Crist discussed the Poplar Church Cemetery (used as early as 1784-considered full by the 1850's) and the "newer cemetery" which originated as a private burying ground for John Bowman the elder and his relatives. (pages 69-70). I have not spotted any discussion of the Oyster Point Cemetery in the book. The Bowman cemetery was set up in John Bowman's will, "probated" according to Crist in 1843. This is what became the Camp Hill Cemetery. The earlier Poplar Church cemetery is on a modern map as Poplar Grove Cemetery and is on 21st, past the Holy Sprit Hospital. I am not sure what Crist means by using "probated" in this context, since that is a 20th century usage. Crist may be referring to registering the will (Registrar's Will Index) or Court orders entered in Orphans Court Dockets for that year. The will index will not reference OC proceedings. I believe unified Probate or Estate files were not adopted until 1947 or about then. I also found a reference on page 33 to a 1787 deed from Physick to Ann Herschberger, 99 acres of lot 23. It does not say exactly where on lot 23, but identifies a late deed of another part of lot 23 , in 1791, bounded by the Lisburn Road (32nd). Sorry, I have no idea if any copies of the book are currently available. A reprint would be great. Ame ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice" <janbuff@comcast.net> To: <PACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [PACUMBER] land location in Camp Hill > Thank you all for your help. I too am local to the area (Lewisberry), and > have driven all over Camp Hill looking for the cemetery, although I never > thought to look UNDER the Pier 1 store :-) It drives me crazy that > cemeteries are able to be destroyed. > > The Maria Nichols on the 1858 map was a sister to my Samuel, and he gave her > a portion of his land when he moved to Buffalo NY. > > I have been through the cemetery at 32nd street a few times, and did not see > any of the graves that would have originally been in the Oyster Point > cemetery. I wonder if they were buried with the original stones? > > Does anyone know if this book by Crist is still available for purchase > anywhere? It sounds like a great source for my lines. I have difficulty > making it to a library (2 small children) so I do most of my research at > night. > > Thank you. > Janice Buffington > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bobby Troup" <robert.e.troup@verizon.net> > To: <PACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:53 PM > Subject: Re: [PACUMBER] land location in Camp Hill > > > > Hi: > > > > I too have a copy of Camp Hill A History by Robert Grant Crist. If you > look > > at the map on pages 20-21, near the crease, near the top of the right > hand... > > > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Visit Cumberland County USGenweb and get the latest updates! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >