This cemetery is located in Stony Creek Township in section #29 in the northeast corner of Henry County on the Buck Creek Pike, about ½ mile south from the Delaware/Henry County line. Jacob Houser established this cemetery sometime in the 1840s when his daughter Susanna died at the age of nine months. Her grave became the first in the Buck Creek church burial grounds.
In the 1870s the church had a membership of about 70 and a building that would seat about 700 with property valued at $1,500. The first preachers were John Bowman and Christian Holler, with Daniel Houser the elder in charge. Some of the first members were the Bechtelheimers, Samuel Brewer, David and Sarah Priddy, Christian and Margaret Acker, Jacob and Susan Himes, Jacob and Elizabeth Houser. Samuel Becktelheimer and his son Simeon were the first deacons.
The latest burial was in 2001 when Jerry Houser, a descendent of the original Housers, was buried here. There are veterans of five different wars buried here.
The cemetery for a while was receiving very little care and maintenance until just recently. There has been a new fence installed, the grounds cleaned and leveled. It looks like it is well maintained by someone. It is still available for more burials.
Name | Died | Born | Other
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Acker, Christian | 9 Mar 1877 | 71y, 1m, 3d |
| Acker, David | 8 Jul 1888 | 35y, 2m, 26d | S of Christian & Margaret
| Acker, Elizabeth | 22 Jul 1899 | 56y, 2m, 8d |
| Acker, Henry | 1931 | 1850 |
| Acker, Infant | 29 Jul 1900 | 1900 | C of Jacob & Elvira
| Acker, Margaret Clapper | 2 Apr 1882 | 63y, 1m, 13d | W of Christian
| Acker, Rosa Himes | 1948 | 1870 | W of Henry
| Acker, Susan Williams | 1925 | 1845 | W of John
| Baecher, Lillian | 12 Mar 1900 | 23 Apr 1899 |
| Bechtelheimer, Alonzo | 19 Mar 1941 | 21 Jun 1861 |
| Bechtelheimer, Catherine | 1910 | 1828 | W of Jacob
| Bechtelheimer, Elizabeth | 30 Aug 1875 | 71y | 2nd W of Samuel
| Bechtelheimer, Emily E. | 18 Oct 1936 | 30 Jan 1864 | W of Alonzo
| Bechtelheimer, George | 28 Dec 1860 | 1y, 4m, 14d | S of Jacob & Catherine
| Bechtelheimer, Goldie | 10 Sep 1891 | 7m, 8d | D of Alonzo & Emily
| Bechtelheimer, Isadora | 13 Jan 1868 | 5y, 2m, 11d | D of Jacob & Catherine
| Bechtelheimer, Jacob | 22 Apr 1913 | 1826 |
| Bechtelheimer, Martha F. | 26 Oct 1872 | 15y, 10m, 14d | D of Jacob & Catherine
| Bechtelheimer, Mary | 119 Dec 1860 | 6y, 15d | D of Jacob & Catherine
| Bechtelheimer, Mayme V. | 1966 | 1892 |
| Bechtelheimer, Rachael | 30 Sep 1866 | 66y, 10m, 11d | 1st W of Samuel
| Bechtelheimer, Samuel C. | 29 Aug 1870 | 23y, 11m, 23d | S of J & C Co. E, 147th Inf
| Bechtelheimer, Samuel Sr | 13 Nov 1887 | 93y, 9m, 11d | War of 1812
| Bechtell, Artemissa P | 1957 | 1855 | W of Samuel
| Bechtell, Infant | 30 Mar 1900 | 1900 | S of David & Emma F.
