CEMETERY: Old Stonermouth Graveyard, Ruddle's Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 The Old Stonermouth Graveyard, Ruddle's Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky Following are two listings of the tombstone inscriptions for the old Stonermouth Presbyterian graveyard, Ruddle's Mills, Kentucky. The first list is taken from "Bourbon County Tombstone Inscriptions." The second list (and history of the Stonermouth Presbyterian Church) is taken from an old type written manuscript sent to me (Bob Francis) by Betty Hewitt Lair Wyatt, a distant cousin and fellow researcher of the history of Bourbon County. The "(" indicates a given surname on a single tombstone. Amos, Nicholas, born Auguat 15, 1771 - died September 20, 1817 Amos, Ann, consort of Nicholas, born June 28, 1779 - died September 12, 1843 Amos, Kitty, born March 1, 1820 - died June 19, 1863 Ardery, Alex R., born May 21, 1782 - died October 17, 1838 Ardery, Sarah, consort of Alex R., born July 1, 1787 - died January 15, 1848 (Brindley, Nicholas, born in Hartford County, MD., September 10, 1802 - died September 17, 1846 (Brindley, Pricila, w/o Nicholas, born February 21, 1808 - died February 24, 1831 (Brindley, Nicholas & Joseph, infant s/o Nicholas & Pricila Colville, John, born August 27, 1779 - died May 28, 1835 Colville, Martha, w/o John, born January 20, 1774 - died June 26, 1852 Curry, Margaret McClure, w/o John Curry, d/o James & Margaret McClure, born July 6, 1789 - died May 23, 1861 Dimmitt, Sarah J., born November 13, 1806 - died March 10, 1884 (Dimmitt, John C., died September 1, 1863 age 63 years, I month, & 11 days (Dimmitt, ? , w/o John C., born 1801, died May 14, 184 ? name illegible Ewalt, Col. Samuel, born February, 1826 - died August 8, 1868 (Huston, Robert, a native of County Down, Ireland, died October 14, 1839 age 30 (Huston, Elizabeth, w/o Robert, died August 21, 1841 Howard, Benjamin, born March 2, 1828 - died January 15, 1857 Jones, Mary Ann B., w/o Garrett D., died July 7, 1848 age 36 years, 5 months, & 7 days Jones, Mary Jane, d/o G. D. & M. A., born January 24, 1836 - died October 8, 1837 Mock, Clarinda R., d/o G. & D. Mock, died April 2, 1848 age 20 years McClintock, Amanda T., born January 11, 1827 - died September 28, 1852 McClintock, Daniel, born September 16, 1716 - died January 9, 1799 McKee, Alexander, born September 1, 182 ? - died August, 1826 McKee, John, born 1780 (stone Crumbled) McKee, John, born November 26, 1847 - died August 21, 1849 Moore, Mary, w/o John, died September 15, 1864 aged 75 years Moore, James, born March 25, 1818 - died June 22, 1855 Moore, Samuel S., born August 14, 1814 - died August 15, 1815 Moore, James, born December 25, 1780 - died October 4, 1822 Moore, Elizabeth, born January 25, 1756 - died June 11, 1825 McConnell, Samuel, died June 7, 1833 age 26 years & 22 days Nesbit, James W., born January 24, 1821 - died September 2, 1850 Patten, Joseph, Sr., born October 1, 1759 - died September 1, 1822 Patten, John W., s/o W., & M., died July 28, 1859 age 26 years Patten, William, born July 12, 1794 - died January 22, 1853 Patten, Mary, w/o Willima, born November 15, 1791 - died July 24, 1859 Patton, Prudence, w/o Alexander, born December 14, 1818 - died August 20, 1848 Patton, Margaret, w/o Alexander L., died February 27, 1863 Patton, John, born March 1, 1709 - died September 20, 1810 Patton, Susan, w/o John, dates illegible Patton, Margaret, w/o J.P., born April 8, 1761 - died February 18, 1838 Patterson, John W., born April 15, 1818 - died October 3, 1851 Patterson, William T., s/o John & Julie, born April 24, 1849 - died February 3, 1852 Purdy, Jane, w/o Robert, died January 22, 1817 age 56 years Purdy, William A., born August 2, 1815 - died March 18, 1847 Purdy, Isaac, died December 30, 1812 age 2 days Purdy, Julia Ann, w/o John T., & d/o Jas. & E. Williams, born February 10, 1820, died February 27, 1854 Robinson, Dr. Mortimer, died October, 1850 Ruddle, Isaac, Va. Mil. Rev. War