Cemetery Name

Morningstar

Township

Status

First Known Burial

General Condition

Tombstone Condition

OGS Cemetery #

Location:

Coordinates:

STR/ VMD

Property Account:

Parcel ID:

Map:

• Not in the USGS GNIS
• Google Map at coordinates 39°33'44.4"N, 84°21'50.9"W
• Warren County Auditor for property at 7648 Morningstar Road , Property Account # 1620052, Parcel ID 02061000110] - 23.7 acres
• Aerial Image of the cemetery location from Windows Live Local
• 50 acres parcel of Mrs. Schwartz & Mrs Morningstar from Warner's 1867 Warren County Ohio Wall Map [location of cemetery is not shown on the map]

Cemetery History

Morningstar Road is to the north of the property bounded by Franklin-Madison Road on the west.  The cemetery is in a woods on a hill north of the soybean field, (and north of the CSX, former B & O and C H & D Railroad tracks).  It is almost opposite the end of Thomas Road. 

An 1837 map of this area shows Michael Morningstar on the west half of Section 6 and Michael Van Tuyl on the east half.  Section 6 is bounded by Martz-Paulin, Franklin-Trenton , Madison and Morningstar Roads.  Twin Creek is on Michael Van Tuyl’s half of the section.  Section 7 is south of Section 6 (i.e. Franklin-Trenton Road to the Great Miami River).  In 1837 it was owned by the “Heirs of John Coon, dec’d” (John Coon died Oct 1836).  

All 640 acres of Section 6 were patented to James Findlay on 15 Nov 1807 when the land was still part of Butler County.  Findlay sold the west 320 acres to M. Morningstar on 7 Aug 1811 for $3200 - see 1837 plat map.  This Michael Morningstar is believed to be the John George Michael Morningstar who is buried in the cemetery in 1841.  Warren County probate records [Box 17] shows that his estate was entered into probate on 8 Jun 1844.  There was supposed to be a will that could not be found, resulting in the estate ending up in court.  Records in the Warren County Recorders office list the transfer of the 320 acre property from the estate of John George Michael Morningstar to sons John, Jacob and Michael Morningstar on 11 Oct 1847 [Vol 28:352] as well as 4 Sheriff sale entries on 12 Jan 1864 [Vol 41:366] from the estate, all to Michael V. Poast. 

Cemetery Transcriptions

• D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library)
  • None
• Warren County Genealogical Society
  • Not in any of the currently published Cemetery Books.
  • Harriet Foley of Franklin and Kay Davenport of Orem, Utah, read the cemetery on 9 Nov 2001 and found 10 gravestone plus some footstones.  The result of their efforts was published in the Heir Lines Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 4, Winter 2001, page 64
  • Warren County Genealogical Society volunteers, Harriet Foley and Dana Palmer visited the cemetery on 14 May 2011 and photographed all extant gravestones.
• Other Known Transcriptions
  • J. Larry Helton, Jr. of Butler County, read the cemetery on 18 Nov 2008 and appears to have found the same stones as those recorded by Foley and Davenport.  With a few exceptions the readings are the same.
    See http://www.mainstreetmadison.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1305&SID=f8142e8a14az113bdaz854z7zfbc2abc

Gravestone Images

Gravestone photos for the Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project are being posted to the Warren County OHGenWeb Project
To view images ===> Morningstar Cemetery
To submit images ==> email to Arne H. Trelvik at atrelvik@gmail.com [please send high resolution digital images if available]