For many years the black top road to Conesville was known as County Road C. It has been renumbered to G28. On this road, close to Legler's Corner, that two neglected cemeteries are found.

One is just north of the road and was once a well kept plot with some large stones north of the road, some surrounded with ornamental iron fences. Of late years, the farm stock has been allowed to roam through and the weeds have grown very high.

Oldest graves were marked with the years 1851 and 1853. We have heard this cemetery referred to as the Vanatta Cemetery but wondered if it could have been a McGrew farm. Learned in an old atlas that an S. Houtz owned land but a J. M. McGrew was a neighbor. The Vanatta families lived south and east. The markers are scattered and hard to find but the following were some that were legible. 

At that time the cemetery had been recently mowed, veteran flags were on some of the graves and the livestock (llamas--yes llamas!) has now been confined to the neighboring property.  There are many illegible and broken stones within the cemetery, and clearly stones are missing.  We found several markers not listed previously.  We also did not find several markers which were on the WPA or other records.  These may be down and overgrown, but we did not have time to probe for them during our rewalk.  This pioneer cemetery would be a prime candidate for a restoration project.

If you have additional information on this cemetery or someone buried in it, please email us with details!  Details contributed by email are noted in RED on the list.

As with all cemetery data, please use this only as a guideline.  Errors may be present.
 

LAST NAME	FIRST MIDDLE	BIRTH	DEATH	NOTES FROM 2001 RE WALK	OTHER SOURCES CONTACT INFO
Barger	Elizabeth	?? Mar 1812	25 Feb 1890	w/o J. H.	WPA lists maiden name  as Hellems (Helms?) died age 77y 11m 15d
Barger	Jacob	.	12 Jan 1853	s/o J.H. & E aged 3y 6m 15d stone lying flat on  ground partly overgrown photo	not on previous listings
Barger	Jacob H.	22 Sep 1818	03 Feb 1893	stone is knocked off base photo	WPA lists as possible veteran children Nancy, Mary, and  Mrs. E.E. Finn
Booth	Leonard	.	08 Jan 1864	80y -rest too far in  ground to read-photo	not on previous listings
Brannon	J.	.	19 Apr 1863	IA 35 Infantry Civil War	WPA lists as T.J. Brannon  Co F IA 35th Infantry
George	Frances	.	02 May 1853	age buried in ground wife of Adam George photo	nee Houtz dau of Leonard & Sarah Houtz contact Diane Schreiner
Hagan	Joseph	11 Aug 1800	13 May 1880	.	original list says Hagens
Hagin?	Rachel	.	04 Mar 18?3	77y 9m 6d	not on previous listings
Helm	Catharine	.	20 Jun 1858	w/o J.D. Helm age buried under dirt photo	WPA lists died age 76y 0m 25d
Helm	F.D.	.	.	rest illegible looks like  "son" -this is on back  of J.D. Helm marker - photo	not on previous listings
Helm	John D	.	01 Apr 1854	aged 81y	WPA
Helm	Sophiah M	.	.	d/o J.D. & C. Helm stone buried too far to read dates	WPA lists death as 06 Oct 1851  age 50y 10m 24d
Houtz	Amanda	03 Nov 1827	05 Jun 1870	.	not found 2001 rewalk nee Wiles-wife of Peter Houtz contact Diane Schreiner
Houtz	Benjamin	.	1856	.	not found 2001 rewalk infant s/o Amanda & Peter Houtz contact Diane Schreiner
Houtz	Leonard	01 Jan 1784 Logan Co PA	08 Jan 1874	stone found down  and in bad condition photo	died age 80 per WPA records offsite information contact Diane Schreiner
Houtz	Peter	02 Nov 1851	02 Jun 1871	.	not found 2001 rewalk WPA records
Houtz	Sarah	.	14 Mar 1874	72y 6m 29d  w/o L. Houtz photo	born 15 Sep 1791 Dauphin Co PA nee Whitmer offsite information contact Diane Schreiner
Illegible	Georgiana	.	?? ??? 1871	.	not on previous listings
Illegible	.	.	.	next to Sarah  Houtz	.
McGrew	Charlotte	.	25 Jun 1851	61y 3?m 21d w/o Wm. McGrew	born 04 Mar 1790 Cincinatti OH  nee Chevalier contact Judy McGrew
McGrew	Corp'l  Orlando	.	.	G.A.R.  marker wedged  against fence of McGrew plot	b. 01 Oct 1840,  died 02 Apr 1864  Muscatine  Co I, Iowa 11th Infantry contact Judy McGrew
McGrew	John	06 Feb 1815	12 Jul 1889	fence on 3 sides unmarked grave  next to this one	middle name Chevalier possible CW Vet per WPA  killed in buggy accident offsite information contact Judy McGrew
McGrew	Lewis T	.	06 May 1864	stone appears to say  06 May 1864 -photo	alt death date given as  10 May 1864 s/o William & Charlotte middle name Thompson a Brethren Minister contact Judy McGrew
McGrew	Nancy V.	.	15 May 1864	19y 1m 5d dau of T.A. same stone as Lewis  but on a different side -photo	b. 10 Apr 1845 in IA d/o Lewis T & Anna Highfield McGrew contact Judy McGrew
McGrew	William	.	22 Jun 1851	stone leaning wedged up against wrought  iron fence could not move to read rest	b. 06 Mar 1789 in Georgetown, Scott, KY he & wife died in cholera epidemic WPA says died 23rd contact Judy McGrew
Price	Hon. Michael	.	09 Mar 1866 or 86	55y 4m 25d - G.A.R.	WPA lists as buried at Greenwood  with the following notation:  Possible Vet-Newspaper notice of death  Muscatine Journal 3-12-1886-- Individual burial record  was made at Vanatta Cemetery, Cranston, Seventy-six Twp
Randleman	Charlotte M.	.	18 Jun 1864	27y 4m 2d d/o T. A. McGrew w/o D.R. Randleman buried with her infant	WPA lists as Charlotte T. wife of David R - married 22 May 1856 per Muscatine  Co. marriage records d/o Lewis & Anna T McGrew born 11 Oct 1836 contact Judy McGrew
Randleman	David R.	.	18 Jun 1864	.	not found 2001 rewalk WPA lists as D.R. Randleman McGrew  died age 27y
Randleman	infant	.	18 Jun 1864	child of of D.R. & Charlotte buried with mother same stone	not on previous listings
Stoker	Charles W.	.	02 Apr 1851	8m 10d s/o G & J  most of stone found in a pile next to Sarah Houtz marker- photo	not on previous listings Chuck Prochaska
Stoker	Gritten	.	30 May 1865	39y 3m 6d marker down photo	WPA gives same information Chuck Prochaska
Vanatta	James	07 Nov 1811  Beaver Co PA	30 Oct 1886	.	not found 2001 rewalk WPA says d. 20 Sep 1888 age 74 Lee Sulzberger
Vanatta	John	30 Aug 1840 Beaver Co PA	21 Jan 1894	.	WPA gives same information s/o James & Katy Lee Sulzberger
Vanatta	Katy Ann	21 Dec 1817 PA	18 Apr 1902	stone broken and partly illegible	name not legible on stone  WPA list as Katy Ann Vanatta w/o James Lee Sulzberger
Wiles	Edward O.	.	18 Oct 1850	2m 8m 20d son of A._. and J Wiles	not on previous listings
Wiles	Harriet	.	02 Sep 1850	8m 18d-d/o B & J Wiles photo	not on previous listings

Last Updated on 7/24/2001
By Susie Martin-Rott