| Bechtell, Malinda Cross | 4 Nov 1906 | 77y, 5m, 26d | W of William
| Bechtell, Samuel S. | 3 Sep 1909 | 1852 |
| Bechtell, William D. | 4 Jun 1900 | 74y, 3m, 19d |
| Beller, John W. | 1927 | 1861 |
| Beller, Ruth Elva | 1914 | 1913 |
| Brown, Hetta A. Paul | 1956 | 1875 | W of Robert
| Brown, Prentis G. | 27 Mar 1887 | 2m, 7d | S of Reuben & Mary
| Brown, Robert E. | 1921 | 1874 |
| Carpenter, Gerald H. | 19 Jan 1918 | 25 Sep 1899 | WW1 Veteran
| Crim, Henry S. | ?? | ?? | Near Joseph
| Crim, Infant | 28 Sep 1863 | 7d | Near Joseph
| Crim, Jesse | ?? | 13y, 11m, 5d | Near Henry
| Crim, Joseph | 13 Oct 1862 | 10m, 2d, | S of A & C
| Cross, Clinton | 1919 | 1892 |
| Cross, Emanuel | 1904 | 1832 |
| Cross, Goldie | 23 Mar 1919 | 1894 | W of Clinton
| Cross, James C. | 1943 | 1861 |
| Cross, Maggie Taylor | 1920 | 1861 | W of James
| Cross, Nancy Paul | 13 Apr 1911 | 1835 | W of Samuel
| Cunnungton, Marguerite A. | 6 Apr 1921 | 27 Sep 1920 | D of GA & MS
| Current, Elza T. | 25 Jul 1878 | 4y, 7m, 6d | D of JL & O
| Current, Jeremiah Lake | 27 Apr 1910 | 20 Feb 1834 |
| Current, Orpha Burch | 29 Jul 1921 | 17 Aug 1841 | W of Jeremiah
| Drake, Alonzo | 25 Jan 1885 | 29y, 4m, 15d | S of MA & Elizabeth
| Drake, Elizabeth | 10 Jun 1895 | 76y, 3m, 9d | W of Moses
| Drake, Harriet M. | 13 Aug 1865 | 4y, 11m, 12d | D of MA & E
| Drake, Moses A. | 4 Jul 1881 | 63y, 7m, 2d |
| Fetty, David Martin | 6 Jun 1980 | 10 Jan 1938 | US Navy
| Fetty, Dorothy A. | 1908 | 1996 | W of Harry
| Fetty, Harry E. | 25 Jan 1977 | 1896 80y, | H of Dorothy - US Army
| Hartly, "Baby" Harry | 4 Dec 1907 | 1day |
| Himes, Cecil E. | 23 Sep 1895 | 8m, 1d | S of WB & LE
| Himes, Elizabeth | 6 Feb 1916 | 1837 |
| Himes, George | 20 Oct 1861 | 9d | S of Isaac & Mary
| Himes, Jacob Levi | 15 Sep 1915 | 9m |
| Himes, Joseph E. | 1903 | 1865 | S of Jacob & Martha
| Himes, Juanita L. | 20 Feb 1903 | 4m, 4d |
| Himes, Mary A. | 5 Jan 1902 | 19y, 3m, 28d | D of Jacob & Martha
| Himes, William T. | 6 Jun 1872 | 23y, 5m, 17d |
| Houser, Cresia T. | ?? | 1892 | W of Howard
| Houser, Eli Jefferson | 1937 | 18 Dec 1862 |
| Houser, Elizabeth Coffel | 8 Oct 1858 | 4 Jul 1819 | 1st W of Jacob
| Houser, George C. | 12 May 1849 | 10m, 26d | S of Jacob & Elizabeth
| Houser, Howard J. | 1942 | 1887 | H of Cresia
| Houser, Ida Lacy | 9 Aug 1889 | 22y, 13d | 1st W of Eli
| Houser, Infant | 24 Oct 1898 | 2d | S of Isaac & Emma
| Houser, Infant | 15 Feb 1897 | 3d | S of Isaac & Emma
| Houser, Infant | 5 Aug 1883 | | D of Isaac & Mattie
| Houser, Infant | 29 Nov 1882 | | S of Isaac & Mattie
| Houser, Ira E. | 2 Jul 1890 | 11m, 15d | S of Eli & Ida
| Houser, Jacob Sr. | 11 Jul 1908 | 29 Jun 1819 |
| Houser, Jerry Lee | 12 Dec 2001 | 17 Nov 1933 | SP4, US Army
| Houser, Jessie | 16 Mar 1884 | 2y, 7m, 19d | D of Isaac & Mattie
| Houser, Martha Ann | 10 Aug 1891 | 30y, 1m, 10d | 1st W of Isaac
| Houser, Salome Crull | 16 Jan 1906 | 30 Nov 1823 | 2nd W of Jacob
| Houser, Sarah C. | 8 Jun 1855 | 10m, 11d | D of Jacob & Elizabeth
| Houser, Susannah | 20 Jul 1844 | 9m, 11d | D of Jacob & Elizabeth
| Idle, Aaron | 1925 | 1870 |
| Idle, Amy | 1966 | 1872 | W of Aaron
| Johnson, Alpha | 13 Jan 1918 | 1898 | 19y
| Kessler, Catherine | 5 Feb 1851 | 15d | D of John & Mary
| Kirklin, Eliza Jane | 15 Jul 1862 | 34y, 10m, 7d | 1st W of John
| Kirklin, Elizabeth | 5 Apr 1904 | 28 Mar 1829 |
| Kirklin, George | 10 Apr 1862 | 2m, 1d | S of J & E
| Kirklin, Infant | 23 Dec 1912 | 1d | S of Claude & Laura
| Kirklin, Infant | 15 Jun 1863 | | D of John & Elizabeth
| Kirklin, Infant, | 3 Apr 1906 | | Child of C & M
| Kirklin, John R. | 11 Sep 1910 | 21 Dec 1826 |
| Kirklin, Lucinda D. | 22 Jan 1860 | 1y | D of JR & EJ
| Lacy, Alfred | 1 Jun 1908 | 1830 |
| Lacy, Alice E. | 1930 | 1863 | W of Wm.
