Washington County PA Archives, Dutch Fork Cemetery, Donegal Township, Washington County, PA ************************************************ Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/washington/ ************************************************ Files contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gary L. Caldwell, , December 2017 This page was last updated: 10 December 2017 Dutch Fork Graveyard Donegal Township 40° 9'43.53"N, 80°27'56.15"W Dutch Fork Christian Church Dutch Fork Church Road West Alexander, PA 15367 Directions: From Washington, PA, take Interstate 70 toward Wheeling, Take exit 6 for Pennsylvania 231 toward Claysville, Turn right onto State Rte 3024, Turn left onto US-40 W, Turn right onto Cunningham Rd/T374, turn left onto PA-231 N, slight left onto N Rd, Continue onto Dutch Fork Church Rd for 1.6 mi. Background On the 31st of May 1834, the present church site was deeded to Samuel Cox, Jacob Deeds, Joseph McCoy, George Morrow, and Patrick Rodgers as trustees, and their successors, for the benefit of the church, by Jacob Deeds and wife and George Morrow and wife. The members immediately erected on this land a meeting-house, which they continued to occupy until the present house was built in 1863, which was dedicated on the first Sunday of December of that year by President W. K. Pendleton, of Bethany College, assisted by A. E. Myers. The original members of the Dutch Fork Christian Church were the following viz.: Absalom Titus, Margaret Titus, and her daughters Sarah and Margaret, Elizabeth Rodgers, Jacob Deeds, and Ann his wife, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Adam Simmons, George Morrow and Hester his wife, Jeremiah Linville, Elizabeth his wife, and Maria their daughter, George Guy, and Mary his wife, Joseph McCoy, and Mary his wife, Lydia and Mary Stoolfire, Fanny, Alexander, and Maria Martin, Andrew, Levi, Sarah, Ann, David, and Mary McKune, Mary McCreath, Henry Jameson, and Esther his wife, Joseph Kine and wife, Rosa Cox, and Lavenia Matthews. The following were from the old Brush Run Church: Andrew Chapman, and Nancy his wife, Joseph Bryant, and Dorothea his wife, William Matthews and wife, and Joseph Matthews. This church was organized about the year 1833 by Walter Scott and James McVey, but the records of the church here are somewhat defective; only relatively correct. In the regular weekly meetings of the church to break bread and for edification, William and Joseph Matthews, with others not mentioned above, contributed of their Bible knowledge in the instruction of the congregation for quite a number of years. (From Boyd Crumrine, "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882). Transcribed by Thomas McQuown in July 1998 In 1999, a lady hunting her relatives provided directions to the Dutch Fork Cemetery. After parking at the Church, they climbed the hill across from church and found what remains of the Dutch Fork Cemetery which she said was so overgrown that nothing was visible except for a couple tombstones and part of an iron fence. The data below can be found in the Genealogical Section of the Citizens Library in Washington, PA but there is no date for the tombstone reading or who did the readings. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Chapman Mary 11 July 184513 Apr 1887 wife of Cornelius Chapman Chapmen Cornelius 4 Jan 1839 26 Jan 1880 LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES DeFrance Allison 9 Nov 1796 10 Mar 1859 Dodd Francess 10 Jun 1859 81yr wife of Francis Dodd Dodd Francis 12 Aug 1856 92yr 11mo Dowdal Jesse 19 Apr 1840 28yr 10da LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Gay Jacob Aug 1834 1yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Holmes John 1 Jun 1853 53yr Holmes Mary 28 Apr 1813 6 Jul 1893 wife of John Holmes LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Linville Elizabeth 27 Mar 1853 73yr wife of Jeremiah Linville Linville Jeremiah 9 Apr 1853 67yr 2mo 13da LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Maldoon Campbell S. 9 Jul 1860 9mo son of M and T Maldoon Maldoon John F. 17 Jul 1869 2yr 5mo 15da son of M and T Maldoon Maldoon Ralph 9 Oct 1863 2yr 8mo 16da son of M and T Maldoon McAdoo John 15 May 1815 27 May 1898 Born in Donegal Twp, Ireland McAdoo Julia 12 Mar 1811 16 Jun 1863 wife of John McAdoo Morrow Abraham 1816 12 Feb 1888 Morrow George No dates Morrow Hannah 12 Oct 1838 73yr wife of William Morrow Morrow Hester Poole No dates wife of George Morrow Morrow William 10 May 1833 75yr LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Shields George 18 Mar 1867 80yr