Rock Springs Cemetery Contributed by Don Condra Rock Springs Primitive Baptist Church and cemetery are located in Southeast Township (Sec. 11, T.1S,R1E). This is approximately 1 1/2 miles east of Valeene, Indiana. The church was constituted in 1826 in Stampers Creek Township at the home of Charles Vandeveer. A house for worship was built in 1841 at the described location at a cost of $500. First members of the church were: John, Joel, Aaron, Charles, and George Vandeveer with their wives; _____ Phillips and wife, Abraham Pierson and wife, Cole Pierson, Nancy Pierson, William Pierson, John Pierson, Abraham Noblitt, Woodson Noblitt, Amelia Noblitt, and William Noblitt. The first minister was Aaron Vandever and since him have been Charles Vandeveer, Jonathan Jones, William Robertson, T. N. Robertson, and Samuel McMahan(this up to about 1880). Elder T. N. Robertson held an interesting revival in 1876, and succeeded in gaining about a dozen converts to the church. The cemetery has several old and unmarked graves. Nearly all those buried here are inter-related. Most of the inscriptions here were copied by unknown parties in 1946. Some updating has occurred, however, more needs to be done to bring it up to the current date (1996). AGAN, ALFRED F. 12-04-1865 08-05-1894 AGAN, AUDRA 04-24-1910 04-03-1920 AGAN, BESSIE 04-09-1888 03-11-1920 AGAN, EDWARD 05-24-1908 03-06-1920 AGAN, ELECTA E. 11-09-1839 04-20-1904 AGAN, JAMES W. 02-12-1863 AGAN, JOHN 12-14-1836 12-09-1911 AGAN, JOHN M. 07-20-1870 02-28-1918 AGAN, MAGGIE F. 12-20-1883 02-40-1885 AGAN, MINNIE E. 12-21-1870 03-24-1934 AGAN, NANCY A. 08-11-1863 08-28-1905 AGAN, NORMAN 03-27-1886 03-05-1920 BELL, JESSE L. 10-20-1814 04-05-1892 BELL, MARY E. 02-23-1851 04-04-1854 BELL, NANCY 10-04-1834 02-19-1899 BIRD, BLANCHE - -1877 - -1880 BIRD, JANIE - -1866 - -1868 BIRD, JOSEPH - -1841 - -1921 BIRD, LIZZIE - -1872 - -1891 BIRD, MARY - -1849 - -1924 BOSTON, ANNA C. 06-15-1891 06-06-1919 BUSICK, CORA A. - -1873 - -1939 CHILDERS, ABIGAIL - -1878 CHILDERS, CELIA - -1793 04-07-1876 CHILDERS, ELIZA E. 12-20-1863 04-12-1864 CHILDERS, GEORGE W. - -1876 - -1938 CHILDERS, INFANT 04-03-1860 04-03-1860 CHILDERS, INFANT 08-25-1866 08-25-1866 CHILDERS, JAMES 09-15-1790 02-27-1866 CHILDERS, JOHN 08-31-1827 08-06-1886 CHILDERS, JOHN HENRY 09-12-1867 08-29-1875 CHILDERS, MARTIN - -1874 09-16-1875 CHILDERS, MARY J. 07-03-1834 04-20-18 CHILDERS, NANCY E. - -1851 08-26-1852 COLCLASURE, RUTH - - - -1834 CONDRA, HELEN L. 