Barbour County Cemetery Descriptions
Inventoried by ARFHS

The Alleghey Regional Family History Society has inventoried numerous cemeteries in Barbour County, West Virginia.  These records are published as Barbour County West Virginia Cemetery Headstone Readings Volume 1 and Volume 2 and are available through The Allegheny Regional Family History Society.

Code: BARB018 Cemetery: HOLBERT


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT 25O GOING NORTH. GO TO THE BARBOUR COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS AND TURN LEFT ON RT 250/10. GO ABOUT 2 MILES TO AN INTERSECTION 250/8 AND THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: APR 07, 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB019 Cemetery: OLD SHOCKEY


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT, SOME LYING DOWN, AND 8 ARE DAMAGED OR BROKEN. 12 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK AND THERE IS 2 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT 25O NORTH. TURN LEFT ON RT 250/10 NEAR THE BARBOUR COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. GO ABOUT 2 MILES AND TURN LEFT ON RT 250/8. GO ABOUT 2 TENTHS OF A MILE AND TURN RIGHT ON RT 21. CONTINUE ON FOR ABOUT 1.7 MILES AND CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT.
Information Collected: APR 25, 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB021 Cemetery: ENGLAND


Remarks: 10 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCKS AND APPROXIMATELY 10 ARE UNMARKED. INFORMATION ON 1 STONE IS ILLEGIBLE.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI SOUTH ON RT 250 AND TURN LEFT ON RT 38. GO TO THE END OF RT 38 AND TURN LEFT ONTO RT 92. GO PAST THE COMMUNITY OF NESTORVILLE ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES TO THE MOATSVILLE RD, WHICH IS RT 10. TURN LEFT AND GO OVER A SMALL BRIDGE AND FOLLOW RT 10/13 FOR ABOUT 3/4 MILE TO RT 4. TURN RIGHT ON RT 4 AND CEMETERY IS ABOUT 1/2 MILE ON THIS ROAD.
Information Collected: JULY 1993 By: JANICE COONTZ
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Code: BARB022 Cemetery: NESTORVILLE


Remarks: MOST TOMBSTONES ARE UPRIGHT, SOME ARE LYING DOWN AND A FEW GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED ON ONE SIDE.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT 92 TOWARD NESTORVILLE. TURN RIGHT ON RT 38. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND TURN LEFT ONTO 26/11 AND CEMETERY IS ABOUT 1/2 MILE DOWN THIS ROAD.
Information Collected: MAY 13, 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB032 Cemetery: MT TABOR


Remarks: 76 HEADSTONES. MOST STONES ARE UPRIGHT. 3 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH
CREEK ROCK AND 5 OR 6 ARE UNMARKED. TWO STONES ARE PARTIALLY UNREADABLE.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 119 SOUTH TOWARD BUCKHANNON. TURN RIGHT ON RT 57 AND GO ABOUT 4.1 MILE TO STEWART RUN ROAD. GO RIGHT ON IT APPROX 3.3 MILES, CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD BESIDE MT TABOR UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH.
Information Collected: 28 MAY, 1993 By: Ted Wolfe
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JUL, 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB038 Cemetery: TALBOTT


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT AND 2 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: TAKE RT 33 OUT OF ELKINS TO NORTON CUTOFF. MAKE A LEFT TURN TOWARD NORTON. CONTINUE ON THIS ROAD FOR APPROX 5 MILES. MAKE A RIGHT ON THE KINGSVILLE ROAD. GO APPROX 5 MILES. CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: 03 MAY, 1993 By: V McELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB010 Cemetery: SHOMO-DANIELS


Remarks: HEADSTONES MOSTLY UPRIGHT. 2 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT & FENCED
Directions:: FROM JUNIOR, TAKE JACKSON STREET TOWARD WEAVER. TURN INTO THE K OF P CEMETERY. GO THROUGH THE CEMETERY TO VERY END. CEMETERY IS OFF TO RIGHT IN A PASTURE FIELD. IT'S ON DENVER SHOMO'S PROPERTY.
Information Collected: JUN 08, 1992 By: SANDRA BLAKE
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Code: BARB011 Cemetery: SUGAR CREEK CEMETERY


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT. 2 CREEK ROCK. 3 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. SOME OF THE GRAVES HAVE BRICK WALLS THAT HAVE FALLEN DOWN.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT & UNFENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON TAKE RT 92 N FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MILES. TURN LEFT AT THE SIDE ROAD THAT GOES BY THE OLD SHAWKEY SCHOOL HOUSE. CEMETERY IS LOCATED BESIDE THE SUGAR CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH & CAN BE SEEN FROM RT 92.
Information Collected: APR 14, 1993 By: MRS SUE WOLFE
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Code: BARB012 Cemetery: JONES-CHENOWETH


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT. 1 DAMAGED & 8 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT & FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT 25O TOWARD PHILIPPI TO THE BARBOUR CO FAIR GROUNDS. TURN LEFT ON TO RT 250/10 FOR ABOUT 1 MILE. CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE ON TOP OF A HILL. THERE IS A WHITE HOUSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
Information Collected: APR 07, 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB013 Cemetery: MOUNTAIN VIEW-K OF P


Remarks: 418 HEADSTONES UPRIGHT, 11 GRAVES MARKED WITH CREEK R0CK, 18 MARKED WITH FOOTSTONES, & 17 MARKED WITH FUNERAL HOME MARKERS. SEVERAL UNMARKED GRAVES & 2 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. 22 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH MILITARY MARKERS.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT & FENCED
Directions:: FROM JUNIOR, TAKE JACKSON STREET FOR 8 TENTHS OF A MILE. MAKE A RIGHT TURN AT A MARKER SHOWING K OF P CEMETERY. GO APPROXIMATELY 3 TENTHS OF A MILE. CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT. THE POST AT THE ENTRANCE SHOWS MOUNTAIN VIEW & K OF P.
Information Collected: 1992 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB014 Cemetery: VALLEY BEND


Remarks: HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT. SOME GRAVES MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK. UNABLE TO DETERMINE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT, & FENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON, TAKE RT 250 N TOWARD PHILLIPPI. GO ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES TO RT 44. THIS IS THE FIRST HARDTOP ROAD ON THE RIGHT. TAKE THIS ROAD FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO WHERE RT 44 TURNS TO THE RIGHT BUT DO NOT GO TO THE RIGHT. GO STRAIGHT AHEAD ON RT 250/9. GO 1/4 MILE. CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT.
Information Collected: MAR 19, 1992 By: JANICE COONTZ
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Code: BARB020 Cemetery: OLD RIGHT


Remarks: SOME HEADSTONES LYING DOWN
Condition: ABANDONED
Directions:: IN THE CITY OF BELINGTON, FOLLOW SORPOLL AVE JUST PAST JUDSON ST AND THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JUL 10, 1992 By: JANICE COONTZ
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Code: BARB100 Cemetery: HOTSINPILLER


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Directions:: LOCATED ON TOP OF A HILL ABOVE TETERS CREEK, AND ON THE ORIGINAL HOTSINPILLER FARM. PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY LARRY MILLER IN 1974.
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Code: BARB059 Cemetery: TAYLOR DRAIN


