Sauvage Family Graveyard
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Sauvage Family Graveyard

Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

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    Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Coordinates: 40.46672, -75.77691
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This is an unmarked graveyard in Richmond Township (formerly Rockland Township) on the property of Johannes H. Sauvage, purchased on March 20, 1743. Amazingly, the current tract of land is almost identical in shape today as it was when Johannes Sauvage purchased it. From Baldy Road near Dryville, turn in at the Fleetwood Game Association near Dryville. Site is located on the right beginning about 30 yards in at the curve in woods/field line. No stones remain. The graveyard was vacated in 1865. The Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation surveyed the site. It appears that there are approximately 98 burials. The Sauvage/Sowash/Soash Family Association was in the process of putting a marker in the wooded area in memorial when the current owner David Bittler requested $1,000 to have the marker placed on the property. Because the cost was so prohibitive, the family association put a memorial bench on the property of the Fleetwood Game Association to the northeast of their building in a wooded area. Although not on the spot of the original graveyard, there is at least now a permanent marker on the land that Johannes Sauvage owned. Many thanks to the Fleetwood Game Association for their help and support in placing the memorial.
This is an unmarked graveyard in Richmond Township (formerly Rockland Township) on the property of Johannes H. Sauvage, purchased on March 20, 1743. Amazingly, the current tract of land is almost identical in shape today as it was when Johannes Sauvage purchased it. From Baldy Road near Dryville, turn in at the Fleetwood Game Association near Dryville. Site is located on the right beginning about 30 yards in at the curve in woods/field line. No stones remain. The graveyard was vacated in 1865. The Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation surveyed the site. It appears that there are approximately 98 burials. The Sauvage/Sowash/Soash Family Association was in the process of putting a marker in the wooded area in memorial when the current owner David Bittler requested $1,000 to have the marker placed on the property. Because the cost was so prohibitive, the family association put a memorial bench on the property of the Fleetwood Game Association to the northeast of their building in a wooded area. Although not on the spot of the original graveyard, there is at least now a permanent marker on the land that Johannes Sauvage owned. Many thanks to the Fleetwood Game Association for their help and support in placing the memorial.

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  • Added: 11 Feb 2012
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2437112