JIM (James Harold) MORGAN's
1976 Listings
Compiled, in part, from notes of
JIM (James Harold) MORGAN and Dr. Wm. H. Egle
on file Middletown Public Library and
the Londonderry Township Supervisors' Office

Plot Chart by Nathan E. Rux, Eagle Scout Project,
April 18, 1991
See also "Cemeteries of Dauphin County" by Karl Fox

Londonderry Township, Dauphin Co., PA

Contents	Page	Graves	Location
Universal Transverse Mercator Grid Index	2	.	.
Brief Summary of Cemeteries	3	.	.
Behm Cemetery	48	2	52N, 59E
Brand(t) Cemetery	30	9	51N, 57E
Breneman Cemetery	32	1	51N, 55E
Brinser Cemetery	8	50	48N, 56E
Conewago Presbyterian)	.	3	49N, 57E
Detweiler/Martin/Ruth on Wright's Farm	49	13	.
Ebersole/Hackenberger Cemetery	44	4	52N, 59E
Epler Cemetery	13	19	46N, 57E
Epler Cemetery (2nd one)	15	1	48N, 57E
Espenshade/Gingrich Cemetery (Sunset)	23	48	48N, 54E
Garver Cemetery	12	2	49N, 57E
Gingrich/Espenshade Cemetery (Sunset)	23	48	48N, 54E
Gingrich/Metzger Cemetery	16	72	45N. 54E
Gingrich Cemetery - Taylor's Farm	29	2	48N, 55E
Geyer's Hillsdale Cemetery	.	.	.
Hackenberger/Ebersole/ Cemetery	44	4	52N, 59E
Kaylor/Reif Cemetery - Dr. Gingrich's Farm	46	5	50N, 54E
Kinsey (plowed under)	.	.	47N, 55E
Lehman Cemetery	45	6	50N, 59E
Longnecker Cemetery	47	4	51N, 59E
Martin/Ruth/Detweiler Wright's Farm	49	13	.
Old Negro Cemetery - No Longer in Use	33	70+	51N, 55E
New Negro Cemetery - Still in Use	37	124+	51N, 55E
Negro Cemetery, Royalton - Not in Use.	43	2+	50N, 54E
Nissley Cemetery	26	39	45N, 55E
Rambler's Farm Cemetery - No Trespassing	.	.	52N, 56E
Reif/Kaylor Cemetery - Dr. Gingrich's Farm	46	5	50N, 54E
Rothrock Cemetery - Tom Eckards/Railroad	5	22	47N, 55.5E
Ruth/Detweiler on Goldie Wright's Property	49	13	.
(Sunset) Espenshade/Gingrich Cemetery	23	48	48N, 54E

*Introduction by Jim Morgan*

This is a record of the private cemeteries in Londonderry Township. It does not
include public cemeteries, or those run by churches, presently in use as of this month
of December 1976. The cemeteries I recorded were almost all either private cemeteries,
used and owned by farmers and now forgotten, or church cemeteries, used by a church
no longer functioning.
I do not mean to claim that this is a complete report of all the private cemeteries.
Certainly, there are those whose very existence has been forgotten. What I give
to you is a record of only the stones I found in only the cemeteries I know about.

A Word Of Caution...
This record is not meant to be used as the sole means of a geneological inquiry of
one's family tree. Due to the many possibilities of error, cemeteries furnish sometimes
inaccurate or totally false information. However, much of the information is valid,
and it does show marital and filial relationships.

In many cases, the stone was too worn to be legible, even with rubbing. These are
indicated by a _____, meaning totally illegible, or a ? indicating an educated guess.

I would like to point out that frequently a tombstone is the only record a person
had to mark his very existence on this earth. That to plow the cemetery under and
thus perhaps obliterate the last trace of an individual who once lived, worked and
died on this land, is indeed a crime against humanity.

Brief Summary Of Cemeteries - 1976

1. Rothrock Cemetery located on Tom Eckard's land; decendant, Mrs.
Ethel Rothrock Sauder (in 1976).

2. Brinser Cemetery located on Paul Garver farm; Mat Brinser created a $500
trust of which the interest is used to keep up the cemetery. Mrs. John Groff
of Elizabethtown helps administer the trust.

3. Garver Cemetery located in the woods on Leonard Garver Farm.
Contact Mrs. Louis G. Hail.

4. Epler Cemetery located on the farm of John Epler

5. Epler Cemetery located on the farm of John Zeager
between Zeager and Brinser farms on the fence.

6. Gingrich/Metzger, also called Hoffer graveyard, located on former
Hoffer farm; now owned by Met-ED/GPU; near Red Hill.

