Bethany Church, Turtlecreek Twp, Warren County, Ohio

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Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project
a project of the Warren County Genealogical Society a chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
in partnership with the Warren County OHGenWeb Project.

Bethany Church Cemetery
Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio
(now Bethany United Church of Christ)

Index to Available Tombstone Photos
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ [no surname] [Dunham Family Bible] [Bethany Church Cemetery Home page] [former Bethany Home Page]

According to Beers History of Warren County, a Bethany Church was located on this site as early as 1815. The first preacher, Richard Simonton was ordained on the 18th of October, 1821 and the church was formally organized as a Christian (or New Light) Church on Dec. 15, 1821. The church is now occupied by the Bethany United Church of Christ who continue to operate this active cemetery.

Location:

The Bethany United Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Turtlecreek Township 1026 N State Route 123 (just west of Interstate 71)
"Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society
- Cemetery #12293
Coordinates: 39° 25' 01"N, 84° 09' 21"W
RTS: Range 3 North, Township 5 East, Section 22 [per Warren County Auditor site]
RTS: Range 3 North, Township 5 East, Section 23 [per 1867 Warren County Wall Map]

Links:

USGS GNIS - Bethany Cemetery; FID #1963083
Google Map at coordinates 39° 25' 01"N, 84° 09' 21"W
TopoZone map at coordinates 39° 25' 01"N, 84° 09' 21"W
Warren County Auditor for Trustees Bethany Christian Church - Property Account # 5323444 [Parcel ID 13222000031] - 3.4 acres
Aerial Map from Windows.Live Local
Beers History of Warren County, pages 500 and 777

Warner's 1867 Wall Map of Warren County, Range 3 North, Township 5 East, Section 23

Transcriptions:

D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library)
- Early Vital Records Vol 4, p.29-34
- Early Vital Records Vol. 6 p.386-404
Warren County Genealogical Society
- Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6 , page 386-404 [also see on-line Name Index]
- Starting in 2006, William L. Hatfield has researched the burials in the cemetery for the Warren County Genealogical Society, photographing each stone and recording tombstone transcriptions, and other records into a single database. His efforts will be incorporated into a future edition of Warren County, Ohio cemetery records by the Warren County Genealogical Society.
- In November, 2006, Cheryl Jordan photographed all extant tombstone for the Warren County Genealogical Society and her efforts will also be incorporated into a future edition of Warren County, Ohio cemetery records by the Warren County Genealogical Society. [The name index for this site was created from Cheryl's data.]
- Our thanks to the following Warren County Genealogical Society volunteers who have all contributed photos taken at this cemetery to the Warren County Virtual Cemetery Project:
  Amy Cole, Loretta Rothman Dunham, David Frazier, William L. Hatfield, Barbara Hurley, Cheryl Jordan, Kelly Kramer, Christopher Strauss, Bobbi Tindle, Arne H Trelvik and Dean Walker

Variant Names:

WPA Veteran Grave Registration Project, Page 40 Bethany Cemetery No. 8
The WPA listed 23 veterans on their plat map as shown in the table. We were not able to find information to confirm service of five of them. We do not know of a Joseph L. Hathaway buried here.
We have identified at least 57 other veterans buried at Bethany Cemetery including 3 from the War of 1812, 6 from the Civil War, 2 from the Spanish American War, 11 World War I vets, 32 World War II vets, 2 Korean War vets, 1 Vietnam War vet and 1 casualty from the Middle East Conflicts.

*Lot*	*Grave*	*War*	*Conflict*	*Name*	*Comments*
218	2	19	Civil War	Albertson, Josh.
144	1	19	Civil War	Ayersman, Dan'l.
211	8	1	Revolutionary War	Banta, Peter
215	1	19	Civil War	Brown, Isaac W.
212	1	19	Civil War	Brown, J. R.
88	2	19	Civil War	Brown, Josiah A.
30	1	19	Civil War	Brown, Norman
145	1	19	Civil War	Burns, Henry
48	1	19	Civil War	Hatfield, Lew. P.
202	3	19	Civil War	Hatfield, Jno. W.
211	2	19	Civil War	Hathaway, Jos. L.	no records found
206	3	19	Civil War	Hunter, Jos. L.
144	2	10	War of 1812	Jack, Sam'l S.
48	3	33	Other Service	Jack, T. S.	no records found
7	4	19	Civil War	LeFever, Jno.
108	1	31	World War I	Lyons, Art. L.
201	2	19	Civil War	Maple, Wm.
204	4	19	Civil War	Nixon, Jno.	no service information
58	5	19	Civil War	Stephenson, M. L.	no service information
16	7	19	Civil War	St. John, D. F.
23	1	19	Civil War	Stokes, Ben'j. F.
23	1	19	Civil War	Tremble, Jno. H.
30	2	19	Civil War	Walker, Jno. L.	no service information
7	4	31	Other Service	Winkler, Alb.	World War I Vet

Photographic Records. [Click on the thumbnail images for larger photos]
[To contribute your photos email them in jpg format to Arne Trelvik with any other details that you would like to share]


	Looking south from road	Looking at Row X	Looking east from road	Looking east

Looking south	Looking southeast	Looking West Old Section

DUNHAM FAMILY BIBLE PHOTOS

Old Bible inside donated (or owned) by Mrs Wm Dunham (probably William Henry Dunham which would make her Lydia Wilgus Dunham)
images contributed by Christopher Strauss 9 Mar 2005

Index to Available Tombstone Photos
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ [no surname] [Dunham Family Bible] [Bethany Church Cemetery Home page] [former Bethany Home Page]

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