05-14-1901 05-07-1941 CONDRA, ROBERT BENJAMIN 01-28-1923 03-05-1945 CORNWELL, VIRGINIA - -1824 02-29-1906 CROOK, MARY J. 06-21-1836 03-05-1910 DALBY, PHEBE - -1835 04-27-1856 DEREMIAH, ELIZABETH 09-09-1838 10-11-1920 DEREMIAH, INFANT DAUGHTER 10-02-1902 10-02-1902 DEREMIAH, JOHN W. 06-26-1836 05-14-1898 FERGUSON, ARCHUS H. 01-01-1874 12-06-1877 FERGUSON, ARMILDA - -1847 01-23-1878 FERGUSON, IDA L. - -1865 06-17-1868 FERGUSON, INFANT DAUGHTER - -1861 05-01-1864 FERGUSON, JOHN D. 12-02-1863 12-18-1863 FERGUSON, JOHN W. 06-22-1826 07-22-1878 FERGUSON, JOSEPH S. - -1859 09-12-1860 FERGUSON, LIZZIE B. 01-30-1872 05-06-1882 FERGUSON, MARGARET - -1836 01-08-1864 FERGUSON, NOLA 06-29-1882 07-21-1882 FOSTER, ELIZABETH 11-11-1797 08-15-1870 FOSTER, MARY A. 03-20-1847 09-30-1859 FOSTER, WILLIAM T. A. 01-03-1844 01-25-1863 FREEMAN, ELIZABETH 09-12-1802 04-16-1873 FREEMAN, JOHN M. - -1790 10-27-1857 GLENN, ANNA - -1819 12-07-1861 GLENN, HANNAH - -1839 HALL, PHEBY - -1805 09-12-1851 HANCOCK, MARGARET ANN - -1862 11-20-1864 HANCOCK, NANCY E. - -1819 05-19-1866 HICKS, ANDREW J. JR. - -1847 - -1867 HICKS, CAROLINE 09-01-1840 06-09-1882 HICKS, JAMES E. - -1874 09-30-1876 HICKS, JANE 06-25-1815 11-11-1884 HICKS, MARY ANN 12-13-1842 05-01-1857 HICKS, SARAH E. 01-28-1847 12-26-1878 HILL, NANCY P. 06-27-1819 05-25-1854 HOLADAY, BENJAMIN N. 03-10-1815 10-06-1877 HOLADAY, CYNTHIA - -1822 08-13-1857 HOOTEN, ELIZABETH 07-30-1844 08-01-1856 HOOTEN, JAMES D. - -1837 08-05-1859 HOOTEN, JOHN - -1809 04-27-1859 HOOTEN, MATILDA M. - -1820 06-12-1851 HOOTEN, POLLY 05-19-1819 07-15-1862 JONES, MARGARET - -1838 - -1918 KELLEY, RHODA ELIZABETH - -1851 06-10-1870 LAMB, ANNA 06-19-1798 07-18-1867 LANG, AMANDA V. 02-24-1854 LANG, J. W. DR. 01-23-1839 07-27-1912 LANG, PHEBE 10-20-1823 07-10-1893 LINE, JOHN COL. - -1809 10-31-1854 LOCKHART, CHARLES E. 01-14-1894 11-19-1896 LOCKHART, FREDDIE 09-27-1898 09-05-1899 LOCKHART, NANCY E. 04-16-1868 09-06-1899 LOCKHART, ROY 12-13-1893 08-14-1899 LYNCH, AARON V. - -1843 - -1921 LYNCH, OLIVER E. - -1879 07-16-1900 MANSHIP, CHARLES 05-01-1806 07-07-1870 MANSHIP, MARGARET J. 06-09-1844 06-15-1914 MAXEDON, ALFRED - -1849 03-16-1850 MAXEDON, CLARA - -1836 01-06-1870 MAXEDON, CORA 08-27-1868 02-26-1917 MAXEDON, HENRY - -1825 12-15-1866 MAXEDON, JANE 04-28-1825 12-10-1864 MAXEDON, JOHN 10-21-1816 07-07-1874 MAXEDON, JOHN C. 06-05-1847 09-17-1862 MAXEDON, LEWIS 10-27-1827 03-15-1867 MAXEDON, M. D. L. 06-21-1834 03-10-1859 MAXEDON, MARY A. 10-04-1860 