Severns Cemetery in Jelloway, Ohio - Find a Grave Cemetery

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Get directions College Hill Road
Jelloway, Ohio, USA

Coordinates: 40.54672, -82.32964
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This cemetery resides on the north side of College Hill Rd (TR 307) approximately 0.3 miles east of Pealer Mill Rd. It is on private land, thus asking for permission to visit it is preferred. The current landowner (who is about 68 years old) reported in September 2022 that the cemetery is on land that his family has owned for about 50 years. He remembers hunting in the area where the cemetery is presently located. Few trees and brush were present within the cemetery years ago; currently it is in a heavily wooded area. It is apparent that the cemetery has been abandoned for many years. Few tombstones are standing.

The 1871 plat map of Brown Township, Knox County shows the location of the cemetery. James and Stephen Severns owned land near the cemetery (click on "See all cemetery photos" on the left to view part of the map).
Information published in "Cemetery Records of Knox County, Ohio." Volume I, 1991, page 35, compiled by Knox County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Richard DeLauder, Editor and from inscriptions on the tombstones were used to create many of the memorials in this cemetery.

According to the aforementioned cemetery records, information available on Ancestry.com and the inscriptions on the tombstones found as of September 2022, the first and last burials in this cemetery occurred in 1823/26 (Daniel Severns) and 1875 (Stephen Severns), respectively.