Glee's list plus the drawings of each grave in the cemetery appear to have been made by one of the caretakers at some point. This seems like a good project so I am going to compile a list of those who died during their time at Conewago and are probably buried there, plus I will recheck in June at the PA State Library as they also have a list of burials and will contact the Trustee to see if he has something else. According to Arthur Weaner there was a 1930 List of Stones in the Northern Cemetery containing 13 graves belonging to the Brinkerhoff family. Of interest is that there is also a "slave cemetery," located on a tract of land George Brinkerhoff warranted, 25 Feb. 1788, DB B-169 for 192 acres, and this slave cemetery was still in existence in 1997. (Arthur Weaner, A List of Taxables Of The Low Dutch Settlement of the Conewago, York County, PA 1762-1799).24-25. George Brinkerhoff was buried in this cemetery, b. 1719-d. 1810. There was a third location being considered as a cemetery for residents of Berwick and Reading Twp. That was at the Round Hill Presbyterian Congregation. A Warrant was issue to William Mackey and Garret Dorland for 25 acres (In Trust for the use of a Burying Place for the Round Hill Settlement), in Reading Twp, 5 Sept. 1786. While Garret Dorland was Dutch, William Mackey was not but many of the Low Dutch lived in these townships. The feeling was that since most of the Low Dutch left in 1783, perhaps a cemetery closer to their residences would be useful. Carting a casket in the winter months and or bad weather, the distance to travel to the Northern Cemetery could be hazardous so perhaps this is the reason for considering this site. There was no further record of a patent issued. Round Hill does exist today, but I don't know if any of the Low Dutch actually used it. Those living near the Southern Cemetery did not have as much of an issue as they were fewer in number and the cemetery was closer to their homes. Those using the Northern cemetery were scattered among several Townships due to their larger numbers so distance to both the church and cemetery was always an issue and one reason they migrated to Kentucky. Neither the Congregation at the Northern Cemetery at Conewago or the Dorland Family Cemetery in NJ had separate deeds from their eventual owners once the original people died off. That is still true today although over the years descendants have tried to obtain a separate deed for each. The Northern and Southern Cemeteries have the advantage of being on the road so it is easy to access them, while the Dorland cemetery sits quite a ways back and you can only access it using the road to the main house etc. So the Northern and Dorland cemeteries are part of the farms and if you buy that farm, the cemetery comes along with it. PA cemeteries are protected by Title 19, Purdon's Statutes 5509. A. Offense defined, which covers the destruction and desecration of a place of worship or burial or monument. B. Under Section 1101 of this Title, is the amount of the fine for such and then under Sec. 1104 the imprisonment not to be more than two years. We tried for many years to get the Adams County Hist. Soc. to provide a marker for the Northern Cemetery and church site at least but they felt that no one today has ever heard of these people, their descendants are either deceased or have moved away and they tend to be a little short sighted if the area in question does not relate to the Battle of Gettysburg. The site is not that important to the history of Adams Co. PA. Naturally we disagree as this was the furthest Dutch Reformed Church on the western frontier in the 1700's. Judy Judy On 04/24/13, Nancy Terhune<nancyterhune@optonline.net> wrote: Has anyone compared the lists that Glee has to the Find-A-Grave lists for Southern and Northern cemeteries? Offhand, I see two people who are listed on both the Southern and Northern Find-A-Grave lists: Susan Brinkerhoff David Demaree David's stone is pictured in his Find-A-Grave listings for both cemeteries - identical stone, different photos - but he does not appear on Glee's list for Southern. A transcription of his stone is under his name on Glee's list for Northern. Susan's stone is not pictured in either Find-A-Grave listing. She does not appear on Glee's list for Southern. Her date of death appears in both places, but her date of birth only in Southern. DOB in Find-A-Grave's Northern is "Unknown." I didn't look beyond David Demaree, so don't know if there are more duplications. Nancy On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Carolyn Leonard wrote: > Hi Willora Glee and cousins, > You did share those listings with me Willora, and I posted them on > findagrave -- at least all of those that were not already on there -- > and added family info to those I knew about. Also Mr. Weaner gave me > his transcript of the burials in the northern cemetery, I have a copy > of the listing that is in the Pennsylvania Archives, Willora Glee sent > me her list, and my hubby and I walked both burial grounds in the last > few years. Also whenever I have a few minutes I research the names on > ancestry and other sites to help get the families sorted out and to > verify info about the names. I am now going over the Gettysburg Times' > 1960 series "A Bit of History About Early Settlers." > > There have always many errors and much confusion about the two > cemeteries, Northern and Southern. Some of the people are listed in > both places. I have corresponded with findagrave about the problem but > am not sure the listings are all straightened out yet. > > Here is a hot link to the NORTHERN Low Dutch Cemetery sometimes > called Osborns: [1]http://goo.gl/jGLhz > When that page opens, click on "view all interments" at the upper > right. There are 64 memorials listed. You can double click on the > underlined names to open and read what has been posted. If you have > documentation of someone buried there who is not listed, even if there > is no marker remaining, please email me at [2]carolynleonard@me.com and I > will try to fix it. Of course, you have to have some type of proof > they are buried there. If you see an error, click on the "edit" tab at > the top right of the memorial page, enter the correct info and send. > The person who is responsible for maintaining that memorial will > receive it. I am responsible for only 25 of the 64 memorials there > now. > > There are 72 burials listed in the Southern or Lower Low Dutch > cemetery. > Here is a hot link to the SOUTHERN Low Dutch Cemetery sometimes called > Youngs: [3]http://goo.gl/cLNo0 > > I would be happy to receive any info any of you have that would help. > You can email it to me at carolynleonard@me.com. > > By the way -- We are preparing for our once every two year Gathering > of Low Dutch Cousins. We are descendants of the Low Dutch who settled > New Amsterdam, moved to New Jersey, migrated to near Gettysburg, and > made history when they later populated the Kentucky frontier. Our > Dutch Cousins goal is to research, share and preserve the genealogy > and history of our common Low Dutch heritage, including but not > limited to, the restoration and preservation of the Old Mud > Meetinghouse near Harrodsburg, KY. Our mission is to honor the memory > of these ancestors, and enjoy the friendship of cousins - both > newly-discovered and long-loved. To learn more about the Low Dutch > check out our official webpage managed by Pam Ellingson webmaster: > [4]www.DutchCousins.org; Also you can go to [5]www.carolynbleonard.com and > click on Dutch Cousins, and the LOWDUTCHHERITAGE; sign up for the > Dutch Letters round robin weekly email [6]Buffalo234@cox.net; and visit > the Dutch Cousins Facebook page. > Download free genealogy stuff at [7]http://bit.ly/Genealogystuff > Blessings & Best wishes, > cousin carolyn in Oklahoma > > > On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:56 AM, du[8]tch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com > wrote: > >> I have given money in the past to maintain the Conewago cemeteries. I >> was given in the past the list of who is buried in the North and >> South cemeteries of Conewago. I also have a plot map for them. I >> could share them but there are seven pages and I cannot post them to >> the list. I have had these maps and burial lists for a long time for >> over 15 years. If memory serves me right I shared them with Carolyn >> Leonard and her Dutch Cousins list. I could post the burial lists but >> not to plot maps. Maria Stryker Banta is supposed to buried in one of >> the two cemeteries but there is not listing for her nor is there a >> stone for her. She was buried to Henry Banta 4th. He is supposed to >> be buried there too. I descend out of them. How do you want me to >> handle this? >> Glee Van Osdol Krapf > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DU[9]TCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DU[10]TCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://goo.gl/jGLhz 2. mailto:carolynleonard@me.com 3. http://goo.gl/cLNo0 4. http://www.DutchCousins.org;/ 5. http://www.carolynbleonard.com/ 6. mailto:Buffalo234@cox.net 7. http://bit.ly/Genealogystuff 8. mailto:tch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com 9. mailto:TCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com 10. mailto:TCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com