Montour County
Butler Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Date: April 28, 2001
Cemetery: Butler Burying Ground
Established: 1850s
Street: Lee Road
City: Near Wattsburg, about four miles
Township: Venango
County: Erie
State: Pennsylvania
Nation: USA
Zip: 16442
Nearby: Corner of Lee Road and Hopson Hill Road
Reached by: Crossing property-private
Location: Rural-mixed
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Features: In a patch of sugar maple trees-by a radio tower
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Natural
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: about twenty
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Yes
Oldest grave: 1858
Newest grave: 1898
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Mrs. Ensworth records-1925; Tina Curtis' records-1999
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: Work underway - Minor improvements made
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Contacted: Wattsburg Area Historical Society
Other Information
A provision was made in the will of Levi Butler for the care and maintenance of the cemetery for fifty years following his death. He died in the 1850s. At one point it was used as a dumping site for old cars and appliances. They have since been moved outside the borders of the cemetery. It was partially cleaned out of vegetation in 1999 by a youth group. It has since been ignored. Some graves have been dug up by a local colony of woodchucks. Some stones may be buried beneath the dirt piles.
Support
Don't know at present
Submitted By:
name: Tina Curtis
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Update:
Enclosures: There is a barbed wire fence surrounding the cemetery with an opening at the southwestern corner. There is also an iron picket fence surrounding the family named Peck within the cemetery. Notes: Levi Butler's will is dated June 19, 1848 Cemetery first used: in 1840s First interment: 1841 Last interment: 1898 Location: About 500 feet north of Lee Road and 1000 feet west of Hopson Hill Road Records By: Thomas H. Hutzelman from Erie, PA on May 31, 1981.