Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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McNary Community Cemetery

Transcription of burials of African American individuals based on information from Kentucky Death Certificates.

The community known as McNary Corners, south of McNary's Station, was below Harpe's Hill near the edge of Pond River bottom, on the lower Greenville and Madisonville Road. They received their mail at Earles.

Sanford McNary and Elizabeth, his wife, sold a plot of land in this locality to Aaron Littlepage, Johnson McNary, and Sanford McNary, Trustees for McNary Chapel AME Zion Church of America, on March 30, 1880. The McNary Community Cemetery was located by the church. [Smith 48]

Surname Name Birth Death Other Information
McNaryAmos15 Mar 190423 Feb 1920

Son of George McNary & Minnie Jagoe

Kentucky Death Certificates 9580 & 5856 (duplicates). Burial: McNary Cemetery

McNaryClifton25 May 191129 Apr 1911

Son of Joe McNary & Elizie Bennett

Kentucky Death Certificate 10710. Burial: McNary Cemetery

McNaryFrances Louis21 Dec 191721 Dec 1917

Daughter of James McNary & Fannie May Venable

Kentucky Death Certificate 34341. Burial: Private

McNaryGeorge186326 Oct 1926

Son of Johnson McNary. Husband of Jennie McNary

Kentucky Death Certificate 29273. Burial: McNary Cemetery

McNaryJames E.2 Dec 18739 Dec 1922

Son of Johnson McNary & Nellie McNary

Kentucky Death Certificate 28298. Burial: McNary Cemetery

McNaryJames E. Jr.1 Aug 191910 Jan 1920

Son of James McNary & Fannie Mae Venable

Kentucky Death Certificate 2199. Burial: McNary Graveyard

McNaryJennie V.8 Sept 18803 Nov 1926

Daughter of James Slaton & Caroline Porter

Kentucky Death Certificate 29274. Burial: McNary Cemetery

McNaryLeona188612 Dec 1914

Daughter of Henry Martin

Kentucky Death Certificate 32680. Burial: McNary Cemetery

Citation: Smith, Leslie Shively. “Around Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: a Black History.” Evansville: Unigraphic, 1979. Print.

Related: Moore Cemetery

Updated February 10, 2017