Date: April 28, 2001
Cemetery: Stewart Hill Cemetery
Established: Unknown
Street: Stewart Hill Road
City: Near Wattsburg-About 3 miles
Township: Amity
County: Erie
State: PA
Nation: USA
Zip: 16438
Nearby: Stewart Hill Road At top of the hill on the left after
turning off Fenno Road (About 1 mile).
Reached by: Crossing property-private
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Features: Maple trees line the road, old wooden wheeled wagon at
back of cemetery
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Closed
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: Can count about 7
Broken gravestones: No
Toppled gravestones: No
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Yes
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: No records
Newest grave: No records
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: No
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Stolen
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Private
Use: Residential
Bordering: Woods
Change: Smaller
Reason: Housing
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Contacted: Wattsburg Area Historical Society and the land owner
Other Information
There is no official name for this cemetery because only a few know
of its existence. It has no stones as the last remained pieces were
discarded by the property owner many years ago. No records of its
occupants exist though research is now being done on the past land
owners to search their wills for clues. A map of the township from 1865
indicates the cemetery is there. One grave is obvious as it has caved
in. Others are distinguishable but barely due to trees growing on the
grave sites. One person still living recalls the cemetery but no names
from the stones. It is assumed that these graves were all from the
1800s. The land owner has been slowly turning the area into a private
camping site for private parties. Part of the cemetery may have been
bulldozed but it is hard to tell where the original boundaries were due
to a lack of records. This cemetery may be the home of a Revolutionary
War veteran. He lived on the property next to this property at the time
of his death in 1843.
Support
Unknown at this time.
Submitted By:
name: Tina Curtis
Email: tintlc@aol.com
