CEMETERY: Elliott Cemetery, Knox County, KY



ELLIOTT CEMETERY????

COMPILED BY: SHARLENE SEXTON,FREDA SEXTON, LYNNIE SCALF & LAURA (CARTER) ADAMS
AUGUST 21, 1999

DIRECTIONS:  FROM THE KNOX CO. COURTHOUSE IN BARBOURVILLE KY TAKE HWY 6 NORTH TWO MILES AND 
SIX TENTHS AND ON THE LEFT YOU WILL SEE THE SMOKEY CREEK HOLINESS CHURCH.   TURN LEFT JUST 
PAST CHURCH AND GO UP ELLIOTT HOLLOW????.  GO APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE UP A GRAVEL ROAD 
ONTO A STRIP MINING PIT.  GO TO THE RIGHT ON STRIP PIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE AN OLD STRIP MINING 
ROAD.  PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND WALK UP THE HILL ON AN OLD STRIP MINING ROAD AND WHEN YOU GET 
TO THE UPPER LEVEL TURN LEFT AND GO APPROXIMATELY A HALF OF A MILE AND IN THE WOODS ON THE 
LEFT BETWEEN THE STRIP MINING LEVELS IS THE CEMETERY.  THIS PROPERTY I BELIEVE HAS BEEN 
STRIPPED TWICE PROBABLY 20 YEARS APART.  THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW 
STRIP MINING JOBS.  THE CEMETERY HAS AT LEAST 7 GRAVES.

ASAEL ELLIOTT
CO. L 4 KY INF.
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
DECEMBER 11, 1852
JANUARY 15, 1945

MARY ELLIOTT
OCTOBER  6, 1830
(ONE DATE ONLY)

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ROCKS

MARKED GRAVES          2
UNMARKED GRAVES        5
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TOTAL GRAVES           7


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Transcribed by: Sharlene Sexton - SharleneSexton@webtv.net
Date:  21 August 1999 
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