Place:Beard-Green Cemetery, Jacksontown, Licking, Ohio, United States

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Name	Beard-Green Cemetery
Type	Cemetery
Coordinates	40.033005°N 82.40276°W
Located in	Jacksontown, Licking, Ohio, United States

1 Location
2 Background
3 Revolutionary War Veterans
4 Resources

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Location

Located inside Dawes Arboretum, 770 Jacksontown Road SE.

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Background

From the Ohio Historical Marker: Spring, 1800, Benjamin Green and family become the first legal settlers in Licking County, followed by the Stadden family; Col. John Stadden marries Elizabeth Green on Christmas Day. Spring, 1801, clearings cut for cabins on Hog Run; Johnny Appleseed plants his orchards. 1808, John Beard family settles. 1810, first burial. 1811-41, these families bury six Revolutionary War veterans.

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Revolutionary War Veterans

According to the Ohio Historical Marker, there are six Revolutionary War veterans. The Licking County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society identifies four of them on their website: