In the 1921 Carroll and Harrison County history53 I found talks of the ‘highway that was changed,’ “which forced the Friends to change their place of meeting. Location of this property was in the SW quarter of Section 7. This location was later sold and used as a public burying ground.” [Greenmont Union burial ground]. [That address is correct for the northern part of the Greenmont Union Cemetery - R7-T12-S7].
In the Harrison County records is this entry which specifically refers to the southern portion of Greenmont Union Cemetery below the section line dividing Section 7 and Section 12 (which you have already read in my owner/events chronology): December 21, 1820, Daniel Winder to John Dicks, David Allanson, Henry Carver, Jr., Daniel Chicken et al: 2.5 acres of NW ¼ Section 12 for use of Friends Meeting House. Source: Land Records, Book B, page 523.
The 1921 Harrison County History corroborates that with: “Daniel Windor [sic Winder] gave two and a half acres for $50, now called the Greenmont Union Cemetery, on which land the Nottingham Preparative Meeting was built in 1817 (date on a stone placed in the gable).”
When all you have is text, it is easy to come to conclusions that give you a different picture than what is actually visualized when matching the coordinates and boundaries with township and section lines from an aerial view. You will see what I mean when you view my map that shows Section 7 directly north of Section 12. The actual section line that separates Section 7 and Section 12 therefore, separates Greenmont Union Cemetery property into two parts, with the lower part containing the second “Old Quaker Cemetery.”
I have referenced the History of Carroll and Harrison Counties earlier and would like to quote from it, though if you find differences that do not match the Harrison County records I compiled, just know that the county records take preference over historical narratives. Here’s what I found:54
“In the emigration of Friends from the states east and south of the Ohio River, the records show that the Friends in Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont and Guernsey counties belonged to the Short Creek Quarterly Meeting, near Mount Pleasant. In the early dates of 1800 to 1812, settlements of Friends were made in the western parts of Belmont and Guernsey as well as in Harrison County. Meetings were established in Belmont called Stillwater Monthly Meeting and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, composed of Flushing and Guernsey Preparative Meetings. Preparatives in Harrison County were established from 1800 to 1817.
"There was work at various points within what is now called Harrison County, but we speak now more especially of the Friends Society at and near Freeport.
“Nottingham (the western half later known as Freeport) Friends first worshiped in what is now known as the David Sears farm. It was at a log house with a log schoolhouse nearby to educate their children in. The schools always followed the Friends' settlements. A few early burials were made at this site, but soon the highway was changed and with it the place of meetings of the Friends.
"Daniel Windor [sic] Winder gave two and a half acres for $50, now called the Greenmont Union Cemetery, on which land the Nottingham Preparative Meeting was built in 1817 (date on a stone placed in the gable). The building was a brick structure 55 by 95 feet with a folding partition so all the rooms could be thrown together and it is stated that on Sundays frequently the house was filled to overflowing.
"At that time there [were] no set pastors, but traveling ministers of this faith came along occasionally and looked to the welfare of the faithful Friends of the community. These calls were made only as the ministers were called spiritually of God, to do such specific work. A schoolhouse was built on the new site mentioned above. Here school was taught by both men and women until the public school came into use. The Friends always preached and practiced the equality of the sexes and today they have their preachers, lawyers, doctors, farmers, senators, congressmen and judges, and equal suffrage is everywhere practiced now. “Speak to the people that they go forward.”
“About 1820 the name Nottingham was changed to Freeport Preparative. In 1875 John Green donated a lot on Main Street, Freeport: the large brick house was removed to town, using most of the material [from] the old, in the new structure. The dates of buildings were replaced in the front of the rebuilt building, showing that this denomination is always careful to preserve and care diligently for history and landmarks of value to those who come after them.
"Two and a half acres were laid out into a burying ground [see note re: Daniel Windor [sic] Winder, previous page] which was named “Greenmont Union Cemetery.” Here repose many of the bodies of the stalwart pioneers from the central and southern states, with those of a later date from every part of the country, waiting to hear the trumpet call of the resurrection morn.
“In 1818 is recorded the first marriage – Henry Carver of Freeport and Ann Stahl of Flushing. In 1822 a library was placed in Freeport meeting and continued to increase.”