Ottokee Cemetery in Dover Township, Ohio

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Dover Township, Ohio 43567 United States

Coordinates: 41.60056, -84.13868
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The Ottokee Cemetery is located at the southwestern edge of the village of Ottokee. A drive running some twenty-five rods south from County Road J provides access to the grounds. The Ottokee burial ground dates from early settlement. Historian Frank Reighard believed from ca 1838, while Lewis Aldrich gave the year 1846 when Betsy Knapp was buried at the site. In 1853 the Ottokee Cemetery Association organized and purchased two acres of land from the estate of Alonzo Knapp. This parcel, adjoining the village plat of Ottokee, contains the grave of Betsy Knapp who died June 12, 1846.
The cemetery is located in Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio, and is # 3749 (Ottokee Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.

The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as Ottokee Cemetery with registration license number CGR.0000982096.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1960503 (Ottokee Cemetery).