Bob Gardner, originally from Ashland Ky.
recently
visited the Ashland area, where he went to two
cemeteries that contain many of his ancestors
and wrote down the information on all markers that
he saw. The two are the Musick-Martin cemetery
(the one located off Rt. 180, across from Boyd Co.
High School and on the hill behind that Heavy Equipment
plant....where the new park with the fountain is),
and the Eastham-Fields cemetery further up 180 a little
ways past the I-64 Interchange, across from the truckstop.
Eastham – Fields Cemetery Name Born Died Comments
Ball, Chester 6-21-1942 5-10-1968
Bartrum, Burl 3-28-1903 3-16-1973
Bartrum, Burl Jr. 1925 1964
Bartrum, Clarence 11-8-1923 8-23-1972 US Army Pfc WWII
Bartrum, Harold 4-25-1928 12-12-1962
Blair, Imilee 8-16-1919 6-4-1921
Blythe, Andy 5-8-1862 12-20-1939
Blythe, Missouri Belle 6-11-1879 2-4-1921
Church, William M. 2-8-1828 4-20-1918 Co. I., 51st Va. Infantry CSA
Conley, Woodrow W. 2-26-1915 5-4-1972
Cooksey, George W. 1853 1928
Cooksey, Gladys 1899 1970 Wife of Leonard Cooksey
Cooksey, Laura A. 1861 1933 Wife of George W.
Cooksey, Leonard 1896 1964
Cordial, Alice B. 1906 1966
Crawford, Addie J. 12-12-1900 10-25-1975
Dowdy, Cape 1890 1960
Eastham, J.T. 1900 Infant
Ekers, Mary White 1864 1944
Ellis, James W. 7-28-1885 4-19-1963
Ellis, Mary E. 12-5-1851 9-15-1947
Field, Alice Trinvilla (Davis) 9-3-1864 12-11-1900 1st Wife of George N. Field
Field, Carrie E. (Boggs) 3-21-1882 9-7-1971 2nd Wife of George N. Field
Field, Cecil E. (Edward, Sr.) 1869 1908 Son of James M. and Mary Fields
Field, Cecil E. (Edward) 6-11-1906 4-29-1963 Son of C.E. Sr. and Nettie Field
Field, Charles Douglas 8-22-1915 3-31-1994 Son of G.N. & Carrie Field
Field, Donald B. 9-23-1904 4-27-1966 US Army 2nd Lt. WWII
Field, George B. 1-25-1910 7-4-1910 Son of G.N. & Carrie Field
Field, George N.(Napoleon) 11-1-1857 8-25-1932 Son of James M. & Mary Fields
Field, Lee (Byron) 1911 1911 Son of G.N. & Carrie Field
Field, Marie L. 7-17-1890 3-18-1979 ?
Field, Nettie A. (Allen) 1871 1953 Wife of C.E. Field Sr.
Field, Nona P. 9-26-1907 1-30-1908 Dau. of G.N. & Carrie Field
Field, Oscar 11-12-1896 10-9-1898 Son of G.N. & Alice T. Field
Field, Rebecca M.(Moore) 1861 1941 Wife of Robert A. Field
Field, Robert A. 1862 1938 Son of James M. & Mary Fields
Field, Robert Arnold 12-7-1891 11-25-1900 Son of Robert & Rebecca Field
Fields, Mary A. (Eastham) 8-12-1823 9-24-1904 Wife of James M. Fields
Fields, (unknown) 12-11-1897 4-22-1898 Possible child of G.N. & Alice
Fields, Elizabeth S. 2-4-1860 8-7-1941 Wife of John McWharter
Fields, James M. (Moore) 3-10-1820 1-14-1912
Fryer, Bessie H. 1917 1971 Wife of Willis Fryer
Fryer, Willis 1916 1969
Fuller, George M.(Mason) 4-15-1828 1-28-1900
Halley, Adeline 1884 1929
Halley, C.E. (Infant) 1939
Halley, Charles 1906 ? Sgt. 1541 Svc. Unit, WWII
Halley, John Jr. 1904 1967
Halley, John 1879 1946
Halley, Johnny C. 1940 1968
Hensley, Dolly F. 1874 1952 Wife of Sam Hensley
Hensley, Sam W. 1866 1930
Hicks, Shirley A. 1943 1967
Hooser, Clara B. 12-18-1886 ?
