Jefferson County: Cemeteries

The Daughters of the American Revolutionary War (John Paul Chapter) surveyed Jefferson County, Indiana's cemeteries during the 1930s. They noted that many burials were located on private farms and all traces were gone. Many times the D.A.R. did not include children in their survey, errors were inevitably made, and markers were missed. But, we are in debt to these women for their hard work and efforts, as many of these stones are now unreadable or missing.

In the Year 2000, due to an overwhelming interest in Jefferson County's burials by visitors of this site, I began the project of updating, correcting and adding missed burials. Jackie Owen soon volunteered her services, by working on Shelby Township. Bob Scott & Vivian Shatley soon joined the cause, working on Milton Township & the southwestern part of the county, respectively. Cemetery histories, pictures, and maps with each cemetery will also be included. The link to the Sharon Hill Cemetery, by Naomi Keith Sexton (web site by Robert Kleopfer) is not included in Jefferson County's search engine.

Ruth A. Hoggatt
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This list compiled by Ruth Hoggatt ©


Cemetery Township Last Surveyed
ABBOTT Farm Saluda DAR - ca. 1941
ABNER BEAR Farm Milton DAR - ca. 1941
ARMSTRONG Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
AYLER Farm
AKA Demaree Graveyard
Milton DAR - ca. 1941
BARNES Graveyard Saluda DAR - ca. 1941
BAXTER
Removed from Monroe Township, 1941.
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Jul 2001
Updated Apr 2002
BAYLESS Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Aug 2001
BEAR Farm Milton DAR - ca. 1941
Bee Camp Milton  
BETHANY Church Graham DAR - ca. 1941
BETHEL (Old) Hanover Vivian Shatley - Jul 2001
BETHEL Cemetery (New) Saluda DAR - ca. 1941
BIG CREEK
Removed from Monroe Township, 1941.
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Aug 2001
BLAND Graveyard Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
Ruth Hoggatt - Partial, Feb 2001
BLANKENSHIP
AKA Old Kent Graveyard
Republican Ruth Hoggatt - Jun 2002
BLITON Farm
AKA Peak Graveyard
Shelby Jackie Owen - Apr 2000
BOOTH Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Feb 2001
BRAMWELL Graveyard Madison DAR - ca. 1941
BRISBANE / BRISBEN Madison Ruth Hoggatt - May 2001
BROOKS Milton Robert Scott - Sep 2002
BROOKSBURG Milton Robert Scott - Sep 2002
BROWN Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
BROWN
AKA Sauer Farm
Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt - Sep 2002
BROWN - BACON Madison Anne Allen - 2000
BRUMBARGER Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
BRUSHY FORK BAPTIST Shelby Jackie Owen - Nov 2000
BUCHANAN Shelby Jackie Owen - Sep 2000
BYFIELD Cemetery Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
CALEDONIA Shelby Jackie Owen - Nov 2000
CANAAN Shelby Jackie Owen - Jan 2000
CARMEL Hanover Vivian Shatley - Jun 2001
CLASHMAN Graveyard Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
CLIFTY PARK Graves Madison DAR - ca. 1941
COLLEGE HILL Cemetery Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
CONNER
AKA Means
Shelby Jackie Owen - Apr 2000
COPELAND Shelby Jackie Owen - 2000
CORYA Lancaster Not visited. Unable to locate.
Note by Bob Scott. Jun, 2003
CRAIG
Removed from Monroe Township, 1941.
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Oct 2001
CRAIG Graveyard: Madison DAR - ca. 1941
CRAIG Farm Hanover DAR - ca. 1941
DAVIS Graves Madison DAR - ca. 1941
DEAN Farm Saluda DAR - ca. 1941
DRYDEN Farm Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
DUPONT & Rockdale Cemeteries Lancaster Phyllis Austin Hurley - 1993
Mischell Myers Ferguson
DUPONT Cemetery East Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
DUPONT Cemetery West Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
