THIS CACHE DOES NOT REQUIRE MOVING HEADSTONES NOR IS IT HIDDEN BY ONE.
PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER ANY OF THE GRAVESTONES.
PLEASE RESPECT THIS CEMETERY AND ALL OTHER CEMETERIES.
Jonathan Alder History
Jonathan Alder
First White Settler in Madison County (1773 -1849)
Seven-year-old Jonathan Alder was captured by a Native American war party in Virginia in 1781 and taken to a Mingo village north of the Mad River in Ohio where he was adopted by an Indian family. He remained with the Indians until after the 1795 Treaty of Greenville ended the Indian Wars in the Ohio Country. As white settlers entered the region, Alder frequently served as an interpreter. In 1805, he journeyed to Virginia and was reunited with his original family. He returned to Ohio with his new wife, Mary Blont, and built a cabin on Big Darby Creek. His cabin is now at the Madison County Historical Society Museum in London. Alder is buried in Foster Chapel Cemetery.
Other notable historical graves from the mid-1800's timeframe buried in this cemetery include the Beach, Bidwell and Harbage families. Many stones date back to the mid to late 1800's.
Cache Location
The cemetery is located 1.1 miles north of Interstate 70. If coming from the highway, you would exit at #85, West Jefferson/Plain City going north. There is both re-entry to 70E/70W from this location.
Cache Description
This traditional cache is placed in the Foster Chapel Cemetery. Foster Chapel Cemetery is also known as Alder Chapel or the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. Please respect all cemetery rules posted at the entrance of the driveway. Cemetery closes at dark, and we absolutely do not recommend trying to find this one in the dark.
Travel bugs and trackable items are always welcome at this location! The container is large enough to hold several large items.