Hughes, Linzie 1901 1957
Hughes, Lora Bettie 1896 1983
Hughes, Marion F. Jr. 1912 1932
Hughes, Marion F. 1872 1956
Hughes, Ruth Jean 1940 1943
Hughes, Taylor 1919 1931
Jobe, Alta M. 1909 1988 Wife of Everett Jobe
Jobe, Everett 1906 1977
Johnson, Elizabeth H.(Halley)1913 1957
Johnson, William E. 1894 1894
Kelly, Elizabeth F.(Fields) 6-19-1904 1-6-1996 Dau. of C.E.Fields Sr., w/o Hager
Kelly, Hager 12-4-1904 5-6-1987
Knipp, Elizabeth Terry 3-11-1937 10-4-1941
Lakin, James C. 10-30-1930 ?
May, Homer B. 7-7-1935 1-10-1939
Mayo, Amma E. 9-19-1880 1-9-1899
Mayo, Gertrude 1-24-1889 6-23-1890
Mayo, William L. 6-1-1888 6-21-1898
McWharter, John C. 9-22-1849 4-7-1926 Husband of Elizabeth S. Fields
McWharter, Mabel 1890 1981 Dau. of John & Eliz. McWharter
Moore, Blanche Field 1882 1908 Dau. of G.N. & Alice T. Field
Nunley, Bessie L. 7-10-1903 10-13-1904 Dau. of W.B. & Samantha
Nunley, W. 7-18-1813 8-18-1872
Nunley, William D. 1868 1908
Simmons, Bertha 12-15-1889 2-7-1962
Sloas, Alfred Elmo 1926 infant
Sloas, George 1905 1989
Sloas, Goldee 1904 1981 Wife of George Sloas
Sloas, Mary Catherine 1927 1929 infant
Stewart, Lizzie 1872 1955
Stone, Mary L. 1880 1963
Taylor, William No dates Co. A. 14th Ky. Inf. (Civil War)
Terry, Charles E. 5-9-1928 6-6-1957
Terry, Eldridge 1887 1958
Terry, Sydney 1894 1937
Twinum, Joe W. 7-17-1917 2-20-1968 US Army Sgt. 7th Armored WWII
Twinum, Lena 6-22-1904 2-3-1977 Wife of Roy
Twinum, Roy 11-1-1899 3-24-1963
Twinum, William Robert 1-25-1925 2-26-1945 USMC Pfc 21Rgt.3rd Div. WWII
Walters, Gary Brian ? 8-30-1969
Wellman, George Jr. 1947 1988
Wellman, George 7-14-1923 12-29-1994 US Army WWII – Purple Heart
White, Cora W. 1877 1963
White, Henny Sr. No dates Co. A. 14th Ky. Inf. (Civil War)
Young, Gladys (Field) 7-16-1912 4-9-1984 Dau. of G.N.&Carrie Field, w/o Homer
Young, Homer C. 7-16-1914 2-21-1997
The oldest graves are contained in a plot of high ground with a stone wall in the back of the cemetery, with several unmarked graves surrounding it. These unmarked graves are according to family lore, those of slaves who lived on the Eastham plantation. The plot of high ground is badly overgrown, and a rushed search turned up pieces of Headstones belonging to Hartwell Eastham, b. 9-11-1796 d. 1-8-1842, Elizabeth Eastham, James W. Eastham, Christiana Eastham. I would like to return during the winter to clean this area and to do a more thorough search for headstones.
It is very possible that I could have missed one or two graves in this inventory. If anyone has any corrections or comments, I would appreciate your e-mail at bobbyg@icomnet.com.
Bob Gardner
This transcription is taken from a visit on July 5, 2001.