Gettysburg's Forgotten Graveyard
During the early 1800s, the German Lutheran and Reformed congregations created a graveyard at the southeast corner of Gettysburg. With the establishment of Evergreen Cemetery south of town in 1854, many congregations moved their graves to this new location. In 1927, the last of these old stones - some 200 - were taken from the corner of Stratton and High Street and placed flat in a special section of Evergreen Cemetery. Join ACHS historian Tim Smith to learn about the many prominent Gettysburg citizens forever entombed in this forgotten burial ground.
This program was recorded on July 30, 2020.
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My 4th Grandfather and Grandmother are headstone transfers from the German Reformed (Now United Church) Henry Hoke (Johan Heinrich Hoke) and Hanna Hoke. Both me and my 4th Cousin John Hoke agree that there is no way they moved the bones, and that just the headstones were moved. I dont mind that they were not moved, 100 years plus after he died(1826), not a big deal. We looked hard one day to find Henry Hoke, and he is there, in the transfers laying flat. If you go there, clean his headstone for me. Evergreen doing an excellent job, thanks guys. Thomas Tyler Hoke
OMG what a complete mess. Regardless of who or when this mess was created, there is a lot that can be done to make this bad situation better. Why in the world are these stones laying flat & not standing up? Even if they don't stand over the exact graves, they should be standing, not flat. Please contact our organization.
@allisonmarlow184
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See the Reply to the comment above by Bruce Sisler. As for me, this all seems to belie "Rest in Peace." I find it rather disturbing.
Andrew and Tim make a great team
You can't make them quick enough! Love the "off topics" about the town. Thanks!
Thank you for this. Tim does excellent work.
great thanks for sharing . I research a graveyard in Pittsburgh Turners graveyard John Turner was 1/2 brother of Simon Girty. But wanted to share that I have cleaned some of the stones safely with D2 biological cleaner and made some of the stones easier to read. great stuff and doesn't hurt the stone. there are some KZread videos on it.
Love these videos! Thank you!
Great research Tim
Henry Hoke is a Veteran of the Revolutionary War. He is in the book there in your library, you showed it to me.
Thanks!
@AdamsCountyHistoricalSociety
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Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for the support!
Wow. That was incredibly interesting.
Thanks for this - all the Necrotourists out here thank you!
Did you try shading the stones with a charcoal stick and paper? It’s astoundingly effective
My great grand father was buried in the cemetery of his church. In the early 1900's they ( moved ) all the graves to build a church school. I can not find his grave and even talking to cemetery staff that are like family to our family we still can not find on the new map where he is buried, we know at the old cemetery where he was. Under the school maybe? There really needs to be a law about not moving cemeteries.
@allisonmarlow184
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I agree completely! "Rest in Peace" should mean what it says.
This was great. Thank you Tim & Andrew. Why were the headstones laid down, especially if they had writing on both sides?
@faulltw
3 жыл бұрын
Did you ever get an answer for your question? I would like to know as well.
@AdamsCountyHistoricalSociety
3 жыл бұрын
Good question! We are not sure. We think it was done hastily and this was perhaps the easiest (and fastest) solution.
@faulltw
3 жыл бұрын
@@AdamsCountyHistoricalSociety Thank you. I visited Gettysburg a few years ago as part of a leadership tour with the Air Force. I would love to return, but my family doesnt share my love of history.
At 10:15 you begin talking about a cemetery at 3rd st. Can you give more info as to where exactly that was?
Great stuff! More Confederate info would be nice.
@chrismcgill
2 жыл бұрын
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my step father s name was Benner are the stones that are leaning related to the stone that they are against?
@LuckyCharmsMiniFarms
3 жыл бұрын
That's cool!
Hey Tim, do you think that parsonage is haunted?
Are you still finding graves ?
That could be Elias Hoke to the left of Hanna Hoke his mom
Personally, I think this is disgraceful. Especially since it was these "churches" just because they wanted to build on the land. What about all the people whose names are on the backsides ?? This was common. It's also very clear from the photos that they just dug a trench & chucked the remains in....the laid out stones with NO respect or regard to matching the remains with the correct stone.
@cemeteryconservatorsforuni2317
2 жыл бұрын
I could not agree more with you
@allisonmarlow184
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Me too! Disgraceful.
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