Hunt Cemeteries

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.

LName	FName	Death	Age	Relationship
HUNT	Thomas	Jun 25, 1814	68Y 9M 28D
HUNT	Anna Fitch			Wife of Thomas Hunt
HUNT	Nathan Smith	Oct 2, 1819	Born Dec 6, 1775
HUNT	Elizabeth Vandine	By Nov 13, 1814 when Ira married 2^nd Wife		wife of Ira Hunt
HUNT	Zelphia	1819		Wife of Nathan Hunt, died 36 hours after Nathan S Hunt
WHITTLESEY	Duran	Sep 26, 1823	48Y
WHITTLESEY	Ruth	Sep 24, 1855	75Y	Wife of Duran Whittlesey
DAVIS	Samuel	Mar 12, 1828	Born 1781
REEVES
YOUNG
BOGGS

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

For Nathan & Zelphia Hunt burial reference Alta Harvey Heiser’s article in the Hamilton Journal News Dec 12, 1952, Microfilm available at the Lane Library, Hamilton, Cummins Room.

Elizabeth Vandine Hunt wife of Ira Hunt died by 1814 when Ira Hunt married 2^nd wife. She is most likely buried in this cemetery/ burial ground

Reference https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/491.htm The Butler County Cyclopedia, 1882, to learn about the Huntsville in Butler County.

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