Scott County, Kentucky
Cemeteries
CEMETERY AT CEDAR
The
name of this little cemetery is unknown. It is located on a hill at head
of Cedar across from Hamilton Lane on property now owned by a Mr.
Hamilton.
David
Misenheimer visited this cemetery on April 22, 2007. He found
tombstones pilled against a large tree. Apparently previous owners
moved stones from
their
original site, which Dave indicates is located closer to the road side of
the hill. He states about 15 years ago when visiting the cemetery he
found a
few
graves marked with rocks; but those are now gone. Three stones in this pile
appear to have names or dates.
This
is an example how and why our small family graveyards have disappeared. There
was a day when families buried their dead in a
little
piece of sacred ground on their family homestead. Time passed, family
died and moved away, the property was sold and no
one
continued
to care about this little piece of sacred ground. Perhaps the final
resting place of these individuals was located where a farmer
wanted
to plant his crop, pasture his cattle or just too much trouble to mow around.
So the stones were moved and thrown in a pile
and
no
one knew about this little sacred piece of ground.
The statute below is supposed to protect our sacred burial grounds; however, it does not appear to work!
Kentucky
Revised Statute 433.660 - Violating Graves Any person who willfully mutilates the graves, monuments, fences, shrubbery, ornaments, grounds or buildings in or inclosing any cemetery or place of sepulture; or violates the grave of any person by willfully destroying, removing or damaging the head or foot stones, or the tomb over the inclosure protecting any grave, or by digging into or plowing over or removing any ornament, shrubbery or flower placed upon any grave or lot shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both. |
The
3 children buried here are not listed in Gone, Forgotten, Now Remembered:
Scott County, Kentucky Cemeteries, 1992.
Therefore,
it would appear this cemetery has not be documented.
James
Lewis Calvert, s/o E. & Nancy Calvert |
H.C.H.
Estes, s/o T.H. & L.J. Estes |
Billey
Wash |
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