Ohio Historical marker in James Cemetery - Jackson, Ohio
Link to the OHS website for this marker
In 2007,
the JCOGS successfully submitted an application to the Ohio Historical Society
and raised the funds required to purchase and erect an OHS marker to permanently
remind passersby of the significance of this old burial ground and some
of Jackson county's most important pioneer citizens. Major John James is, in
my humble opinion, the most significant individual buried in Jackson county in
terms of his role in helping in the settlement of the Northwest Territory,
the state of Ohio, Jackson county, and Jackson in particular.
The more I uncover in my research of this remarkable man, the more amazed I become just pondering the people that he knew and events he bore witness to and participated in in his lifetime. It is certainly fitting that the cemetery that he established in 1828 and was buried in - not ironically on the crest of the Indian mound - in 1854, should be noted with the OHS marker seen below.
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Side A of the marker. "Patriot's Row" (to the right) is a line of marble VA markers erected in 2007 to commemorate some of the Revolutrionary War soldiers buried in Jackson county in unconfirmed or unknown locations. Also visible is a section of the fencing being installed across the front of the cemetery. Hopefully, one day the fencing will entirely enclose and protect this one-acre plot of sacred ground from further desecration |
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Side B of the marker. The cemetery is located on East Broadway Street (just west of the U.S. Rt 35 exit onto E. Broadway) |
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This is the first picture of the fencing being installed at the cemetery, thanks to a generous $5000 grant won in a statewide "Save Our History" contest sponsored by Time Warner Cable. Please help us in raising the additional $25,000-$30,000 needed in order to totally enclose the cemetery. You may contact our JCOGS treasurer, Larry Patrick, at the JCOGS homepage. Plans are to have a new sidewalk and steps installed leading into the entrance pictured as well |
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With volunteer help and a little 'paid labor', the front fencing purchased with the Time Warner Cable "Save Our History" grant money was installed in early August 2008 |
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Another view of the beautiful fencing and the Ohio Historical marker |
