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| Hierarchical name | Claibourne Cemetery, Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio |
| Alternate names | Bethlehem Cemetery; Bethlehem-Claibourne Cemetery; Claiborne Cemetery; Claibourne-Bethlehem Cemetery; Sidle Methodist Protestant Cemetery; Sidle Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery |
| Type | Public |
| Status | Active/Maintained |
| First use | 1842 |
| Last use | Active |
| Coordinates | 40°23'39" N 83°16'51" W |
| USGS 7.5' series map | Richwood (shown as Claiborne Cemetery) |
| Location | South side of the intersection of Bethlehem-Claibourne Road and State Route 37 |
| Directions | |
| Condition/Remarks | The cemetery is clearly visible from the road and is carefully maintained. However, as with most cemeteries dating from the nineteenth century, some of the older monuments are broken or have fallen, and some monuments appearing in previous transcriptions have since disappeared. |
The History of Union County, Ohio (1883) describes this cemetery as follows:
The earliest place of interment within the township was the one now most extensively used—at the Sidle Methodist Protestant Church, two miles south of Richwood. It is on the land which formerly belonged to Henry Swartz, and burials were commenced while the place was yet in the midst of a deep wilderness. Henry Swartz buried two small children here, and the deceased of his neighbors' families found their "eternal resting place" in the same secluded spot. The burials of Mr. Garner, John Logue, Mrs. Ira Bennett and Mrs. Rose were among the first. When Jacob C. Sidle became the proprietor of this farm, he donated an acre for a cemetery. Afterward it came within the charge of the Township Trustees, and they made additions to it limits. The grounds are located on rising land, and now receive the remains of "the departed" from Richwood and the surrounding country.The Claibourne Cemetery is now the only active cemetery within the township and is used by residents of Richwood as well as all other areas of the township.
There are currently no online sources available.
| Hierarchical name | Graham Farm Cemetery, Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio |
| Alternate names | None |
| Type | Private |
| Status | Destroyed? |
| First use | Unknown |
| Last use | Before 1883 |
| Coordinates | 40°23'39" N 83°16'51" W |
| USGS 7.5' series map | Richwood (shown as Claiborne Cemetery) |
| Location | Probably on the south side of Mulvane Road |
| Directions | |
| Condition/Remarks |
The History of Union County, Ohio (1883) describes this cemetery as a small graveyard, then abandoned, and situated on the Graham farm just northwest of Richwood. The Atlas of Union County, Ohio (1877) shows several tracts of land owned by various Graham family members along the south side of Mulvane Road northwest of Richwood. It is likely that the Graham Farm Cemetery was located somewhere on one of these tracts. This cemetery was not included in the WPA survey of cemeteries so that all obvious traces must have disappeared before the early 1940s.
There are currently no online sources available.
| Hierarchical name | Hamilton Cemetery, Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio |
| Alternate names | Lenox School Cemetery; Lenox School House Cemetery |
| Type | Public |
| Status | Inactive/Maintained |
| First use | 1843 |
| Last use | 1881 |
| Coordinates | 40°26'26" N 83°18'58" W |
| USGS 7.5' series map | Richwood |
| Location | East side of LeMasters Road approximately 3/10 mile north of Mulvane Road |
| Directions | |
| Condition/Remarks |
There are currently no online sources available.
| Hierarchical name | Richwood Cemetery, Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio |
| Alternate names | None |
| Type | Public |
| Status | Inactive/Maintained |
| First use | 1842 |
| Last use | 1887 |
| Coordinates | |
| USGS 7.5' series map | Richwood |
| Location | Between Blagrove Street and East Ottawa Street behind the Old Salvation Army Church in Richwood |
| Directions | |
| Condition/Remarks |
| Hierarchical name | Stony Point Cemetery, Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio |
| Alternate names | None |
| Type | Public |
| Status | Inactive/Maintained |
| First use | 1842 |
| Last use | 1971 |
| Coordinates | 40°23'54" N 83°20'59" W |
| USGS 7.5' series map | Richwood |
| Location | North side of Zook Road approximately 2/10 miles east of Claibourne Road |
| Directions | |
| Condition/Remarks | The cemetery is visible from the road, fenced but readily accessible, and is regularly mowed. However, as with most cemeteries dating from the nineteenth century, a number of monuments are broken or have fallen, and some monuments appearing in previous transcriptions have since disappeared. |
The following is a list of cemetery pages for neighboring Union County townships.
In addition to cemeteries in neighboring townships in Union County, it may be useful to search cemeteries in Thompson Township in neighboring Delaware County and Prospect Township in neighboring Marion County.