van buskirk family burial ground-saylorsburg. aka; john mansfield farm. this family burial ground is located on the property now owned by the blue mt. in the late 1970s there were reported to be about 36 tombstone in this burial ground, all unmarked. in 1991, no stones could be found and the burial ground has all but disappeared. the van buskirk family settled at saylorsburg area prior to 1800 and owned a large tract of land extending from saylorsburg toward kemmereville. according the the van buskirk genealogy by george mc cracken, several of the old stones in the family burial ground were inscribed with initials and dates but none had complete names. the dates were as early as 1770 and 1779. it was said that some of the stones were later used for materials in fences. in 1949 it was reported that a white marble slad inscribed " this is the van buskirk family cemetery" could still be seen lying loose on the rocks. this stone was not found in 1991. van buskirk-buried reeders-mt. pocono-aka; singersville, dugan chapel of the m.e. church. included becker, bellis, buskirk, butz, doll, fellencer, frailey, george, groner, hay, heller, houck, johnson, kresge, martin, miller, possinger, price, rinker, singer, strausser, wolbert, and woodling keokee chapel-united methodist ch.-mt. pocono, buried include, boorem, buck, coffman, detrick, dornblaser, dunlap, hanna, henry, hilgert, nauman, setzer, van buskirk, van scoten and williams brick ch.-saylorsburg-buried- altemus and meixell, arnold, flyte/fleyt, hoodmaker, mackes, sceurman, schoch and van buskirk mt. eaton-saylorsburg, included. john smith, altemose/altemus, andrew, bonser, buskirk, correll, de long, faulstick, heil, kresge, macks, marsh, noddins, raseley, remmel/remel, schoch, siegel, smith, snyder, and van buskirk kunkletown- st. matthews. include, andre, barlieb, beltz, boger, buskirk, christman, correll, engler, frable, frantz, george, gower, greenzweig, hawk, heffelfinger, kern, kleintop, meckes, meixell, smith (schmidt), smale, silfies and van buskirk Best Wishes, Geri

You will also find members of this family buried at Canadensis and Newfoundland Moravian Cemeteries. ----- Original Message ----- From: "geri brennan" <gerifelker@webtv.net> To: <pamonroe@rootsweb.com>; <panortha@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:40 AM Subject: [PAMONROE] van buskirk > van buskirk family burial ground-saylorsburg. > aka; john mansfield farm. this family burial ground is located on the > property now owned by the blue mt. in the late 1970s there were reported > to be about 36 tombstone in this burial ground, all unmarked. in 1991, no > stones could be found and the burial ground has all but disappeared. > > the van buskirk family settled at saylorsburg area prior to 1800 and owned > a large tract of land extending from saylorsburg toward kemmereville. > according the the van buskirk genealogy by george mc cracken, several of > the old stones in the family burial ground were inscribed with initials > and dates but none had complete names. the dates were as early as 1770 and > 1779. it was said that some of the stones were later used for materials in > fences. in 1949 it was reported that a white marble slad inscribed " this > is the van buskirk family cemetery" could still be seen lying loose on the > rocks. this stone was not found in 1991. > > van buskirk-buried > reeders-mt. pocono-aka; singersville, dugan chapel of the m.e. church. > included becker, bellis, buskirk, butz, doll, fellencer, frailey, george, > groner, hay, heller, houck, johnson, kresge, martin, miller, possinger, > price, rinker, singer, strausser, wolbert, and woodling > > keokee chapel-united methodist ch.-mt. pocono, buried include, boorem, > buck, coffman, detrick, dornblaser, dunlap, hanna, henry, hilgert, nauman, > setzer, van buskirk, van scoten and williams > > brick ch.-saylorsburg-buried- altemus and meixell, arnold, flyte/fleyt, > hoodmaker, mackes, sceurman, schoch and van buskirk > > mt. eaton-saylorsburg, included. john smith, altemose/altemus, andrew, > bonser, buskirk, correll, de long, faulstick, heil, kresge, macks, marsh, > noddins, raseley, remmel/remel, schoch, siegel, smith, snyder, and van > buskirk > > kunkletown- st. matthews. include, andre, barlieb, beltz, boger, buskirk, > christman, correll, engler, frable, frantz, george, gower, greenzweig, > hawk, heffelfinger, kern, kleintop, meckes, meixell, smith (schmidt), > smale, silfies and van buskirk > > Best Wishes, Geri > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAMONROE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >