Near Stone Bluff in Fountain County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Birch - Colvert Cemetery

— Stone Bluff Cemetery —

September 28, 2014

1. Birch - Colvert Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Birch - Colvert Cemetery

Also Known As

Stone Bluff Cemetery

Beneath this hallowed ground rests the souls of many long-forgotten loved ones. Their gravestones destroyed by the hand of man: and the physical boundaries of the original burial grounds have been reclaimed. Only a very small list of those resting here has been found.

May they all rest in peace!

Known Burials

Jonathan Birch - Rev. War Veteran
Joshua Birch
George Boggs
Elizabeth Covalt

Elizabeth Zartman
Michael Zartman

Erected 2014 by Fountain County Cemetery Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 40° 10.081′ N, 87° 14.592′ W. Marker is near Stone Bluff, Indiana, in Fountain County. Marker is on U.S. 41 south of East Stone Bluff Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Veedersburg IN 47987, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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marker, measured as the crow flies. Boyhood Home of Daniel W. Voorhees (approx. 1.8 miles away); Osborn Prairie Church - - Built 1892 (approx. 2.1 miles away); Progressive Friends Church Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Booe - Inlow - d'Arlier Cultural Center (approx. 3.8 miles away); Veedersburg (approx. 3.8 miles away); Curfew Bell (approx. 3.8 miles away); Veedersburg " Scout Cabin " (approx. 3.9 miles away); Nineteenth Century Functional Commercial Building (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stone Bluff.

Also see . . .
1. Fountain County, Indiana Genealogy. Family Search entry (Submitted on December 18, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Birch-Colvert Cemetery, also known as Stonebluff Cemetery. Find A Grave entry (Submitted on September 30, 2014.)

Additional commentary.
1. Cemetery Markers were Bulldozed and Paved Over:
(Courtesy: Fountain County Genealogy Society - Volume 20, Issue 4 - Page 4) quote ::

"It was truly a sad day in 1927 when during the construction of what is now U.S. Highway 41, the decision was made to bulldoze the existing grave markers away and pave over the top of the cemetery rather than route the road around it. We cannot "un-ring" that bell however, we can only hope that someone may have

Thomas Birch - Marker image. Click for full size.

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2. Thomas Birch - Marker

Marker Reads: Thomas Birch
10 Va Regt
Revolutionary War
May 9, 1751 - - Oct 5, 1841

some records showing that their loved ones were buried here and will share that information..."

— Submitted September 30, 2014.

Joshua Birch - Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

September 28, 2014

3. Joshua Birch - Cemetery Marker

Marker Reads: Joshua Birch
Died
Oct. 15, 1843
Aged
31 years

Elizabeth Covalt - Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

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4. Elizabeth Covalt - Cemetery Marker

Marker Reads:
Elizabeth Covalt
Died
April 2, 1844
Aged 31 yrs.
7 mo. & 21 d.s.

Front - - Zartman Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

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5. Front - - Zartman Cemetery Marker

Marker Reads:
Zartman

Michael
1814 - - 1874

Elizabeth Houtz
1816 - -

((Memorial Erected by Great Grandchildren - 2014))

Back Side of Zartman - - Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

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6. Back Side of Zartman - - Cemetery Marker

Marker Reads:
Children

Mary Ann 1837 -- 1837
George Wm. 1838 -- 1903
Hiram 1840 -- 1846
Catherine 1842 -- 1901
Sarah 1844 -- 1940
David 1848 -- 1918
Solomon 1850 -- 1942
Anna Marie 1853 --
Jeremiah 1853 -- 1932

Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 30, 2014. This page has been viewed 754 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 30, 2014.