Metcalfe County Cemetery Book

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1. SIKES GRAVE: 1977. E-SE on 861 from Pleasant Hill Church of Christ - go 1.5 miles. Turn left on the Hayes Road and go 0.6 miles. About 250 ft off the road to the left in the woods. Sikes - no first - believed to be a relative of Clem Sikes of 88, KY. Location - 36°58'18.9984" N 85°41'11.9976" W

2. SIMMONS: 1977. On 68-80, 1.4 miles east of Wisdom. Turn left on 1413 and go 2 miles. Turn right and take the right fork on gravel rd. Go 0.3 mile. Abt 250 ft SE of the house on Mrs. Pearl SIMMON's farm. Simmons, Tibbs, Location - 37°1'15.9996" N 85°41'6" W

3. SLINKER: 1978. Abt 0.3 mile SW of Sulphur Well. Turn right on 869 north and go 3.3 miles. On the left side of the road on a bankk. Slinker. Location - 37°7'14.9988" N 85°41'2.9976" W

4. SMITH: 1978. 2.4 miles E of Summer Shade on 90. North on 163 for 2.1 miles. Left on Perkins Rd for 0.7 mile. Off road in field abt 0.3 mile on the Otis PAGE farm. Smith. Location - 36°55'44.9976" N 85°39'14.9976" W

5. SMITH CEMETERY: 1979. 0.2 miles from Sulphur Well on 70 west. Turn right on Hwy 869, go 0.3 miles and turn right on Sulpher Well-Seven Springs Rd. Go 0.2 mile; cemetery on the left about 200 ft from the road in a grove of trees: Williams, Smith. Location - 37°6'9" N 85°38'33.9972" W

6. SMITH CEMETERY: From 3 Springs store on Hwy 218 take the left for and go 0.2 mile. Turn left on 677 and go 2.5 miles. Turn right on 1801 and go 1.4 miles. Turn right on gravel road for 0.2 mile. On the west of a pond (1977). Smith. Location - 37°8'16.998" N 85°44'55.9968" W

7. SMITH-HOWARD-BILLINGSLEY: 1978. 4.8 miles N of Summer Shade on 640 on farm of Howard BILLINGSLEY, left of road. Smith. Possibly some Ritters here also. Location - 36°57'0" N 85°44'39.9984" W

8. SMITH-READ. 1977: from Wisdom on Hwy 68-80, turn north on Hwy 640 and go 3 miles. Turn right on 1413 and go 1.6 miles NE. On the left. Bailey, Stark, Griggs, Dilley, Hoggard, Freeman, Thompson, Akin, Byrd, Read, Foredge, Smith, Oaks, Gray, Riley. Location - 37°2'33.9972" N 85°40'49.998" W

9. SPENCER CEMETERY: From Knob Lick go 1.4 miles E on Hwy 70, turn left on 1408 and go 0.7 miles. Turn left on Lonnie Hensley Rd and go 0.8 miles. Turn left at the Charles Blaydes farm and go 0.1 mile. Behind the house (1978) Spencer Location - 37°5'51" N 85°41'12.9984" W

10. STOCKTON-RAY: 1978. 2 miles W of Metcalfe Co High School on 68-80. Turn right at the Rev. Robert Stockton Historial Marker. Abt 0.1 mile back on right, on hill. Ray, Shackelford, Kelly, Ridley, Stockton, Grant, Watt, Grant, Word. Location - 36°59'30.9984" N 85°39'15.9984" W

11. SULPHUR WELL: 1979. In front of the roadside park at Sulphur Well, take left fork of road going east. Abt 0.3 mile up the hill overlooking Sulphur Well, on right side of road. Pruitt, Scott, Stevens, Jessie, Smith, Mitchell, Williams, Tucker, Downs, Porter, Kinnaird, Marcum, Ervin, Coleman, Scroggy, Love, Wallace, Edwards, Jewell. Location - 37°6'14.9976" N 85°37'54.9984" W

12. SULPHUR WELL CHURCH OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: 29 Dec 1979. In front of roadside park at Sulphur Well - take left fork of the road going east. Abt 0.4 mile up the hill at the church. Froggett, Jeffries, Ervin, Thompson, Price, Seyfrit, Asbury, Atwell, Erwin, Slinker, McKinney, Edwards, Smith, Wallace, Kinnaird, Curle, Jewell. Location - 37°6'14.9976" N 85°37'43.9968" W

13. SUMMER SHADE (BLACK): 1978. From jct of 55?& 640, east on 90 for 0.3 mile. Left in front of the spot where the roller mill stood beside Elbert FERGUSON'S barn. 0.3 mile back on gravel rod. On the left on a hill. Shirley, Page, Woodard, Grinstead, Riggs, Clark, Nuckols, Stone, Moore, Harriford, Richardson, Barlow, Travis, Crenshaw, Dougherty, Grinstead, Ray, Breeding, Whitlow (oral), Black (oral), Stone (oral). Location - 36°53'15.9972" N 85°42'0" W

14. SUMMER SHADE: Note: Please pardon any duplication of names! 1983. Jct of 640-90 go geast on 90 abt 1/2 mile. On the right at the top of a hill. Gill, Page, Kesslar, Coffey, Britt, Buchanan, Witty, McCoy, Gossett, Estes, Nunnally, McMurtrey, Norris, Lee, Howard, Dillon, Mayfield, Bowles, Smith, Pedigo, Smith, Burke, Perkins, Bartley, Hord, Harvey, Ford, Baldock, Williams, Mosier, Sams, Jenkins, Bellamy, Guinn, Jennings, Thomas, Clark, Piercey, Morgan, Depew, Shirley, Shive, Griffith, Word, Lyons, Nunnally, Swann, Sartain, Payne, Toomey, Everett, Harbison, McFarland, Pare, Norris, Watson, Reising, Bybee, Conkin, Bushong, Sames, Hildreth, Warder, Word, Bacon, Gentry, Bartley, H---, Wilson, Hodges, Grider, Keith, Morgan, Morrison, Parke, Huffman, Mosier, Depp, Hope, Arterburn, Branstetter, Free, Pitcock, Meador, Witty, Billingsley, Young, Cook, Norman, Isenberg, Grimes, Napier, Taylor, Grinstead, Kennedy, Swope, Coffey, Dubree, Garmon, Wade, Simmons, Shive, Frankin, Hagan, Layne, Palmore, Hopkins, Goode, Ross, Nunnally, Barton, Estes, Johnson, Humphrey, Graves, Shaw, Bowman, Withrow, Clark, Hodges, Nuckols, Ferrell, Perkins, McMurtrey, Nunn, Bybee, Wilborn, Smith, Leamon, Rasner, Lane, Carter, Huff, Belcher, Meredith, Ball, Hope, Middleton, Pedigo, Christie, Bardin, Moore, Shirley, Hamilton, Button, Compton, Billingsley, Castile, Hunley, Turner, Johnston, McCoy, Cawthorn, Cary, Garmon, Rigsby, Perkins, Beauchamp, Lawson, Vibbert, Cobb, Jennings, Glass, Nuckols, Crumpton, Jennings, Barrett, Shoopman, Thompson, Fansler, Cox, Terry, SImpson, Payne, Hope, Hill, Free, Steenbergen, Ballad, Kesslar, Lollar, Creacy, Harlan, Patton, Tidings, Sympson, Spencer, Vanhoose, Forrest, Kettig, Tyree, Brown, Cloyd, Littke, Watson, White, Anderson, Hunley, England, Garrett, Glass, Furkin, Slaughter, Guinn, Galloway, Crews, Burge, McWherter, Webb, Spear, Emberton, Bellamy, Jackson, Hicks, McIntyre, Savage, Lloyd, Blankenship, Bell, Koch, Montgomery, Bowen, Murphy, Garner, Hie, Grimsley, Norris, Capshaw, Nunn, Freeman, Matthews, Blakley, Lester, Huffman, Diehl, Colman, Norris. Location - 36°52'57.9972" N 85°41'46.9968" W

