MyIndianaHome.net

Milton Twp. McKendree Church Cemetery

The DAR transcriptions for Jefferson County cemeteries list this church as the McHenry Graveyard and also comments that "some call this the McKenzie graveyard." But it is clearly the cemetery for the former McKendree Methodist Church. The inscriptions here are copied from the John Paul DAR transcriptions. This error has been repeated by the Indiana cemetery database. Spellings of the name are given as McKendry and McKendra, but it's clearly named after Bishop William McKendree.

Samuel and Rebecca Rogers deeded land to the trustees, Samuel Orem, John Rogers, William Malcolm, Benjamin Rogers Jr. and Samuel Rogers on July 21, 1844 (Jefferson Co. Deed Book 2 p. 539.) By deed description the church was located in the SW 1/4 Section 8 Twp. 4N Range 12E, which is on modern Greenbriar Road near the Switzerland Co. boundary--the deed mentions a road from Moorefield to Brooks Mill. Moorefield is in Switzerland Co. Brooks Mill was on the Indian-Kentuck Creek, near the point where Dry Fork joins it. The church disbanded by 1880 with members joining Home Church.

• Danner, Charles L. d. Jan. 3, 1870, age 27 yrs.
• Elston children, no stones.
• Kinney, Louisa J., dau of J. & Lucy Kinney, 1852-1862
• Rogers, Benjamin, d July 23, 1862, age 80 yrs
• Rogers, Rachel, w of Benjamin Rogers d. Apr. 12, 1852, age 63
• Rogers, Mary, w of Benj. Rogers, d Aug. 19, 1863, age 42 yrs
• Rogers, Lealdes, s of B. & M. Rogers, 1851-1852
• Shadday, Lydia, w of Richard Shadday d Mar. 26, 1866, age 24.
• Wallace, Virginia, w of Joseph Wallace May 3, 1806-Nov. 8, 1856.