Location: 1631 North Hametown
Road. On the east side of North Hametown
Road, between Bath Road and Ira Road.
The Summit County Chapter, OGS welcomes new information about our county's cemeteries. If you have any information on this cemetery
or any other cemetery in the county, please contact the Chapter at: summitogs@yahoo.com
Judy Ann Davis, Cemeteries Chair
- Publications Chair
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2001 Summit County Chapter, OGS. All rights reserved
Contact: Bath Township Trustees
Status: Active
Size: 12.98 Acres
Established: About 1840
History: Originally a private cemetery for the family of Samuel and Charlotte Shaw,
this cemetery has also been known as Shaw Cemetery. In 1869 a Methodist chapel was built on land adjoining the Shaw Cemetery;
the chapel was named Moore's Chapel in honor of Oliver Moore who had given $600 toward the $2000 needed to build the structure.
Even though the church never owned the cemetery, its close proximity led to the burial ground being alternately referred to as "Moore's Chapel Cemetery".
The township has continued to increase the size of the cemetery through purchase of additional land, and it now includes 12.98 acres.
A total of 384 burials have been made in the old and new sections of the cemetery, including veterans of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.