06-03-1861 MAXEDON, MATHES 04-30-1863 12-20-1886 MAXEDON, NANCY 07-04-1797 06-08-1879 MAXEDON, PEARSON 04-01-1831 02-08-1915 MAXEDON, RACHEL 01-17-1835 05-16-1909 MAXEDON, ROBERT WOOD 09-09-1858 09-13-1860 MAXEDON, SARAH E. - -1829 07-07-1856 MAXEDON, SILAS I. - -1855 07-25-1857 MAXEDON, THOMAS - -1795 10-23-1856 MAXEDON, THOMAS E. DR. 08-13-1860 05-19-1915 MAXEDON, WILLIAM P. - -1854 12-23-1854 MAY, GEORGE A. 10-02-1818 01-02-1851 MAYS, MARGARET - -1798 08-09-1860 MAYS, WILLIAM 01-22-1855 MCINTIRE, DAVID 11-06-1847 MCINTIRE, MARY E. 12-13-1847 10-24-1915 MILLER, CLARA E. 04-25-1864 09-19-1900 MILLER, GEORGE O. - -1863 - -1920 MOON, SAMUEL R. MOTSINGER, JOHN J. 02-11-1899 03-11-1899 MURPHY, DANIEL 03-05-1859 02-18-1860 MURPHY, ELIZABETH 04-10-1832 02-01-1868 MURPHY, GEORGE - -1861 08-06-1874 MURPHY, JAMES N. 07-25-1830 12-27-1894 MURPHY, LIZZIE 12-28-1867 05-26-1868 MURPHY, MARY J. 01-03-1834 MURPHY, NANCY A. 12-07-1863 04-18-1868 NOBLITT, AMANDA 04-02-1827 09-28-1909 NOBLITT, ANDREW C. 12-04-1850 07-05-1883 NOBLITT, ANDREW F. 05-28-1892 07-22-1900 NOBLITT, BENJAMIN M. 12-02-1852 09-07-1890 NOBLITT, BLANCHE NOBLITT, DESSIE O. 04-25-1886 04-20-1898 NOBLITT, EMMA GREEN 12-14-1853 02-05-1885 NOBLITT, GEORGE VANDEVEER 12-14-1847 04-25-1945 NOBLITT, JAMES L. 10-31-1856 07-10-1862 NOBLITT, JOHN FRANK 09-19-1889 02-26-1919 NOBLITT, JOHN THOMAS 10-15-1823 11-10-1911 NOBLITT, LEE 07-12-1894 06-16-1946 NOBLITT, MARY A. 06-26-1863 12-08-1937 NOBLITT, MARY G. 01-28-1892 12-31-1896 NOBLITT, NANCY 12-27-1850 11-13-1930 NOBLITT, NANCY JANE 07-01-1827 01-10-1858 NOBLITT, WILLIAM H. 06-26-1849 01-24-1912 NOBLITT, ZADIE B. 12-20-1887 10-28-1888 OVERBEE, SIMEON 04-22-1839 05-07-1896 OVERBY, CORA E. 02-06-1882 02-07-1882 OVERBY, JOHN MILLARD - -1778 05-08-1843 OVERBY, LIZZIE 10-19-1858 09-18-1869 OVERBY, MARY 08-11-1821 01-31-1899 OVERBY, MARY PETER, JONATHAN 07-16-1830 11-29-1913 PETER, MARY A. 05-03-1833 09-16-1891 PETER, MARY J. - -1823 10-01-1893 PETER, SIMON - -1826 10-08-1862 PETER, WILLIAM 10-12-1801 10-01-1841 PETERS, AMOS S. - -1839 10-07-1854 PETERS, GRACE 08-01-1899 10-17-1900 PETERS, JAMES S. 03-24-1853 10-20-1898 PIERSON, INFANT 08-22-1897 08-29-1897 PIERSON, JAMES W. - -1890 01-25-1892 PIERSON, MAMIE E. - -1880 10-18-1895 PIRTLE, JESSE 01-30-1780 12-30-1855 PIRTLE, MARGARET 08-07-1779 05-02-1849 REYNOLDS, JOHN - -1800 02-08-1851 RICHARDSON, ALFRED - -1831 02-08-1854 RILEY, ALBERT M. 08-27-1890 10-28-1895 RILEY, NELLIE C. 01-01-1898 07-19-1898 