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Fayette Co. Cemeteries Index

An index of the cemetery resources located in the Kentucky Room at the Central Library.

African Cemetery No. 2
Seventh St, Lexington KY

  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 17-18
  • Lexington Herald 01/23/80 A-3 col. 5-6
  • Lexington Herald 06/03/80 A-3 col. 1-4 and A-4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 06/02/98 D-1 col. 1-4 and D-4 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 11/04/98 "Bluegrass Communities" p. 4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/28/00 J-1 col. 1 and J-5 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 07/28/00 B-3 col. 2-5
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/13/01 B-1 col. 3-6 and B-5 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 08/11/01 A-11 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/06/02 A-1 col. 1-4 and A-8
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/18/02 E-2 col. 1-2
  • Lexington Leader 04/18/73 p. 46 col. 4-5
  • Lexington Leader 04/19/73 p. 1 col. 2-4
  • Lexington Leader 07/11/73 p. 3 col. 3
    • Charting of the cemetery
  • Lexington Leader 05/20/81 p. A-3 col. 3-6
    • Cemetery restored
  • Lexington Saturday Herald and Leader 08/25/79 A-1 col. 2-6
  • Local History Index
  • See also Lexington Vertical Files, African Cemetery No. 2 Website

 

Alfords Cemetery
Keene Rd next to 5015 Keene Rd, Fayette Co. KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 17 no. 2 p. 58-59

 

Athens Baptist Church Graveyard
Athens, Kentucky

  • Inscriptions p. 81
  • Inscriptions p. 81
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 162
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 162

 

Athens Christian Church
Athens, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 1 p. 2-13
    • Listing of all stones located between the two churches.

 

Baker Family Graveyard
Tates Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky "Charles Ratliffe Farm"
'10 miles from Lexington'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 64
  • Inscriptions p. 100
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 161

 

Baptist Church Burying Ground
West Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky

  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 284
  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 13 - 14
  • Inscriptions p. 56
  • Kentucky Reporter 06/01/11 p. 3 col. 6
  • Kentucky Statesman 02/11/59 p. 3 col. 5
  • Lexington Leader 09/04/03 p. 1 col. 7
  • Observer and Reporter 03/26/45 p. 3 col. 3
  • Observer and Reporter 02/27/49 p. 3 col. 2
  • Observer and Reporter 05/09/55 p. 3 col. 6
  • Local History Index
  • See also First Hill

 

Baxter Family Graveyard
Tates Creek Pike, Lexington, Kentucky "Old Doctor Miller Farm"

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 67
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 6 no. 4 p. 126
  • Inscriptions p. 32

 

Beard (Joseph) Graveyard
Stone Road off Clays Mill Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 63
  • Inscriptions p. 57

 

Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Bethel Pike off Leestown Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 1 no. 2 p. 43-46
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 3 p. 87-88
  • Inscriptions p. 78-79, 89, 103-116, and 135-139
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 3 p. 43-45
  • Lexington Herald 07/22/51 p. 25 col. 1
    • Photograph and historical information on the church.

 

Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
Jonestown, Fayette County, KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 15 no. 4 p. 133-136
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 15 no. 4 p. 133-136

 

Boggs Family Burying Ground
Walnut Hill Pike, Athens, Kentucky "Samuel M. Cassidy Farm"

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 10 no. 3 p. 75-77

 

Bolivar Street Baptist Cemetery
Bolivar Street, Lexington, Kentucky

 

Boon Cemetery
3732 and 3736 Park Ridge Lane, Andover Subdivision, Lexington KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 15 no. 4 p. 133-136
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 11/08/00 B-1 col. 2-5 and B-6

 

Boone Station Cemetery
Gentry Road, Athens, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 2 p. 53

 

Branbarga Family Cemetery
Old Frankfort Pike, Lexington, Kentucky "Old Don Ball Farm"

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 3 p. 92

 

Breckinridge Burial Ground
"Cabell's Dale" - Castletown Farm, Fayette County KY

  • Lexington Daily Press 09/07/84 p. 4 col. 4

 

Brown-Harrison Family Graveyard
Russell Cave Road, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 66
  • Inscriptions p. 133

 

Bullock - Hunt Family Graveyard
Richmond and Delong Pikes, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 4 p. 92

 

Cadentown Cemetery
Corner of Todds Rd and Caden Ln, Lexington KY

  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/10/01 B1 and B5 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 08/11/01 A11 (LVF)

 

Caldwell-Wilson Place
6141 Russell Cave Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 2 p. 48

 

Calvary Catholic Cemetery
874 West Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky
Old Catholic Cemetery was the original location of this cemetery. According to one newspaper article, Cavalry Cemetery was moved in 1874 from its original East Third St location to the present West Main St location.

