XVI 1971, Fall Edition No. 3 combined with Vol.
Open fields surround the cemetery on the south and west with timber on the north and east sides.
The cemetery is well kept with the exception of some sunken graves and many graves marked with only field stones that do not have any identification on them. The entrance of the cemetery on the east side has parking space and shade trees that give a nice appearance to the quiet resting place of the many pioneers of this section of Carroll County. The cemetery originally had its beginnings as a church organized at the home of Joel Plumlee in July of 1838 with Rev. Charles Booth Whitely as the moderator. It was a year later that the Old Union Church settled in a building constructed of Black Jack logs, that was located about five miles north of Berryville and religion was brought to a new wilderness. As more settlers arrived in Carroll County, the need for another church was great and Charles B. Whiteley organized one near the home of Bradley Bunch.