ETHERTON Shelby Jackie Owen - Nov 2000
EVANS Farm
AKA Vestile Farm
Shelby Jackie Owen - 2000
Unable to locate.
FAIRMOUNT Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
Ruth Hoggatt - additions
FLAT BOTTOM
AKA Indian-Kentuck Cemetery
Shelby Jackie Owen - Aug 2000
FORD Smyrna Bill Ford, Brad & Ruth Hoggatt
Sep 2002
FOSTER Graveyard Graham DAR - ca. 1941
FRY Shelby Jackie Owen - May 2000
FUELLING Farm
AKA Landon
Republican DAR - ca. 1941
FUGIT Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
GALE Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
GASAWAY Farm Smyrna DAR - ca. 1941
Grandview Memorial Gardens Monroe  
GRAYSVILLE
AKA Miller Cemetery
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Sep 2002
GREENBRIAR
AKA BUTLER-WOOLEY
Hanover Vivian Shatley - Apr 2001
HAMILTON Farm Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
HANOVER Cemetery Hanover DAR - ca. 1941
HANSELL Farm Graham DAR - ca. 1941
HARRELL
AKA Fairview Cemetery
Saluda Vivian Shatley - Feb 2002
HEBRON Monroe Ruth Hoggatt - Oct 2000
HIGBEE Graveyard Madison DAR - ca. 1941
HOBB Farm Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
HOPEWELL Baptist Cemetery Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt - 2002 - Partial
DAR - ca. 1941
HOYT Graveyard Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Madison  
JACKSON Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
JEFFERSON PRESBYTERIAN Shelby Jackie Owen - Aug 2000
JEWISH Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
JOYCE Milton Robert Scott - Sep 2002
KAVANAUGH Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
KENT Graveyard Republican DAR - ca. 1941
KINNEAR Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt - Oct 2002
Konkle Cemetery Milton  
LANCASTER Lancaster Brad & Ruth Hoggatt - Apr 2000
LANHAM Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
LARD Graveyard Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
LAW Graveyard Graham DAR - ca. 1941
LAWLER Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt - Sep 2002
LAWLER Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt - Sep 2002
(Fieldstones only)
LAWSON Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
LEE
AKA Buchanan Cemetery
Shelby Jackie Owen - 2000
LEMEN Shelby Jackie Owen - Aug 2000
Lewis Cemetery Milton  
Liberty Cemetery Republican  
LICK BRANCH Cemetery Graham DAR - ca. 1941
LLOYD Farm Republican DAR - ca. 1941
LOCHRIDGE / DEMAREE Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
LOWE Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt - Oct 2002
LUND
Removed to Bayless Cemetery ca. 1951
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Aug 2001
Lyons Cemetery Milton  
McKAY Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
McKAY - STITES Cemetery Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt - Partial, Jul 2001
McKENDREE Church Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
McLAUGHLIN
Removed to Buchanan Cemetery
Shelby Jackie Owen - Sep 2000
McLAUGHLIN Farm Madison DAR - ca. 1941
Mt. MONROE
Removed from Monroe Township, 1941.
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Nov 2000
Rechecked Oct 2001
Mt. OLIVE Cemetery Graham DAR - ca. 1941
Mt. PLEASANT Shelby Jackie Owen - May 2000
Mt. ZION Cemetery Saluda DAR - ca. 1941
MACEDONIA Baptist Milton Robert W. Scott - May 2002
MADDOX Cemetery Saluda DAR - ca. 1941
MADISON STATE HOSPITAL Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Sep 2001
MANVILLE Milton Robert Scott - Jul 2001
MARBLE CORNER
Removed from Shelby Twp, Ripley Co., 1941
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Jul 2001
MARBLE HILL Cemetery
AKA Bowman Cemetery
Saluda DAR - ca. 1941
Lois Mauk - additions, Apr 2001
MARBLE VALLEY
Removed from Monroe Township, 1941
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Jun 2001
MARLING Saluda Vivian Shatley - Sep 2001
