Washington County PA Archives Cemetery Transcriptions.....Horseshoe Bottom Presbyterian Cemetery (partial survey) ************************************************ Copyright 2012. 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, , April 2012 This page was last updated: 15 April 2012 Horseshoe Bottom Presbyterian Cemetery Charleroi, Washington County, PA Lat: 40° 9'36.04"N, Lon: 79°55'41.87"W Fallowfield Township Directions from Charleroi, PA: From Fallowfield Ave and 5th St go toward Long St for 272 ft, take the 2nd left onto McKean Ave for 0.7 mi, continue onto Lincoln Ave for 0.5 mi, turn right onto PA-88 N/Pennsylvania Ave for 1.2 mi, continue straight onto PA-88 N/Country Club Rd/Elizabeth Rd, the continue to follow PA-88 N/Country Club Rd for 0.1 mi, turn left onto Coyle Curtain Rd for 0.6 mi, Horseshow Bottom Cemetery will be on the left. There is a tablet in the cemetery that marks the church which was in the center of the cemetery. The tablet reads: "Presbyterian Church founded here in 1785, Organization transferred to Monongahela City in 1807 and the church is now known as the First Presbyterian Church of Monongahela City. This Memorial erected 1935" The church and associated cemetery was located on the ridge road leading to Brownsville about 2.5 miles from Monongahela on a farm belonging to Simon Wilson and when the church was transferred to Monongahela, there was only one elder remaining. This data was collected by the DAR in 1939 and was verified in 1960 by Mr. Walter Hoffman, in 1962 by Mrs. E.C. Colvin and in 1972 by Mrs. Colvin and Ms. Lignian. The data is found in the genealogy section of the Citizen’s Library, Washington PA library. There is variance among the various sets of data and differences are noted were applicable. LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED AGE NOTES Blythe Mary S. 23 Sep 1862 53yr Year of birth is also shown as 1812 and date of death is shown as 23 Sep 1865 Blythe William 22 Feb 1800 31 Jan 1883 Year of death is also shown as 1893 Blythe William F. 3 Nov 1864 18yr Civil War - Co. E, 6th Heavy Artillery 212th PA Volunteers. Died Alexandria, VA. Calvin Eliza J. 1870 34yr First Name is also shown as Eliza Jane (Wilson), date of death as 17 Apr 1870. Wife of Enoch. Last name is also shown as Colvin Power Hannah No dates wife of Michael Power Michael 25 May ???? 57yr Soldier of the Revolution. Patriots Patriots index gives his dates as 1755 and 1805. Wells Thomas 1 May 1813 71yr born in Coleraine, Ireland. First name is also shown as Vinio and age as 78yr Wilson John 27 Aug 1842 80yr born near Enniskillen, Ireland. Day of death may also be 23 Wilson Rebecca 1868 66yr wife of Samuel Wilson Sinion 7 Feb 1864 76yr First name is also shown as Simeon and place of birth as Enniskillen, Ireland Wilson William 19 Jun 1868 78yr born near Eninkillen, Ireland