This old cemetery was established on 6 Jul 1830 when land was deeded to Henry Thornburg, David Musby and John Marshal,l and later Jesse Chamness, for the erection of a house of worship and burial grounds for its members, to be known as the Flat Rock branch of the Springfield Circuit of Friends.    The Flat Rock Friends church is one of the earliest churches in Liberty Township. After fire destroyed the church buildings, 1846, 1852 and 1884, with virtually the same trustees, the church has been relocated in several locations in the general area of the cemetery. Around 1914 it closed its doors and became part of the Friends at New Castle.    The old cemetery has more or less been neglected since then, only mowed occasionally until this last fall when the township trustee erected a new split rail fence. But many of the stones are down and are in piles and stacks in the center of the cemetery    There is a Veteran of the Revolutionary War buried in this cemetery, Jacob Brown (1755 - 1831 is buried here with other members of his family. Also veterans of the Civil War are buried here. The last known burial was in 1893.