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Clay County Cemetery Records,
Volume II

Source: Ancestry.com

John Majors Private Burial Ground

Located: In 1/2 acre a part of S. E. 1/4 of N. W. 1/4 of Section 15, Twp. 53, Range 30.

John Majore, a Revolutionary soldier, born April 22, 1759 and died December 22, 1844. He came to Clay county, Mo., from Wayne county, Kentucky, in 1838. After coming to Clay county he lived only six years. Soon after arriving he pointed to a spot on a hill near the old home, 3 1/2 miles northwest of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and said, "This is where I want to be buried. His wishes were carried out and so began the Majors' burying ground.

Record of was service: Date of enlistment and length of service:
July or August, 1776, 5 months, 14 days. Officers: Richard Goode, Joseph Williams, N. Car., Oct. 10, 1779, 5 months; 1780-1781 service about 1 year, Minute Men, James Sheppard, Bostick, Smith, Looin, Major Winston, Locke, N. Car.; 1781 served 3 months, Minor Smith, Light Horse Service.

Battles engaged in: Waccaman and Guilford, Residence of Soldier at Enlistment, Surry Co., N. Car., Date of application for pension, Sept. 24, 1832. Residence at date of application, Wayne Co., Ky., age at date of application, born April, 1759, in Baltimore, Md.

Remarks: Lived in Clay county, Mo., in 1838. For date of last payment of pension, $80. per 12 months, and probable date of death, September 4, 1844.

About 1908 the Elizabeth Benton chapter of DAR, Kansas City Mo., placed a Revolutionary marker on the grave of John Majors. From the department of Interior, Washington, D. C., Feb. 6, 1908.


Others buried in Majors graveyard:

Name: Laura Dollis
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1827
Death Date: 19 Nov 1877
Comment: wife of Geo. W. Dollis

Name: John C. Dollis
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1860
Death Date: 26 Apr 1875

Name: Infant Dollis
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1851
Death Date: ?
Comment: son of ?

Name: Catherine Majors
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1803
Death Date: 27 Apr 1876
Comment: wife of E. Majors

Name: Elisha Majors
Death Date: 24 Oct 1878
Age: 74 yrs., 5 mos., 4 days

Name: John W. Majors
Death Date: 19 Feb 1850
Age: 22 years, 22 days

Name: Marilda C. Majors
Death Date: 27 Dec 1849
Age: 3 years, 2 mos., 20 days
Comment: daughter of Elisha and Catherine Majors

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