Flat Rock Cemetery

Old Flat Rock Cemetery

Thanks to the Shelby County Historical Society, I was finally able to get a name to all these Flat Rock Cemeteries. The Flat Rock Cemetery opposite the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women at the Shelby County line is the one that solely claims this name. There is another transcription already done by Pat Cannady (and posted here on site) that includes those buried at the Flat Rock Christian Church Cemetery a couple of miles up the road. Please email your coordinators if you have any other names you would like to add to this listing or if you have any questions. This compilation was derived from works by Pat Cannady, the book "Cemeteries of Shelby County, Kentucky", and from an old transcription found in the Oldham County Library entitled "Graveyards of Jefferson County". The author, Bessie Taul Conkwright, 21 Nov 1933, wrote "not at the present church, but opposite the Western State Hospital for the Insane, Lakeland, on the Jefferson and Shelby County line." This leaves me to believe the present prison property once belonged to the hospital. Updated 053105.

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Turn onto Long Run Road off US60. Drive north for 4.2 miles to intersection of KY362. You will pass the Flat Rock Christian Church Cemetery at this intersection. Take a left on 362 and travel for 2.6 more miles. The cemetery is on the left side of the road across from the entrance to the women's prison. If you were to remain driving on this road, it will take you into the southern part of Pewee Valley in Oldham County.
Name	Birthdate	Death Date	Notes
Smith, Mary	11 Apr 1812	23 Jan 1841
Smith, John Y.	05 Feb 1809	24 Apr 1841
Dysart, John		18 Jun 1837	aged 35 years, 4 months, 13 days
Dysart, J. C.		26 Aug 1837	aged 1 year, 11 months
Howell, James		14 Mar 1843	aged 25 years
Collins, J. T.	09 Nov 1843	03 Jan 1883	OSSR Edward R., Nettie R., & Lillie Mason Collins
Collins, Edward R.	06 Oct 1872	06 Oct 1873	OSSR J. T., Nettie R. & Lillie Mason Collins
Collins, Nettie R.	06 Oct 1872	05 May 1873	OSSR J. T., Edward R. & Lillie Mason Collins
Collins, Lillie Mason	11 Apr 1875	06 Jan 1878	OSSR J. T., Edward R. & Nettie R. Collins
Howell, John		02 Feb 1841	aged 75 years
Howell, Ransom	25 Nov 1806	10 Oct 1840	aged 33 years, 11 months, 15 days
Collins, D. F.	19 May 1819	08 Sep 1875
Dorsey, Lucretia W.	27 Nov 1876	19 Feb 1889	third daughter of L. & W. Dorsey
Collins, Kate Watkins	1853	1901
Cornwell, Elizabeth	17 Nov 1814	01 Aug 1842	aged 27 years, 8 months, 14 days (lengthy inscription)
Cardwell, Alice	13 Feb 1807	02 Feb 1889	OSSW with Mary E. Collins, Isaac Howell, & S. E. Howell
Howell, Isaac	28 Jan 1800	25 Jun 1835	aged 35 years, 4 months, 27 days, OSSW MEC & SEH
Collins, Mary E.	09 Nov 1825	12 Aug 1857	aged 31 years, 9 months, 3 days, OSSW IH & SEH
Howell, Sarah Eliza	13 Jan 1832	06 Nov 1840	aged 8 years, 9 months, 23 days, OSSW MEC & IH
Beard, Joseph H.	05 Jun 1843	26 Sep 1882	son of J. M & S. P. Beard, husband of Alice
Beard, Henry	08 Feb 1878	27 Aug 1957	aluminum funeral home marker
Ashby, Edith	23 Dec 1792	03 Sep 1855
W. A.			fieldstone marker with only these initials
R. B.			marker with no other info except 1835 written upon it
Colyear, Martha M.	13 Jun 1839	06 Jan 1844
Hall, Richard	12 Apr 1815	31 Aug 1835	son of Elijah & Hannah Hall, aged 20 y, 4 m, 19 d
Harbourt, Paulinah		25 Sep 1841	marker is a rectangular shaped block of quarried stone
Harrington, Martha Ann	12 Dec 1825	05 Aug 1847	aged 21 y, 7 m, 23 d; consort of Silas Harrington
Hawes, Leighton	16 Mar 1798	09 Dec 1818	marker is a rectangular shaped block of quarried stone
Hawes, Ann	08 Mar 1773	15 Jul 1853	erected by her grandson, David Enochs
Helm, John (Helmsen)		19 Jul 1843	aged 75 years, 2 months
Helm, Unknown (H)		14 Jun 1842	badly worn quarried marker
Hersman, Matthias	26 Oct 1788	31 May 1839	aged 50 years, 7 months, 5 days
Hersman, Nancy	11 Feb 1806	13 Jun 1839	aged 33 years, 4 months, 2 days
Hersman, Lucy	07 Mar 1806	30 May 1838	aged 32 years, 2 months, 23 days
Hersman, Catherine Elizabeth	18 Sep 1836	02 Aug 1840	aged 3 years, 10 months, 15 days
Hinkle, Harvey			no dates listed
Humphrey, Taylor	1847	1884	Father
R. H.			fieldstone marker with only these initials
Norton, William	29 Apr 1832	14 Sep 1832
Norton, Joel W.	27 Dec 1829	19 Sep 1835
Pearce, John M.	27 Mar 1798	19 Jun 1878
Pearce, Maria F.	09 Oct 1805	12 Apr 1869	wife of John M.
Pearce, Lou. M.	13 Jul 1851	01 Apr 1877	"Sister, we shall meet again"
Pearce, Mary R.	17 Sep 1847	28 Jun 1968
Pearce, William V.		29 Oct 1871	aged 3 y, 11 m, 19d; son of John W. & J. U. Pearce
Rooksby, Harrison	23 Feb 1832	04 Dec 1881	"Dearest Father thou has left us..."
Rooksby, Mary M.			age 4; in lower right corner is the name J. Shanks 1845
Rooksby, M.			quarried stone with name J. Sh 1837 carved at bottom
Shanks, James G.	24 Jul 1790	08 Nov 1845	aged 55 years, 3 months, 14 days
Wood, Susan		30 Aug 1828	aged 44 years
Wood, Elizabeth M.	06 Jun 1820	28 Dec 1840	rectangular quarried stone
Wood, Henry	26 Dec 1806	24 Dec 1843	aged 36 years, 11 months, 25 days
Wood, John	04 Oct 1808	1845	departed this life in his 37th year
Wood, Harrison	18 Mar 1782	28 Nov 1852	Soldier of War of 1812; 69 years, 8 months, 10 days
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