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Remembering Friends LbNA #57962

Owner:Walkabout
Plant date:May 22, 2011
Location: New Burlington Road &; Compton Road
City:Wayne Township
County:Warren
State:Ohio
Boxes:1
Found by: occupa
Last found:May 23, 2020
Status:OF
Last edited:Jul 9, 2018
Caesars Creek Burying Ground
Wayne Township, Warren County, OH

Getting There

Drive to the intersection of New Burlington Road and Compton Road.
Turn onto the road that says “No Outlet” (this is a continuation of New Burlington Road). You will come to a small parking area with a red Wilderness Area sign. Turn left; the road continues to the cemetery. There is another parking area at the end of the road, in front of the cemetery.

Background

This Quaker Cemetery belonged to the Caesars Creek Monthly Meeting which began in 1805. The original members of the Caesar’s Creek Monthly Meeting had migrated from South Carolina to Southwestern Ohio to escape the evils of slavery.

The meetinghouse and large graveyard were situated on the west bluff overlooking the winding and beautiful Caesar’s Creek near Waynesville, Ohio. The cemetery is still in the same location, surrounded by a beautifully crafted dry-laid stone fence.

The meeting house was relocated to Caesars Creek Pioneer Village when the Caesars Creek Lake and Reservoir were created.

Clues

Walk up to the wonderful stone wall. The first wall you’ll encounter is the west wall. Stay outside the cemetery and walk north (left). You will come to where the mowing ends and the unmowed jungle-like area begins. (Please note: when I checked on this box in 2018, the jungle had moved forward at least a yard since I originally posted this clue, and I've modified the clue accordingly. But please look for the identifying features as well as the distance named when searching for this clue, since mow zones are apt to change.)

About 1 yard beyond the mow-zone border, look at the wall about 2 tiers up from the ground.. You will notice that there is a light-colored stone, loose and different from the other rocks. The letterbox is tucked behind this loose rock.

Please take great care with this stone fence while you retrieve and re-hide the box.