INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST
Photos by Rupert2
The The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by
Hoosier Pioneers. In just three years, the quest has grown to OVER
500 caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario and the
hiders have grown to over twenty-five cacher teams, most of which
of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans. Hundreds of
Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged many thousands
of over 13,800 finds.
INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST #531
”So Blue Without
You"
Thanks to IndyMagicMan for pointing me to this gem of an
urban cemetery. Unlike most urban ISQ hides, this one is a
"regular" sized cache (and not in one of IMM's god-forbidden
shelters either 
).
Welcome to the McVey Cemetery in Warren Township, Marion
County (Indianapolis) Indiana. This is a mid 1800's cemetery
that is located just off of I-465 and US 40 (The Old National
Road). The site is surrounded by woods on two sides but has a
residence to the immediate east. Please be respectful of the
homeowners. Parking is extremely limited so please do a drive
by before stopping (although there is very little traffic
here). Most of the grave markers have disappeared but some of
the important ones have survived unscathed.
Pictured is the grave marker of John McVey.
The following information comes directly form
www.staleyhistory.com:
"John
McVey, the youngest son of James and Mary M. McVey had moved
to Union County, Indiana, as early as 1818. From there he
moved eastward to Hancock County where he purchased land in
1825. Six years later he bought approximately 900 acres of
land from the government in Marion County, a portion of which
he farmed until his death in 1853.
John McVey persuaded his brothers-in-law Abraham
Staley and James Griggs and his nephew Isaac Staley to move
to the slow-rolling hills of central Indiana. The area was
well suited to farming and the thought of working the
inexpensive, fertile land in an area untroubled by the
increasingly volatile issue of slavery must have been
appealing to those who had spent their lives plowing the
steep hills and nearly worn-out soils of southwestern
Virginia.
Thomas, the eldest son of John McVey, bought land
from the government in Marion County in 1834. On January 12,
1838, he sold 20 acres of "W½, SW¼ of Section 7, Township 15,
Range 5" (in Warren Township - adjacent to this cemetery) to
his uncle, Abraham Staley. The cost to Abraham was thirty
dollars."
Pictured is the grave marker of Elizabeth "Furgason". Note
the difference in spelling of "Furgason" and
"Ferguson".
From
Blue Family 5th Edition: "Elizabeth was born in
Virginia, most likely Hampshire Co. (now West Virginia), and Samuel
was born in Lancaster Co. PA. Samuel and Elizabeth were
married in Nelson County at Bardstown. Samuel was a son
of Thomas and Elizabeth FERGUSON. During the early years of
their marriage they lived at Bardstown in Nelson Co. They
moved from Nelson Co. to Butler Co. OH ca1798, before the birth of
their son, Samuel. Elizabeth FERGUSON took her children to
Marion Co. IN ca1820. She lived there with her son James
until her death. She is buried there at McVey Cemetery in
Warren Twp. just off the old National Road (US40). Samuel was
a soldier during the Revolutionary War, serving as a private in
Capt. Samuel CUNNINGHAM’s Co., 2nd Bat., Washington Co. PA
Militia. He died at Hamilton, Butler Co.
OH. "
LOGS
INDICATING NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
WARNING.
The cache container is a large-plastic
peanut butter jar labeled as a geocache. Please leave it at
least as well concealed, if not better, than you found it. If
you find fallen or worn US flags at the graves of veterans,
please take a moment to upright or replace them. Dispose of
worn US flags in a respectable manner. If
you find the coordinates to be a little off, do not hesitate
to post a waypoint with your log. As always, be
respectful, and cache in, trash out. God Bless our troops in
harm's way.
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