This is a new hide in Newcomers Cemetery which is located in Darke County Ohio. The cache is not hidden near any headstones. As always in cemeteries, NO night caching! This is near the area where I found the oldest burials.
I like to learn things from Geocaching. I didn’t find any stories about the Newcomers name in Darke County at least so far! If anyone has some references let me know. I did find this information about Lieutenant Colonel William Darke! Since he is NOT buried in Ohio thought I’d throw in some information about him.
Darke County owes its name to Lieut. Col. William Darke, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1736. At the age of five years he removed to the neighborhood of Shepherdstown, Virginia. He served with the Virginia provincial troops at Braddock’s defeat. During the Revolution he served with distinction, being taken prisoner at Germantown and was held for three years on a British ship. He was a commanding colonel of two Virginia regiments at the siege of York. He was a member of the Virginia legislature for several successive terms. At St. Clair&’s defeat in 1791, he led the final charge that cleared the way for a successful retreat of the remnant of the army. He died November 20, 1801, and his remains are buried in the old Presbyterian burying ground near Shenandoah Junction, Berkeley County. West Virginia. Colonel Darke was a farmer by occupation, and is described as having a large, strong, well-knit frame, rough manners, and being frank. Darke was married to Sarah, the widow of William Delayea, an Indian fighter. The two had four children: John, Joseph, Samuel, and Mary. His three sons all died while young men. Darke took in Thomas Worthington, the 14-year-old orphaned son of a family friend, and gave him an education. Worthington became the sixth governor of Ohio.