Remarks: SOME HEADSTONES WERE UPRIGHT, SOME WERE LYING DOWN AND DAMAGED OR BROKEN. APPROX 113 STONES AND 11 CREEK ROCK. APPROX 40 UNMARKED GRAVES AND 4 PARTIALLY UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS.
Condition: GOOD KEPT FENCED
Directions:: FROM PHILIPPI GO NORTH ON RT 219/250 TO ARDEN ROAD. TURN RIGHT ON RT 6 FOR APPROX 3/4 MILE THEN TURN RIGHT ON TAYLOR DRAIN ROAD RT 6/5. GO APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE TO CEMETERY ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD.
Information Collected: JULY 1994 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: AUG 1994 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB024 Cemetery: SHILOH


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Directions:: SAME AS TO THE CASTLE CEMETERY BUT CONTINUE ON RT. 5/2 ANOTHER 3/4 OF A MILE PAST THE CASTLE CEMETERY TO WHERE THIS ROUTE CHANGES TO RT. 3/1. CONTINUE ON RT. 3/1 FOR ANOTHER 1/2 MILE TO THE CEMETERY.
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Code: BARB023 Cemetery: MT CASTLE


Remarks: 46 HEADSTONES AND MOST ARE UPRIGHT. 2 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH FUNERAL HOME MARKERS AND 1 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT 92 NORTH AND TURN RIGHT ON RT 38 IN THE COMMUNITY OF NESTORVILLE. CONTINUE ON RT 38 PAST VALLEY FURNACE FOR ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE AND TURN LEFT ON RT 5/2 FOR ABOUT 400 YDS TO THE CEMETERY Information Collected: 1992 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB037 Cemetery: TRINITY


Remarks: NUMEROUS UNMARKED GRAVES. ONE HEADSTONE IS LYING DOWN AND THERE IS 1 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION ON CREEK ROCK.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT AND UNFENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING SOUTH ON RT 17 AND ABOUT 2 MILES AFTER YOU LEAVE BELINGTON YOU WILL BEAR OFF TO THE LEFT ON RT 17. (RT 17/2 BEARS TO THE RIGHT). GO ABOUT 1.2 MILES ON RT 17 TO THE CEMETERY.
Information Collected: APR 1994 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB096 Cemetery: COX


Remarks: A FAMILY CEMETERY CONTAINING 2 GRAVES. ONE MARBLE STONE AND ONE UNMARKED.
Condition:
Directions:: LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROUTE 92, ON THE TOP OF AN EAST WEST RIDGE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF A LOW GAP, AND AT THE HEAD OF A VERY SMALL TRIBUTARY OF RACOON CREEK, COMMONLY KNOWN AS COX HOLLOW.
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Code: BARB073 Cemetery: MT ZION


Remarks: HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT, UNABLE TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF UNMARKED GRAVES AND SOME GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT 92 TO NESTORVILLE. TURN RIGHT ON RT 38 TOWARD VALLEY FURNACE. GO 2.3 MILES TO CEMENT BRIDGE ON RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND STAY ON BLACKTOP. GO APPROX 21/2 MILES. CEMETERY IS ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD.
Information Collected: 12 MAY, 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 12 MAY, 1993 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB089 Cemetery: CAMPBELL


Remarks: APPROX 6 DAMAGED HEADSTONES. SOME LYING DOWN. APPROX 16 CREEK ROCK.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: RT 92N OUT OF BELINGTON. TURN RIGHT ON RT 38. GO APPROX 1/2 MILE AND TURN LEFT ON RT 93 WHICH IS JUST PAST A BRIDGE. GO ABOUT 3 MILES AND YOU CAN SEE THE CEMETERY ON THE HILLSIDE ON THE LEFT. TURN IN AT THE NEXT DRIVE (IRA HOVATTER'S) AND GET PERMISSION.
Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JUL, 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB015 Cemetery: FRATERNAL


Remarks: THIS IS A LARGE CEMETERY WITH ALL STONES UPRIGHT AND NO UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT 250 NORTH. GO ABOUT 1/4 MILE TO A HARD ROAD AND MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON OLD RT 250. GO APPROX 1/4 MILE AND CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JULY 1993 By: JANICE COONTZ VIOLET MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JULY 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB027 Cemetery: ST JOHN'S


Remarks: STONES ARE UPRIGHT. 1 GRAVE IS MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK AND APPROXIMATELY 15 GRAVES ARE UNMARKED.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 25O SOUTH AND TURN LEFT ON RT 38. MAKE A LEFT TURN AT THE TACY COMMUNITY, BY THE CROSSROADS CHURCH, WHICH IS RT 24. STAY ON RT 24 FOR ABOUT 1.4 MILES AND TURN RIGHT ON RT 24/6. THE CEMETERY IS ABOUT 1 MILE DOWN THIS ROAD.
Information Collected: SEPT 1993 By: JANICE & CATHY COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: SEPT 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB048 Cemetery: MT. VERNON


Remarks: THIS IS A VERY LARGE CEMETERY. DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. OLD SECTION IS BEHIND THE CHURCH. ROADS DIVIDE THE NEW SECTIONS MAKING ALL GRAVES ACCESSIBLE BY AUTOMOBILES.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 119 TOWARD BUCKHANNON FOR ABOUT 41/2 MILES AND THE CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
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Code: BARB017 Cemetery: JOSEPH'S CHAPEL


Remarks: 47 HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT, 6 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH FUNERAL HOME MARKERS, 3 MILITARY MARKERS AND 2 CREEK ROCK. SEVERAL UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT 92 FOR ABOUT 4 3/4 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF RT 40. TURN LEFT ONTO RT 40 FOR ABOUT 1 1/4 MILES. CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JAN 1992 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB084 Cemetery: MUSTOE


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT. SOME ARE LYING DOWN, DAMAGED OR BROKEN.
Condition: POOR ABANDONED FENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON, TAKE ROAD BETWEEN THE DODGE DEALER AND STEMPLE FUNERAL HOME (WATKINS RD). GO TO 1ST INTERSECTION AND BEAR RIGHT. THIS BECOMES THE BEVERLY PIKE. STAY ON THIS ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1 3/4 MILES. CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON A HILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEADOW. CAN NOT BE REACHED BY CAR.
Information Collected: 1992 By: J COONTZ C COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB042 Cemetery: TALBOTT & HILL


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Directions:: TAKE RT 119 SOUTH OUT OF PHILIPPI. GO PAST THE PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ABOUT 200 YARDS AND CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT.
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Code: BARB050 Cemetery: MT HEBRON


Remarks: STONES WERE UPRIGHT. 12 WERE PARTIALLY ILLEGIBLE AND APPROX 20 STONES WERE ILLEGIBLE
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 119 TOWARD BUCKHANNON FOR ABOUT 5¬ MILES. TURN LEFT ON RT 36 AND GO ABOUT 1 MILE TO THE CARROLTON COVERED BRIDGE. GO ABOUT 1¬ MILES PAST THE BRIDGE AND THE CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
Information Collected: SEPT 1993 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: OCT 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB026 Cemetery: FAIRVIEW


