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Taken from The Whitley County Historical Society website.
Kaler & Maring in their 1907 History of Whitley County report that Levi Adams settled on section fourteen [Troy township] now is 4170 W and 400 N. In 1845 he laid off a spot on his land for a cemetery and deeded it to the county. It is still known as the Adams cemetery. The first burial was Mrs. Lorenzo Havens in 1845, and the second was Levi Adams first wife in 1846.
This 1999 reading starts in the south east corner, this being the oldest section. The cemetery is fairly active with recent burials. Beverly Henley read the stones; checked by Jeanette Brown.
GREENHILL CEMETERY, in Columbia City
Greenhill cemetery, in Columbia City, is an odd shaped section of land bounded on the north by East Ellsworth Street, the west by what was the Blue Bell Jean factory and the south by the Blue River and the Blue River Greenway. It is composed of six separate sections: Brown, Masonic, Linvill, Ellabrand, Catholic, and though a block or so to the East, the Jewish. Except for a short distance between the Catholic and the Masonic, all sections are clearly defined with roads. For clarity we have further broken down the sections into numbered sections also clearly defined by roads. The Jewish and Ellabrand have one section but Linvill, Brown and Catholic have two sections each and the Masonic has four sections. Each section was read starting with the northeast corner the rows running north and south. GSWC readers first "read" the cemetery in 1997 and then updated it in 1998. In some cases past records of Nellie Raber's were used to compare in that some of the stones nearly illegible now, were for her easier to read. GWWC readers were: Lloyd Williams, Ester Donovan, Fred Webb, Linda Hollenbaugh, Marcia Schneider, Marjory Bennett, Julie Hayes, Cindy Keirn, Tamara Sunderland, Phyllis and Paul Shoda with Phyllis Shoda acting as coordinator. Dan Daniels checked the Jewish section for possible reading errors and Jeanette Brown checking the other 5 sections.
SCOTT-KEISTER CEMETERY and the KLINGAMAN ADDTION
Located at 6120 N 350 W, this cemetery was first used in 1816 (the Scott section) the Keister Addition next in 1917 and the Klingaman Addition in 1968
These two cemeteries are located in Columbia Township, Whitley County, 1500S State Road 205 South of Columbia City Indiana on State Road 205
South Park is owned and cared for by the Columbia Township Trustee. South Park Annex is owned and cared for by private owners.
The South Whitley cemetery was first used as a family burial place. Henry Parrett was the first person buried there in August 1845. It first contained 4 acres. Another family burial plot nearby was private and the first person buried was John Collin in 1845. It contained 3 acres. After several burials in each, they joined and became known as the South Whitley Cemetery.
In 1965, Marjorie Kite surveyed the cemetery and produced a cemetery book with over 4000 names, a monumental task.
Beginning in 1998 the Whitley County Genealogical Society, which was already working on other Whitley County cemeteries, began updating the 1965 cemetery book for the South Whitley Cemetery. Those involved in the count included Elizabeth (Betty) Yann, Beverley Henley, Julia and Michael Hayes. By mid 1999 there were over 6000 people buried at the cemetery. Jeanette Brown spent countless hours reading hand written sheets and entering them into a computer program which will be available on the Internet.
Special thanks must be given to Ed Myers, the caretaker at the cemetery, who assisted by opening the records when help was needed. Ed was always ready to help in any way we asked. Thanks are also extended to Cleveland Township Trustee Roland King and former trustee Jim Anderson who were ready to assist in any way. Michael and Julia Hayes, cooridinators.
Benjamin Archer and Charlotte Archer, his wife for a consideration of one dollar sold to Isaac Keirn, Turbit Keirn and William Roley, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church known as Thorncreek Chapel in Whitley County, Indiana, and their successors in office, one acre bounded as follows: Commencing 16 rods south of the northwest corner of section 28, thence south 12 rods, thence east 13 rods and 8 and 1/3 links, thence nort 12 rods, thence west 13 and 1/3 rods to the place of beginning containing one acre to be used for a cemetery and upon which to erect a house of worship for the M. E. Church, the same being a part of the southwest quarter of section 28 in township 32 (Thorncreek), north of range 9 east. Signed on October 8, 1856 by the grantors before C W Hughes, recorded of Whitley County. On the same day the Archers sold to Thomas Walker, 80 acres of which this acre had been a part and in which acre six of their children had been buried.
Troy Presbyterian Cemetery is located in the north east corner of Lincolnway and 650 W, the accompanying church being across Lincolnway.
Reading the cemetery starts in the south east corner with the rows running north and south. Parts of the cemetery are old, the rows in many cases not running a straight line due to a family buying a large plot sometimes two graves deep. Reading was done by Beverly Henley and checked by Linda Hollenbaugh and Jeanette Brown.
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