African American
Coyle's in Bath County KY
Submitted by
LeeAnne Poole,
8/2006
I have been dong research on my family and found several
African American headstones in the Coyle family
cemetery in Bath County, KY. The eldest I could find
info about was Adeline Coyle (died Sep. 13, 1889, aged
70?), servant to George Coyle. In census reports,
Adeline was with George for nearly 50 years. The
inscription on her headstone looks like it reads "aged
20 years", but it may be a scratch on the marker.
Adeline was George Coyle’s servant – shown in 1870
census as age 50, making her 70 at death.
There are also (I think) children of Adeline buried
there, Mandy (b. May 1845, d. May 20, 1888), Cordelia
(b. May 6, 1850, d. Aug. 1964) and Sanford (b. Dec. 20,
1850, d. Jan 20, 1880, and listed as "colored" on the
headstone).
Coyle Cemetery is located on Prickly Ash along
Washington Branch, near Owingsville in Bath County,
KY. Visit the library in Owingsville for instructions
on how to find it. The George Coyle farm was located
nearby and some of the original foundations remain.
Research Notes:
1870 Census, family #26
George Coyle 78 Pa Farmer $4,500/real estate,
$10,000/personal property
Margaret 70 KY Keeping house
Adeline Black 50 KY House Keeper
Sanford Black 17 KY Farm Laborer
Franklin Black 12 KY
1880 Census, family #348, Bath, Owingsville
George 88 Farmer
Adeline black 60 Housekeeper
Frank black 21 Laborer
Adeline and her son Sanford are buried in Coyle
Cemetery. Adeline was born
about 1819.
There are several other African American Coyles in
Owingsville in 1900 census: Lyster
b. 1892, Malinda b. 1860 and Alice b. 1876
Owingsville Outlook, Thu 18 May 1899:
Frank Coyle, a colored man aged about 40, sent from
this county to the
Lexington Asylum several years ago, died there of
epilepsy May 9th. Buried
there.
An inventory of the Coyle Cemetery is at
_http://www.tripkids.com/coyle/coylecem.html_ (http://www.tripkids.com/coyle/coylecem.html)
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