Remarks: HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT ONLY 1 ILLEGIBLE
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 119 & 250 N. ABOUT 3/4 MILE JUST PAST THE B & O RAILROAD TUNNEL AND TURN RIGHT ON RT 6 TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF ARDEN. CROSS THE BRIDGE AT ARDEN AND TURN LEFT ON RT 12. GO ABOUT 1 MILE ON RT 12 TO WHERE THE ROAD TURNS RIGHT AND TURN RIGHT THERE. THIS IS STILL RT 12. GO ABOUT 1 MILE AND TURN LEFT AND GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE ONTO RT 12/3. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE WHERE THE ROAD 12/3 GOES TO THE RIGHT BUT DO NOT TURN RIGHT. GO STRAIGHT AHEAD ON 10/13 FOR ABOUT 2 MILRES TO THE CEMETERY.
Information Collected: OCT 1993 By: JANICE & CATHY COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: OCT 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB034 Cemetery: OVERFIELD


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT, 2 LYING DOWN, 2 DAMAGED OR BROKEN. 38 TOTAL. 9 CREEK ROCK, 5 WITH PARTIALLY UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS APPROX. 30 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: FAIR KEPT, UNFENCED. GRASS & BROOMSAGE IS HIGH.
Directions:: TAKE RT. 57 OUT OF PHILIPPI TOWARDS CLARKSBURG. ABOUT 10 MILES YOU WILL COME TO THE OVERFIELD COMMUNITY, THE CEMETRY IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: 16 APR, 1993 By: TED WOLFE, JR.
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB049 Cemetery: PLEASANT GROVE


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 TOWARD BUCKHANNON FOR ABOUT 61/2 MILES, THE CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
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Code: BARB043 Cemetery: WARD


Remarks: 118 HEADSTONES. MOSTLY UPRIGHT, SOME LYING DOWN AND SOME BROKEN. 9 GRAVES MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK AND 2 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. APPROXIMATELY 10 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT & FENCED.
Directions:: TAKE RT 119 SOUTH OUT OF PHILIPPI. AS YOU ENTER CENTURY #2, TURN RIGHT ON RT 34 AND GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JUNE 05, 1993 By: TED WOLFE
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Code: BARB057 Cemetery: POINT PLEASANT


Remarks: STONES WERE UPRIGHT APPROXIMATELY 10 UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: GOOD KEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: GO NORTH OUT OF PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 & 250 FOR ABOUT 21/2 MILES TO CORDERS CROSSING. TURN LEFT ON RT. 76 AND GO ABOUT 21/2 MILES TO CEMETERY WHICH WILL BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: SEPT 1993 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: OCT 13, 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB002 Cemetery: ROW


Remarks: ONLY 1 HEADSTONE "ANCESTOR'S OF ROW'S. INFORMATION GIVEN BY ALVA ROW.
Condition:
Directions:: LOCATED ON DENVER SHOMO'S PROPERTY IN JUNIOR.
Information Collected: SEP 1992 By: SANDRA BLAKE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: OCT 1992 Name: J MCCOLLUM

Code: BARB053 Cemetery: MARIAHS


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPLPI ON RT. 119 AND 250 NORTH. GO ABOUT 31/2 MILES, CROSS OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND PAST THE MARY CHAPEL CHURCH AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 6. GO ABOUT 4¬ MILES ON RT. 6 WHERE IT GOES TO THE LEFT AND BECOMES A DIRT ROAD. GO PAST THE EBENEZER CHURCH, FOR ABOUT 2¬ MILES TO CLEMTOWN INTERSECTION. TURN LEFT ON RT. 10 FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS TO CEMETERY.
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Code: BARB054 Cemetery: PRITCHARD


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Directions:: NORTH OUT OF PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 & 250 3¬ MILES CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND PAST THE MARY CHAPLE CHURCH. TURN RIGHT ON RT. 6 FOR ABOUT 4¬ MILES AND CONTINUE ON THIS ROUTE WHEN IT BEARS LEFT AND BECOMES A DIRT ROAD. GO TO THE CLEMTOWN INTERSECTION AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 10 FOR ABOUT 400 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF RT. 8. TURN LEFT ON RT. 8 FOR ABOUT 1 MILE AND CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
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Code: BARB055 Cemetery: MOATS


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Directions:: NORTH OUT OF PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 & 250 3¬ MILES CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND PAST THE MARY CHAPLE CHURCH. TURN RIGHT ON RT. 6 FOR ABOUT 4¬ MILES AND CONTINUE ON THIS ROUTE WHEN IT BEARS LEFT AND BECOMES A DIRT ROAD. GO TO THE CLEMTOWN INTERSECTION AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 10 FOR ABOUT 1¬ MILES TO RT. 10/10. TURN RIGHT AGAIN AND THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ABOUT A MILE AWAY ON RT. 10/10.
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Code: BARB056 Cemetery: SAYRE


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Directions:: TAKE 119 & 250 NORTH OUT OF PHILIPPI TOWARD TAYLOR COUNTY LINE. JUST AS YOU ENTER TAYLOR COUNTY TURN RIGHT ON RT. 10 AND GO ABOUT 1 MILES TO RT. 10/4. TURN RIGHT ON RT. 10/4 AND GO ABOUT ¬ MILE AND THE CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
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Code: BARB097 Cemetery: DIGMAN


Remarks: A SMALL CEMETERY IN WHICH 22 GRAVES CAN BE IDENTIFIED.
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Directions:: LOCATED ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE DIGMAN BRIDGE ON LAUREL CREEK, AND IS ON A POINT OF LAND NORTH OF THE ROAD.
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Code: BARB058 Cemetery: MARY CHAPLE


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Directions:: GO NORTH OUT OF PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 & 250 FOR ABOUT 3¬ MILES. THE CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RT. 119 AND 250, ON TOP OF A STEEP HILL.
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Code: BARB107 Cemetery: CLEAVENGER


Remarks: APPROXIMATELY 152 STONES IN ALL, SOME ARE UPRIGHT AND SOME ARE LYING DOWN. 3 CREEK ROCK AND 9 STONES WERE PARTIALLY UNREADABLE. APPROX 10 GRAVES ARE UNMARKED.
Condition: THE CEMETERY IS PARTIALLY FENCED BUT IS UNKEPT.
Directions:: LOCATED IN GALLOWAY, ON NORTH SIDE OF RT 76 (RIGHT HAND SIDE HEADING TO BRIDGEPORT.)
Information Collected: NOV 1993 By: TED WOLFE, JR.
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JUNE 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB098 Cemetery: FAIRVIEW AT DANVILLE-COVINGTON CHURCH


Remarks: AN OLD CEMETERY THAT HAS MOSTLY BEEN ABANDONED. CHURCH BUILDING HAS BEEN LONG GONE.
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Directions:: LOCATED ON THE ROAD FROM DANVILLE TO NESTORVILLE, WHERE THE ROAD FORKS, ONE LEADING OFF TO THE VALLEY FURNACE COMMUNITY, AND ON A POINT BETWEEN THE 2 ROADS.
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Code: BARB061 Cemetery: MASONIC


