Burges Cemetery

Burges Cemetery

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Name Birth Date Death Date Comments
Burges, H. N.       Co. H; 8th KY

According to stories, he fell out of a boat and drowned in the Kentucky River during the winter.  His body was discovered in the spring.

 


 

Burges Cemetery

 

Copied April 17, 2001 by Ottice Webb and Betty Webb Crabtree


Directions:  Located on the Steve Sparks Farm at the end of the Harris Ferry Road.

 


It is a single grave at the front of the Sparks barn, and is marked with a military headstone.

Burges, H.N. Co. H. 8th Ky Inf. No dates

After returning from the Civil War Burges fell out of a boat and drowned in the icy Kentucky River. His body was found the following spring.