| Lacy, Caroline O | 1909 | 1832 | W of Alfred
| Lacy, Flem | 24 Nov 1889 | 4y, 8m, 8d | S of Alfred & Caroline
| Lacy, Frank B. | 1940 | 1871 |
| Lacy, Infant | 1891 | 1891 | Child of Wm. & Alice
| Lacy, Melvin Lloyd | 1967 | 1895 |
| Lacy, William | 1924 | 1861 |
| Leeman, Mary | 1915 | 1833 | W of Enos Oxley
| Leffingwell, Maudie | 4 Oct 1891 | 1y, 2m | D of Frank & Lucinda
| Oxley, Enos L. | 18 Oct 1958 | 30y, 6m, 26d |
| Oxley, Russel | 7 Jul 1853 | 1y, 2m, 6d | S of Enos & Mary
| Oxley, William R. | 24 Nov 1854 | 1y, 11m, 16d | S of Enos & Mary
| Raffe, Elizabeth | 6 Aug 1854 | 8 Mar 1792 | W of John
| Raffe, John | 26 Jun 1853 | 22 Aug 1782 |
| Rhoads, John H. | 30 Sep 1860 | 9y, 7m, 18d | S of Christopher & Catharine
| Richardson, Frances Ann | 6 Jan 1864 | 8m, 20d | D of Thomas & Elizabeth
| Richardson, John B. | 6 Nov 1859 | | S of Thomas & Eliza
| Richardson, Thomas | 21 Nov 1867 | 34y, 3m, 1d | Next to Eliz. Kirkland
| Riley, Icy | ?? | ?? |
| Riley, William E. | 1913 | 1912 |
| Smith, Barbara J. | 1915 | 1855 | W of Joseph "Grandma"
| Smith, Cheryl K. | 1950 | | "Neice"
| Smith, Harold T. | ?? | 6 Aug 1925 |
| Smith, Joseph O. | 1930 | 1850 | "Grandpa"
| Smith, Linden L. | 22 Nov 1975 | 6 May 1924 | US Navy
| Smith, Nellie L. | 18 Jan 1993 | 25 Jun 1927 | W of Harold T.
| Smith, Ora G. | 1915 | | "Uncle"
| Smith, Ruth | 1984 | 1892 | W of Thomas
| Smith, Thomas | 1963 | 1887 |
| Stauble, Charles E. | 1931 | 1868 |
| Stauble, Frantz J. | 23 Oct 1919 | 78y, 6m, 28d |
| Stauble, Nancy J. | 6 Mar 1901 | 59y, 9d | W of Frantz
| Stevens, Edith (Current) | 1944 | 1870 |
| Swoveland, Daniel | 14 Oct 1894 | 50y |
| Swoveland, David | 22 Aug 1894 | 59y, 6m, 20d |
| Swoveland, Martha Yaukey | 25 Sep 1861 | 26y, 8m | W of David
| Taylor, Robert | 20 Mar 1887 | ?? |
| Teeter, Isaac | 14 Apr 1903 | 24 Mar 1824 |
| Teeter, Mary A. | 21 Oct 1894 | 30 Oct 1868 | W of Lewis
| Teeter, Nancy | 2 Mar 1912 | 13 Feb 1828 | W of Isaac
| Teeter, Rev. Lewis L. | 6 Mar 1934 | 1 Aug 1857 |
| Tibbets, Joseph | 11 Jun 1871 | 17 Jan 1811 |
| Tibbets, Margaret (Tull) | 19 Apr 1899 | 9 Jan 1812 | W of Joseph
| Tull, Susannah | 6 Aug 1866 | 35y, 10m, 5d |
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