  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 16-18, 53
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 07/30/86 p. B-1 col. 1-6
  • Lexington Leader 09/19/74 p. 43 col 4-5
    • 100th anniversary of the move from the old cemetery site
  • Lexington Press 02/16/72 p. 4 col. 2
    • Purchase of 40 acres on Paris Pike for use as a new Catholic Cemetery
  • Lexington Press 08/20/72 p. 4 col. 1
    • Purchase of 35 acres on Frankfort Pike (West Main) opposite Lexington Cemetery for use as a new Catholic Cemetery
  • Lexington Press 09/22/73 p. 4 col. 1
    • 20 acres opposite Lexington Cemetery purchased for use as a new Catholic Cemetery
  • Lexington Sunday Herald and Leader 07/31/49 p. 27 col. 1-5 (LVF)
  • Local History Index
  • See also Old Catholic Cemetery

 

Carrick Family Cemetery
Lemons Mill Road, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 9 no. 3 p. 100

 

Chrisman-Land Family Graveyard
Jacks Creek Pike,Fayette County, Kentucky
"Dr. LeRoy Land Farm" or "Eugene Land Farm"

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no.4 p. 121
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 61
  • Inscriptions p. 27 and 29
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 161

 

Christ Church Cathedral
3rd and Rose Streets,Lexington, Kentucky
"Old Episcopal Cemetery" and part of "Third Street Cemetery"

  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/20/96 'You' Section p. 3 col. 5
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 06/13/96 p. C-1 col. 2-4 and p. C-6
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/11/97 'Weekender' section p. 15 col. 1
    • Article about the 'Old Cemetery'
  • See also Old Episcopal Cemetery

 

City of the Dead

Common name for the Lexington Cemetery. The phrase is inscribed on the Cemetery's West Gate.

  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 29

 

Cosby Family Cemetery
Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 14 no. 4 p. 63

 

Cove Haven Cemetery(formerly Greenwood Cemetery)
Georgetown Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/25/94 p. B-1 col. 3-4 and p. B-3
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/16/01 A-1 col. 2-6 and A-9
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/17/01 B-1 col. 2-5 and B-3 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/22/01 A1- col. 4-5 and B-4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/23/01 B-1 col. 1 and B-4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/24/01 B-1 col. 5-6 and B-5
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/31/01 B-1 col. 1-4 and B-4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 06/01/01 B-1 col. 1-4 and B-4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 06/12/01 B-3 col. 6
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 06/18/01 B-1 col. 3-5 and B-5
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 08/11/01 A-ll (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 01/03/02 B-3 col. 2-5
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/19/02 A-1 col. 2-4 and A-8 (LVF)
  • Lexington Vertical Files

 

Danley Family Graveyard
Near Raven Run, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 3 p. 91
  • Inscriptions p. 31

 

Downing Family Graveyard (Downing-Gibson?)
Near Seton and Laketower Drive, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 63-64
  • Inscriptions p. 77

 

Downing Family Graveyard (Downing-Turner-Wymore?)
Nicholasville Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 67
  • Inscriptions p. 33

 

Downs, Miller, Branbarger Graveyard
Old Frankfort Pike, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Inscriptions p. 101-102
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 159

 

Edmiston Family Cemetery
'next to property at 3645 Winchester Road' Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 8 no. 1 p. 12

 

Evans Cemetery
Off Jaks Creek Pike - Nance's property, Fayette County KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 17 no. 2 p. 58-59

 

Evans Family Graveyards
Raven Creek, Evans Mill Road (off Richmond Road), Lexington, Kentucky

  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 163

 

Family Cemeteries

  • Lexington Herald-Leader 12/16/90 B-1 col. 2-5 and B-8
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 11/23/99 A-1 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 11/08/00 B-6 (LVF)
  • Lexington Leader 09/28/75 p. A-8 col. 1-2
    • Article about rural cemeteries in Fayette County
  • Lexington Sunday Herald and Leader 07/31/49 p. 27 col. 1-5

 

Ferguson Family Cemetery
Evans Mill Road, Lexington, Kentucky 'near Raven Creek'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 3 p. 91
  • Inscriptions p. 31

 

First Hill
Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky 'Now the site of First Baptist Church' Pioneer cemetery, Lexington's first city burying ground.

