About this project:
The goal of this project is to locate and preserve as much original information that
is located on the tombstones in Boone County Missouri that is possible. Since early settlers
frequently buried their kin in small family plots, it is a significant task just to locate
these family plots, especially since urban growth and the ravages of time frequently destroys
these scattered burial grounds.
Along with transcription of these aging stones, this project also is taking a
photographic record of the stones. The recent advances in digital cameras greatly
simplifies the process and it preserves the flavor of the stone as well as the
information.
The Internet provides the perfect media to distribute the transcriptions and
pictures using the graphically oriented web browser. This gives the researcher
of the future the ability to locate and obtain a representation of their
ancestors tombstones, all without having to travel from the comfort of their
easy chair in the den.
Volunteers:
Given that there are over 200 cemeteries and family
plots in Boone County Missouri, this will take several
years to complete this project, even with assistance.
Your assistance is essential in the timely completion
of this project. Please
review the information on this page
to see how this project is being organized and how you can
help.
Neighboring counties:
As many residents had family in neighboring counties or lived
near a county line, they may be been buried across county lines.
Of course our work on listing cemeteries is not unique.
So you might consider visiting these other links to see if they
can be of assistance in locating your missing relatives.
Callaway:
USGenWeb Cemetery project : Callaway cemetery page
The county site for Callaway
has quite a bit of information for review,
and a very nice cemetery location map
that is worth examination.
Index of Cemeteries:
This section will provide an index of known cemeteries in Boone County Missouri.
At this time we only have detail information on a few cemeteries. We are
working with GSCM who has an active project to locate and begin preservation efforts
(where possible) on these aging items of Boone County history. If you have
transcriptions of any of these cemeteries, you must have copyright rights for me
to be able to put them up. We cannot take other transcriptions without their
permission.
Where did this list come from?? Three sources have been used to construct this
list. First and foremost is the work done by Nelda McCrory.
The Cemeteries of Boone County Missouri was published in September of 1995
by Ms. McCrory for the Cemetery Location Project of the Missouri State Genealogical
Association. It lists 239 entries with their location and directions on how to
find them. Another major compiliation is the Information on the location of
some Cemeteries in Boone County Missouri compiled by Roger D. Harting in 1991
which indexes "only" 193. Let me be clear here. This is a TREMENDOUS amount of work
these two have done. Finally, I have used the
USGS feature location
database which only has 38 entries (at this writing), complete with spelling errors,
but does give access to Tiger Map plots and satellite imagery from Terraserver,
which are nice.
GSCM is currently building on these lists
and is compiling the best list to date of Boone County cemeteries and burial plots.
PLEASE remember if you intend to visit any of these locations,
that many are on "private" ground and you are intruding and trespassing while
visiting. We will be gathering all the information available from the site, so if
the land owners do not wish visitors, please honor their wishes.
There are transcriptions for some of the cemeteries we don't have
permission to reproduce here. When we get the time we will do our own
survey and make that available. Until then, we will note the listings
with a trans(#) entry in the Status column where the # corresponds to
the index of the list below:
1) Tombstone Transcriptions of Boone County Missouri Volume I, Floyd H. Strader, 1981
2) Tombstone Transcriptions of Boone County Missouri Volume II, Floyd H. Strader, 1982
3) Tombstone Transcriptions of Boone County Missouri Volume III, Floyd H. Strader, 1996
4) Tombstone Records of Boone County Missouri, Mrs. E.E. Evans, 1933,1992 (warning - before 1860 only)
5) Red Top Christian Church 175 Anniv 1822-1997, Bobby Bedsworth, 1997
| Name |
Status |
|
| Acton Cemetery | |
| Adkins Cemetery | |
| Atkins Cemetery | |
| Akeman Cemetery | |
| Allen Family Burying Ground | trans(4) |
| Angell Cemetery | |
| Antioch Cemetery | trans+photots, updated 11 June 2000 |
| Barger Cemetery | |
| Barnes Cemetery | |
| Barnes Chapel Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Bear Creek Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Beazeley Cemetery | |
| Berry Cemetery | GSCM Reporter V20#2 - not electronic yet |
| Bethel (Miss. Baptist) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Bethel Church Cemetery | |
| Bethlehem Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Blackburn Cemetery | |
| Bond's Chapel Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Botner Cemetery | |
| Boyd Cemetery | |
| Boulton Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Brink Cemetery | |
| Brushwood Lake Cemetery | |
| Bullard-Barger Family Burial Grounds | survey taken, updated 24 Feb 2002 |
| Burnett Family Burial Grounds | survey taken, updated 24 Feb 2002 |
| Carr Cemetery | |
| Carter-Hamilton Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Cave Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Cave Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Cave Farm Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Cedar Creek Church | trans(4) |
| Centralia Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Christian Family Cemetery | |
| Church of Christ Cemetery | |
| Cochran Cemetery | |
| Columbia Cemetery | trans(3), trans(4) |
| Conley Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Conley Farm Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Cowan (Dysart) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Cowden Cemetery | |
| Crews-Smith Cemetery | |
| Crosthwaite Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Dinwiddie Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Dripping Spring Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Dunn Cemetery | |
| Ellington Cemetery | GSCM clean-up 7 April 2001 |
| Edwards Cemetery | |
| Elliott Cemetery | |
| Estes-Bedford Cemetery | |
| Estes Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Everett Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Fairview Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Far West Cemetery | survey taken, updated 29 Dec 2001 |
| Fenton Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Fletcher Wright Burial Ground | survey taken, updated 30 July 2000 |
| Forbis Cemetery | |
| Ford Family Cemetery | extinct (all stones have been removed) |
| Fortney Cemetery | |
| Fountain #1 Cemetery | |
| Fountain #2 Cemetery | |
| Friedens Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Friendship Cemetery | |
| George-Smith Cemetery | |
| German (Rice) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| German (Old) Cemetery | |
| Gibbs Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Gibson Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Gilead Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Gillaspie Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 19 Sept 1999 |
| Glendale Memorial Gardens | |
| Goodin Cemetery | |
| Goshen Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Goslin Cemetery | |
| Grandview Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Grant Family Cemetery | |
| Grave Family Cemetery | |
| Griffin Cemetery | |
| Hamilton Cemetery | |
| Harris Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Harris-Stone Cemetery | |
| Harrisburg Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Hatton Chapel Cemetery | |
| Henry Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Hickory Grove Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Hickam (in Bethel) Cemetery | |
| Hinkson Creek Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Hoffman Cemetery | |
| Holloway Cemetery | trans(1) |
Holtzclaw Family Cemetery
See Sprinkle Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 12 Sept 1999 |
| Hopper Cemetery | |
| Hudson-Hush Cemetery | |
| Huston Cemetery | |
| Jefferson Cemetery | |
| Jewell Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Johnson Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Jones-Little Cemetery | |
| Jones Burial Ground | |
| Jones Family Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Keene Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Kemper Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Kimsbrough Cemetery | |
| King Cemetery | |
| King Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Kinkade/Kinkead Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Kirtley Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Lakeview Cemetery | |
| Lemon Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Liberty Church Cemetery | trans(2), trans(4) |
| Lick's Fork Cemetery | updated 6 Jan 2002 |
| Lientz Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Little-Jones Family Cemetery | updated 6 Jan 2002 |
| Little Bon Femme Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Locust Grove (Miss. Baptist) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Locust Grove (Methodist) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Log Providence Cemetery | |
| Lohmar Cemetery | |
| Mars Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Mathis Cemetery | |
| Mathews Cemetery | |
| Maupin Cemetery | |
| McComas (Riggs) Cemetery | |
| McGuire Cemetery | trans(4) |
| McIntire Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Memorial Park Cemetery | |
| Miller Cemetery | |
| Mordica Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Mount Carmel Cemetery | |
| Mount Celestial Cemetery | |
| Mount Horeb Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Mount Hope Cemetery | |
| Mount Nebo Cemetery | |
| Mount Pisgah Cemetery (in Audrain county) | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Mount Zion Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Nashville Cemetery | trans(4) |
Naylor Cemetery
aka Nailer Cemetery | trans(4) as Schooling |
| New Liberty Church Cemetery | see Liberty Church Cemetery |
| New Providence Cemetery | trans(4) |
| New Salem Cemetery | trans(2), trans(4) |
| Nowell Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Oak Chapel Church | trans(4) |
| Oakland (Christian) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Oakland (Southern Methodist) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| one of the Oakland Cemeteries above is transcribed in trans(2) |
| Olivet Cemetery | trans(4) |
| O'Rear Cemetery | trans(4) |
| O'Rear Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Palmer Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Palmer Family Cemetery | |
| Payn-Elston Cemetery | |
| Payton Cemetery | |
| Pemberton Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Perche Union Church Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Phillips Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Phillips Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 19 Sept 1999 |
| Pisgah (in Audrain county) | see Mount Pisgah Cemetery |
| Pleasant Grove Cemetery | |
