Merrill-Ward Family Cemetery
Clark County, Indiana, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosPer Clark County Cemetery site: Per Lonnie Fink, 1997: Lonnie's wife's ancestor, Commodore Ward, purchased land bordering the cemetery along Muddy Fork Creek. Lonnie has visited the site, but did not probe or try to locate graves. Flooding along the Muddy Fork has been an annual problem, and he is sure any surviving stones are presently covered with several inches of sand and dirt.
The cemetery is part of Illinois Land Grant Lot # 199. Lonnie found it mentioned in a land deed as late as in 1905 where Jane Ward sold the property to her son, George W. Thomas (died in 1918, Lonnie's wife's grandfather). Jane Ward inherited the land from her husband, Commodore Ward. Commodore Ward died in 1878 and lived near Twelve Mile Switch. (Lonnie says he has not been able to figure where "Twelve Mile Switch" is located; perhaps at Bennettsville.) This particular deed record is on page 210 and is dated April 19, 1905. However, Lonnie did not record the deed book number.
The cemetery is also mentioned in the estate settlement of Commodore Ward on page 152, March 24, 1885, Indiana deed books. Lonnie believes Commodore Ward bought the land from a Merrill, but hasn't found that deed yet. Commodore is buried in Miller Cemetery with wife and no dates on their stone.
The following is the cemetery land description from the 1905 deed:
The undivided two-thirds of a part of survey number 199 of the Illinois Land Grant bounded thus:
Beginning at the SW original corner of NOs182 and 199 of said grant at a stone in the outline; thence North 40 degrees West about 157 poles to a stone on South Bank of Silver Creek (now referred to as Muddy Fork) in original line; then N(?) 65 degrees E 31 poles and 16 links to a stone corner of said grave yard; thence S. 26 degrees E 8 poles and 16 links to a stone corner of said grave yard; thence N 57 degrees E 31 poles with a line of said grave year and with yard to a stone at the mouth of the lane and center of new road (Bennettsville Road); thence S 41 degrees E and about 136 poles along the center of the new road (Bennettsville Road) to a stone in the line of the NOs182 and 199 of said grant; thence S 49 1/2 degrees W about 61 poles to the place of beginning the undivided two-thirds of 54.5 acres to the said more or less.
Per Clark County Cemetery site: Per Lonnie Fink, 1997: Lonnie's wife's ancestor, Commodore Ward, purchased land bordering the cemetery along Muddy Fork Creek. Lonnie has visited the site, but did not probe or try to locate graves. Flooding along the Muddy Fork has been an annual problem, and he is sure any surviving stones are presently covered with several inches of sand and dirt.
The cemetery is part of Illinois Land Grant Lot # 199. Lonnie found it mentioned in a land deed as late as in 1905 where Jane Ward sold the property to her son, George W. Thomas (died in 1918, Lonnie's wife's grandfather). Jane Ward inherited the land from her husband, Commodore Ward. Commodore Ward died in 1878 and lived near Twelve Mile Switch. (Lonnie says he has not been able to figure where "Twelve Mile Switch" is located; perhaps at Bennettsville.) This particular deed record is on page 210 and is dated April 19, 1905. However, Lonnie did not record the deed book number.
The cemetery is also mentioned in the estate settlement of Commodore Ward on page 152, March 24, 1885, Indiana deed books. Lonnie believes Commodore Ward bought the land from a Merrill, but hasn't found that deed yet. Commodore is buried in Miller Cemetery with wife and no dates on their stone.
The following is the cemetery land description from the 1905 deed:
The undivided two-thirds of a part of survey number 199 of the Illinois Land Grant bounded thus:
Beginning at the SW original corner of NOs182 and 199 of said grant at a stone in the outline; thence North 40 degrees West about 157 poles to a stone on South Bank of Silver Creek (now referred to as Muddy Fork) in original line; then N(?) 65 degrees E 31 poles and 16 links to a stone corner of said grave yard; thence S. 26 degrees E 8 poles and 16 links to a stone corner of said grave yard; thence N 57 degrees E 31 poles with a line of said grave year and with yard to a stone at the mouth of the lane and center of new road (Bennettsville Road); thence S 41 degrees E and about 136 poles along the center of the new road (Bennettsville Road) to a stone in the line of the NOs182 and 199 of said grant; thence S 49 1/2 degrees W about 61 poles to the place of beginning the undivided two-thirds of 54.5 acres to the said more or less.
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- Added: 14 May 2011
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