This cemetery is located at the corner of Coulter Road and Glenn Creek Lane in rural Washington County, Kentucky. I don’t know if this is a family cemetery, or if there was a church here at one time.
Henry Trout
March 10, 1825 – October 3, 1908
This is the edge of the cemetery – the freshly mown lawn is from the house next door – the high weeds are in the cemetery!
This stone is quite beautiful with the vines and leaves – but it does make it difficult to read.
Jane E. Gillespie
May 25, 1838 – October 21, 1900
Notice the detail of the top of the stone in the next picture.
Uncle Levi Tunks
1831-1911
And some stones are in parts and pieces. It always makes my heart ache when I see this. Each person needs to be remembered and their grave site kept in good condition. Don’t our ancestors deserve that much?
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This is really sad that it has not been taken care of. John and I, Dottie (Porter) Himes found a similar graveyard unattended. It is the Hansford small Cemetery Utica, KY, outside of Owensboro. KY. Jane Hansford married Charles W. Porter, a son of Dottie’s 3rd great Grandfather, Philip Porter of Taylorsville,KY. I cannot believe we found Jane Hansford Porter tombstone, broken in pieces turned upside down and lots more of the same. We spent hours piecing tombstones together and laying them in a row. We contacted Owensboro,KY and no one was concerned. We were in the process of moving & could not pursue it, but I will again try by contacting both Owensboro,KY and Utica, KY as it sits in a small area about 10×10 ft. with new homes around it, and most of the tombstones are broken by bulldozers when they built the new homes. I have pictures of the tombstones, and the graveyard and I am going to diligently try to find someone who can take care of this graveyard and put a fence around it. Dottie Porter Himes djhimes@att.net If anyone has suggestins, let me know.
Dottie, this is so sad! But I am very glad you put the pieces together and took photos! This is similar to what happened to one of the Linton cemeteries in Prince William County, Virginia. This cemetery was across the street from the Linton Hall School and Convent. When we were there in 2002 the cemetery, although in a little wooded area, was easy to find. As in your instance, the land around it was sold and a subdivision was built. When we were there in March we could not find it. Unfortunately we waited until our last day and didn’t have a chance to talk to anyone to see if it is still there. It could be, we just couldn’t find it.