no dates Rule, James, born April 5, 1822 - died April 28, 1852 Rule, Elizabeth, w/o James, born May 15, 1819 - died November 27, 1849 Rainey, Nancy, w/o William, born June 27, 1812 - died February 16, 1837 Rader, Elender, died March 19, 1824 in the 17th year of her age Robinson, Jas., died November 20, 1831 Rutledge, William, born August 2, 1820 - died September 9, 1871 Rush, Jane, w/o Charles, born March 15, 1823 - died July 25, 1854 Rush, George, born September 16, 1796 - died May 16, 1856 age 59 years & 8 months Rush, Jane, w/o George, born January 27, 1796 - died September 8, 1838 age 42 years, 7 months, & 11 days Shawhan, Daniel, born December 1, 1738 - died May 1, 1791 Stephens, Elizabeth, died February 6, 1840 aged 65 years Willett, James E., s/o Carlton & Nancy, born November 1, 1830 - died January 30, 1831 Willett, Francis, w/o Martin F., born October 12, 1801 - died December 27, 1831 Wyatt, Emanuel, born November 13, 1781 - died January 26, 1856 Wyatt, Susannah, w/o Emanuel, born May 22, 1782 - died January 15, 1848 Wyatt, Thomas., died October 11, 1848 age 38 years & 2 months Wyatt, Julia Ann, w/o Thomas, died November 22, 1848 History of Stonermouth Presbyterian Church, Ruddles Mills, KY According to the Transylvania Presbytery, the Stonermouth Presbyterian Church at Ruddles Mills was first motioned October, 1786, but it was one year later that Isaac Ruddle deeded to Stonermouth Presbyterian Church two acres of land in the forks of Stoner Creek, Hinkson Creek and the South Licking River for the purpose of building a meeting house and establishing a cemetery and sale was made for a price of five shillings. Andrew McClure is believed to have organized the church and he was the pastor from 1786 to 1793, the date of his death, after which James Crawford, William Robinson and Robert Marshall served as supplies until 1796. The longest pastorate in the church was that of Reverend Samuel Rannels, who was ordained over the united congregation of Paris and Stonermouth which he retained for twenty one years until his death on March 24, 1817. After the date of Rannels, there was no long pastorate. Many different ministers supplied the church for short periods. After the years 1812 to 1839 Stonermouth and Millersburg constituted one pastorate. Stonermouth was the oldest Presbyterian Church in Bourbon County and was one of the important churches in the Presbytery until the separation into the old school and the new school churches occurred in the year 1841. After that date, neither branch of the church prospered. The old school church seems to have had no regular pastor after John T. Hendrick resigned in 1839. By an act of the church dated March 12,1872, Willis Collins, James H.Ardery and John I. Moore were empowered as trustees to sell all vacant land and the ruins of the church building and to use the proceeds of the sale to build a substantial wall around the cemetery. The remainder of the money was to be invested in county bonds, and the interest was to be used to keep the wall repaired and the graveyard cleaned. Today on the outskirts of Ruddles Mills there is an abandoned God's Acre in which many of the pioneers of Kentucky are buried dating back to the birth of Davey Crockett. The following is a list of the names of some of the people of the people buried there. These names were collected by different people from 1917 until the present time. Including Mrs Edna Talbott Whitley, Miss Blanche Lilleston, Reverend Robert Sanders, Mrs. William Linville, Milton S. Hill and several others unknown. Amos, Ann-1779-1843 (wife of Nicholas Amos) Amos, Kitty-1820-1863 Amos, Nicholas-1771-1847 (Son of Thomas Amos) Ardery, Alexander-1782-1838 Ardery, Sarah-1787-1848 (Consort of Alexander) Barney, Nancy-1812-1837 (Wife of William Barney) Buried in vault erected in the year 1847: Brinley, Joseph (Son of Priscilla/Nicholas Brinley) Brinley, Nicholas (Son of Priscilla/Nicholas Brinley) Brinley, Nicholas-1802-1846 Brinley, Priscilla-1808-1851 (First wife of Nicholas Brinley) Butler, William B.