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“OLD” BETHEL CEMETERY

Sec. 24-3-9

Hanover Township
Jefferson County, Indiana

July 2001 Survey – done by Vivian L. (McDonald) Shatley

KEY:  SS = Same Stone, W = Wife, S = Son, D = Daughter, y = years, m = months, d = days

COMMENTS:  The following stones were found but could not be accurately identified:
1)            Small stone “SMITH”, no other etching – located to the left of Judith Ann Smith
2)            Two fieldstones next to each other – following Lydia Mann Jones stone
3)            Stone with no markings, live Yucca plants surrounding it – left of Jane W. Smith stone
4)            Small stone “Mother”, no other etching – located to the left of Artie Bell Davis stone
5)            Small stone, no etching – approximately 40 feet to the left of Stafford stone – by itself at the end of a row
6)            Two field stones, no other markings located by “Mother Daugherty” stone
7)            “Mother Daugherty” stone – no other etching – located by Nancy & Matthew Humes stone
8)            Fieldstone between Barbara E. Humes and Angeline Guinn stones
9)            There are 7 stones in a row with only the bases present – located between Horace William Humes and Ida B. Humes
10)          The 6th row from the left of the cemetery consists of the following stones:
                                Stone  - base only
                                Stone – base only
                                G.E.W. with no other etching on stone
                                Field stone
                                Field stone
                                White stone stuck in ground – no etchings appear to have ever been present
11)          “James W.” – last name unreadable; Sept 20 1866 – can not determine if this is birth or death date; all other etching is gone.  Stone is located between Caroline Frances West and David B. Woodard stones.
12)          Small stone with G.W.R. – no other etching, located beside Christina A. Tolbert
13)          Stone base only – located by Matthew & Mary Reed stone
14)          Stone stuck in ground (formed stone – not fieldstone) – no etching visible, located by George M. Carson
15)          Stone base only – located between Carson stone and Wakefield stone
16)          The following stones appear as head or foot stones of the large Carson stone with all their names etched:
                                Mary A. no other etching
                                Maggie I. Carson
                                James Carson
                                John R. Carson
17)          Relatively new grave – still a slight mound indicating ground has not completely settled – no marker from funeral home or stone erected as yet.
18)          Stone gone – base remains – located next to Annie Moore stone.
19)          Stone with “John W.” and no other etching – located next to John Worth Shannon stone
20)          James A. – no other etching – located next to Jane Spear stone
21)          M.J.S. – no other etching – located by John S. Taylor stone
22)          Stone base only – located between Mattie M. Bruther and Rev. George McMillan stones
23)          Stone missing from concrete base – located with Rev. George McMillan, Mary McMillan and John McMillan
24)          After the McMillan concrete base there are 3 more stone bases with no stones.  On the middle base is etched “Mother”
25)          Concrete stone with top broken off – no etching visible – between Martha Bonner and William H. Gordon stones.
26)          Small stone – etching looks like “MAMA” and stone is chipped so there may have been etching before the Mama – appears to have been broken off from base at the right of the Maria M. & Albert Gordon stone.
27)          Fieldstone – located between David Reed (et al) stone and Charles H. Reed stone
28)          In the row before several of the Reed stones, there are 5 stones in a row with the following etchings:
                                MJR       JCR        SR           BSR        MAR
29)          Stone broken, only top piece present – “Martha” “Charlotte” “Children of” – located by Henry P. Lee stone – 1941 DAR List identifies last name as Rankin and children of Wm. T. & Eliza C. Rankin (no dates noted on 1941 list)
30)          Stone with 3 names listed but no other etching – “Willie” “George” “Kittie” – located not far from Henry P. Lee stone
31)          Fieldstone – located at the end of row containing Henry P. Lee stone
32)          Stone base only – located beginning of row containing Bertie Reed stone
33)          Tall column, stone broken & laying on ground, too heavy to move but only etching visible is “MARTHA” – located by Bertie Reed stone
34)          Broken stone with no etching visible – located by Benj. S. Miller stone
35)          Stone with “G ????” – all other etching weathered away – located by William P. Sutherland stone
36)          Two fieldstones in same row as Franz Anton Mock stone – quite some distance away from his stone
37)          There is a large column stone to the left of Matthew M. Reed stone, completely overgrown with vines and brambles.  I had actually missed the stone on my first visit due to the dense overgrowth.
38)          There are two large groupings of day lilies growing in the row with Franz Anton Mock stone – no stones visible but it appears the flowers have been planted in memory of loved ones.