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 24, GO PAST THE MEYERS CLINIC ABOUT 400 YARDS AND THE CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
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Code: BARB062 Cemetery: NORRIS


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Directions:: GO EAST ON MAPLE AVE. NORTH IN THE CITY OF PHILIPPI. THIS AVE. IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NEW BRIDGE, AND TURNS INTO RT. 119/5. AFTER THE HARD ROAD PART OF RT. 119/5 ENDS, YOU WILL BE ON A DIRT ROAD GOING THROUGH THE NORRIS MEADOW LAND UP A HILL TO THE CEMETERY WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGH RIDGE.
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Code: BARB063 Cemetery: KELLY


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 24 WHICH GOES PAST THE MEYERS CLINIC. GO ABOUT .2 TENTHS OF A MILE AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 24/1. GO 1.3 MILES TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THE CEMETERY IS ON YOUR LEFT. AT ONE TIME THE AREA AROUND THIS CEMETERY WAS BACKFILLED WITH MINING REFUSE AND DIRT AND IS LOCATED ON A SURFACE TRACT BELONGING TO R.K. BOGERT.
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Code: BARB064 Cemetery: FIRST TALBOTT


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI GOING NORTH ON RT. 119 & 250. JUST PAST THE A-B COLLEGE BALLFIELD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD ON TOP OF THE HILL, TURN RIGHT ON RT. 119/18. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND YOU WILL COME UPON A SHARP LEFT HAND TURN IN THE ROAD WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE DR. RALPH WOODFORD SUMMER CAMP. THI IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE IS A MID-SPZE HOUSE ON THIS PROPERTY AND THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED IN BACK OF THIS HOUSE.
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Code: BARB065 Cemetery: WHITECOTTON


Remarks: 5 GRAVES WITH WOODEN CROSSES NO OTHER INFORMATION ON THEM. THIS IS A SMALL FAMILY CEMETERY. STONES ARE UPRIGHT 4 GRAVES MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK.
Condition: GOOD KEPT FENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON, TAKE US RTE 250 NORTH TOWARD PHILIPPI FOR 7 MILES. TURN LEFT ON OLD US 250. TAKE 1ST ROAD TO LEFT (LESS THAN .1 MILE). GO .5 MILE AND TURN LEFT OVER A SMALL BRIDGE. STAY ON HARDTOP AND GO TO THE END OF THE ROAD. YOU WILL PASS THE MT LIBERTY-BOOTH CEMETERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHITECOTTON CEMETERY IS ON A SMALL HILL IN A PASTURE FIELD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: OCT 20, 1994 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: OCT 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB066 Cemetery: MT LIBERTY-BOOTH


Remarks: ALL HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT. SEVERAL GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK AND I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE EXACT AMOUNT OF UNMARKED GRAVES. THERE WERE NO UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT FENCED
Directions:: NORTH ON RT. 250 OUT OF BELINGTON FOR 7 MILES. TURN LEFT ON OLD US 250. GO LESS THAN .1 MILE AND TAKE 1ST ROAD TO THE LEFT. GO .5 MILE AND TURN LEFT OVER A SMALL BRIDGE. GO 2.2 MILES TO THE CEMETERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE TOWN OF MT LIBERTY.
Information Collected: OCT 20, 1994 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: OCT 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB067 Cemetery: WELCH


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 24 GOING NORTH PAST THE MEYERS CLINIC TO MERIDEN, THEN TURN LEFT OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS CONTINUING ON RT. 24 FOR ABOUT 1 3/4 MILES. AT THE INTERSECTION FO RT. 24/3 TURN RIGHT ABOUT 1/2 MILE. THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL AND ALSO ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
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Code: BARB068 Cemetery: SILENT GROVE


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 250 SOUTH TO INTERSECTION OF RT. 250/7 WHICH IS AT THE END OF THE CITY LIMITS OF CITY OF PHILIPPI. GO ABOUT 2 MILES TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND TURN LEFT ON RT. 250/3. CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ROAD ABOUT 400 YARDS FROM THE INTERSECTION.
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Code: BARB069 Cemetery: OLD QUAKER


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 & 250 WEST FROM THE COVERED BRIDGE FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO RT. 7 ( ALSO KNOWN AS CHERRY HILL ROAD) WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT ONTO THIS ROAD AND GO ABOUT 11/2 MILES PAST THE PHILIPPI ELEMENTERY SCHOOL. TURN RIGHT ON RT. 119/4, NEAR THE TOP OF A HILL TO CEMETERY. NOTE, THE BARBOUR COUNTY AIRPORT USES THIS ROUTE TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.
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Code: BARB070 Cemetery: MT. OLIVE


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 & 250 GOING NORTH ABOUT 1¬ MILES TO RT. 22, ALSO KNOW AS HACKER CREEK RD. TURN LEFT ON RT. 22 AND GO ABOUT 200 YARDS AND TURN LEFT AGAIN ONTO RT. 119/4. CEMETERY IS LOCATED ABOUT 200 YARDS DOWN THIS ROAD ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND IS PRESENTLY LOCATED ON THE WILLARD RITTER FARM.
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Code: BARB071 Cemetery: OLIVE HILL


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI GOING SOUTH TO RT. 38. TURN LEFT ON RT. 38 FOR ABOUT 2 1/4 MILES AND TURN LEFT ONTO RT. 5. CEMETERY IS ABOUT 3/4 MILES DOWN ON RT. 5 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF ROAD NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL.
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Code: BARB072 Cemetery: PITMAN


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI AT CHESTNUT STREET AND GO SOUTH ON RT. 30 WHICH IS PAST THE BARBOUR COUNTY SCHOOL BUS GARAGE. CONTINUE ON RT 30 TO THE UNION COMMUNITY BUILDING WHICH WILL BE ON YOUR LEFT. CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 1/4 MILE TO A DIRT ROAD ON THE RIGHT, TURN RIGHT ON THIS DIRT ROAD AND THE CEMETERY IS ABOUT 500 YARDS ON THIS ROAD.
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Code: BARB083 Cemetery: HILL


Remarks: LOCATED IN A COW FIELD ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE. ANIMALS ARE WALKING ON GRAVES AND STONES ARE BURIED IN THE MUD.
Condition: POOR ABANDONED UNFENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON, TAKE RT 92, 3.8 MILES TO COUNTY RT 40. MAKE A RIGHT AND CEMETERY IS APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF A MILE. CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD. LEFT SIDE OF ROAD ON DAVE WILSON'S LAND. THIS CEMETERY IS BEFORE YOU GET TO LAMBERT'S CHAPEL CEMETERY.
Information Collected: 1992 By: J COONTZ C COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB016 Cemetery: BARBOUR MEMORIAL


Remarks: HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT, 1 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONAND 3 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND UNFENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI GOING TOWARD BELINGTON FOR ABOUT 6 MILES ON RT 250. THIS CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF RT 250, BEHIND THE CORLEY CHURCH.
Information Collected: OCT 03, 1993 By: JANICE COONTZ
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Code: BARB077 Cemetery: CROSSROADS


