Cumberland Presbyterian - Jefferson Township - Greene County - Pennsylvania - WPA Cemetery Plat

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2016.3.64

Scope and Content

ABOUT THIS CEMETERY: The Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, beside Jefferson Morgan High School (formerly Jefferson High School). 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. Emanuel Turk - Civil War 2. Joseph Arvecost - Civil War - Co. K 116 Reg. 15th Pa. Vol. Cav. 3. James H. Parkinson - Civil War 4. John Arvecost - War of 1812 5. Michael Redlingshafer - Civil War - Co. A 18 Pa. Cav. 6. Sampson Vandegrift - Civil War - Co. D 35th Pa. Vol. 7. Samuel Ridgway - Civil War - Co. H 140 Pa. Vol. 8. John Ansley - Civil War - Co. A 160 Reg. 9. William C. Lindsey - Civil War - Co. A 18 Pa. Cav. 10. John H. Bell - Civil War - Co. I 15 Pa. Cav. 11. Isaiah Hill - Civil War - Co. C 1st W.Va. Vol. Cav. 12. James Daugherty - War of 1812 13. Amos Stickles - Civil War - Co. A 18th Reg. Pa. Vol. Cav. 14. Edward Parkinson - 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, 1975-1979), 9: 568.

Collection

Cemetery Plat (WPA) Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cemeteries--Maps, Jefferson (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Cemeteries, Jefferson (Pa.)--Cemeteries--Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jan 8, 1935

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Cemetery Plat (WPA) Collection - Jefferson Township

Notes

Source Citation: WPA Cemetery Plat - Pennsylvania - Greene County - Cumberland (sic Jefferson) Township - Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery (1935), item no. 2016.3.64, 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 (www.GreeneConnections.com).