Powhatan, Ohio Cemetery Records
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- ISBN: 0897253701
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The Powhatan Cemetery Interment and Lot Records of Powhatan Point, Ohio; 344pp. soft cover, indexed.
The Powhatan Cemetery Associaton, of Powhatan Point, Belmont County, Ohio was formed on 28 April 1888 on land donated by Aaron F. Ramsay, Sr. The Association now owns over 24 acres of land with almost 2,200 lots. Most of the cemetery lots have four to eight graves, and thus when totally full the cemetery will contain over 10,000 burials.
The earliest known burial is for Winnie Burgenthal who was buried 30 March 1888 in Lot 101, Grave 1.
These records contain dates of interment not death, keeping in mind the usual short delay before burial to estimate a date of death for an individual. In some instances, though, some bodies were moved to this cemetery many years after death.
Ellen Massey has transcribed all records of names and dates verbatim even in the few cases where she knew that the information was incorrect. She has also compiled the records in such a manner as to indicate where family members have been buried together.
Since discovering many people had been buried without a tombstone, Ms. Massey decided to take on the monumentous task of locating the burial records to assist researchers in searching for their Powhatan relatives.
