Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Cemetery Records
Dukes-King Cemetery
Dukes-King Cemetery
- Dukes, A.J. Born 24 Apr 1836. Died [no date].
- Gravestone.
- Amanda Jane Moore, daughter of Duncan Moore & Elizabeth McElvain. She married 1) John H. Dukes, 17 Jan 1855, Muhlenberg County; and 2) Josiah W. Dukes (John H. Dukes' brother), 17 Apr 1884, Muhlenberg County.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 23865.
- Dukes, Charity A. Born 22 July 1825. Died 29 Mar 1881. Inscription: Wife of J.W. Dukes.
- Gravestone.
- Daughter of Duncan Moore & Elizabeth McElvain. Married Josiah W. Dukes, 3 Nov 1851, Muhlenberg County.
- Dukes, Charity I. Born 26 Aug 1870. Died 16 Nov 1887.
- Gravestone.
- Daughter of John H. Dukes & Amanda Jane Moore.
- Dukes, Edna L. Born 11 Oct 1841. Died 24 Sept 1891. Inscription: Wife of E.W. Dukes.
- Gravestone.
- Daughter of Duncan Moore & Elizabeth McElvain. Married Elijah W. Dukes, 20 Aug 1863, Muhlenberg County.
- Dukes, Elijah W. Born 1843. Died .
- Son of Josiah Dukes Sr. & Nancy Moore. Married Edna L. Moore, 20 Aug 1863, Muhlenberg County. Served Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 1861-1862 and received a disability discharge.
- Dukes, Fannie E. Born 1864. Died 11 Aug 1894. Inscription: Daughter of E.W. & E.L. Dukes, aged 30 years, 2 months, 16 days.
- Gravestone.
- Daughter of Elijah W. Dukes & Edna L. Moore.
- Dukes, Francis M. Born 4 Apr 1856. Died 22 July 1889.
- Gravestone.
- Son of John H. Dukes & Amanda Jane Moore. Married Susan Tabitha Owen, 19 Apr 1876.
- Dukes, George W. Born 30 Mar 1863. Died 13 Apr 1870. Inscription: Son of J.H. & A.J. Dukes.
- Gravestone.
- Son of John H. Dukes & Amanda Jane Moore.
- Dukes, J.H.
- Gravestone.
- John H. Dukes (1836 - 1870s), son of Josiah Dukes Sr. & Nancy Moore. Married Amanda Jane Moore, 17 Jan 1855, in Muhlenberg County.
- Dukes, J.W. Born 31 Mar 1832. Died 25 Feb 1908.
- Gravestone.
- Josiah W. Dukes, son of Josiah Dukes Sr. & Nancy Moore. Married 1) Charity Ann Moore, 3 Nov 1851, in Muhlenberg County; and 2) Amanda Jane Moore Dukes (his brother John H. Dukes's widow) 17 Apr 1884, in Muhlenberg County.
- Dukes, James C. Born 17 Mar 1867. Died 3 May 1887.
- Gravestone.
- Son of John H. Dukes & Amanda Jane Moore.
- Dukes, John A. Born 16 Aug 1865. Died 2 Oct 1875. Inscription: Son of J.W. & A.J. Dukes.
- Gravestone.
- Son of Josiah W. Dukes & Amanda Jane Moore.
- Dukes, Susan M. Born 27 July 1862. Died 26 Nov 1863. Inscription: Daughter of J.W. & C.A. Dukes.
- Gravestone.
- Daughter of Josiah W. Dukes & Charity Ann Moore.
- Dukes, William H. Born 26 July 1858. Died 26 July 1860. Inscription: Son of J.H. & A.J. Dukes.
- Gravestone.
- Son of John H. Dukes & Amanda Jane Moore.
- Knight, George H. Born 2 Mar 1884. Died 29 Nov 1964.
- Funeral marker.
- George Harrison Knight, son of James Hiram Knight & Josephine Dukes. Married 1) Paralee Dukes, 22 July 1903, Muhlenberg County; and 2) Tina Lou Spurlin.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 27127.
- Knight, James H. Born 31 Mar 1863. Died 22 Feb 1931.
- Gravestone.
- Son of Henry Farley Knight & Mary Elizabeth Keith. Married 1) Josephine Dukes, 11 Oct 1882, Muhlenberg County; and 2) Julia F. Durall, 6 Jan 1886, Muhlenberg County.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 5158.
- Knight, Josephine “Jodie”. Born 1865. Died before 1886.
- Daughter of Josiah W. Dukes & Charity Ann Moore. Married James Hiram Knight, 11 Sept 1882, Muhlenberg County.
- Knight, Julia F. Born 17 May 1868. Died 28 Feb 1928.
- Gravestone.
- Daughter of John Durall & Adaline Kyle. Married James Hiram Knight, 6 Jan 1886, Muhlenberg County.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 3199.
- Knight, Paralee D. Born 1 July 1887. Died 16 Mar 1913.
- Daughter of Francis Dukes & Susan Owens. Married George Harrison Knight, 22 July 1903, Muhlenberg County.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 8490.
