Note: The remains of Jacob Shouley (Showley) and his wife remain in this small cemetery but their headstones have been moved to the Showley Weist Liberty Cemetery.
Cemetery notes and/or description:
These stones were located in Section 14 of Liberty Twp. on Basil-Northern Road toward Bickel Church Road to a dip in the road just before the bridge over a creek. There is a utility road into a field on the west side of the road just south of the bridge. These stones were on the fence line to the northwest of this field on the highest point. They lay under a wild cherry tree. The stones were moved to the Showley - Weist - Liberty Cemetery sometime after 1983.
The first settlers of Liberty township (Fairfield County, Ohio) were emigrants from Switzerland and Pennsylvania. Among the early Swiss settlers was Jacob Showley, who settled in Liberty, about 1804. They transferred their household goods from Pittsburg in flat boats, down the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Hocking, at which place they put them into canoes and paddled them to the Falls of Hocking, near the present village of Logan, and from there conveyed them through a dense wilderness, to their future homes in Liberty. Jacob Showley built the first grist mill in Liberty. It was in operation by horse power.
Cemetery notes and/or description:
These stones were located in Section 14 of Liberty Twp. on Basil-Northern Road toward Bickel Church Road to a dip in the road just before the bridge over a creek. There is a utility road into a field on the west side of the road just south of the bridge. These stones were on the fence line to the northwest of this field on the highest point. They lay under a wild cherry tree. The stones were moved to the Showley - Weist - Liberty Cemetery sometime after 1983.
The first settlers of Liberty township (Fairfield County, Ohio) were emigrants from Switzerland and Pennsylvania. Among the early Swiss settlers was Jacob Showley, who settled in Liberty, about 1804. They transferred their household goods from Pittsburg in flat boats, down the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Hocking, at which place they put them into canoes and paddled them to the Falls of Hocking, near the present village of Logan, and from there conveyed them through a dense wilderness, to their future homes in Liberty. Jacob Showley built the first grist mill in Liberty. It was in operation by horse power.
Note: The remains of Jacob Shouley (Showley) and his wife remain in this small cemetery but their headstones have been moved to the Showley Weist Liberty Cemetery.
Cemetery notes and/or description:
These stones were located in Section 14 of Liberty Twp. on Basil-Northern Road toward Bickel Church Road to a dip in the road just before the bridge over a creek. There is a utility road into a field on the west side of the road just south of the bridge. These stones were on the fence line to the northwest of this field on the highest point. They lay under a wild cherry tree. The stones were moved to the Showley - Weist - Liberty Cemetery sometime after 1983.
The first settlers of Liberty township (Fairfield County, Ohio) were emigrants from Switzerland and Pennsylvania. Among the early Swiss settlers was Jacob Showley, who settled in Liberty, about 1804. They transferred their household goods from Pittsburg in flat boats, down the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Hocking, at which place they put them into canoes and paddled them to the Falls of Hocking, near the present village of Logan, and from there conveyed them through a dense wilderness, to their future homes in Liberty. Jacob Showley built the first grist mill in Liberty. It was in operation by horse power.
Cemetery notes and/or description:
These stones were located in Section 14 of Liberty Twp. on Basil-Northern Road toward Bickel Church Road to a dip in the road just before the bridge over a creek. There is a utility road into a field on the west side of the road just south of the bridge. These stones were on the fence line to the northwest of this field on the highest point. They lay under a wild cherry tree. The stones were moved to the Showley - Weist - Liberty Cemetery sometime after 1983.
The first settlers of Liberty township (Fairfield County, Ohio) were emigrants from Switzerland and Pennsylvania. Among the early Swiss settlers was Jacob Showley, who settled in Liberty, about 1804. They transferred their household goods from Pittsburg in flat boats, down the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Hocking, at which place they put them into canoes and paddled them to the Falls of Hocking, near the present village of Logan, and from there conveyed them through a dense wilderness, to their future homes in Liberty. Jacob Showley built the first grist mill in Liberty. It was in operation by horse power.
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