| Points Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Pollard Cemetery | |
| Potts Cemetery | |
| Prairie Grove Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Quisenberry Cemetery | |
| Red Rock Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Red Top Cemetery | trans(4), trans(5) , updated 5 Jan 2002 |
| Reems Family Cemetery | |
| Reid, White and Stone Cemetery | |
| Renfro Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 19 Sept 1999 |
| Ridgeway Burial Ground | |
| Ridgeway Family Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Riggs Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 19 Sept 1999 |
| Riggs (Faucett) Cemetery | |
| Robinson Burial Ground | trans(4) |
| Robinson Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Rocheport Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Rock Bridge Cemetery | |
| Rocky Fork Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Samuel Family Cemetery | updated 6 Jan 2002 |
| Sapp Cemetery | |
| Schooling-Naylor Cemetery | see Naylor Cemetery |
| Searcy Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Seymour Cemetery | |
| Shock Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Sims (Mount Carmel) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Slack Cemetery | |
| Smith Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Smith's Chapel Church (in Howard county) | trans(4) |
| Snell Family Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Spence Cemetery | trans(1), trans(4) |
| Sprinkle Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 12 Sept 1999 |
| Spurgeon Cemetery | |
| Starke Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Stephens Family Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Stone Cemetery | |
| Old Sturgeon Cemetery | completed, updated 16 Sept 1998 |
| Sugar Creek Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Talbott Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Taylor #1 Family Cemetery | updated 6 Jan 2002 |
| Taylor #2 Cemetery | |
| Taylor #3 Cemetery | |
| one of the Taylor Cemeteries above (#2 or #3) is transcribed in trans(4) |
| Thomas #1 Cemetery | |
| Toalson Cemetery | |
| Toalson Family Cemetery | |
| Toalson Family Plot | trans(4) |
| Toalson #2 Cemetery | |
| Tucker Cemetery | |
| Turner #1 Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Turner #2 Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Turner #3 Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Turner Burial Ground | |
| Turner Burial Plot | |
| Turner-Stone Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 2 July 2000 |
| Turner Family #2Cemetery | |
| Tuttle Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Union Church (Christian) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Union Church (Cumb. Pres) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Union Church (Primitive Baptist) Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Valley Springs Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Vaughn Burial Ground | survey taken, updated 23 Feb 2002 |
| Wade #1 Cemetery | |
| Wade #2 Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Walker Cemetery | |
| Walkup Cemetery | |
| Waller Cemetery | |
| Walnut Grove Cemetery | survey taken, updated 20 Feb 2002 |
| Waters Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Watson Cemetery | trans(1) |
| White Cemetery | |
| Wiggington Cemetery | trans(4) |
| Williams Burial Ground | |
| Williams Family Cemetery | |
| Wingo (old Rocky Fork) Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Winn Burial Ground | |
| Winn Family Cemetery | |
| Winterbower Cemetery | trans(2) |
| Woodcrest Cemetery | |
| Woodlandville Cemetery | |
| Woods Cemetery | |
| Woods Family Cemetery | |
| Woolfolk Cemetery | trans(1) |
| Wright Family Cemetery | survey taken, updated 22 Aug 1999 |
| Wright, Fletcher Burial Ground | see Fletcher Wright Burial Ground |
| Yager Cemetery | |
| Younger Cemetery | |
|
| Small unnamed burial plots |
| S22 T47N R11W | updated 6 Jan 2002 |
| S9 T46N R11W | updated 6 Jan 2002 |
| S12 T46N R13W | updated 6 Jan 2002 |
|
Map:
When I first started this project I had the impression there was only a
few dozen cemeteries in Boone County. I used the USGS map service and combined
their maps into a composite map of Boone county. I have since learned that the
number of cemeteries and family plots exceeds 200. Needless to say, this map
would be unreadable with 200 dots on it. Still, since it lists the major
cemeteries, and for that reason it still serves a purpose (plus I spent a few
hours of editing to put it together!) so I have included it here for your review.
Preservation:
The goal of this project is to locate and preserve as much original information that
is located on the tombstones in Boone County Missouri that is possible. Since early settlers
frequently buried their kin in small family plots, it is a significant task just to locate
these family plots, especially since urban growth and the ravages of time frequently destroys
these scattered burial grounds.
Preservation is so very important. In 1999 I found out about a sad event
in Sullivan County Missouri (Northern central portion of the state).
Apparently someone decided to knock down, damage or
destroy a majority of the headstones in this cemetery.
Whoever did this showed no respect for those who helped pioneer this
country and state. Through our respect to these tough individuals by
taking care of the memorials to them in the cemeteries scattered around
the county we can show our youth we do care, and so should they.
Unfortunatly this is not an single event. This sort of thing
happens all to frequently.
Let's make sure this does not happen here in Boone County!
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