Hi, I went by that cemetery this spring while I was visiting my dad. Took a few pictures. I have heard in the past that it is the original Sharptown ME church. It was a log cabin and it was pretty much messed up and I think in the early 1900's it caught on fife and burned down. I wish t here was a complete listing of that cemetery. I believe my 4th great grandfather was buried their. Was their a listing of who it their at the Sharptown ME church. I know there are a few very old books somewhere. I plan a week trip or so somewhere between January and May Lord Willing. Mostly a research trip. Question: Who would know where my 4th great grandfather is buried. He appeared out of know where in 1942 or so. I have his OBIT and it does not mention where he was buried. He was a butcher in Sharptown. Also I remember when growing up around their hearing about some vandalism at the Cemetery that is being used now in the early to mid 70's. Does anyone remember that? If these stones were knocked down and not fixed he could be their. When did they stop burring people on Jill Rd.? When did they start burring people at the cemetery at Sharptown? There is a Woodstown Historical society close by. What kind of records do they keep their. I hear it is not a lot but maybe I would find my answer. Thanks for letting me ramble. Robin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Robin..... I'm assuming you have his death date (in the obit) so why don't you get his death certificate from Trenton. That will tell you where he's buried. The Pilesgrove Methodist Church was built in 1795 by Joel Abbott. In 1835 the Sharptown Methodist Church opened. The cemetery transcriptions for the Pilesgrove Church only number about 221 however, there are possibly 500 people buried there. Barbara in Wilmington, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Stinson" <robinpaulstinson@msn.com> To: <njsalem@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [NJSALEM] Demolition of Methodist cemetery on Jill Rd. > > Hi, > I went by that cemetery this spring while I was visiting my dad. Took > a few pictures. I have heard in the past that it is the original > Sharptown ME church. It was a log cabin and it was pretty much messed up > and I think in the early 1900's it caught on fife and burned down. I > wish t here was a complete listing of that cemetery. I believe my 4th > great grandfather was buried their. Was their a listing of who it their > at the Sharptown ME church. I know there are a few very old books > somewhere. I plan a week trip or so somewhere between January and May > Lord Willing. Mostly a research trip. Question: Who would know where > my 4th great grandfather is buried. He appeared out of know where in > 1942 or so. I have his OBIT and it does not mention where he was buried. > He was a butcher in Sharptown. Also I remember when growing up around > their hearing about some vandalism at the Cemetery that is being used now > in the early to mid 70's. Does anyone remember that? If these stones > were knocked down and not fixed he could be their. When did they stop > burring people on Jill Rd.? When did they start burring people at the > cemetery at Sharptown? > There is a Woodstown Historical society close by. What kind of records > do they keep their. I hear it is not a lot but maybe I would find my > answer. Thanks for letting me ramble. > > Robin > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:NJSALEM-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 > NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >