Hatch Cemetery Association

Specific Need

The Hatch Cemetery Association is attempting to raise funds to establish an endowment with The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation for the future care of the Hatch Cemetery. As most of the burials in the cemetery were in the 1800's and early 1900's the cemetery no longer sells plots and relies on donations, grants and volunteers for mowing and maintenance.

Mission

The Hatch Cemetery Association was formed in 1921 by a group of local residents, primarily from the Guys Mills/Blooming Valley area, with the mission of maintaining the "old Hatch Cemetery". In the 1960's the association was reorganized with new officers and board members. The organization remains active today with members volunteering to do the many tasks of maintaining an old cemetery.

Profile

The Hatch Cemetery, located on Route 198 between Blooming Valley and Guys Mills, is a very old cemetery. Most of the burials, of which there are approximately 300, were done in the 1800's and very early 1900's. We have evolved from an active to a historical cemetery. There are 30 veteran's tombstones in the cemetery. One is a Revolutionary War soldier, one is a WWII sailor who went down with his ship in the North Atlantic, twelve are War of 1812 Veterans and the rest are Civil War Veterans. Many of the families in Crawford County have ancestors in the cemetery.