: - M. Post - 196 acres - Mrs. Morningstar - 60 acres south of the railroad - Miss M. A. Morningstar - 50 acres north of the railroad track - [location of cemetery marked with a cross - this is the only map I know of that marks the cemetery] - Mrs. Morningstar - 17 1/2 acres in northwest corner of section The east half now divided as follows: - J. W. Lane - 60 acres - School Lot just south of the railroad [now known as the Lane School] - A. Schenck - 48 acres - O. Ely - 12 acres - A. Vantyle - 120 acres - G. Banker - 79 acres	by Arne H Trelvik 21 November 2008
		Plat of Cemetery #65, Morningstar Cemetery from the WPA Veteran's Grave Registration Project for Warren County [NOTE: This plat shows the cemetery on the west side of Franklin-Madison Road which would put it in Madison Twp, Butler County. No veterans are listed as buried here]	by Arne H Trelvik 21 November 2008
*The following is taken from the Foley-Davenport reading that was published in Heir Lines [20: 64] with notations added to indicate differences noted in the Helton reading*
	Photo Needed	Johan Georges Morgenspitzen [top half in German, difficult to decipher] John George Morningstar born June 18, 1768 died April ---- aged 70 years 10 months 29 days Helton has d. April 23, 1841 aged 73 years 9 months & 23 days
	Photo Needed	Elizabeth Morningstar wife of John Morningstar Sept. 10, 1822 E. M. on footstone
	Photo Needed	Rachel Ann Morningstar daughter of John & Mary Ann Morningstar died February 26, 1854 aged 2 weeks & 4 days
	Photo Needed	John Morningstar my husband's grave died June 6, 1864 aged 41 years 11 months 24 days J. M. on footstone Helton has aged 41 years 8 months & 24 days
	Photo Needed	In Memory of John Coon who departed this life Oct. 10 AD 1836 Helton also had "in the 71 year" (1/2 stone)
	Photo Needed	Susanah Coon wife of John Coon who departed this life July 22, 1841 in the 25th year of her life Helton has name spelled Susannah and age as 75th year
Apparently, the remainder of the stones were very worn and or broken
	Photo Needed	SAM---- son of John Coon 1815 age 1 year --- months Helton has /unreadable/ of Samuel son of George and Susanna /unreadable/ A. D - possibly a different stone.
	Photo Needed	John son of (P)eter -----Rachel Tem(p)le who departed this life (the rest broken off)
	Photo Needed	Sophiah _____ ___ 10 years [broken stone] Perhaps the same stone that Helton has as O1 OPHLAH [hand carved - illegible]
	Photo Needed	14 years [broken at top and bottom]

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