Cemetery Tour of Western Delaware County

2690 Stratford Road,Delaware OH 43015

28 August, 2022

Description

Learn about several of our early and prominent settlers in Delaware County as you take a driving tour of several cemeteries and homesteads and then visit the Barn at Stratford for reenactments of the individuals whose graves you just visited. The cemetery reenactment tour will broaden its scope to include a countywide venue this year. Driving tour (on your own) from 1-5 pm. The tour will feature cemeteries in western Delaware County including Radnor, Bokes Creek, Mill Creek, Oller, and Lucy Depp. Participants will be given map directions to both the cemetery gravesites and the homesites of the chosen historic characters. DCHS docents will greet the guests at the cemeteries and give a brief introduction at the characters’ grave sites and the history of the cemetery. Participants may travel the route at their leisure between 1 pm and 5:00 pm. The reenactments will take place at the Barn at Stratford, 2690 Stratford Road beginning at 5:30 pm, and will feature a summer evening event with the outdoor reenactments at the Gazebo. Food trucks and music will be part of this event. Though chairs for seating could be made available, we would encourage people to bring their own chairs or blankets for lawn seating. Historical figures to be reenacted include: • Margaret Perry and David Pugh – the earliest settlers in Radnor Township • Jacob Dilsaver - pioneers of Scioto and Thompson Townships • William Warrington - one of the chosen bodyguards for General Washington • Lucy Depp - 19th century African-American woman for whom Lucy Depp Park and the Lucy Depp settlement is named • Ruth Butts – from Butt’s Corner on State Route 257 near Shawnee Hills