Daughter of Isaac and Charlotte Johnson
Married Obediah Griffith on 29 September 1831
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The property that New Harmony Cemetery resides on was purchased by Obediah Griffith on 18 June 1836. In a deposition dated 28 October 1848, Martin Byrd Griffith signed as a witness to a deed from Obediah Griffith to Joseph Minter. That deed was dated about 1844 (the county clerk office had a fire, the exact date was lost, hence the 1848 deposition)..
The deed from Griffith to Minter designated one acre as exempt due to the existence of a graveyard. New Harmony is therefore one of the oldest burial grounds within Marshall County.
Although a tombstone for Obediah does not remain, it is believed he was buried here in his designated burial ground with other members of the Griffith family.
The above can be found in the Marshall County cemetery book published by the historical society.
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They believe burials were happening here as far back as 1834. Tombstones from that era may have once existed here but are now degraded into unrecognizable remnants. There are at least two necked discoid stones still visible (2019), the median timeframe for that style of tombstone is about 1833. Any names which had once been on them are now gone, the surface having eroded extensively. They’re possibly from the original Griffith family but without locating an early record of transcription, it’s purely speculation.
Married Obediah Griffith on 29 September 1831
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The property that New Harmony Cemetery resides on was purchased by Obediah Griffith on 18 June 1836. In a deposition dated 28 October 1848, Martin Byrd Griffith signed as a witness to a deed from Obediah Griffith to Joseph Minter. That deed was dated about 1844 (the county clerk office had a fire, the exact date was lost, hence the 1848 deposition)..
The deed from Griffith to Minter designated one acre as exempt due to the existence of a graveyard. New Harmony is therefore one of the oldest burial grounds within Marshall County.
Although a tombstone for Obediah does not remain, it is believed he was buried here in his designated burial ground with other members of the Griffith family.
The above can be found in the Marshall County cemetery book published by the historical society.
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They believe burials were happening here as far back as 1834. Tombstones from that era may have once existed here but are now degraded into unrecognizable remnants. There are at least two necked discoid stones still visible (2019), the median timeframe for that style of tombstone is about 1833. Any names which had once been on them are now gone, the surface having eroded extensively. They’re possibly from the original Griffith family but without locating an early record of transcription, it’s purely speculation.
Daughter of Isaac and Charlotte Johnson
Married Obediah Griffith on 29 September 1831
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The property that New Harmony Cemetery resides on was purchased by Obediah Griffith on 18 June 1836. In a deposition dated 28 October 1848, Martin Byrd Griffith signed as a witness to a deed from Obediah Griffith to Joseph Minter. That deed was dated about 1844 (the county clerk office had a fire, the exact date was lost, hence the 1848 deposition)..
The deed from Griffith to Minter designated one acre as exempt due to the existence of a graveyard. New Harmony is therefore one of the oldest burial grounds within Marshall County.
Although a tombstone for Obediah does not remain, it is believed he was buried here in his designated burial ground with other members of the Griffith family.
The above can be found in the Marshall County cemetery book published by the historical society.
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They believe burials were happening here as far back as 1834. Tombstones from that era may have once existed here but are now degraded into unrecognizable remnants. There are at least two necked discoid stones still visible (2019), the median timeframe for that style of tombstone is about 1833. Any names which had once been on them are now gone, the surface having eroded extensively. They’re possibly from the original Griffith family but without locating an early record of transcription, it’s purely speculation.
Married Obediah Griffith on 29 September 1831
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The property that New Harmony Cemetery resides on was purchased by Obediah Griffith on 18 June 1836. In a deposition dated 28 October 1848, Martin Byrd Griffith signed as a witness to a deed from Obediah Griffith to Joseph Minter. That deed was dated about 1844 (the county clerk office had a fire, the exact date was lost, hence the 1848 deposition)..
The deed from Griffith to Minter designated one acre as exempt due to the existence of a graveyard. New Harmony is therefore one of the oldest burial grounds within Marshall County.
Although a tombstone for Obediah does not remain, it is believed he was buried here in his designated burial ground with other members of the Griffith family.
The above can be found in the Marshall County cemetery book published by the historical society.
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They believe burials were happening here as far back as 1834. Tombstones from that era may have once existed here but are now degraded into unrecognizable remnants. There are at least two necked discoid stones still visible (2019), the median timeframe for that style of tombstone is about 1833. Any names which had once been on them are now gone, the surface having eroded extensively. They’re possibly from the original Griffith family but without locating an early record of transcription, it’s purely speculation.
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