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by Kyleigh Blanchard (Illustrator), Cynthia L. Harper (Author)
The Monongalia County Cemetery is located on West Run Road in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. . This cemetery was also known as Potter's Field, the local pauper cemetery, and West Run Cemetery. Many people who were buried in this cemetery did not belong to a church or have a space in one of the private cemeteries. The county cemetery was often used for the burial of unknown or indigent people. The cemetery may also include those who found themselves in state care (mental hospitals, care homes, penitentiaries or homeless). In many cases there was no family to step in and take care of any funeral arrangements. This book is the most extensive compiled record for those buried in the Monongalia County Cemetery. The precise number of interments is unknown. A 2015 accounting of the visible headstones conducted by Cynthia Harper revealed 324 white marker stones without names and 7 marked graves.
