Salem in Columbiana County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Tract of the City of Alliance
Westville Division
Photographed by Grant & Mary Ann Fish, September 2, 2022
1. Tract of the City of Alliance Marker
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Tract of the City of Alliance. Westville Division. In 1915 the city of Alliance, Ohio enlarged its water supply source by purchasing land and damming streams in Knox Twp., Columbiana County, at Westville, Ohio. The waters of the new Westville Reservoir would inundate the private Westville Colored Cemetery, on the west side of Westville Rd., Est. by Virginia Quaker Micajah 33 and Unity 25 Coppock Stanley. The first burial was Gilbert Benjamin Hair, d. 20 Jul 1844, age 5m 18d. The last burial was Sarah Towns d. 29 Aug 1911, age 22. The City of Alliance purchased this tract in Damascus Cemetery for the reinternment of the freed slaves and their kin. The 1938 Damascus Cemetery blueprint reads: Colored cemetery which was moved from Westville.
In 1915 the city of Alliance, Ohio enlarged its water supply source by purchasing land and damming streams in Knox Twp., Columbiana County, at Westville, Ohio. The waters of the new Westville Reservoir would inundate the private Westville Colored Cemetery, on the west side of Westville Rd., Est. by Virginia Quaker Micajah 33 and Unity 25 Coppock Stanley. The first burial was Gilbert Benjamin Hair, d. 20 Jul 1844, age 5m 18d. The last burial was Sarah Towns d. 29 Aug 1911, age 22. The City of Alliance purchased this tract in Damascus Cemetery for the reinternment of the freed slaves and their kin. The 1938 Damascus Cemetery blueprint reads: Colored cemetery which was moved from Westville.
Location. 40° 54′ N, 80° 57.122′ W. Marker is in Salem, Ohio, in Columbiana County. It can be reached from Valley Road (County Highway 405) 0.1 miles south
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of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling south. This marker is a brass plaque on a flat stone tablet located next to the Ohio History Connection marker labeled Lot 17, Friends Burying Grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 60 Valley Rd, Salem OH 44460, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2022, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. This page has been viewed 398 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 4, 2022, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