- Lile, [unreadable] Ellen. Died 16 Oct 1953 [?].
- Bilbro [Nortonville, KY] Funeral Home marker.
- Lile, Amanda Jane. Born 1856. Died before 1892.
- Daughter of Josiah W. Dukes & Charity Ann Moore. Married John J. Lile, 21 Aug 1872, Muhlenberg County.
- Lile, Benjamin Wyatt. Born 24 Nov 1858. Died 31 Mar 1929.
- Son of Jasper Lile & Miranda Owens. Married Sarah Ellen Owens, 16 Nov 1880, Muhlenberg County.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 9233.
- Lile, Eltie Ann. Born 8 Oct 1889. Died 13 Apr 1971.
- Funeral marker.
- Daughter of Benjamin Wyatt Lile & Sarah Ellen Owen. Eltie was the last person buried in King Cemetery.
- Obituary.
- Lile, J.N.J. Born 20 Feb 1878. Died 28 Jan 1886. Inscription: Son of J.J. & A.J. Lile.
- Gravestone.
- Joseph N.J. Lile, son of John J. Lile & Amanda Jane Dukes.
- Lile, Marcellus. Born 14 Feb 1885. Died 27 Mar 1962.
- Funeral marker.
- Amanda Marcellus Lile, son of John J. Lile & Amanda Jane Dukes. Named after his mother. Married 1) Lillie Mae Dukes, 7 June 1908, Muhlenberg County; 2) Linnie Leona Harkins, 1927, Muhlenberg County; 3) Willie D. Ball, 1944, Muhlenberg County; and 4) Rebecca Elizabeth Lee.
- Obituary.
- Lile, Sarah Ellen. Born 14 Mar 1860. Died 16 Dec 1935.
- Daughter of James G. Owens & Nancy Jane Dukes. Married Benjamin Wyatt Lile, 16 Nov 1880, Muhlenberg County.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 29994.
- Oglesby, Newton Jackson. Born 11 May 1854. Died 30 Jan 1926.
- Son of Benjamin Franklin Oglesby & Cynthia Ann Dukes. Married 1) Nancy Louraine Owens, May 28, 1874, Muhlenberg County; and 2) Frances Barbara Morgan Putty, 3 Sept 1907.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 5053.
- Oglesby, Patsy A. Died 4 Aug 1917, age 68.
- Daughter of James Owens & Nancy Jane Dukes. Married William Anderson Oglesby, 23 Dec 1885, Muhlenberg County.
- Kentucky Death Certificate 26106.
- Oglesby, William L. Born 1782. Died Jan 1859, age 76.
- According to Hopkins County Vital Statistics [1859 Deaths], William L. Oglesby died January 1859 at the age of 76 years. His parents were Constant and Nancy Ann Coursey Oglesby. He was born in Virginia.
- In a 13 July 1987 letter from Ishmael Oakley of Hopkinsville, Ky., to Mary Lovell, Oakley writes, “About twenty years ago, a Mr. J.B. Oglesby living in Muhlenberg County north of Apex told me, Mr. William L. Oglesby was buried in the Dukes Cemetery.”
- In the 1850 Federal Census, William L. Oglesby was living in District No. 2, Christian County, Kentucky, with Ephraim H. Dukes & family. According to that record, Oglesby was born about 1782 in South Carolina. Nancy Dukes, Ephraim H. Dukes' wife, was a daughter of Jacob Oglesby, William's brother.
- Owen, Richard H. Born 24 July 1895. Died 18 Oct 1896.
- Gravestone.
- Possibly a grandchild of James Owen (or Owens) & Nancy Jane Dukes.
Location
From Greenville, take US 62 West to KY-189. Turn left (south) on KY-189 and go about six miles to KY-853. Turn left (east) on KY-853 and go about one mile. (This was the location of the old Yost Lee homeplace.) Park there, walk back down the road to a driveway that goes out to a white house. Across from this driveway there is a path that goes up into the woods. Follow this path a short way and you will be in the cemetery. Approximate GPS coordinates: 37.124517, -87.272882.
Jean Wells visited this cemetery 3 Mar 2001 with Helen Oglesby and Wanda and Sherrill Barnes; April 2001 with Barbara Curtis and Wanda Barnes; and 27 Jan 2006 with John Wells.
Photos taken 2001 by Kevin Dukes, Barbara Curtis, and Jean and John Wells. Information from Wanda Barnes, Kevin Dukes, Barbara Curtis, Margaret Larue, County Marriage Licenses and Kentucky Death Certificates. Thank you to Coni and Carol at the Muhlenberg County Local History and Genealogy Annex for their help looking up all those death certificates.
Margaret Larue, a granddaughter of Marcellus Lile, said when she visited this cemetery in 1968 there were at least 10 unreadable funeral home markers and several sandstone markers. The contributor has made an attempt to identify some of these persons.
While the Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries books call this cemetery the “Dukes Cemetery”, all available death certificates and obituaries found for persons buried here call the cemetery “King Cemetery.”
Contributed by Jean Wells
Updated February 19, 2025.