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(Voruo C. Scdll - The -HinUenbtiru |/IniK BancroftH« HMM.roiJJNS Him were Brittains and Balkt ihe county. was erected by thrI hiring ihr Hicenteraiial yenr 1 ’any »'her« burt»d '*rrr Woodsmen o( America at ihr more and more cotvcrsatKsi Ollwr native cemetery* in that grave al Ortnn Camelt in thr 'urra to thr past and back as far section are at Stanllll and ( cenett Cemetery at Dlonr It a. the Ketohillonary War day* »’*“» '*«•» »* • w”htlur forefathers did well to The Skidmore family branchessurvive the hardships and many Mmeteey M one of the oldest The oMesi marker ha* thelost their lives bel.ren 1775 and “Uncle Daniel Skidmcre who name of Samuel Cornell, bomITS] lived « Ihe big knoll at aid May 7. ITS* JohnL Cornett wasThere are eleven known Farm for “X horn in 1131 and Gecrge CwnettRevolutionary War soldiers *»™ v«‘n'a « •*«» “7 .buned here and mavbe more HwirV •nd ora SkWrnore, Samuel Cornett homesteadedSome of the markers in Ihvr (iw«' B awmoce. James K on Poor Pork and worked slave* days were rolt;h* and man of ^‘dore are among the pioneer on the farm He was the grand them revealed no data fMieraitat father of A B Cornettlt;H the eleven Stephen Jones is l,uaU ryrr aUn* *den« The Wl« Howard lt;emtery Isburied on Jones Creek Jesse * ***°* “* ho land and set It aside „„ a hill overlooking Loyal] The Brock at Wallins and Kphnam ,or * cemetery In Sunshine first family member was burled Osborn at Cold.ron Carr Bailey above the old home place rf Dr ln the early IHOfc Wtfceroon Jr Is buried In the Railed- J B ,c*'” “ «* of the ftrsl Howard was one of the first Cemetery on Clover Fork and nb sk*d™,n‘ In ,,n‘ Sjmu'* ,lo'“*rdBerry Cawood on the hUl’lde “ b*,m*d there, died in his wife. Chloe. were movedcemetery at Bob s Creek mn, . . ,'rom High Bank because d theLewis Green. Jamea Hall and «her marker.stow grave, highway construction TheRobert DePriest »rrr buned Turner Skidmore and cemetery now contains sixnear the Hell County Line The **■«•» K*8 A«o*s •«« generation* of Howards wtthGreen grave wa* latte moved. “ ,hr lt;*W, Hall service in five warsThe Samuel Howard grave ac «n»o««T. »UchH BaU, Gaorge Howard Cemetery InPoor Fork was also moved at H“ and 1 °P? * Wallins is one of (he pioneermany were because d the fogh *'ni,na CllUma buned 0|k( yanh Many descendantsway construction lh' „ n of John Blanton and SamuelHenry Shackleford was The fee Branch t emeteo at ,lo.afd jr . are buried thereburned on Man in s Fork and Ihr A,kflt; ‘ho“* fxk markerslocation of the Htnn Smith lhat have been obliterated with Here in Harlan, perhaps onelt;4sra.c is rs.t krviwn Prrfcam ito ■*' theolde*l wa* formed dunng theera. col John Howard mat beat *n un*“*Jal Mone. erecied at Civil War days ll a tke Jone*Pathfork Helatives lound an onr * lh' old**l cemeteries in Cemetery on Cheery Streetunmarked rock believed to beof the soldier lie was the ■MK/'j , ,y ——- e it—.~5 __ I-'Robert awl Urkin Howard 'tau. .. ladmanv old cemeienetover the county where the T W ~ ML —• —pioneer settlers are buried * mt *gPerhaps there are WO or more I- • -J MP JCI PI v. •Many are tuned on Catron's i *' |Creek George Pager, who was ’tom in taoi came here from I,JBBVirginia in l»40 His wife. SallyClark Kager. was tom In till fmSeveral of the graves have been removed to Kesthaven Others will be later Pearl Ballev s grave was one that was removed Others there include 1/wtse Bailey. J K Hailey. John Blair, and the Wards G A Evervde and hia wife. Sudie B Eversoie * graves adyotn the cemetery Once there was a cemetery at the rear of the Ixe Drug building and abo one on Mound Si reel It was moved above the school and was known as the Osborne Cemetery At the point of thr hill overlooking Kitts is the cemetery where Btrford Overton was buned He was one of thr three men hanged In Harlan for murder The Cold Iron Cemetery and Turner Cemetery are above Chappell s on the Cumberland Hoad There Is a 100 year old plot at Green Hills and lt;n Beech Fork near the mouth of House Branch where only two people are burled They are George W Bailey and his brother A ptne tree Is growing on the paves Others are on Sookey Ridge and Little Shepherd Trail The Kelly Cemetery la on Bailey s Creek and a MliMleton plot al Kildav At Louellen there is a Hailey Cemetery where John Hailey was buried in 1161 Dunng the Civil War he was gnndmg cane when the Union soldiers came through and demanded his horse He begged that be be allowed to finish the fab but they became impatient and shot him In a little church yard at Chad is one of the oldest cemetenes in the county Many of the stones are unmarked and abmit one third of them are of rock It is more than 100 years old Most of the Nolan families■ paves are there On one marker . is the name of Kluabeth Lew*.bom in 178* B F Nolan was■ born ut IM2 He died at the age of » Dr William T Nolan was bom March 4. 1BW■ Old timers recall that the I entire community attended I funeral* Bells tolled all the way I to the cemetery as the horses I pulled thr wagon over rocky. I ikrt roads and most of the lime I up a hillI+ + + + + +-TThey were buried on Beech Grove near Mary Alice and later moved to Kesthaven George Pager was a farmer Ike many of the early srtttrr* The old cemetery was pan of his landCIVIL WAR VET AND WIFE - Headers** Howard, horn la l«M IsShown with his wife Csmaile led lord Howard His grandfather J. Prescriptions was Saasael Howard, a Revotatlaaary War vHeesn They arepioaeer cMlient of Harlan CaaMy. He was a farmer aad a logger , . . . . .In Bicentennial YearOur Forefathers Did Well To Live+ LEE DRUG ++ Will Be Open + + Sunday To + + Fill Your +Prescriptions +
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Harlan Daily Enterprise
Harlan, Kentucky, US
Sun, May 16, 1976
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