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Kagarise farm in Bedford County PA?

Kagarise farm in Bedford County PA?

Posted: 23 May 2011 10:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Kagarise Kegerreis Burger
Jacob Kagarise (1789-1857) and his wife Barbara Burger Kagarise (1789-1848) were buried on their farm in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. I am trying to locate their gravesites, which my family notes suggest are near Clearville, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

Some other potential clues gathered from the Internet (so take with a grain of salt):

* They were buried on the farm homestead “6 miles southwest of Everett”;
* The “farm [was] on Shaffer Creek near Clearville in Bedford County”;
* “In 1940, the old farm was known as the Pittman farm”.

Given these details, I doubt that they are part of a larger cemetery – this is likely a very small family plot, if it still exists.

I have tried to correlate the above information, but can only note that it seems that Shaffer Creek is southeast of Everett, not southwest.

Does anyone know how to get to these gravesites?

Re: Kagarise farm in Bedford County PA?

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 8:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
The Kagarise/Burger cemetery is the blue marker in the attached photo, and is located as follows in Bedford County, Pennsylvania:

* At GPS coordinates 39.935715, -78.350189; measured in degrees, the coordinates are +39° 56' 8.57", -78° 21' 0.68";
* Approximately 5.4 miles SbE (south by east) of Everett, 2.4 miles ENE (east-northeast) of Clearville, and 2.1 miles WbN (west by north) of Mattie;
* In the 500-600 block of Mechanics Hollow Road, with a West Providence Township mailing address (but technically within Monroe Township);
* Approximately 600 feet off State Route 2033, situated up the hill at one of the highest points on the property;
* Close to Shaffer Creek, which winds through much of this part of the county, and you can see an offshoot in the right photo below (it’s prominent in the area between Mechanics Hollow Road and Merriwinds Road).

The plot is in poor condition and largely overgrown. Most easily seen are the headstones for Jacob and Barbara, which have each been moved from their original locations and are propped up against two different trees at either end of the plot.

Footstones for both graves are also present and presumably in their original locations, firmly set into the ground next to each other. There were two other likely footstones in the general area - stones which had been set in vertically, neither of which had any visible inscriptions. This would suggest there were a total of at least four gravesites here originally, and possibly more.
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