Smith Burying Ground: Pioneer Cemetery - Marker #16-25
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N 40° 06.301 W 082° 46.675
17T E 348466 N 4440927
Pioneer cemetery just between Johnstown and New Albany
Waymark Code: WM3TX9
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2008
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Smith's Burying Ground: Pioneer Cemetery (Later called the "Burnside" Cemetery) -- Smith's Burying Ground was established in 1814 when John Smith (born 1742), Revolutionary War veteran, died and was buried here. John Smith and four of his sons and their families made the six week, six-hundred-mile journey from New Jersey with ox teams the previous year. John Clouse (1758-1822), Dutch immigrant and Revolutionary War veteran, is also buried here.
(Side B)The D.A.R. biography reads: "When a boy he ran away from home and stole passage on a ship to America where he was sold for his passage. When the Revolution broke out, he was offered his freedom if he would serve in the army." John Clouse moved his family from western Maryland to Fairfield County about 1805 and to Plain Township in 1814. Also buried here is Julia Landon, sister-in-law of Noble Landon who was a co-founder of New Albany in 1837.
Erected by the New Albany Plain Township Historical Society and the Ohio Historical Society, 1990
Marker Number: 16-25
County: Franklin
Significance of Location: Place
Bicentenial Mark: no
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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