Good morning,
I posted this earlier, but I think I did it incorrectly. I apologize if it
appears twice.
I wonder if someone on the list would be able to recognize the cemetery
mentioned in the following narrative and could provide driving instructions to find
it: Covert Cemetery. Also, is the cemetery open to visitation, or is it on
private property?
Thanks for any help or advice,
Ann Carstens
(also a 4th great-grandchild of Daniel & Catherine)
COVERT CEMETERY BURIALS
Oregon Township, Clark County, Indiana
Prepared by Dave Stutesman, the great-great-great-great-grandson of Daniel
and Catherine Covert:
This cemetery is located in Oregon Township in Grant 177 at the confluence of
Fourteen-Mile Creek and the Henthorn Branch about one mile southwest of New
Market. The cemetery is on the top of a high knoll overlooking "Covert Hole" on
Fourteen-Mile Creek.
At one time this was a popular swimming and picnicking spot. According to old
plat maps, this area and much of the surrounding area was owned by the
Coverts.
All of the stones in this cemetery are of native creek rock, but only one has
any legible writing on it: the initials "M. C."
The cemetery contains at least 15-20 stones, all weather-worn and crumbling.
Some are still standing and others are lying down or are piled together. There
appears to be 5 or 6 rows running north and south with 4 or 5 graves in each
row. The area has many small trees growing among the graves, and there are
numerous depressions where the graves have sunken in. The identities of at least
four of the Covert family buried here are known:
. . . .
COVERT Catherine (Daniel's b. ???? d. 1835
wife)
COVERT Daniel (Catherine's b. before 1756 d. 1803
husband)
COVERT Peter
COVERT Peter's wife
but it is impossible to determine which graves these four are buried in.
Daniel was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey sometime before 1756, married his
wife Catherine circa 1775, and came to Clark County, Indiana, in 1798, where he
died in 1803. Catherine died here in 1835. Daniel was a soldier and gunsmith
in George Washington's Army during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted as a
Private in Capt. Thomas Hunn's Company, 1st Regiment, Monmouth County, New
Jersey, Militia. The Battle of Monmouth was fought on his farm 28 June 1778.
Hopefully, someday a proper monument can be erected in honor of this Patriot and his
family."