Bethlehem - Washinton Township - Greene County - Pennsylvania - WPA Cemetery Plat

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2016.3.244

Scope and Content

ABOUT THIS CEMETERY: Bethlehem Cemetery is located at Ruff Creek in Washington Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. PROVENANCE OF PLAT MAP: During the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) provided jobs by employing individuals to locate and map area cemeteries. As a part of these surveys, workers also listed veterans buried at each cemetery. The Clerk of Courts Office at the Greene County Courthouse in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, holds one set of the plat maps copied from the originals created during this project. In 2019, these maps were subsequently scanned and researched for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project. VETERANS LISTED IN WPA SURVEY: 1. John Dunn - Civil War 2. Thomas M[?] - Civil War 3. Abel Turner - Civil War 4. Robert Tukesbrey - Civil War 5. John R. Tukesbrey - Civil War 6. Samuel H. Pounds - Civil War 7. Hally Dunn - World War 8. Vernon Kelly - Spanish War 9. Geo. W. Wilson - Civil War 10. Griffith Herrod - Civil War 11. Wm. Dunn - Civil War 12. Enoch Brooks - Civil War 13. John R. Weaver - Civil War HENNEN RECORDS CROSS-REFERENCE: Forty years after the WPA, local genealogist Dorothy Hennen personally visited every Greene County, Pennsylvania, cemetery that she could locate. Her 12-volume series, published in the 1970s, is cross-referenced here to provide a resource for further information regarding location descriptions and lists of burials. These books are available at the Cornerstone Genealogical Society in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Dorothy T. Hennen, compiler, Cemetery Records of Greene County, Pennsylvania, 12 volumes (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania: Cornerstone Genealogical Society, 1975), 10: 666-684, Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery.

Collection

Cemetery Plat (WPA) Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cemeteries--Maps, Dunn family, Herrod family, Tukesbury family, Washington (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Cemeteries

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1934

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dunn, Harry [1895-1918]

Person or Organization

Tukesbury, Robert J. [1832-1905]

Related Places

Place

Location

Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery

City

Ruff Creek

Township

Washington Township

County

Greene County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Cemetery Plat (WPA) Collection - Washington Township

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

SOURCE CITATION: WPA Cemetery Plat - Pennsylvania - Greene County - Washington Township - Bethlehem Cemetery (1934), item no. 2016.3.244, Cemetery Plat (WPA) Collection, surveyed by Works Projects Administration, copy on file at the Clerk of Courts Office, Greene County Courthouse, Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).