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI GOING SOUTH ON RT. 250 AND TURN LEFT ON RT. 38. GO TO TACY INTERSECTION AND TURN LEFT ON RT. 24 FOR ABOUT 400 FEET TO CEMETERY.
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Code: BARB078 Cemetery: ROCK FORD


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Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI GOING SOUTH ON RT. 250 AND TURN LEFT ON RT. 38. GO ABOUT 1.2 MILES AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 38/13 FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO THE TOP OF A HILL. STAY ON THE HARD ROAD AND CONTINUE DOWN THE HARD ROAD ON RT. 40/1 FOR ABOUT 1.3 MILES TO A BRIDGE AT SUGAR CREEK. TURN RIGHT BEFORE THE BRIDGE, THE ROAD GOES UP A HILL TO THE CEMETERY WHICH IS ABOUT 2000 FEET.
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Code: BARB035 Cemetery: GREEN HILL


Remarks: 31 HEADSTONES. UPRIGHT.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT, FENCED ON 3 SIDES.
Directions:: TAKE RT. 57 OUT OF PHILIPPI TOWARDS CLARKSBURG. GO 1 MILE PAST THE OVERFIELD COMMUNITY AND CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
Information Collected: 16 APR, 1993 By: THEODORE WOLFE, JR.
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB085 Cemetery: CROSS


Remarks: SOME STONES WERE UPRIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 16 UNMARKED GRAVES AND 18 GRAVES WERE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK.
Condition: POOR ABANDONED UNFENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON TAKE RT 92 APPROX 3.8 MILE TO RT 40. NAKE A RIGHT ON CO RT 40. GO APPROX 3.2 MILES TO CROSS RESIDENCE. JUNE CROSS WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE CEMETERY.
Information Collected: OCT 1992 By: TAMMY SMITH
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB081 Cemetery: HILLYARD


Remarks: THIS WAS A FAIRLY LARGE CEMETERY. SOME OF IT IS IN THE WOODS. GRAVES WERE MARKED WITH ROCKS AND UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME STONES WERE UPRIGHT AND 1 WAS BROKEN. THERE WAS 1 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION.
Condition: GOOD KEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON TAKE 250 SOUTH AND TURN LEFT ON INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD. GO TO THE END OF THIS ROAD AND TURN RIGHT. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: MAY 1994 By: V MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: MAY 1994 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB040 Cemetery: POLING


Remarks: SOME STONES WERE UPRIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 6 WERE LYING DOWN. THERE WERE 13 STONES BROKEN AND 3 WERE PLACED UNDER A TREE. 16 GRAVES WERE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK.
Condition: POOR ABANDONED FENCED ON 3 SIDES
Directions:: IN BELINGTON, GO NORTH ON ROUTE 92 FOR 9.2 MILE OR 2.2 MILE FROM MEADOWVILLE. CEMETERY IS ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD ON A SMALL KNOLL.
Information Collected: MAR 1995 By: GARY HANNAH
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: APR 1995 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB001 Cemetery: GREENBRIER


Remarks: STONES ARE UPRIGHT
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT AND UNFENCED
Directions:: IN BELINGTON, TURN LEFT AT THE RED LIGHT. TAKE ROAD TOWARD AUDRA PARK. GO APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES. CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JULY 1992 By: SANDRA BLAKE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: SEPT 1992 Name: JOHN MCCOLLAM

Code: BARB003 Cemetery: DUNKARD-HYMES


Remarks: HEADSTONE UPRIGHT. 2 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. 15 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT, & UNFENCED
Directions:: IN JUNIOR, CROSS JUNIOR BRIDGE. TURN RIGHT, GO 1/2 MILE. TURN LEFT AND GO 1/8 MILE. CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT.
Information Collected: JUN 22, 1992 By: SANDRA SUE BLAKE
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Code: BARB004 Cemetery: WEAVER


Remarks: 2 DAMAGED HEADSTONES. 10 GRAVES MARKED WITH CROSSES.
Condition: FAIR, KEPT, & FENCED
Directions:: CEMETERY IS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF WEAVER COMMUNITY. A SIGN IS ALONG THE ROAD THAT TAKES YOU TO IT.
Information Collected: JUNE 30, 1992 By: SANDRA & GARY BLAKE
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Code: BARB005 Cemetery: HILLYARD


Remarks: HEADSTONE ARE UPRIGHT. 2 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. 19 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT, UNFENCED
Directions:: IN JUNIOR, TURN AT THE JUNIOR GENERAL STORE ONTO JACKSON STREET. FOLLOW ROAD TO WEAVER, ABOUT 1 MILE. TURN OFF AT 2ND ROAD ON LEFT AT SIGN MARKING HILLYARD CEMETERY.
Information Collected: JUN 06, 1992 By: SANDRA BLAKE
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Code: BARB006 Cemetery: THORN


Remarks: HEADSTONES POOR, SOME LYING DOWN, 7 CREEK ROCK & 2 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. MAY BE OTHER GRAVES UNMARKED.
Condition: POOR, ABANDONED, & PARTIALLY FENCED. THIS CEMETERY HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR MANY YEARS.
Directions:: WEST JUNIOR. CROSS JUNIOR BRIDGE. TURN LEFT AND GO 1 MILE. TURN RIGHT & FOLLOW ROAD 1/2 MILE UNTIL YOU COME TO A GAS WELL GATE ON THE RIGHT. CEMETERY IS ON TOP OF HILL, OUT FROM A GAS WELL.
Information Collected: JUN 07, 1992 By: SANDRA BLAKE
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Code: BARB007 Cemetery: LOVETTE


Remarks: HEADSTONE ARE UPRIGHT. 14 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT, & UNFENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON, TURN ONTO AUDRA PARK ROAD. CEMETERY IS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES FROM BELINGTON ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER PASSING THE GREENBRIAR CEMETERY.
Information Collected: JUL 07, 1992 By: SANDRA BLAKE
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Code: BARB008 Cemetery: STRINGTOWN


Remarks: HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT AND COULD NOT DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES. RATHER LARGE CEMETERY AND STONES DATE BACK TO THE EARLY 1900'S.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT & FENCED
Directions:: NORTH ON RT 92 OUT OF BELINGTON. TURN RIGHT ON RT 48 AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY LIMITS. GO 3/4 MILE TO INTERSECTION 48/1; OF 48/1. THE CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE ON A STEEP HILL.
Information Collected: MAY 15, 1993 By: JANICE COONTZ-KIM FETTER
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Code: BARB009 Cemetery: ELLIOTT


Remarks: SOME HEADSTONES LYING DOWN, SOME DAMAGED & 1 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION. NUMEROUS UNMARKED GARVES.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT, & UNFENCED
Directions:: IN THE CITY OF BELINGTON, TAKE HOWARD ST TO THE END OF THE ROAD. THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED UP ON A HILL.
Information Collected: JUN 05, 1992 By: JANICE & CATHY COONTZ
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Code: BARB028 Cemetery: NEW HOPE VALLEY


Remarks: 75 HEADSTONES UPRIGHT, 2 MILITARY MARKERS, 2 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS, SOME UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT, FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT. 92 NORTH AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 38 IN NESTORVILLE. GO PAST THE VALLEY FURNACE PARK ON YOUR LEFT TO RT. 93/1 AND TURN LEFT. GO ABOUT 300 FEET TO RT 93/2 AND TURN LEFT AGAIN. THE CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS ROAD, ABOUT 300 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION.
Information Collected: 1992 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 05 FEB, 1993 Name: VIOLET MCELWEE

Code: BARB036 Cemetery: ELK CITY


Remarks: 102 HEADSTONES. MOST UPRIGHT 3 LYING DOWN AND 2 ARE DAMAGED OR BROKEN. 6 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK AND 4 WITH PARTIALLY UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. THERE ARE APPROX. 30 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT AND UNFENCED. OLD SECTION IS MOSTLY MOSS AND LICHEN, BUT IS KEPT NEAT.
Directions:: TAKE RT 57 OUT OF PHILIPPI TOWARDS CLARKSBURG. GO ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES PAST THE ELK CITY COMMUNITY. GO ANOTHER 1/4 MILE AND CEMETERY IS ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD.
Information Collected: APR 16, 1993 By: TED WOLFE
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Code: BARB092 Cemetery: ELLIOTT


Remarks: HANDCUT STONE WALL APPROX. 3' HIGH SURROUNDING GRAVES. FIGURINE DESTROYED.
Condition: POOR, ABANDONED, UNFENCED
Directions:: NORTH ON RT. 92 OUT OF BELINGTON. TURN LEFT IN MEADOWVILLE ON RT. 40. GO .2 MILE AND TURN RT. ON DIRT ROAD. CEMETERY IS ON HILL DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU CAN FOLLOW ROAD UP AND THRU A STRIP JOB TO GET TO IT.
Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 06-00-93 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB030 Cemetery: LOCUST GROVE


Remarks: SOME OLD STONES DAMAGED AND LYING DOWN. APPROX. 4 CREEK ROCK. APPROX. 2 UNMARKED.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT, FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT. 92 GOING NORTH AND GO PAST THE KASSON SCHOOL ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 92/4. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND TURN LEFT STILL STAYING ON RT. 92/4 FOR ANOTHER MILE. TURN LEFT ON RT. 92/2 AND THE CEMETRY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 06-00-93 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB091 Cemetery: MILLER


Remarks: APPROX. 17 CREEK ROCK, MANY UNMARKED GRAVES. ROUGH ROAD INTO CEMETERY NEED 4 WHEEL DRIVE. CAN WALK IN APPROX MILE.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT, UNFENCED
Directions:: RT. 92 N PAST THE KASSON SCHOOL APPROX. 11/2 MILE. TURN LEFT ON RT. 1. GO ABOUT 1 MILE TO RT. 1/1 AND TURN LEFT AGAIN. CONTINUE PAST MT. MORRIS CEMETERY FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE. TAKE FIRST GRAVEL ROAD TO LEFT. FOLLOW ROAD AROUND THE HILLSIDE AND WATCH FOR CEMETERY SIGN ON RIGHT. CEM. IS IN WOODS.
Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 06-20-93 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB090 Cemetery: FORD


Remarks: SMALL, ALL HEADSTONES UPRIGHT.
Condition: POOR, UNKEPT, FENCED
Directions:: FOLLOW Directions: FOR OLD DUTCH AND CAMPBELL CEMETERIES AND CONTINUE ON FOR ABOUT .3 MILE PAST THE TURN OFF AND AS YOU GO DOWN HILL WATCH FOR CEMETERY IN FIELD ON RIGHT. SURROUNDED BY WROUGHT IRON FENCE. Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 06-00-93 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB029 Cemetery: OLD DUTCH


Remarks: SOME HEADSTONES LYING DOWN, APPROX. 3 CREEK ROCK.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT, FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT. 92 NORTH AND TURN RIGHT ON RT. 38. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND TURN LEFT ON RT. 93 WHICH IS JUST PAST THE BRIDGE. GO ABOUT 3 MILES AND YOU CAN SEE CAMPBELL CEMETERY ON LEFT ON HILLSIDE. TURN IN AT NEXT DRIVEWAY (IRA HOVATTER'S). OLD DUTCH IS LOCATED APPROX. ¬ M PAST CAMPBELLS.
Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 06-00-93 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB088 Cemetery: OLD WHITE OAK


Remarks: MOST STONES UPRIGHT, NUMEROUS CREEK ROCK (APPROX. 30), MANY UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE CREEK ROCK STONES. LARGE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: POOR, UNKEPT, FENCED. OVERGROWN WITH BRUSH.
Directions:: NORTH ON RT. 92 OUT OF BELINGTON. TURN RIGHT ON 26/1 (KALAMAZOO) AT WHITH OAK ROAD. GO PAST WHITE OAK CEMETERY ABOUT 1/2 MILE. STAY RIGHT AT TURN. WATCH FOR LARGE POND ON RIGHT IN FIELD. CEMETERY IS LOCATED ABOVE THE POND IN THE TREE LINE. HARD TO SEE FROM THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 06-00-93 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB076 Cemetery: OLD DUNKARD


Remarks: MOST STONES UPRIGHT, 2 CREEK ROCK.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT, FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT. 92. ABOUT 300 FEET SOUTH OF THE WHITE OAK OR KALAMAZOO INTERSECTION TURN RIGHT ON A DIRT ROAD, RT. 92/13 FOR ABOUT 1.6 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF RT. 26/5. TURN LEFT AND CEMETERY IS CLOSE TO THIS INTERSECTION.
Information Collected: JUN 20, 1993 By: MARVIN HILL BRIAN HILL JOHN McCOLLAM
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 06-00-93 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB045 Cemetery: PEELTREE


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT. SOME LYING DOWN AND 5 DAMAGED OR BROKEN. 4 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK AND 1 HAS AN UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION.
Condition: POOR, UNKEPT AND UNFENCED.
Directions:: TAKE RT 119 SOUTH OUT OF PHILIPPI AND TURN RIGHT ON RT 20. GO NORTH ON RT 20 FOR ABOUT 3 3/4 MILES AND CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JUNE 15, 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB046 Cemetery: CENTURY


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Directions:: TAKE RT. 119 SOUTH OUT OF PHILIPPI AND GO PAST CENTURY #2 TO WHERE THE RAILROAD TRACKS CROSS THE ROAD. TURN RIGHT ON 119/16. GO TO THE COAL PROCESSING PLANT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD. GO THROUGH THIS PROPERTY TO THE GRAVEYARD.
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Code: BARB031 Cemetery: CRESLIP


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT, SOME LYING DOWN DAMAGED OR BROKEN. APPROX. 10 CREEK ROCK, 2 WITH UNREADABLE INSCRIPTIONS. APPROX. 40 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT, FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 SOUTH TOWARD BUCKHANNON, TURN RIGHT ON RT. 57. GO ABOUT 4.15 MILES TO STEWART RUN ROAD, GO RIGHT ON IT FOR 5.25 MILES. REMAINING ON THE PAVED ROAD TO GRAVEL ROAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURN ON IT BEHIND TWO BUILDINGS TO A PIPE GATE (APPROX. 100YDS). THE CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT UP THE HILL FROM THE LANE.
Information Collected: 28 MAY, 1993 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JUL, 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB033 Cemetery: NUTTER


