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Old Ben Tapscott
Cemetery
Located Off Highway 49 On Martin’s Creek Road
Casey County, Kentucky
Contributed By:
Roberta O. Taylor Jones
(All photos are the property of Roberta O.
Taylor Jones, They may not be
reproduced without written permission from her.)
On June
30th 2003 Judy and Elton Fisk and their son, James Fisk all of
Michigan. My spouse Carl E. Jones and myself, Roberta O. Taylor Jones,
from Eaton, Indiana cleaned up this cemetery. It had been neglected for
years.
We cut down briars and trees that were growing in many of the graves. We
used a chain saw, rakes, shovels, tree pruning shears and Elton and
James Fisk used a weed and brush cutter to mulch all the small trees and
briars. There are only two headstones in this cemetery. My Great
Grandmother, Rose Ella Lynn Taylor and a set of twins, Estell B. and
Easter M. Tapscott children of George and Rose Adams Tapscott.
Carl E. Jones made wooden crosses and I painted them white. We placed a
cross at each grave site. We placed 21 wooden crosses at the grave site,
but only know some of the people buried in this cemetery. We don’t know
who is buried where.
List of people known to be buried in this cemetery.
Coffman, George W. 1830-1898
Coffman, Nancy Tapscott wife of George W. 10-22-1836 - 11-08-1914
Tapscott, Benjamin 5-31-1856 - 12-28-1940
Tapscott, Margaret Young 1st wife of Benjamin 1856 - 1-01-1883
Tapscott, Margaret Taylor 2nd wife of Benjamin 2-17-1862 -
3-21-1945
Tapscott, Mary Jane 8-29-1879 - 2-20-1881 daughter of Ben and
Margaret Young
Tapscott, William Stewart 10-22-1805 - 2-20-1860
Tapscott, Rhonda Jane Coppage 4-20-1817 - 1-20-1901 wife of
William Stewart
Tapscott, James 11-06-1838 - 4-23-1909
Tapscott, Mary Elizabeth Cox 9-19-1839 - 2-27-1880 wife of James
Tapscott, Viola Frances 8-16-1875 - 8-17-1876 daughter of James
and Mary
Elizabeth
Tapscott, Talith Elizabeth 3-19-1877 - 9-26-1886 daughter of
James and
Mary Elizabeth
Tapscott, Uriah Herbert 10-20-1879 - 7-14-1880 son of James and
Mary
Elizabeth
Tapscott, Estell B. 4-27-1926 - 10-09-1926 Twin daughter of
George and
Rosa Adams
Tapscott, Easter M. 4-27-1926 - 7-23-1926 Twin daughter of George
and
Rosa Adams
Taylor, Rose Ella Lynn 9-03-1879 - 1-07-1926 wife of Charles
Wesley,
daughter of Hayes Berry and Lucy Jane Hill Lynn, my Great Grandmother
We counted
twenty-one un-marked graves and only know the ones listed
above are buried there. If you know the grave site of any person or
others buried in this Cemetery please contact me at (babe@netdirect.net).
This Family Group Sheet icon under a
headstone photo indicates that an FGS report is available for that
person or family. To view the Family Group Sheet just click on the icon! |
Photo #2 (jpg2) (Cemetery Before
Cleanup)
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Photo #3 (jpg3) (Cemetery Before
Cleanup)
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Photo #1 (jpg4) (area before
cleanup, Rose Ella Lynn Taylor Tombstone) |
Photo #8 (Rose Ella Lynn 9-03-1879
- 1-07-1926 wife of Charles Wesley
Taylor, daughter of Hayes Berry Lynn and Lucy Jane Hill, my Great
Grandmother) |