7. Espenshade/Gingrich Cemetery, also referred to as the unnamed ground
on A. S. Light farm near the recreation area of Sunset Golf Course; original
Geyers Church congregation worshipped near this cemetery.

8. Nissley Cemetery located on Russ Garver farm - Jake Nissley,
grandfather of Claire Nissley, fixed up the cemetery in 1958.

9. Gingrich Cemetery located on farm of William S. Taylor
former Jacob Geyer farm.

10. Brand Cemetery located on Frank Ziats' farm

11. Breneman Cemetery, located under back parking lot of 230 Diner; Plowed
under in order to make a larger parking lot; Harold Hoke salvaged only
remaining stone and gave it to Dr. M. Costik,

12. Middletown East (Old Negro) Cemetery located aside of Shady Lane
(Holtzman Manor), across from Rt. 230 Diner.

13. Middletown East (New Negro) Cemetery still in use located aside of
Joseph Ziat's place on Iron Mine Road.

14. Royalton Negro Cemetery located on corner of Dock and Shippen
Streets in Royalton.

15. Unknown Cemetery located on former Robert Seiders' farm, formerly
owned by Dan Rambler. Mr. Rambler did not allow
permission for the inscriptions to be recorded and published.
Also known as the Brand(t) / Booser Cemetery

16. Kinsey Cemetery (plowed under) located on former Samuel Martin farm;
now owned by Mrs. Goldie (Pappy) Wright; contacted Goldie who knows
very little about actual cemetery.

17. Ebersole/Hackenberger Cemetery located on Frank Zeigler farm

18. Lehman Cemetery located on farm of Mahlon Lehman.

19. Rife Cemetery located on farm formerly owned by Dr. Rife Gingrich
The tenant farmer was Noah Kreiser; purchased by Fox's Market owner LeRoy
Fox and then resold.

20. Longnecker Cemetery located on farm of Roy Roush.

21. Behm Cemetery located in back of Charles Forney's house.

22. Conewago Cemetery, former John Alwine farm; near entrance to Big M Market;
started around 1730 near site of Conewago Presbyterian Church; 1730-1796;
plowed under before 1907.

23. Ruth/Detweiler Cemetery. The entire selection was taken from Egle's Notes
and Queries, 3rd Series, Volume III, Geneological Publishing Company,
Baltimore, MD 1970.

Behm Cemetery
Across Turnpike from
Reif and Longenecker
Cemeteries

No remaining markers - Cleared out about 1985

BRAND(T) / BOOSER Cemetery

On Frank Ziat's Farm, formerly Dan Ramblers, Seiders
SE corner of Schoolhouse & Colebrook Roads (Route 341);
Estate settled by Mary Hamman, Frank Ziat's sister, now KOPPS

Note: German engraved "ss" looks like "ff"

FirstName	LastName	Birth	Death	Age	Remarks
Henrich	Bufer	b. Dec 28 1759	d. Jul 25 1838	78Yr 6Mo 28Da	Rev War Vet
Anna	Buffer	b. Oct 26 1760	d. Feb 16 1845	84Yr 3Mo 21Days	w/o Henry
Maria	Buffer	b. Aug 22 1800	d. Aug 13 1840	39Yr 11Mo22Days	wife of Jacob
Johannes	?????	b. Nov 16 1785	d. Mar 13 1861	75Yr 3Mo 27Days	.
Jacob	Booser	b. Jan 27 1797	d. Jan 21 1850	52Yr 11Mo25Days	.
Abraham	Booser	b. Dec 3 1833	d. Apr 16 1858	24Yr 4Mo 13Days	.
John	Brand	b. Nov 6 1801	d. Nov 31 1852	51 Years 25 Days	.
Anna	Brand	b. Aug 27 1797	d. Dec 11 1854	57Yr 3Mo15Days	.
Anna	Brandt	b. Aug 29 1805	d. Oct 22 1840	35Y ?M 23Days	consort of John
Barbara	Brand	b. Nov 2 1843	d. Aug 27 1853	9Yr 9Mo25Days	d/o John & Ann
Anna Maria	Brand	b. Nov 24 1849	d. Sep 20 1851	1Yr 10Mo5Days	d/o Samuel, Susanna
Barburn	Geufin	b.	d. Dec 29 1829	48Yr8Mo14Days	Interpretation?
Barbara	Gensinger	b.	d. Nov 29 1829	48Yr8Mo14Days	Transcription?
Isaac	Kumfy	b. ?	d. Sep 12 1826	31Yr 7Mo 20Days	.
Harriet	Capp	b. Aug 11 1851	d. Oct 4 1853	2Yr 1Mo 20Days	d/o Jacob & Mary
Mary	Youtz	b. May 15 1829	d. Mar 16 1852	22Yr 10Mo 1Days	.
Frances	Keiper	b. Oct 20 1846	d. May 5 1852	5Yr 4Mo 15Days	d/o Samuel & Nancy
Albert	Keiper	b. Feb 1 1847	d. May 26 1847	3Months 25Days	s/o John & Nancy
Elizabeth	Staret	b. ?	d. Apr 23 1861	60 Years	.

