Short Graveyard

Blackhawk Hill

Shelby Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

This graveyard is located East of Canaan, Indiana on East Prong Road about 2 miles from Hwy. 62, on the east side of the road way up on Blackhawk Hill (about 1/8 of a mile before you get to the intersection of East Prong & Lonnis Hill Road.) I wouldn't have made it up there, or found it, if it weren't for the property owner taking me up on his 4 wheeler. This was a beautiful spot.
I surveyed this graveyard with the help of George Backus on November 1, 2000.
Jackie Owen
jeowen1@msn.com

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Other Info.
Jackson, John		June 21, 1875	Age 80 yrs. (I couldn't make the date & age out for sure, but this was on a list I found on the cemetery).
Short, Charles M.	Feb. 9, 1879	June 2, 1892	S of R.B. & N.F. Short
Short, Harry	July 22, 1875	April 5, 1883	S of R.B. & N.F. Short

Note by Ruth Hoggatt: The original 1941 Jefferson County Cemetery book by the D.A.R. is at the local Historical Society. A loose sheet of paper is tucked in the pages with these three burials listed. Also written on this paper is "Shelby Twp. on top of Blackhawk (North of Old Seals Fork School)". This note was written by D. Jackson.

Jefferson County Cemeteries