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 2 p. 47
  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 284
  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 13 - 14, 19, 57, 72
  • See also Baptist Church Burying Ground

 

Forest Hill
Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky Pauper cemetery adjacent to Lexington Cemetery
Pauper cemetery adjacent to Lexington Cemetery

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 3 no. 3 p. 86-87

 

Foster Cemetery
Winter Hill Ln, Andover Hills Subdivision, Lexington KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 15 no. 4 p. 133-136

 

Franklin (Alex C.) Grave
Snyder Farm 8151 Richmond Rd Lexington KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 4 p. 121

 

Gaines Graveyard
Yarnellton Pike, Lexington KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 62

 

German Lutheran Church Burying Ground
West High Street, Lexington, Kentucky
'Current site of the United Methodist Church'

  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 14 and p. 17
    • Many early German residents of Lexington were buried here, but moved to Presbyterian Cemetery.
  • Lexington Herald 04/24/07 p. 1 col. 1 and p. 10 col. 6
  • See also Hill Street Lutheran Church Cemetery

 

Gibson Family Cemetery
'near Ashland' Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 65
  • Inscriptions p. 74

 

Glover (John) Cemetery
Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky
'9 miles from Lexington'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 3 p. 90

 

Gorham Family Graveyard
Newtown Road, Lexington, Kentucky
'5 miles from Lexington' on 'Coldstream Farm'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 62-63
  • Inscriptions p. 80 and p. 86 and 120-124

 

Grant Family Burying Ground
'in Fayette County, Kentucky'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 10 no. 1 p. 25

 

Greenwood Cemetery
Georgetown Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 50-52
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 01/16/85 p. B-1 col. 1-5 and B-4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/31/87 p. B-1 col. 1-5 and B-6
  • See also Cove Haven

 

Griffith/Griffieth Cemetery
6535 Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 12 no. 4 p. 120-121

 

Grimes Family Cemetery
near Old Grimes Mill, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 163

 

Gunn Cemetery
1213 Viley Rd, .9 miles from Versailles Rd, Lexington KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 15 no. 4 p. 133-136

 

Hall Family Cemetery
Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 14 no. 4 p. 62

 

Herndon Family Cemetery
Richmond Road, Lexington, Kentucky
'next to Jacobson Park'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 3 p. 95

 

Highland Memorial Cemetery
Lisle Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Lexington Herald-Leader 08/26/98 At Issue section p. 4

 

Hill Street Lutheran Church
Cemetery Hill Street, Lexington, Kentucky

 

Hillcrest Cemetery
Versailles Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Lexington Herald 10/19/27 p. 14 col. 3
  • Lexington Herald 05/03/45 p. 11 col. 3

 

Hogan Cemetery
Jack's Creek Pike, Fayette County KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 17 no. 2 p. 58-59

 

Howard's Grove Cemetery
Bryan Station Road, Lexington, Kentucky
'2 miles north of Intersection of Bryan Station and Briar Hill Road'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 8 no. 2 p. 81-82
  • Howard's Grove Online

 

Hull Family Graveyard
Nicholasville Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 63
  • Inscriptions p. 64 and p. 56

 

Irish Catholic Graveyard
East Third Street, Lexington, Kentucky

 

Johnson Family Graveyard
near Spears, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 4 p. 121
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 161-162

 

Keen(e) Cemetery
Versailles Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 8 no. 11 p. 5-6

 

King Place
Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky
'Albert Johnson Estate'

  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 163

 

Land-Spears Family Cemetery
Spears, Kentucky
'formerly Eugene Land Place'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 4 p. 121
  • Inscriptions p. 29
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 161

 

Levi Prewitt Cemetery
Combs Ferry Road, Lexington, Kentucky
'1 mile south of intersection of Combs Ferry and Winchester Road'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 8 no. 3 p. 82

 

