TENT CHURCH CEMETERY
(Centre Cemetery)
This cemetery is between Smithfield and New Alexandria, on St. Rd. 151.  About 1803 the church services here were held in tents.  The deed for the land for the first church, which was Presbyterian, was dated 1826, from John Jackson to the church trustees.  The first burial was in 1810.  Many stones are illegible or buried or broken.  It is well kept.
Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

NOTES:

AT the time of the reading of these stones, many of them were very old and illegible and many covered with solid mass of poison ivy.  Many stones are possibly missing.

LT. JACOB VORHEES's tombstone supposed to be here.  He was a Rev. War Soldier, born at Chester Co., Pa., 1747, died 1844.  DAR roster III, page 321 gives burial location Row 12, grave 25.  Roster I, page 334 son of Alex Simeral and Jennet Lindsay Simeral who were md. 1737 in Chester Co., Pa., Martha McGrew.  Had Andrew, Margaret, William, Isabell, Jane, James, Archibald, Priscilla, Joseph and John.  Lt. Alex. and brother James operated Simeral Ferry in Penna.

JOHN SCOTT, Rev. War soldier, DAR Roster #3, "Rev. War Soldiers Who Lived in Ohio", page 312.  Born Pa., 1748, possibly in Bucks County.  Son of John, Sr. and Mary (Richey) Scott,  gr-son of Abraham and Mary (Boyd) Scott and gr-gr-son of John and Jane Scott.  One son Robert b. 1780, d. 1852.  John md. 2nd 1827 Elizabeth Vincent Hawley.  He died 1810 in Ohio.  (See Natl. Soc. of Sons & Daus of the Pilgrims.)

CAPT. JOHN ARMSTRONG born 7-7-1766, died 1844 in Butler Co., Pa.  Buried here in Row 12, Grave 11, Center Cemetery.  DAR Roster III.  He came here from Carlisle, Pa. in 1799.  His son David md. Sarah Fell.

JOHN DAUGHERTY b. in Ireland was one of the early pioneers of Wells township.  He was married twice.  By first wife had Thomas and David; by 2nd wife had Lettie, Nancy and John.  Son John md. Sarah Jones b. in W. Va., on present site of Bethany College.  She was one of 12 children.  John & Sarah had: Mary (Counselman), John, Thomas, Sarah, Caleb, Nancy, David and Phrania.  Their son John b. 1842, d. 1897.

HENRY OURSLER b. 1820, Huntington Twp., Brown Co., O.  His father from Maryland and his mother from Washington, Ky.; to Ohio 1795.

THOMAS J. MEHOLLIN (or MELHOLM) to Ohio from Ireland early.  He had: Wm., Rachel (Burris), Sarah (Parr), Joseph, James, Thomas, Martha (Duvall).