Transcriptions by Jim Morgan and Thomas Lehman, on file Hummelstown Historical Society

BRENNEMAN CEMETERY
Under 230 Diner's
Parking Lot
US Route 230 East of Middletown, PA

FirstName	LastName	Birth	Death	Age
Joseph Y.	Brenneman	Dec 15, 1832	Dec 8, 1836	3 Yrs 11 Mo 24 Days
Undocumented	Brenneman	.	.	.

Joseph Y. Brenneman
Son of Heinrich and Magdalina Brenneman
B. Dec 15, 1832 - D. Dec 8, 1836
Age 3 Yr 11 Mo 24 Da

Conewago / Gainsburg
Presbyterian Burial Ground
Middletown Route 230 East (abt 4 miles)
Plowed over and forgotten

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
John	Dunbar	About 1695	Oct 5th 1745	51 Years
George	Allison	About 1729	July 18, 1792	61 Years
William	Allison	About 1796	July 18, 1792	5/6 Years

Copy of Egle's notes on file Middletown Public Library

Garver Cemetery
Old Leonard Garver Farm
recently owned by Louis and Lydia Hail

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
Christian	Garver	b. 1771 ?	d. 1771?	unknown
Eve	Garver	b.	d. May 22 1832	56Yr10Mo7Days

Gingrich Cemetery
Old Geyer Farm
recently owned by Bill Taylor

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
David	Gingrich	b. Dec 13 1768	d. Dec 1 1849	81 Years
Barbara	Gingrich	b. Jul 18 1773	d. May 1838	65 Years

LEHMAN / HESS Cemetery
On Mahlon Lehman's Farm
on Beagle Road beyound Braeburn from Deodate Road

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
Jacob	Lehman	b. Oct 5 1793	d. May 30 1876	73Yrs7Mo25Da
Elizabeth Riffer	Lehman	b. Sep 26 1800	d. Jun 12 1856	55Yrs8Mo16Da
Rofina	Lehman	b. Oct 23 1770	d. Dec 91849	.
George, s/o	Hess	b. Aug 19 1851	d. Jun 13 1852	10 Months 1 Da
Anna, d/o	Hess	b. Jul 15 1864	d. Sep 151864	2 Months
Amanda, d/o	Hess	b. Feb 19 1861	d. Feb 29 1864	.

Ebersole / Hackenberger
Cemetery - Rt 341 and
Roush Road where
Turnpike crosses under Rt 341
Schoolhouse Road & Route 341;
Formerly owned by Frank Ziats

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
Lydia	Ebersole	b.	d. Apr 10 1866	11 Months 6 Da
Elizabeth	Ebersole	b.	d. Feb 18 1855	7 Days
Jacob	Hackenberger	b. Sep 17 1788	d. Oct 261847	59Yrs1Mo9Da
Catharine	Hackenberger	b. Aug 19 1789	d. Aug 121856	66Yrs11Mo22Da

Reif / Kaylor Cemetery
Dr. Gingrich's Farm
Foxianna Road and Foxianna Farm Lane

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
Peter	Reif	b. Sep 18 1814	d. Nov 2 1834	20Yrs1Mo15Da
Froahnica	Reife	b. Jul 25 1791	d. Jan 10 1848	56Yrs7Mo3Da
Johannis Reife	Bur or Bar ?	b. Aug 2 1782	d. Mar 9 1823	.
Christian	Kaylor	b. Jun 24 1843	d. Jan 7 1850	6Yrs6Mo13Da
George M.	McNeal	b. Mar? 1844	d. Aug 26 1844	6 Months 26 Da

