CEMETERIES: Messamore Cemetery, Christian Co, Ky ---------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: E-mail Registry submittor: Nancy Trice Date: Thursday, January 12, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************************************** Located approximately 5 miles north of Hopkinsville on Hwy 109. The cemetery is located in the woods up on top of a hill on the right side of the Hwy. Enter the woods to the left of the blue and white trailer, follow the creek bed to the top of the hill bearing to the left all the time. At the top of the hill, look to the left. The cemetery is badly covered by trees and leaves. Copied by Patricia C and Lawrence D Johnston, September 17, 1978. Only 4 stones remain in this cemetery. The other graves are marked with small sandstones or not marked at all. You can see sunken graves. Concrete stone with M.L.B. The footstone is also concrete but has no dates or initials. Samuel H Cook, Apr 15, 1846 - Jun 5, 1873 * "Farewell my wife & children, all. From you, a father, Christ doth call. Mourn not for me, it is in vain to call me to your sight again." John W Mamissamore ___ 1831 - Apr 15, 1870 ** Susan B dau of J W & Ivi A Messamore, April 6, 1860 - August 29, 1870 [* In the 1850 census of Christian Co, Ky, Samuel H Cook is 4 years old and born in Tenn. His father is listed as James W Cook, 35, laborer, born in Ala. Mother Delila 45, born in Tenn. In the Christian County Marriages, Samuel H Cook married Mary J Howard, Dec 18, 1867. Witnesses: Wm. Harrelson and H B Littell, by Judge Wooldridge.] [** copied exactly as shown on stone.] [Note by Pat Johnston: After talking with my Great-aunt, Lizzie Fuller, I was told that the land on which the cemetery is located once belonged to Frank Long. Now it is owned by Dr. LaBow, a Veterinarian from Hopkinsville, Ky.] From Hopkins County Genealogical Society Yesterdays Tuckaways, Volume XI, Issue 4, October 1978 From: Nancy T r i c e