Remarks: 99 HEADSTONES, MOSTLY UPRIGHT. 2 CREEK ROCK. 1 WITH AN UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION. APPROX. 20 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT, FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT. 119 NORTH. TURN RIGHT ON RT. 57. GO NORTH ABOUT 5.4 MILES, TURN RIGHT ON RT. 57/5 AND GO ABOUT .2 MILE TO CEMETERY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: 28 MAY, 1993 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JUL, 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB044 Cemetery: CRITES


Remarks: 14 HEADSTONES. MOST UPRIGHT, SOME LYING DOWN. SOME DAMAGED OR BROKEN. APPROXIMATELY 15 UNMARKED GRAVES AND 1 UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION.
Condition: POOR, ABANDONED AND UNFENCED.
Directions:: FOLLOW Directions: TO WARD CEMETERY AND PASS THE WARD CEMETERY AND GO TO THE INTERSECTION OF RT 32 WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MILES FURTHER. CEMETERY IS LOCATED AT THIS INTERSECTION. ATOP THE HILL TO THE RIGHT OF RT 32.
Information Collected: JUNE 05, 1993 By: TED WOLFE
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Code: BARB047 Cemetery: INDIAN FORK


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT, AND 1 HAS AN UNREADABLE INSCRIPTION.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND UNFENCED.
Directions:: TAKE RT 119 SOUTH OUT OF PHILLIPI. TURN RIGHT ON RT 57 TOWARD CLARKSBURG AND GO ABOUT 1 MILE TO THE BOTTOM OF A STEEP HILL. TURN LEFT ON RT 32 AND GO ABOUT 2 MORE MILES AND CEMETERY IS BESIDE AN ABANDONED CHURCH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JUN 09, 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
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Code: BARB051 Cemetery: BETHANY


Remarks: 114 STONES ARE UPRIGHT. 20 UNMARKED GRAVES AND 12 MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI GOING TOWARD BUCKHANNON ON RT 119 FOR ABOUT 7 1/2 MILES TO THE VOLGA INTERSECTION OF RT 11. FOLLOW RT 11 FOR ABOUT 2 1/4 MILES TO THE BOULDER BRIDGE, GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AFTER YOU CROSS THIS BRIDGE. TURN RIGHT ON RT 46 AND GO ABOUT 1/4 MILE AND THE CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE ON TOP OF A HILL.
Information Collected: SEP 1993 By: TED WOLFE
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Code: BARB052 Cemetery: BETHEL


Remarks: 137 STONES UPRIGHT, 14 CREEK ROCK AND APPROXIMATELY 20 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 119 TOWARD BUCKHANNON FOR ABOUT 7 1/2 MILES AND TURN RIGHT AT THE VOLGA INTERSECTION RT 11. AFTER CROSSING THE BOULDER BRIDGE, GO ANOTHER 3 MILES ON RT 11 TO THE CEMTERY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ROAD.
Information Collected: AUG 1993 By: TED WOLFE
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Code: BARB060 Cemetery: JERUSALEM


Remarks: MOST STONES ARE UPRIGHT.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE PHILIPPI ON RT 25O SOUTH FOR ABOUT 4 MILES. TURN RIGHT ON THE 4-H CAMP ROAD, RT 250/6, WHICH IS JUST PAST THE PHILIP BARBOUR HIGH SCHOOL. THE CEMETERY IS ABOUT 500 YDS DOWN THIS ROAD.
Information Collected: AUG 1993 By: JANICE COONTZ
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Code: BARB095 Cemetery: ARMSTRONG


Remarks: THE CEMETERY IS IN A GROWN UP FIELD, ALMOST WOODLAND. CONTAINS 16 GRAVES THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED.
Condition:
Directions:: ABOUT 1 MILE FROM ROUTE 92 ON THE ROAD TO FULLERS AND IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT IS NEAR THE ROAD AND IS ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF A SMALL RAVINE LEADING INTO BIG COVE RUN.
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Code: BARB099 Cemetery: HALLER


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Directions:: LOCATED ON THE WESTERN END OF AN EAST WEST RIDGE, ON THE HILL ABOVE THE CAMP VALLEY SCHOOL HOUSE, NOW THE KASSON RURITAN CLUB COMMUNITY BUILDING.
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Code: BARB101 Cemetery: MATTHEW


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Directions:: LOCATED IN THE MARTIN BEULAH COMMUNITY, ON THE EDGE OF A PASTURE FIELD, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIDGE ON WHICH THE LAST UNION 1 SCHOOL HOUSE WAS LOCATED, BUT ON THE OPPOSITE, OR WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM MT MORRIS TO HIRAM, AND ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM THE ROAD.
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Code: BARB102 Cemetery: MARTIN


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Condition:
Directions:: LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF A RIDGE SEPARATING THE BIG COVE RUN & THE LITTLE COVE RUN WATERSHEDS. IT IS NEAR THE TOP OF A RIDGE IN THE LOW GAP BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL ANDREW MILLER AND ANDREW SHROYER FARMS.
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Code: BARB103 Cemetery: BENSON


Remarks: STONES ARE UPRIGHT
Condition: GOOD KEPT FENCED
Directions:: FROM HARRISON CO LINE GOING EAST ON ROUTE 57, ABOUT ONE AND ONE- HALF MILES FROM THE COUNTY LINE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD ABOVE THE ROAD CUT JUST BEFORE YOU REACH THE TOP OF THE HILL PAST THE OVERFIELD INTERSECTION (BETWEEN RT 57 & 57/14).
Information Collected: SEPT 1993 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: OCT 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB104 Cemetery: CAMBRIA


Remarks: CEMETERY STARTED FOR BLACK MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. APPROX. 20 TO 25 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: FAIR PARTIALLY KEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: FROM PHILIPPI, TAKE RT 250 NORTH TO RT 76. MAKE A LEFT ON RT 76 THRU GALLOWAY TO COUNTY RT 16 ( BEAR MT, RD) LEFT ON RT 16, APPROX. 1/2 MILE THEN TURN LEFT ON COUNTY RT 16/4, CROSS A BRIDGE, JUST PAST THE BRIDGE A DIRT LANE ON THE LEFT LEADS TO A FIELD. THE GRAVEYARD IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE FIELD.
Information Collected: DEC 1993 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: APRIL 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB074 Cemetery: CENTRAL CHAPEL


Remarks: HEADSTONES ARE UPRIGHT. 5 STONES ARE DAMAGED AND THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 20 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT 92 TO MEADOWVILLE INTERSECTION AND CONTINUE NORTH ON RT 92 FOR ABOUT 1 MILE. CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: 1992 By: JANICE COONTZ
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Code: BARB025 Cemetery: MT. MORRIS


