Hello, Mt. Olive Church Cemetery is located in Lee township, Monroe Co., Oh In 1842, the will of Azariah Hoskinson was recorded. This will set aside one acre of land for a "meeting house and burying ground." In 1847, the heirs of Azariah sold the acre to the trustees of the United Brethren Church in Christ, Isaac Rush, Abner Martin, and Christian Recksecker. Mt. Olive Church and Cemetery is situated on this site. Although 1825 is listed as the date Mt. Olive Cemetery was established, there are no stones dating back to that year. However, there is evidence of many unmarked graves and it is also recalled that years ago there were several plain fieldstones marking graves. The first church on this site was a small log cabin. It is believed that a church was in existence previous to the year of the land deed. Mt. Olive was originally a United Brethren Church. It later became Evangelical United Brethren and in 1970 became United Methodist following the merger of the two denominations. Mt. Olive Church and Cemetery are secluded inthe hills four miles from Sardis on Township Road 481 off County Road 10. Plot # and Name 52. Martin, Abner d 20 Jun 1857 aged 76 years 53. Martin, Absalom d 18 Jun 1878 aged 73y 9m 18d 54. Martin, Jane d 3 Apr 1878 aged 70y 2m 7d 55. Martin, Ora A. d 27 Oct 1878 aged 1y 3m 13d daughter of GM & SR 97. Martin, David S. d 3 Nov 1877 aged 8y 8m 7d son of TW & EJ 98. Martin, Mary E. b 11 Jun 1882 d 22 Nov 1882 99. Martin, Elizabeth J. b 10 Apr 1849 d 28 Feb 1907 100. Martin, Theodore W. b 23 Dec 1836 d 24 Feb 1918 101. Martin, Josephas W. 1864-1941 115. Martin, Mariah MELLOT 1853-1944 261. Martin, Effie J. 1886-1971 262. Martin, Thurman L. 1880-1965 Good luck with your research. Sincerely, J.L. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joanne Barrett <jannab@home.com> To: <OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 9:36 AM Subject: [OHMONROE-L] MT OLIVE CEMETERY > We are looking for a Mt Olive Cemetery in Monroe Co.,OH > We believe Abner Martin may be buried there and are hoping to find > the burial site of Mary {Jane?} Martin, his mother. > > Your help greatly appreciated, > > JoAnne Martin Barrett >