-1820-1841 Colville, John-1779-1835 Colville, Martha-1794-1852 (Consort of John Colville) Curry, John--?-1849 (married Mrs. Margaret McClure Moore-12/24/40) Curry, Margaret-1789-1861 (Formerly Margaret McClure, daughter of James/Margaret McClure, wife of James Moore 2/25/08 and John Curry 12/24/40) Coons, Jimmy--?-? Coons, Nancy--?-? Dimitt, John--1795-1860 Dimitt, Rebecca-1801-1845 (wife of Colonel John Dimitt) Dimitt, Sarah J.-1806-1884 Dunham, Franklin B.-1839-1839 Dunlap, Jane-1777-1820 Ewalt, Betty Margaret-1851-1857 Ewalt, Frances A.-1844-1855 Ewalt, John, Sr.-1791-1857 Ewalt, Nancy Kate-1852-1867 Ewalt, Colonel Sam-1826-1868 Ewalt, Willie J.--?-? Fisher, James H.-1805-1841 Howard, Benjamin-1828-1851 Moon, Emily G.-1829-1853 (wife of A.E. Moon) Howard, Minerva-1825-1876 Hugh, Jane Patten-1795-1851 Huston, Elizabeth McKee-1813-1841 Huston, Robert-(In 30th year)--?-1839 (Native of County Dover, Ireland) Jones, Garrett D.-1836-1837 Jones, Mary Ann (Age 36+)--?-1848 (Wife of Garrett D. Jones) Jones, Mary Jane (1 Day)-1836-1837 Kimbrough, Elizabeth-1814-? (Daughter of William/Elizabeth Kimbrough) Lindsay, Preston (M.D.)-1805-1840 Lowry, Abraham-1815-1885 Lowry, Margaret-1822-1899 Lowry, Scott-1837-1885 Lucas, John-1849-1858 (Son of G.L./H.L. Lucas) Masoner, John-1813-1871 McCune, Elizabeth (or Emily) Age 65--?-1812 (Wife of William McCune) McKee, Alexander-1812-1812 McKee, John-1780-1812 (or 1842) Mock, Clarinda R.-1826-1846 (Daughter of C/D Mock) Mock, Lucy-1842-1918 McClintock, Daniel-1746-1799 McClintock, Elizabeth R.-1822-1838 McClintock, Frances-1731-1838 (Wife of Daniel McClintock) McClintock, Joseph-1787-1836 McConnell, Samuel-1807-1833 McKee, John D.-1779-1812 or 1842 Moore, Elizabeth-1756-1825 Moore, James-1780-1822 Moore, James B.-1818-1855 Moore, Jane-1819-1821 Moore, John-1781-1850 Moore, John T.-1752-1830 Moore, Mary (Age 74)--?-? (Wife of John B.) Moore, Samuel-1811-1814 Moore, Samuel S.-1814-1815 Nailer, Sarah M.-1784-1855 (Wife of James Nailer) Nesbitt, James W.-1871-1850 (note: birth date must be typo) Patten, A.L.-1824-1861 (Husband of Jane Marshall Patten) Patten, Alexander-1810-1843 Patten, Daniel-1738-1791 Patten, Hugh-1795-1856 (Consort of Jane Patten) Patten, Jane Marshall-1824-1861 Patten, John T.-1836-1855 Patten, Joseph-1799-1823 Patten, Joseph, Sr.-1759-1822 Patten, Margaret-1761-1838 (Wife of J. Patten) Patten, Mary-1790-? Patten, M.C.-1836-1837 Patten, Prudence-1818-1848 (Consort of Alexander Patten) Purdy, Isaac-1812 age 20--?-? Purdy, Jane-1817-1873 Purdy, William-1815-1817 Purdy, Willy-1822-1849 Radar, Elender--?-1824 Rainey, Nancy Pattan-1812-1837 (Wife of William Rainey) Riley, John-1799-1865 Robinson, James-1831-? Robinson, James--?-? Robinson, Mortimer (Dr.)-1811-1850 Ruddle, Isaac-1732-1808 Rule, James-1822-1852 Rule, Elizabeth-1819-1849 (Wife of James Rule) Rush, Charles-1823-1854 (believed to be wrong, same dates as wife) Rush, George-1796-1856 Rush, Jane-1796-1838 (Wife of George Rush) Rush, Jane E.-1823-1838 (Wife of Charles Rush) Rutledge, William-1820-? Shawhan, Daniel-1738-1791 Smith, Margaret--?-? (Wife of Samuel Smith) Smith, Samuel--?-? Speakes, Hezekiah-1813-1854 Stephens, Elizabeth--?-1840 Stewart, Lucy--?-? Stewart, John M.--?-? Stewart, Lucy-1849-? (Daughter of N/S.P. Stewart) Summors, Ann-1772-1841 Summors, Daniel-1772-1856 Willett, Alfred-1803-1850 Willett, Ed. W.-1776-? Willett, Elanor-1765-1845 (Consort of Edward) Willett, Frances-1801-1831 (Consort of Martin F.) Willett, Myram-1836-1837 (Son of W./Irene G. Willett) Willett, James-1830-1831 (Son of Carlton/Nancy Willett) Willett, James E.-1830-1831 (Son of Carlton Willett) Willett, Nancy-1838-1839 (Daughter of Alfred/Sophia) Wyatt, Emanuel-1781-1856 Wyatt, Julia Ann--?-1848 (Wife of Thomas Wyatt) Wyatt, Susan-1782-1848 Wyatt, Thomas-1810-1848 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. 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