Remarks: HEADSTONES UPRIGHT UNABLE TO DETERMINE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES. OLDER MARKERS ARE NEXT TO CHURCH. NEW MARKERS ON HILLSIDE ABOVE CHURCH.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT. 92 NORTH PAST THE KASSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ABOUT 11/2 MILES AND TURN LEFT ON RT. 1. CONTINUE ON RT. 1 FOR ABOUT 1 MILE TO RT. 1/1 AND TURN LEFT AGAIN ON RT. 1/1 AND CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS ROAD ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM THE INTERSECTION.
Information Collected: NOV 1993 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: NOV 1993 Name: V MCELWEE

Code: BARB075 Cemetery: WHITE OAK


Remarks: SOME HEADSTONES LYING DOWN AND CREEK ROCKS MARK 5 GRAVES. UNABLE TO DETERMINE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT 92 TO WHITE OAK OR KALAMAZOO INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT ON RT 26/1 FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
Information Collected: JULY 19, 1992 By: JANICE COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: Date: Name:

Code: BARB079 Cemetery: LITTLE BETHEL


Remarks: HEADSTONES ARE MOSTLY UPRIGHT. SOME ARE DAMAGED AND SOME ARE LYING DOWN. APPROXIMATELY 80 UNMARKED GRAVES. SITE OF OLDEST CHURCH IN BARBOUR CO.
Condition: FAIR, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT 92 TO MEADOWVILLE INTERSECTION WHICH IS RT 9. TURN LEFT AT THIS INTERSECTION AND CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 1 MILE. CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT.
Information Collected: SEP 20, 1992 By: JANICE & CATHY COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: Date: Name:

Code: BARB080 Cemetery: LAMBERT CHAPEL


Remarks: HEADSTONES MOSTLY UPRIGHT AND 1 STONE IS UNREADABLE.
Condition: EXCELLENT, KEPT AND FENCED.
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON GOING NORTH ON RT 92 FOR ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES AND TURN RIGHT ON RT 40. GO ABOUT 1/4 MILE AND CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
Information Collected: JUL 10, 1992 By: JANICE & CATHY COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: Date: Name:

Code: BARB041 Cemetery: EVERS0N


Remarks: LAST KNOWN BURIAL WAS IN 1937. THIS IS AN ABANDONED CEMETERY. GRAVES ARE SUNK IN AND TREES ARE GROWING THRUOUT. UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: POOR UNKEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: JUNIOR. CORSS THE JUNIOR BRIDGE. TURN RIGHT JUST AFTER YOU CROSS. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND TURN LEFT ON RT 52/1. GO UP THE HILL AND PAST THE BRETHREN CEMETERY ANOTHER 100 YARDS AND TURN LEFT DOWN INTO THE KERMIT WARE RESIDENCE. FROM THERE THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON A SMALL KNOLL IN BACK OF THE WARE HOME, ABOUT 1000 FEET WEST OF THE HOUSE.
Information Collected: APRIL 1994 By: VIOLET MCELWEE
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: APRIL 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB093 Cemetery: CATHOLIC


Remarks: MOST HEADSTONES UPRIGHT AND SOME STONES ARE LYING DOWN. THERE ARE 10 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: POOR, ABANDONED AND UNFENCED.
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON, GO 6 MILES WEST ON COUNTY RT 11. THIS IS THE AUDRA PARK ROAD. GO TO RT 11/8 AND TURN RIGHT. GO 2 TENTHS OF A MILE TO CEMETERY ON LEFT. IT IS VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD BUT IS OVERGROWN.
Information Collected: MAY 28, 1993 By: TED WOLFE
Entered Into Computer: Date: Name:

Code: BARB086 Cemetery: CROSS


Remarks: SEEMED TO BE A FAIRLY LARGE CEMETERY AT ONE TIME.
Condition: POOR, ABANDONED, UNFENCED
Directions:: FROM BELINGTON, TAKE RT 92 APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MILES. MAKE A LEFT ON 92/18 BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SHAWKEY SCHOOL HOUSE. CEMETERY IS ON A HILL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF WOLF RUN. CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD.
Information Collected: OCT 1992 By: JANICE & CATHY COONTZ
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: 1993 Name: V McELWEE

Code: BARB106 Cemetery: UPPER PLEASANT CREEK


Remarks: ALL HEADSTONES ARE LYING DOWN. CATTLE FREELY ROAM, ETC. IN IT. 17 STONES ARE DAMAGED. 3 ARE MARKED WITH CREEK ROCK. UNABLE TO READ 2 STONES. NOT A LOT OF UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: CONDITION IS WORSE THAN POOR. ABANDONED AND UNFENCED.
Directions:: FROM PHILIPI, NORTH ON 119/250 TO JUST SHORT OF THE TAYLOR CO LINE TURN LEFT ON RT 10 (PLEASANT CREEK RD). STAY ON 10 & 10/1 FOR APPROX 2 MILES TO WHERE 77/3 JOINS IT. CEMETERY IS ABOUT 100 YDS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE JUNCTION. IT IS HARD TO SEE UNTIL YOU ARE UP ON IT. CAN'T REALLY BE SEEN FROM ROAD. THIS CEMETERY IS ON BARBOUR COUNTY GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP.
Information Collected: APR 09, 1994 By: TED WOLFE, JR
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JUNE 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB105 Cemetery: CARLIN


Remarks: VERY SUBSTANTIALLY FENCED, BUT UNKEPT. STONE ARE UPRIGHT BUT 6 ARE DAMAGED. LOTS OF GROUND HOG HOLES IN CEMETERY.
Condition: POOR ABANDONED FENCED.
Directions:: FROM PHILIPPI GO SOUTH ON 119 TO WV 57, NORTH ON 57 TO COUNTY RT 18. (STEWART RUN RD). TURN RIGHT APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILES TO THE POINT WHERE THE PAVED ROAD TURNS SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. TURN ON THE GRAVEL ROAD TO THE RIGHT, GOING PAST THE FIRST DRIVEWAY. HERE THE ROAD WILL BEGIN TURNING TO THE RIGHT AROUND THE BASE OF A HILL. THE CEMETERY IS ON THE TOP OF THIS SMALL HILL ON THE LEFT OF THE ROAD. IT IS VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD AS A SMALL AREA OF BRUSH AND SNUGS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLEARED FIELD.
Information Collected: APR 09, 1994 By: TED WOLFE, JR.
Entered Into Computer: YES Date: JUNE 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

Code: BARB039 Cemetery: CONCORD


Remarks: ALL STONES WERE UPRIGHT. SOME WERE BROKEN AND 1 WAS UNREADABLE. UNABLE TO DETERMINE NO OF UNMARKED GRAVES. SEVERAL GRAVES WERE MARKED WITH MARBLE FOOTSTONES, NO INFORMATION ON THEM.
Condition: EXCELLENT KEPT UNFENCED
Directions:: LEAVE BELINGTON ON RT. 17 FOR ABOUT 2 MILES, GO TO THE CONCORD METHODIST CHURCH ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. TURN RIGHT ON RT. 17/2. GO ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND THE CEMETERY IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD BY THE INTERSECTION OF RT. 11/15.
Information Collected: Sept 01, 1994 By: Geneva Jacobs Violet McElwee
Entered Into Computer: Yes Date: Sept 1994 Name: V. MCELWEE

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