Washington County PA Archives Photo Tombstone.....Grove United Presbyterian Cemetery - (partial survey)
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Cemetery: Grove United Presbyterian Cemetery (partial survey)
          West Middletown, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Contact:
Grove United Presbyterian Church
125 East Main Street
West Middletown, PA 15379, United States
(724) 587-3754

40°14'32.04"N, 80°25'6.21"W
Hopewell Township

     Directions: From Washington, PA follow Jefferson Ave west to the 
intersection of PA Route 18N and PA 844 West, follow PA 844 for 9.2 miles, 
cemetery is on left just before the church.

     The cemetery that is beside the church belongs to the church. The 
cemetery across Rte. 844 is the West Middletown Community Cemetery and 
is not associated with the church.

     According to Boyd Crumrine's "History of Washington County, 
Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and 
Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882), the old minutes 
of this congregation have not been preserved, so that it is difficult to 
know the date of its organization. From the best information it was about 
1810. The cemetery must date from the same time as the DAR data shows the 
first internment as 1810.

     The DAR report says that two Confederate soldiers who died at the Prison 
Camp near Claysville are buried in this cemetery as are three emigrants who 
took ill and died on their trek west to the Ohio Territory with many old stones 
unreadable. 

     According to historical records, the church and associated cemetery were 
also referred to as the United Presbyterian Congregation of West Middletown 


Allen, Martha, 08 May 1837, Grove United Presbyterian, West Middletown, Hopewell Township, (contributed by Bill Plack)

Paxton, Margaret, consort of Nathaniel, d. 18 Jun 1840, aged 58Y, Grove United Presbyterian Cemetery, West Middleton, Hopewell Township, (contributed by Bill Plack)

Wilson, Esther, 07 Dec 1829, Grove United Presbyterian, West Middletown, Hopewell Township, (contributed by Bill Plack)