First 12 Mile Baptist Church Island Cemetery

Oneonta Road in Carthage
 

The site was visited March 21, 2007 by Buck Seibert.
 

  This cemetery was originally walked by Buck in the 1970s.  On March 21, 2007, photos were taken of the church foundation and one fragment of a headstone was found that possibly could be that of Eleanor Stephans, previously listed.  This headstone gave the date of death as Sept. 1849 and stated the person was "A member of the regular Baptist Church"
The GPS reading was taken in the approximate center of the foundation.

38 deg 57.430N   084 deg 19.527W

None of the other headstones listed previously were found. However, several field stones were found on end protruding out of the ground.  Several bases of headstones were also found.  The area around the foundation is heavily covered with Vinca or Periwinkle vines.  I suspect there may be more stones  beneath this vegetation.  It also seems apparent that graves were placed on two sides of the old church.  This leads me to believe there are many more graves at this site than previously believed.  There appears to be foundation remains of two smaller outbuildings.

Photo of the original First 12 Mile Baptist Church foundation

Additional photos of the cemetery site
 

Due to the historic significance of this site, special attention should be given to protect it. All that remains on this site are the following tombstones:
 

Ball, Mildred-died 28 Mar 1862; age 30 yrs 3 mo 8 days; wife of John Traver

Beagle, Wife of Jesse-June 1869/only date listed

Henderson, John-28 June 1828-21 Feb 1905

Stephens, Eleanor-22 Aug 1777-1 Sep 1849 wife of John Stephens

Stephens, John-1774-1849

Walker, daughter of J&M-died 18 July 1868 age 2y

Possibly Stephens Stone