Lexington Cemetery
833 West Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Lexington Cemetery Website
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 4 p. 106-111
  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 285
  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward
  • Lexington Herald 04/13/98 p. 3 col. 3
    • List of Confederate dead in Lexington Cemetery
  • Lexington Herald 07/30/05 p. 1 col. 7 and p. 8 col. 6
    • Sketch of the cemetery
  • Lexington Herald 02/03/11 p. 10 col. 2
    • C.E. Merril is preparing a book giving a list of burials in the Lexington Cemetery
  • Lexington Herald 01/03/15 p. 5 col. 5
    • Sketch of the Cemetery
  • Lexington Herald 12/11/48 p. 1 col. 4
    • County takes pauper plot, agrees to pay burial costs for poor.
  • Lexington Herald 01/15/56 p. B-12
    • Tiny section of the Nation's Bivouac of the Dead is located in the Lexington Cemetery. 1300 soldiers, sailors and marines are buried here.
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 02/07/88 p. F-1 col. 1
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/25/88 p. B-1 col. 1-6
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/23/89 p. B-1 col. 1
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 06/20/89 p. B-2 col. 3-6
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 02/06/90 D1 and D4 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 02/16/92 A1 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/17/95 B1 and B2 (LVF)
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 10/01/99 Weekender Section, p. 3
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 10/03/99 B1 (LVF)
  • Lexington Kentucky Cemetery by Hisle's Headstones
  • Lexington Leader 05/22/95 p. 7 col. 2
  • Lexington Leader 07/10/95 p. 3 col. 4
  • Observer and Reporter 02/27/49 p. 3 col. 2
  • Local History Index

 

Maxwell Cemetery
Bolivar Street, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 1 no. 2 p. 38
  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 284
  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 13 - 14, 15, 19
  • Lexington Leader 08/25/04 p. 3 col. 3
  • Lexington Leader 06/30/38 Section 4 p. 20 col. 1-6
    • Leader in 1893 criticized the desecration of the Old Graveyard
  • Lexington Press 09/29/73 p. 4 col. 4
    • Condition of old graveyard at Mission Church is bad
  • Lexington Sunday Herald and Leader 07/31/49 p. 27 col. 1-5 (LVF)
  • Lexington Transcript 12/22/85 p. 1 col. 5
    • List of dead interred in Maxwell Cemetery
  • Lexington Transcript 06/05/87 p. 5 col. 1
    • Report on the bad condition of Maxwell Cemetery
  • See also Bolivar Street Baptist Cemetery, Mt. Vernon Burying Ground, Old City Burying Ground

 

McConnell's Graveyard
formerly between Main St and the railroad tracks, opposite the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington KY

  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 284
  • Lexington Sunday Herald and Leader 07/31/49 p. 27 col 1-5 (LVF)

 

McGowan - Hull Family Graveyard
Nicholasville Pike, Lexington, Kentucky
'Back of Alleghan Hall' 'On Farm of Mrs. C. W. Hunt'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 6 no. 3 p. 96
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 6 no. 4 p. 127

 

McNeil Family Cemetery
6295 Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky
'Across from Mt. Gilead Church'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 12 no. 4

 

Moore (Archibald) Grave
Raven Run Wildlife Sanctuary, Fayette County KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 4 p. 121

 

Moore Family Cemetery
Jack's Creek Pike, southside east of Spears Rd. intersection, Fayette County KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 15 no. 3 p. 99-101

 

Moore Family Graveyard
Lexington, Kentucky
'Between Mt. Horeb and Huffman Mill Pike'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 4 p. 120
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 6 no. 4 p. 126
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 160

 

Mt. Gilead Churchyard
Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Inscriptions p. 56

 

Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Churchyard
Ironworks Pike, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 61
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 9 no. 3 p. 100
  • Inscriptions p. 90-92
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 160

 

Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery
Old Frankfort Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Kentucky Ancestors v. 7 no. 2 p. 92-93

 

Neal Family Cemetery
Spurr Road at Yarnellton Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 3 no. 4 p. 112

 

Negro Cemetery
South Broadway Lexington, Kentucky

  • Lexington Herald 12/10/03 p. 4 col. 3

 

Old Catholic Cemetery
East 3rd Street, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v.7 no. 1 p. 1-5.
    • Church information and grave list
  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 285
  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 14, 16-19
  • Lexington Herald 07/23/16 p. 2 col. 7
    • Old Catholic and Episcopal Cemeteries on East 3rd Street to be converted into a park
  • Lexington Herald 10/29/50 p. 2 col. 1
    • Catholic and Episcopal Cemeteries to be restored
  • Lexington Herald 04/29/61 p. 1 col. 6
  • Local History Index
  • See also Irish Catholic Graveyard, Calvary Catholic Cemetery

