Worthington Cemeteries

The city of Worthington has contained five cemeteries. To search burial records, click HERE.

• St. John’s Episcopal Cemetery, now inactive but well maintained

• Methodist Cemetery, abandoned and known graves moved

• Presbyterian Cemetery, abandoned and known graves moved

• Walnut Grove Cemetery. currently active

• Flint Cemetery, currently active

The first burial in St. John’s Episcopal Cemetery east of the present church building was Scioto Company pioneer and Revolutionary War veteran Abner Pinney who died November 23, 1804. Until the 1830s this burying ground served the entire community. After the Methodists erected their first church building on the northwest corner of Hartford and South Streets in 1823, they established a one-acre burying ground to the southeast. This became inactive after the establishment of Walnut Grove and known graves were removed, primarily to Walnut Grove. After the erection of the first Presbyterian Church on the northwest quadrant of the Village Green in 1830, a burying ground was established to the west. Here, too, known burials were moved to Walnut Grove. No markers exist for either of these cemeteries, although scant records of burials do exisit.

Walnut Grove Cemetery is typical of the community “lawn cemeteries” which became popular in mid-nineteenth century. The first burial was James Taylor on January 29, 1859. Ten acres of the Hoyt farm southwest of town were purchased for this cemetery and from the beginning it was jointly owned and maintained by Sharon Township and the city of Worthington. It continues to serve the Worthington community and is the site of annual Memorial Day services.

Flint Cemetery started as a family burial ground for local abolitionist Ozem Gardner.  Gardner sold the land to Rufus Carpenter, John Potter, Jesse Thompson, L.H. Gardner, R.C. Phinny, Trustees of Flint Cemetery Association on May 26, 1874. The Flint Cemetery Association operated the cemetery until March 13, 1947 when the Flint Cemetery members voted to turn the cemetery records and funds over to the Sharon Township Trustees. The cemetery is just over 11 acres in size.

In 1969, Flint Cemetery became partnered with Walnut Grove Union. A Union Cemetery is owned and operated by multiple municipalities, in this case, the City of Worthington and Sharon Township.

To read more information about Walnut Grove and Flint Cemeteries, visit https://worthingtoncemetery.com/

Visit the Worthington Memory Web site to access a searchable database of cemeteries in Worthington, Ohio. Click the link below to go there now:
http://www.worthingtonmemory.org/cemeteries/