Tinker's Creek

Tinker's Creek is a cool place because not too many people know about it. My friend Jason over at HJproductions.org was the one who told me about it. It's basically just a really old cemetery that's hidden in the woods, and there's also an old abandoned barn and house nearby.

A view of the cemetery from afar.

The oldest grave in the cemetery belongs to Fitch Comstock, who died in 1810. The most recent grave was added in 1925, and is unmarked. So this unmarked, hidden cemetery has been unused for the past 80 years or so. Pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower are buried here, along with a general from the Revolutionary war.

To get to the cemetery, you have to walk about a quarter mile or so uphill through the woods. Doing this at night is pretty creepy, just 'cause you're in the middle of the woods. Alot of people feel as if they're being followed on their way back down the hill to their cars. It is a pretty creepy place, and supposedly it's one of the most haunted cemeteries in Ohio. We went ghost hunting up there last year before we had much equipment, so there's really nothing to add to the ghost hunting section for this location. We'll probably go back up sometime soon though.

Tinker's Creek is a pretty small cemetery, but it looks even smaller because many of the graves are missing. Cultists have had rituals up there, and teenagers have partied up there, so many of the graves have been vandalized/taken. It's pretty sad that people would insult dead people like that.

The grave above has Hymn #48 inscribed on it...

Pass a few swiftly fleeting years
And you that now in body live
Must quit, like me, this veil of tears
Their righteous sentence to receive.

Back in the day, it was common for pioneer children to die at an early age. In the picture above, you can see the graves of the three Campbell children:
Robinson- died on September 10th, 1855. Age: unknown.
Julia- died on October 8, 1860. Age:2.
Frank- died on October 9, 1865. Age:15.

I liked this next grave because the ground was sinking in where the casket was buried.

If you can't see it, I highlighted it in red.