 

Old City Burying Ground
'Lawrence Street,' Lexington, Kentucky

 

Old Episcopal Cemetery
East 3rd Street, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 1 no. 1 p. 11-17
  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 285
  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 14, 17-19, 26, 29
  • Inscriptions p. 38-52 and p. 75
  • Lexington Herald 07/23/16 p. 2 col. 7
    • Catholic and Episcopal Cemeteries to be converted into a park
  • Lexington Herald 03/10/35 p. 1 col. 4-5
    • Life of the Episcopal Cemetery caretaker
  • Lexington Herald 09/13/59 p. 2 col. 1
  • Lexington Herald 09/28/75 p. D-1 col. 2-5
    • History of the Old Episcopal Cemetery
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 06/13/96 C-1 col. 2-4 and C-6
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 04/11/97 Weekender section p. 5 col. 1
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/06/98 Bluegrass Communities section p. 25
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 05/26/98 C-1 and C-4 (LVF)
  • Lexington Leader 03/24/35 p. 5 col. 3
    • Restoration of the Old Cemetery
  • Lexington Leader 05/24/35 p. 5 col. 3
  • Lexington Leader 07/07/76 D-1 col. 7-8
  • Register of the Kentucky Historical Society v. 23 no. 67 (January, 1925) p. 100-108
  • Local History Index
  • See also Christ Church Cathedral

 

Oliver Place
Russell Cave Road, Fayette County, Kentucky
'9 miles from Lexington'

  • Inscriptions p. 57

 

Parker (John) Cemetery
Parker's Mill Road, Lexington, Kentucky
'Farm owned by Wallace Muir'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v.2 no. 2 p. 61
  • Inscriptions p. 59

 

Payne Family Graveyard
corner of Sandersville and Greendale Pikes, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 4 p. 119
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 65-66
  • Inscriptions p. 83-85 and 17-119
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 160

 

Pike Cemetery
Dry Branch Rd. 2.3 miles from Jack's Creek Pike, Fayette County KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 17 no. 2 p. 58-59

 

Pioneer Graveyards
Walnut Hill Lexington, Kentucky
'Walnut Hill at junction of Richmond and Walnut Hill'

  • Lexington Leader 06/30/38 Sec. 4 p. 39 col. 2
    • Article about pioneer graveyards
  • See also Walnut Hill

 

Pisgah Church Cemetery
3/4 mile off Versailles Road, Woodford County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 3 no. 3 p. 73-85
    • Pioneer Presbyterian Church and the Foundation of 'Kentucky Academy' which later merged with Transylvania University

 

Potter's Field East
Seventh Street, Lexington Kentucky
'between Bryan Station and Winchester Roads'.

  • Lexington Leader 02/28/93 p. 5 col. 4
    • Cemetery established for the poor
  • Lexington Leader 07/20/97 p. 1 col. 1-2
  • Lexington Leader 09/22/97 p. 5 col. 3
  • Lexington Leader 06/01/04 p. 7 col. 2
  • Lexington Leader 08/28/04 sec. 2 p. 8 col. 1
  • Lexington Morning Herald 11/05/05 p. 1 col. 5
    • Sold
  • See also Forest Hill

 

Potter's Field Pauper Burials

The most current location for 'pauper burials' is at the Lexington Cemetery, Friendship section, Lexington KY

  • Lexington Cemetery Website
  • Lexington Daily Transcript 02/05/83 p. 1 col. 6
  • Lexington Herald 09/01/02 p. 1 col. 4
  • Lexington Herald 12/09/48 p. 1 col. 1
  • Lexington Herald 12/11/48 p. 1 col. 4
  • Lexington Herald-Leader 07/21/88 B-1 col. 5 and B-3
  • Lexington Leader 01/27/03 p. 2 col. 7
  • Lexington Leader 07/22/81 A-12 col. 1-4
  • Lexington Morning Transcript 04/11/90 p. 1 col. 6

 

Prather Family Cemetery
5725 Jacks Creek Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky
'at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 3 p. 91
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 5 no. 1 p. 8
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 161

 

Presbyterian Graveyard
North Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky
'in 1843 became known as Waverly Square'