Longenecker Cemetery
Roush Farm
near Ebersole / Hackenberger Farm
on Roush Road

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
Anna, w/o Peter	Brenser	b. Sep 4 1832	d. Aug 28 1852	19Yrs11Mo24Da
Christian	Longenecker	b. Nov 2 1807	d. Sep 23 1870	68Yrs10Mo21Da
Polly, w/o	Longenecker	b. Apr 1 1811	d. Jan 20 1861	52Yrs9Mo16Da
Adam, s/o	Grader	b. Aug 20 1852	d. Sep 9 1853	1 Year 19 Days

Iron Mine Run Graveyard
Unidentified by Dr. Wm. Egle, Notes & Queries,
Third Series Volume 1 page 511

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death
Harry	Smith	b. Dec. 20 1772	d. Aug 8 1840
Catharine, w/o Henry	Smith	b. 1785	d. Jan 20, 1851
Mary, w/o Amos	Clouser	b. Dec 14 1826	d. Oct 11, 1848

Old Negro, Royalton
Royalton Black Cemetery
One remaining stone
Georgia E. Hughes Burkett prepared the 1891-1991 Borough of
Royalton Centennial book, in which is found the following:
"In 1864 a small group of slaves fled by way of the underground
railroad from Virginia to Chambersburg, then on to Royalton
where they settled along the (canal) feeder from the Swatara
Creek to Buck Lock. They built a small church at the corner of
Shippen and Dock Streets and named it "The First Zion
Primitive Baptist Church." Behind the church was a small
cemetery. Many tombstones remained in place until only a
few years ago, although in 1920 the congregation moved the
church, intact, to Keystone Avenue in Middletown, where it
remains to this day."

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
Hapton	Ransom	b. 1823	d. 1900	77 Years
Margaret Lee	Ransom	b. 1820	d. 1887	66 Years

Ruth/Detweiler/Martin
Cemetery
The following is a description of all the headstones
on the ground with the exception of a few
that are marked with two letters only.

First Name	Last Name	Birth	Death	Age
Samuel	Bell	b.	d. Jun 7, 1849	O. of O.A.M. #84
Leader	Ruth	b. Aug 15 1836	d. Nov 17 1841	.
Mary	Ruth	b. Mar 17 1787	d. Oct 6 1841	.
Catherine	Ruth	b. Mar 27 1828	d. Sep 18 1841	.
John	Ruth	b. Jun 10 1820	d. Aug 13 1840	.
Jacob	Reiff	b. Mar 12 1775	d. Sep 5 1807	.
John	Detweiler	b. Dec 8 1790	d. Dec 5 1833	.
Jacob	Detweiler	b. Dec 8 1798	d. Dec 6 1833	.
Barbara	Detweiler	b. Mar 3 1796	d. Oct 14 1819	.
Elizabeth	Detweiler	b. Apr 25 1825	d. Sep 17 1825	.
Mary	Detweiler	b. Mar 10 1826	d. Mar 10 1826	6 Hours
Elizabeth	Sellers	b. Nov 10 1800	d. Dec11 1849	.
Jeremiah	Sellers	b. Sep 24 1799	d. Jul 3 1853	.

A NEGLECTED GRAVEYARD
The following communication, as an advertisement,
appeared in one of our Middletown contemporaries. It shows
the fate of the Farm Family Grave-yards. At another time we shall have
something to say of this contemplated vandalism, only reproducing the
advertisement in the hope it may meet the eye of members of the families
interested:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that a grave-yard on the property of the
undersigned (signed J. E. Martin, Hillsdale, December 1, 1887) in
Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is in a disgraceful
condition, overgrown with brushes and weeds, which spread in the field.
This grave-yard is lying nearly in the center of a twenty-eight acre field.

No right or deed was given. The undersigned has paid the taxes
on this plot of land for the past twenty years, and hereby gives notice to all
persons having relatives buried on the above named plot of ground to
remove them and their grave stones before the First day of March, 1888,
as after that date the same will be cleared and plowed over. No one has been
buried on the above named ground for the last thirty years.

This tract is sixty-three feet long and fifty-seven feet wide.
If the headstones are not taken out before the day above
mentioned, they will be sunk down below plowing reach.
Hillsdale, December 1, 1887....................................J. E. Martin

(From EGLE's NOTES AND QUERIES, 3rd Series, Volume
III Genealogical Publishing Companuy, Baltimore, MD - 1970)
(C.E.Fies note: No record in the old or new Geyer's Cemetery,
so where are the graves/stones?)

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