This comes from the Gloucester Co.list. Joan In a message dated 8/3/2006 9:15:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Jersey Colony of 1803-30's Mother Methodist church relocated from Leeds Point- Collins Mills,NJ to 30 miles east of downtown Cincinnati. 1803 colony was led by Rev John and Sarah Blackman Collins.Current church building was built by former Port Republic NJ merchant,James Blackman and his Champion wife.Isaac Higbee and Sophia Somers,[to Mormans],Cornelius McCollum and Leeds wife,and her sibling,Robert Leeds and his wife,Margaret Leeds.Edward Doughty,Thomas String, Joseph Dole,Peter McClain and his nee English wife,the widow Frambes,George Peterson, Homan,Shane,Steelman,Sam Ely wed 1804 Rachel Leeds,of James,etc,etc.Below is 30 miles east of downtown Cincinnati ubj: [OHCLER] Old Bethel Cemetery & Chapel Date: 8/3/06 6:41:15 PM EST From: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] On Saturday, August 5th, Thomas Stander, a Fellow with the Association for Gravestone Studies, will present a program in the Old Bethel Cemetery at East Fork State Park. He will be speaking on Cemetery Preservation and will demonstrate how to dowse for unmarked graves. Also, the Old Bethel Methodist Church (aka Collins Chapel) will probably be open, which only happens a few times each year. This is obviously of interest to most genealogists, but in particular to those with ancestors who were early settlers buried there, and those in the Jersey Settlement (Collins, Doughty, Higbee, McCollum, Vaughan, Jenkins, Justice, Ely, Simpson, many more) There are Revolutionary War veterans, Civil War veterans, and U.S. Grant's grandparents buried there. This is free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Clermont County Genealogical Society. The schedule is as follows: 1 PM--picnic at the Turkey Ridge Shelter (bring a dish to share, everybody welcome) 2 PM--Program begins at the Cemetery If you do not plan to attend the picnic, but want to attend the program, you should still park at the picnic area and carpool to the cemetery, as parking is limited. Directions to Turkey Ridge are as follows: >From Exit 65 off of I-275 (Beechmont/Amelia), go east 9.6 miles. Turn left onto Bantam Rd. and go two-tenths of a mile. Turn left into the park on Elklick and go 1.8 miles to Turkey Ridge, which will be on your right. For questions, write to [email protected]