15. T. JEFFERIES-FERGUSON: 1979. From Savoyard on 314. Turn SE onto 1243, go 1.2 miles. About 0.1 mile off road on left. Near the WIlliam T Jeffries farm. Ferguson, Nunn. Location - 37°6'21.9996" N 85°43'17.9976" W

16. TANNER GRAVES ON NEUT EDWARDS PLACE: 197-; from Wisdom on 68-80, turn S on 640 for 0.4 mile. Left on old 68 and go 1.2 miles. Right on a gravel road and bear right. Go 0.5 mile straight and turn left at the house. In a field behind house. Tanner = oral - graves no longer found. Location - 36°59'18.9996" N 85°41'38.9976" W

17. TAYLOR CEMETERY: 1980. From Wisdom go north on 640 2.9 miles. Turn left at first drive past the 640-1413 jct and go 0.2 mile to the house. Abt 275 feet behind house on a hill on farm of James Ray Reece. Taylor Location - 37°2'13.9992" N 85°42'45" W

18. TERRY: 1978. Same directions. From the highs chool turn left on the Rogers Creek Rd and go one mile. Turn left at 2nd gravel road and pass the tobacco barn; abt 200 feet. Terry, Huffman. Location - 36°58'3.9972" N 85°37'45.9984" W

19. TERRY-BELLAMY: 197. 640 north 1.1 mile. Right at the Nunnally Rd, cross the creek. 1.1 mile on gravel road to end at Myron WELSH's farm. On a hill in back and left of the house. Terry, Harbison, Lyen, Word. Location - 36°54'30.9996" N 85°41'29.9976" W

20. THOMPSON: 1975. Jct of 70 and 640 and the Pleasant Valley Rd. Turn off 70 to the P. Valley road and go north 2.1 miles. On the left about 500 ft off the road on the farm of Zora Reynolds: Thompson, Kinser, Cox. Location - 37°6'27.9972" N 85°41'58.9992" W

21. THOMPSON: 1979. On 70, 2 miles e of Knob Lick. Turn right on gravel rd on Dennis CAFFEE farm. Go 1.5 miles off 70 between Knob lick an Sulphur Well. In the woods on the south fork of Little Barren River. Thompson, Jones, Coats, Garrett and slaves. Location - 37°5'4.9992" N 85°39'5.9976" W

22. THOMPSON: 29 Oct 1977. Turn off 70 onto Pleasant Valley Rd and go 1.5 miles. Turn left onto 1243 and go 0.2 miles. On the left abt 200 ft off the road and behind a barn. Thompson. Location - 37°5'55.9968" N 85°42'19.998" W

23. THOMPSON CEMETERY: 1977. 0.3 west of Sulphur Well on 70. Graves are overlooking the road in a corner of 70 and 869. Thompson. Location - 37°5'49.9992" N 85°38'15" W

24. THOMPSON GRAVE: 3.7 miles N of Hiseville on 740. Turn right on 11243 going south 0.3 miles. Turn left 1801-Lee Humphrey Road and go 0.7miles. Turn right and go 0.2 miles out the drive. In the bend of the road as it turns toward the house: Thompson Location - 37°8'1.9968" N 85°45'37.998" W

25. THOMPSON-JOHN NEVILLE-CLARENCE SHOCKLEY: 1977. 1.2 miles off 640; 6 1/4 miles N of Summer Shade on the Mike Glass farm. Renfro, Neville (oral). Location - 36°57'7.9992" N 85°42'51.9984" W

26. TRAVIS (Black): 1978. After passing Summer Shade on 90, turn right at the Summer Shade Cemetery. Pass same and go 0.2 mile west, turn left. On the left abt 200 ft north of the house or 200 ft south of Cemetery Road. Travis, Clark, Buckner (all by oral tradition). Location - 36°52'55.9992" N 85°41'51.9972" W