Johnstown Cemetery - Marker #17-45
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N 40° 09.072 W 082° 41.374
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Honoring the those buried in Johnstown Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM3TVK
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2008
Views: 18
(Side A) Johnstown Cemetery:
In 1810, Dr. Oliver Bigelow from Cayuga County, New York, purchased a 4,000-acre tract of land in Monroe Township from John Brown of Boone County, Kentucky, for the sum of $10,000. President John Adams had deeded the land to Brown for military service during the American Revolution. Dr. Bigelow planned to build a town, and after mapping streets, alleys, the town square, and a cemetery, names the village Johnstown. Bigelow was the community's first medical doctor and became the town's mayor. He died on November 5, 1818, and was buried in the Johnstown's Cemetery. Located in the southwest corner of the village, the cemetery became the final resting place for more than 300 early residents and the veterans of three wars. Their grave markers, though weathered by the seasons, serve as a reminder of their great contributions to the community and the nation.
(Side B) Johnstown Cemetery War Veterans:
Revolutionary War: Elijah Adams, Oliver Bigelow M.D., Benjamin DeWolf, Caleb Hill, Abel Jewett, John Martin, Thomas Perkins, Moses Scovell Esq., and Peter Stevens
War of 1812: David Buxton, S. D. Grove and Emanuel Hoover
Civil War: J. O. Adams, L. S. Bell, A.E. Cady, Samuel A. DeWolf, John Cummins, Joseph Evans, Noah Green, Samuel Martindale, and Israel Scovell.
Sponsored by the Johnstown Historical Society and the Ohio Historical Society.
Marker Number: 17-45
County: Licking
Significance of Location: Place
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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