ROBERTSON, ELIZA ANN 01-16-1847 01-10-1848 ROBERTSON, WILLIAM P. 06-05-1819 08-22-1867 STALCUP, ELIZABETH 08-20-1795 12-28-1863 STALCUP, EMILY 07-01-1862 STALCUP, ISABEL 08-05-1860 08-20-1861 STALCUP, MARY 07-04-1854 07-23-1858 STALCUP, SAMUEL 06-10-1794 07-28-1862 STALCUP, WILLIAM 11-16-1823 02-12-1859 STONE, BETTA R. 10-09-1868 08-12-1869 STONE, MARY E. 08-23-1856 01-30-1876 STONE, MICHEL 02-24-1825 08-02-1869 STONE, WILLIAM 12-19-1817 11-12-1875 STROUD, GEORGE W. 06-30-1844 04-15-1929 STROUD, SARAH 01-26-1848 09-23-1913 SULLINGER, HETTIE 04-25-1856 09-06-1887 TARR, BERTHA A. 01-25-1904 05-17-1912 TARR, CELIA JANE 09-09-1851 01-25-1852 TARR, CHARLES R. - -1856 01-27-1857 TARR, HANNAH E. 06-15-1867 07-16-1942 TARR, INFANT DAUGHTER 07-20-1890 07-20-1890 TARR, JAMES S. 03-29-1861 08-30-1905 TARR, JAMES W. 02-07-1890 02-21-1890 TARR, JOHN M. - -1807 07-26-1887 TARR, JOHN T. 11-30-1855 09-10-1862 TARR, JOHN T. 08-21-1874 09-28-1875 TARR, JOSEPH W. - -1845 02-21-1869 TARR, JULIA A. - -1833 08-13-1878 TARR, MANERVA JANE 09-04-1829 04-12-1852 TARR, MARTHA - -1807 05-20-1877 TARR, MARTHA J. 11-15-1846 04-13-1859 TARR, WILLIAM - -1828 12-17-1875 TOWNLEY, DANIEL R. 10-20-1833 03-08-1904 TOWNLEY, JANE - -1869 - -1908 TOWNLEY, JOHN H. - -1865 - -1916 TOWNLEY, JOHN K. - -1903 TOWNLEY, JOSEPH D. 06-22-1869 07-14-1895 TOWNLEY, MARTHA E. 08-03-1841 07-17-1899 TOWNLEY, THOMAS B. - -1903 - -1923 TOWNLEY, THOMAS R. - -1875 03-18-1894 TOWNLEY, VIOLA A. - -1878 TURNER, JAMES H. 09-18-1803 03-07-1859 TURNER, JESSE TURNER, MAGDALENE TURNER, MATILDA 10-30-1808 05-12-1889 VANDEVEER, LEWIS - -1835 07-31-1863 VANDEVEER, SARAH J. - -1833 03-12-1906 WAYNICK, EMMA 07-31-1864 02-18-1901 WAYNICK, INFANT 08-28-1897 08-28-1897 WELLS, BENJAMIN - -1893 04-27-1895 WELLS, INFANT 02-24-1899 02-24-1899 WELLS, JESSE 03-13-1854 01-20-1899 WELLS, MARGARET 06-27-1820 02-05-1880 WELLS, NANCY A. 09-07-1855 05-01-1861 WELLS, SAMUEL 12-25-1818 01-20-1899 WELLS, SARAH E. 07-31-1849 08-27-1855 WELLS, SILAS 01-30-1847 11-19-1850 WELLS, WILLIAM 09-18-1841 05-01-1863 WHITE, CHARLES 03-14-1839 08-04-1862 WHITE, JOHN - -1845 07-08-1861 WRIGHT, BENJAMIN R. 08-12-1835 12-07-1864 WRIGHT, ISOM R. 04-30-1859 12-13-1860 WRIGHT, MARY A. 10-21-1886 03-16-1888 WRIGHT, MILLY 10-12-1838 10-05-1860 WRIGHT, NANCY J. - -1856 - -1940 WRIGHT, REBECCA A. 02-08-1837 04-13-1913 WRIGHT, WILLIAM J. - -1857 - -1933 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. 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