Critchfield Family Cemeteries Contributed by Don Condra There are two known Critchfield Cemeteries in Greenfield Township, Orange County, Indiana. All persons known to be buried in the two are included in the Critchfield Cemetery on-line listing. The oldest cemetery is in Section 24, T1-S, R1-W and is located on the farm which was owned for many years by John William Condra whose wife, Oma Noblitt, is a descendant of Amos Critchfield Sr. This land was entered by James Critchfield in 1818. There are perhaps a dozen graves in the little burial plot, only 2 having inscriptions: Amos Critchfield Sr., who was the father of Amos Critchfield Jr. listed in the second cemetery and Mary Stone who was the granddaughter of Amos Sr. Her parents, William and Amelia Stone, are buried at Providence Cemetery. This is located about 1/4 mile south of SR37 on the ProvidenceChurch road(12 mile south of Paoli) on the farm now owned by Charles and Georgia Condra Ferree. The second cemetery is located in Section 26, T1-S, R1-W. It is abandoned and the location is unknown by this writer. Critchfield families were among the early settlers in the township. Amos Critchfield entered land in the southwest of this section in 1854. In 1830, he taught school in Providence log meeting house. His wife was Susanna Real. The little cemetery is on their farm. Some of the markers have fallen. Besides six marble stones with inscriptions, there are a few sand stone markers, evidently graves of children. The inscriptions were copied by James L. Noblitt. CRITCHFIELD, Amos 3 Jun 1800-30 Dec 1867 CRITCHFIELD, Amos Sr. 1756-4 Oct 1823 CRITCHFIELD, Henry 22 Aug 1829-11 Jul 1882 CRITCHFIELD, Susanna 6 Jul 1804-25 Nov 1884 CRITCHFIELD, Susanna J. 3 May 1843-13 Oct 1866 CRITCHFIELD, William P. 1847-16 Mar 1872 STEWART, Rachel R. 1837-17 Dec 1863 STONE, Mary 1808-2 Sep 1821 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Vonda Lee Heverly (© 1997 Vonda Lee Heverly)