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Moser Cemetery
Yoe, York County, Pennsylvania


Cemetery: Moser Burial Ground

Other:

Sign: No

Street: Wineka Farm, Camp Betty Washington road

City: Yoe borough, 2 miles

Township: York

County: York

State: PA

Nation: USA

Zip: 17356

Status: Abandoned

Size: Small

Directions: proceed N from Yoe on SR 2002 sringwoods road aprox. 2 miles, turn right onto CampBetty Washinton Rd. go approx. 1/4 mile to a hard "S" curve. farm is on the right. Cemetary is located in field.

Type: Road-public

Location: Rural

Terrain: Level

Watersource: No

Features: Cemetary is in the middle of a currently planted field

Property: Private

Access: Inaccessible

Enclosure: None

Gate: None

Established: Dec 26, 1848

Gravestones: 18

Oldest: May 14, 1816

Newest: Dec.1, 1863

Removed: Yes

Relocated: No

Repairs: No

Methods: Adhesives

Restoration: No

Association: No

Records: Yes

Inventory: Yes

Availability: 1930 York County Heritage Trust

Landscaping: No

Paths: No

Trees: No

Crypts: No

Fencing: No

Brickwork: No

Ironwork: No

Sculpture: No

Fountains: No

Roads: No

Buildings: No

Cement: No

Granite: No

Marble: No

Native: No

Slate: No

Others: No

Wood: No

Materials: No

Architectural: No

Angels: No

Draperies: No

Fraternal: No

Hands: No

Lambs: No

Monograms: No

Plants: No

Photos: No

Religious: No

Scrollwork: No

Urns: No

Carvings: No

Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction

Unmarked: Yes

Broken: No

Toppled: No

Disintegrating: No

Buried: Unsure

Weather: No

Pollution: No

Vandalized: Yes

Report: No

VA1:

VA2:

VA3: Gravestones-Stolen

VA4:

VA5:

Overgrowth: None

Overgrowth1:

Overgrowth2:

Overgrowth3:

Overgrowth4:

GroundCover:

Moss:

Vines:

Drainage: Good

Problem1: Encroachment

Problem2: Apathy

Owner: Unknown

Use: Agricultural

Bordering: Residential

Change: Same

Reason: Roads

Visited: Unknown

Archeology: No

Habitat: No

Contacted: York county Hearitage Trust, York Township, Pa.Historical and Museum Commision, State Rep. Ron Miller PA93.

Surnames: Allison, Buser, Fry, Moser, Mosser, Musser, Raab, Stevens

Other_Information:

Cemetery is being subdivided for Residential Development. all stones were removed in 1946 to allow for plowing of the field and thrown in the adjacent woods. Developer, refuses to "search" for and identify graves. subdivision aproval is immenate due to lack of interveneing action on the part of the township.
Update - May 21, 2004
Cemetery and remains destroyed, all stones which were located have been destroyed. we lost this one.

Support:

Asst. librarian York Co. Heritage Trust, Lilla Fourhman Shaull 250 E. Market St. York Pa. 17403

Submitted by:
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name: Samuel Snyder

Email: y_oebuff@netzero.net

Date: 8/22/02

 


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