MATHIS Cemetery Shelby DAR - ca. 1941
Notes by Robert Scott
MERMOUD Shelby Jackie Owen - 2000
METHODIST Graveyard Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
MILTON Baptist Church Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
Lee, Randall, & Lynn Rogers - Additions1980s.
Collated by Robert Scott.
MINER Graveyard Madison DAR - ca. 1941
MONROE
Removed from Monroe Township, 1941
Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Jul 2001
Updated Apr 2002
MONROE Cemeteries Milton DAR - ca. 1941
MORRIS CHAPEL Milton Robert W. Scott - Jul 2002
MOUSER Farm Hanover DAR - ca. 1941
NEAVILL Graveyard Smyrna DAR - ca. 1941
NELSON Cemetery Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
New Prospect Cemetery Saluda See Prospect (New)
O'Neal Cemetery Milton  
Ogden Cemetery Lancaster  
OLD Third Street Graveyard Madison DAR - ca. 1941
OLIVE BRANCH Madison Robert W. Scott - Jul 2001
PAUL Graveyard Madison DAR - ca. 1941
PHILLIPS Graves Graham DAR - ca. 1941
PHILLIPS Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
PISGAH Church Cemetery Graham DAR - ca. 1941
PLEASANT RIDGE M.E. Milton Robert Scott - Jul 2001
PROSPECT (New) Saluda Vivian Shatley - Jun 2002
PULLUM Shelby Jackie Owen - May 2000
RALSTON Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
RECTOR Farm Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
REUL Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
RIETTER's Graveyard Madison DAR - ca. 1941
RIKER Shelby Robert W. Scott
Jul 2003
RISK Shelby Jackie Owen - Apr 2000
ROBERTSON Graveyard Graham DAR - ca. 1941
RODGERS
AKA Fox Farm
Smyrna Brad & Ruth Hoggatt - Jul 2002
RODGERS / ROGERS Shelby Jackie Owen - Apr 2000
RYKER's Ridge Cemetery Madison Robert Scott - Apr 2003
ST. ANTHONY Madison Elma Schafer & Catherine Brawner
Jan 1990; Updated May 2000
St. JOSEPH Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
Ruth Hoggatt - partial, 2001
St. MAGDALENE Cemetery Madison Ruth Hoggatt - Apr 2001
A few of the burials.
St. PATRICK Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
SCOTLAND Cemetery Republican DAR - ca. 1941
SHARON HILL Cemetery Republican Naomi Keith Sexton
See web site by Robert D. Kleopfer
SHILOH Smyrna Ruth Hoggatt, Bill Ford - Sep 2002
SHORT
AKA Blackhawk Graveyard
Shelby Jackie Owen - Nov 2000
SKEEN Shelby Jackie Owen - Apr 2000
Slater Cemetery Milton  
SLIPPERY POINT Cemetery Republican DAR - ca. 1941
SMITH - SMART Monroe Ruth Hoggatt - Nov 2001
SMYRNA Presbyterian Cemetery Smyrna DAR - ca. 1941
Spencer Cemetery
Unable to locate. Said to be in Section 1.
Shelby  
SPRINGDALE Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
Ruth Hoggatt - A few additions
SULLIVAN Farm Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
SWAN Cemetery Saluda DAR ca. 1941
TEVIS Graveyard Milton DAR - ca. 1941
THOMAS Graveyard Madison DAR - ca. 1941
THOMPSON Farm
Winters burial
Smyrna Bill Ford, Brad & Ruth Hoggatt - Oct 2002
THORNTON Shelby Jackie Owen - Apr 2000
TRUMBO Graves Graham DAR - ca. 1941
UNDERWOOD Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
Ruth Hoggatt, Nick Schultz - Partial, 2001
UNKNOWN Cemetery Smyrna Fieldstones only
VALLEY Cemetery Graham DAR - ca. 1941
VAUGHN Graveyard Milton DAR - ca. 1941
VERNON Graveyard Milton DAR - ca. 1941
VERNON Graveyard
AKA Hankins Graveyard
Milton DAR - ca. 1941
WALLACE Farm Graham DAR - ca. 1941
WELCH Shelby Jackie Owen - Apr 2000
WHITE RIVER Cemetery Republican DAR - ca. 1941
WIGGAM Cemetery Graham DAR - ca. 1941
WILKINS Cemetery Milton DAR - ca. 1941
WILLIAMS Graves Lancaster DAR - ca. 1941
WIRT Baptist Cemetery Madison DAR - ca. 1941
WOLF Farm Milton DAR - ca. 1941
WOODFILL Graveyard Madison Robert W. Scott - Apr 2003
WOODS Graveyard Hanover DAR - ca. 1941
ZOAR M.E. Hanover Vivian Shatley - Jun 2001




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