Taggarts Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lafferty OH

Let me throw out my disclaimer that I am just a tourist who was visiting the area.

I do not know of who cares for this cemetery. I was pleasantly surprised that it had been somewhat recently mowed when I visited May 11, 2024.

I'm so glad GPS is a thing since I wouldn't have ever found this place otherwise!

It would have been a tight squeeze if I'd met another vehicle on this road!

This is a very hilly area, too.

This is where it told me to turn!

Once I got past that little stand of trees on the left, all I could say is ...

Wow!

This is a beautiful little cemetery.

All I could do is stand there and look and listen for a few minutes.

All of the graves are from the 1800s with Revolutionary War Vets.

Some are broken and neatly piled up.

Sometimes I couldn't tell if there was one or more stones piled up.

I bounced my pics off of FindAGrave, so I was able to find some names, dates & interesting info. 

Benjamin Franklin Hannum

April 20, 1825 - Jan 15, 1826

son of John & Hanna

Thomas Culbertson

Aug 22, 1799 - Aug 18, 1862

Rev. Alexander Calderhead

born near Glasgow, Scotland

Aug 11, 1752 - Jan 31, 1812

Find a Grave has a lot of his genealogy in it.

Robert Martin

1762 - Apr 6, 1825

Samuel McWillaims

3rd Batt Lancaster Co Mil PA

Revolutionary War

Built a mill north of town 1816

Husband of Jane Wilson

Feb 22, 1753 - Apr 29, 1825

Polly Jane

1817 - Jul 3, 1835

daughter of Thomas & Nancy McWilliams

George N Sharp

Nov 15, 1781 - Jan 12, 1840

George N. Sharp

1781-1840

Asst Judge Common Pleas Court

State Senator 1835-1836

Colonel Ohio Militia 1821

Husband of Nancy A Henderson

The name is long gone, but look at how beautiful the carvings are!

John Henderson

1747 - Jun 5, 814

Pennsylvania Line

Revolutionary War

Died 1814 Aged 67 years

Husband of Martha Long

Martha Long Henderson

wife of John

Jun 18, 1754 - May 8, 1829

Margaret McConnell Henderson

wife of Robert

Aug 9, 1789 - Apr 4, 1861

There were all sorts of critters in here - I can confirm a deer, but also something larger than a squirrel, smaller than said deer...

Joseph Culbertson

1760 - Mar 31, 1850

William Drennen

1789 - Sep 10, 1828

I was just trying to get a pic of this robin who had been flying all around me, and I absolutely love this shot!

Mary Morton McConnell (left)

Aug 12, 1764 - Mar 28, 1839

John McConnell (right)

Apr 1, 1763 - Oct 16, 1831

George McConnell

Jan 17, 1796 - Dec 17 1849

John Boyd

Continental Line

Revolutionary War

1756 - Dec 29, 1832

Pretty sure I got the back of this stone. Whoops!

Joseph Lyons

1773 - Feb 3, 1859

There's info in his FindAGrave memorial that he was born in Ireland and was a War of 1812 veteran.

Ann Lyon

wife of George

1772 - Jul 11, 1824

wonder why the "s" is missing off her last name?

...this looks to be the back of a stone, too!

Margaret Gillespie Taylor

wife of William

Apr 13, 1817 - Jan 13, 1885

William Taylor

Aug 2, 1817 - Aug 28, 1893

John Taylor

Oct 1, 1783 - Aug 25, 1861

Mary Gillespie

Mar 31, 1839 - Jan 19, 1861

daughter of John & Margaret

Margaret Gillaspie

wife of John

1813 - Feb 18, 1862

William Thompson

Jan 16, 1831 - Oct 16, 1878

died of "erysipelas" - a common bacterial skin infection

Elizabeth Hogue Thompson

Nov 18, 1788 - Apr 20, 1864

Ann Hawthorne Patterson

1793 - Jan 21, 1877

M.A.

Could possibly be Martha Armstrong?

1805-1830

There are 2 memorials in FindAGrave. One has no photo and the other has a stone with this shape but a full inscription. Maybe I got the back again?? Or a footstone?

Riccadilla Barton

1841 - Jan 31, 1843

son of J&M Barton

That's one really unusual name!

Mary Ellen Barton

Jan 10, 1832 - Feb 25, 1835

daughter of J&M Barton

Abigail Culbertson Walker

Mar 10, 1810 - Sep 20, 1879

The name is gone, but it's an interesting shape.

James Walker

Dec 7, 1808 - Mar 3, 1886

William Boyd

Jul 3, 1789 - Apr 27, 1877

Looks like I got the back again!

This one is very illegible. When I zoomed in on my phone, I can see a few random letters, but that's it.

Robert Armstrong

PA Militia

Revolutionary War

1755 - Jan 27, 185

Husband of Rosanna McGowan

William Black

1773 - Aug 7, 1856

James Black

1770 - May 13, 1855

Patrick Black

1777 - Apr 20, 1849

(left)

Infant Caldwell

Jan 10, 1854 - Jan 13, 1854

daughter of W&MJ Caldwell

(right)

James Caldwell

May 18, 1860 - Sep 30, 1863

son of W&MJ Caldwell

William Caldwell

Feb 14, 1814 - Nov 4, 1880

John Nickols

Nov 25, 1782 - Apr 30, 1856

His obituary said he died suddenly on his farm and was esteemed as an excellent neighbor and an honest man.

Hannah Osborne Nickols

Jun 15, 1784 - May 10, 1843

consort of John Nickols

Martha Hogue

Oct 16, 184 - Nov 11, 1891

Beautiful view!

Martha Watt Hogue

Jun 23, 1780 - Aug 24, 1867

I believe this is Jonas Atkinson

Feb 21, 1825 - Apr 10, 1870

I'd like to go back to visit again!