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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 the 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 coordinator 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 of the latter,  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 081812.


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Photo Two Photo Three Ivan Lancaster Photo

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
 Ashby, Edith 23 Dec 1792 03 Sep 1855  
 Beard, Henry 08 Feb 1878 27 Aug 1957 aluminum funeral home marker
 Beard, Joseph H. 05 Jun 1843 26 Sep 1882 son of J. M & S. P. Beard, husband of Alice
 Cardwell, Alice 13 Feb 1807 02 Feb 1889 OSSW with Mary E. Collins, Isaac Howell, & S. E. Howell
 Collins, D. F. 19 May 1819 08 Sep 1875  
 Collins, Edward R. 06 Oct 1872 06 Oct 1873 OSSR J. T., Nettie R. & Lillie Mason Collins
 Collins, J. T. 09 Nov 1843 03 Jan 1883 OSSR Edward R., Nettie R., & Lillie Mason Collins
 Collins, Kate Watkins 1853 1901  
 Collins, Lillie Mason 11 Apr 1875 06 Jan 1878 OSSR J. T., Edward R. & Nettie R. Collins
 Collins, Mary E. 09 Nov 1825 12 Aug 1857 aged 31 years, 9 months, 3 days, OSSW IH & SEH
 Collins, Nettie R. 06 Oct 1872 05 May 1873 OSSR J. T., Edward R. & Lillie Mason Collins
 Colyear, Martha M. 13 Jun 1839 06 Jan 1844  
 Cornwell, Elizabeth 17 Nov 1814 01 Aug 1842 aged 27 years, 8 months, 14 days (lengthy inscription)
 Dorsey, Lucretia W. 27 Nov 1876 19 Feb 1889 third daughter of L. & W. Dorsey
 Dysart, John   18 Jun 1837 aged 35 years, 4 months, 13 days
 Dysart, J. C.   26 Aug 1837 aged 1 year, 11 months
 Forsyth, James 1777 1821 (Ivan D. Lancaster contributed photos of his 3rd GG's stone)
 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
 Howell, Isaac 28 Jan 1800 25 Jun 1835 aged 35 years, 4 months, 27 days, OSSW MEC & SEH
 Howell, James   14 Mar 1843 aged 25 years
 Howell, John   02 Feb 1841 aged 75 years
 Howell, Ransom 25 Nov 1806 10 Oct 1840 aged 33 years, 11 months, 15 days
 Howell, Sarah Eliza 13 Jan 1832 06 Nov 1840 aged 8 years, 9 months, 23 days, OSSW MEC & IH
 Humphrey, Taylor 1847 1884 Father

 Norton, Joel W.

 27 Dec 1829  19 Sep 1835  
 Norton, William  29 Apr 1832  14 Sep 1832  

 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
 R. B.     marker with no other info except 1835 written upon it
 R. H.     fieldstone marker with only these initials

 Shanks, James G.

 24 Jul 1790  08 Nov 1845  aged 55 years, 3 months, 14 days
 Smith, Mary 11 Apr 1812 23 Jan 1841  
 Smith, John Y. 05 Feb 1809 24 Apr 1841  
 W. A.     fieldstone marker with only these initials

 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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