Cemeteries Published by the NHG

One of the North Hills Genealogists of Pittsburgh Inc's purposes is “promoting the preservation of genealogical records of the North Hills of Pittsburgh.” To that end the NHG has published three cemetery inscription books which include six municipalities in Allegheny County and incorporate not only the tombstone readings but other records such as funeral home and church records, and previous readings where they differed from ours.

 

The project first came to us in the early 1990s when past-president Ginny Skander proposed the idea to the board. She knew that Kings Funeral Home on Rt. 8 had the Hampton Cemetery Lot Owners Registry book which she was helping to organize. Gaining permission from Herbert King to publish the registry, the project evolved from there. The project scope crept as we added the actual tombstone readings, maps, a few photos, readings from other Hampton Township cemeteries, and an index to the 193-page manuscript. Once completed, the volunteers were eager to continue with other North Hills municipalities, capturing the vulnerable stones’ carvings before they disappeared or became a victim to urban sprawl.

 

Published in 1997, “Pioneer Cemeteries of Hampton Township, Allegheny County, PA” is out of print but you may find some copies in libraries and on the second-hand market. NHG has just a few copies for sale of the subsequent two books: “Pioneer Cemeteries of Pine and Richland Townships, Allegheny County, PA” (published 2003) and “Pioneer Cemeteries of Franklin Park Borough and Marshall Township, Allegheny County, PA” (published 2007). (Note: There are no cemeteries in Bradford Woods Borough.) As you can see, it took an average of five years for our volunteers to find the cemeteries (some of them only a few stones), organize readings, type the manuscript, go back out to the field to proof it, add photos, and index the manuscript before it could be published. NHG wanted these hardbound books to be the definitive work for these cemeteries up to the time they were recorded. They were meant to last the test of time and be disseminated to libraries and individuals across America. Libraries who do not have the books may request them for postage.

 

Following our coverage map (with the year in which the book was published) is the Table of Contents for each of the three books. The numbers are the page number within each book where the information is located.

 

 

History ........................................................... 16

Readings and Records...................................19

     History ..................................................... 75

     Readings and Records............................. 77

     History .................................................... 90

     Readings and Records............................ 93

     History .................................................... 96

     Readings and Records........................... 98

     History ................................................. 154

     Readings and Records......................... 156

     History ................................................. 180

     Readings and Records......................... 183

 

     History ................................................ 238

     Readings and Records....................... 240

 

Roster of Ministers......................................... 291

Allegheny Circuit: Marriages, All Chapels .... 293

Allegheny Circuit: Hopkins Chapel

Members & Baptisms ................................... 295

Errata..............................................................297

 

PIONEER CEMETERIES OF HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (Pittsburgh, PA: North Hills Genealogists, 1997)
Library of Congress Catalog Card #97-68576

 

Pine Creek Covenanter (Reformed Presbyterian Church ...1

            History …………………………………………………3

            Cemetery Reading .……………...........…………….9

            Photographs ……..............................1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 24

 

The Depreciation Lands Museum Cemetery ....................25

            Photographs ………………………......25, 26, 27, 28

            Cemetery Reading …………………………………29

 

The Hampton Cemetery...................................................37

            Application for Charter for Hampton Cemetery Company……41

            Lot Map ………………………………...................50

            Cemetery Reading .……………….........….….....51

            Photographs ……………….….37, 38, 39, 40, 166

 

John Walter, Revolutionary War Soldier..……....…167

            Photograph of John Walter Grave……….…...167

 

PIONEER CEMETERIES OF PINE & RICHLAND TOWNSHIPS, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (Pittsburgh, PA: North Hills Genealogists, 2003)
Library of Congress Control #2003090987

 

Pine Township,  Allegheny County, Pennsylvania     1

Map of Pine Township in 1876          2

History Of Pine Township      3

Civil War Draftees     6

Cemeteries Located  in Pine Township          7

Records Compared to the Tombstones           10

Cross Roads Cemetery            11

     History of Cross Roads Cemetery      12

     Cross Roads Cemetery            13

McMarlin Cemetery   69

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery            73

     History of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery      74

     Mt. Pleasant Cemetery            75

Pridgeon Cemetery     121

     History of Pridgeon Cemetery            122

     Pridgeon Cemetery     123

Purvis Cemetery         126

Rogers Cemetery        127

     History of Rogers Cemetery   128

     Rogers Cemetery        129

St. Alphonsus Cemetery         133

     History of St. Alphonsus Cemetery    134

     St. Alphonsus Cemetery         135

Salem United Methodist Cemetery    205

     History of Salem Methodist Cemetery           206

     Salem United Methodist Cemetery    207

Wallace Cemetery      217

     History of Wallace Cemetery 218

     Wallace Cemetery      219

West Union Cemetery 225

     History of West Union Cemetery       226

     West Union Cemetery 227

     Records with no matching stones       283

 

Richland Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania          287

Map of Richland Township in 1876   288

History of Richland Township            289

Civil War Draftees     291

History of Bakerstown            292

Cemeteries Located in Richland Township    293

Records Compared to the Tombstones           296

Baker Estate Cemetery           297

     History of Baker Estate Cemetery      298

     Baker Estate Cemetery           299

Bakerstown Cemetery Company        301

     History of Bakerstown  Cemetery Company  302

     Bakerstown Cemetery Company        303

Bakerstown Presbyterian Cemetery   343

     History of Bakerstown Presbyterian Cemetery          344

     Bakerstown Presbyterian Cemetery   345

     List of Unmarked Graves       372

     Church records with no matching stones        377

Bakerstown United Methodist Cemetery       379

     History of Bakerstown United Methodist Cemetery  380

     Bakerstown United Methodist Cemetery       381

Alexander Wilson, M.D.        395

Brother Gouverneur P. Hance 397

 

Thomas and Rachel Gibson    11

The McMarlin Cemetery in 1954       72

Mary Pearce and Francis Pearce         119

Margaret Balfour and John Wilson     120

Moses Boyd    120

Thomas Rogers           132

Thomas Mallison’s Military Marker  132

Kretzler Monument and Peter Glockner         204

James Beveridge obelisk         205

Charles and Katharine Datt    216

Margaret Dean            224

Eleanor McCord and Margaret Dean’s Infant            224

Mary Campton Sohn    Archibald McCord     226

Martha Criswell          286

Samuel Harbison, William Scott, John Hauserman   295

John C. Baker 296

Edward Baker 300

Bakerstown about 1912          301

Company Stock Certificate issued in the 1890s         302

Thomas Richards        378

Thomas Sanders and Jones family      378

R. H. C. Crummy        394

Gouverneur Provoost Hance   398

Rogers Cemetery        405

Mary Ann Steel           406

Sarah Henry    406