  • History of Fayette County Kentucky p. 285
  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 14, 17-19
  • Lexington Daily Transcript 03/24/87 p. 4 col. 2
  • Lexington Daily Transcript 02/16/89 p. 4 col. 1
  • Lexington Leader 05/20/89 p. 5 col. 2
  • Lexington Leader 05/21/89 p. 1 col. 3
  • Lexington Leader 05/22/89 p. 5 col. 2-3
  • Lexington Morning Transcript 04/18/87 p. 2 col. 2
  • Lexington Morning Transcript 05/19/89 p. 5 col. 4
  • Lexington Morning Transcript 05/22/89 p. 1 col. 5
  • Lexington Morning Transcript 05/23/89 p. 1 col. 6
  • Lexington Morning Transcript 10/03/89 p. 1 col. 4
  • Lexington Morning Transcript 11/24/89 p. 5 col. 4
  • Local History Index

 

Republican Church Graveyard(?)
Higbee's Mill Road, Lexington, Kentucky
'Now known as Trinity Pentecostal Church (in 1989) formerly known as Old Republican Church'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 4 no. 4 p. 102

 

Revolutionary War Veterans' Graves
Fayette County KY

  • Lexington Sunday Herald and Leader 07/31/49 p. 27 col. 1-5

 

Richey Family Cemetery
Elkchester Road and Redd Road, Fayette, County Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 3 p. 91-92

 

Rogers Family Graveyard
Fayette County, Kentucky
'on "Wood Farm" at Bryan Station Spring 5 miles NE of Lexington'

  • Inscriptions p. 70
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 163

 

Spinoza Jewish Cemetery
Mt. Tabor Road, Lexington, Kentucky

  • History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 15-18
  • Lexington Daily Press 07/01/84 p. 4 col. 2

 

Springdale Cemetery
Russell Cave Road and Lemon Mill Road, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 2 p. 24-25

 

Stafford-Taul Cemetery
Jacks Creek Pike, Spears, Kentucky
'Graveyard on the "Old Dr. Miller Farm"'

  • Inscriptions p. 30

 

Stone (William) Family Cemetery
Winchester Road, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 3 p. 93

 

Stone Family Burying Ground
Redd Road, Fayette County, Kentucky
'8 miles from Lexington on farm owned by Ella Lewis Stone Richards'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 62
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 3 p. 93-94
  • Inscriptions p. 62 and 125-127

 

Third Street Cemetery
Third Street, Lexington, Kentucky

  • Inscriptions p. 38-52
  • Inscriptions p. 38-52
  • Register of the Kentucky Historical Society v. 22 (January 1925) p. 100-108
  • Register of the Kentucky Historical Society v. 22 (January 1925) p. 100-108
  • See also Old Episcopal Cemetery, Old Catholic Cemetery

 

Trotter Family Graveyard
High Street, Lexington, Kentucky
'Located within Woodland Park'

  • Lexington Leader 08/22/97 p. 8 col. 1-2
  • Lexington Sunday Herald and Leader 07/31/49 p. 27 col. 1-5

 

Union Christian Church Cemetery
6865 Russell Cave Road Fayette County Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 6 no. 3 p. 93
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 160
  • Old Union Christian Church Cemetery by Leslie Nash

 

Wallace Family Graveyard
Huffman's Mill Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky
'Mt. Brilliant Farm'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 4 p. 119
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 160

 

Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Walnut Hill Road, Fayette County, Kentucky
'6 miles from Lexington off Old Richmond Road'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 65
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 6 no. 3 p. 93
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 7 no. 2 p. 34-42
  • History of Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church by Rev. Robert Sanders
  • Inscriptions p. 71-72
  • Jewel on Walnut Hill by Richard Bean
  • Jewel on Walnut Hill Richard Bean
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 162
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 2 p. 25

 

Weber Family Graveyard
Russell Cave Road, Fayette County, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 11 no. 4 p. 120
  • Kentucky Cemetery Records v. 1 p. 161

 

Williamson Family Cemetery
Spurr Road at Yarnellton Pike, Fayette County, Kentucky
'Northridge Farm'

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 14 no. 3 p. 90
  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v.3 no. 4 p. 112

 

Wilson Cemetery
Elmer Swetnam Farm, Russell Cave Rd, Fayette County KY

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 15 no. 4 p. 133-136

 

Young Family Cemetery
Off Highway 60 Little Texas, Kentucky

  • Fayette County Genealogical Society Quarterly v. 2 no. 2 p. 64
  • Inscriptions p. 55
  • Kentucky Ancestors v. 4 no. 3 p. 147