CEMETERY: KING (DIEPAN) Cemetery, McCreary County, Pine Knot, Kentucky *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Kenna Austin KENNA@highland.net February 16, 2000 *********************************************************************** Robert Ernest Stephens "McCreary County, Kentucky Cemeteries" books would not have been possible without alot of hard work. Robert Ernest Stephens and Beatrice Lawson Stephens have helped make it possible for genealogists to work on their family trees without trapsing through the woods. Although on a beautiful day it's not too hard of work. If any errors are noted please email me and I will correct them. I look forward to reading Mr. Stephens history of McCreary County when it is finished. The book is entitled, "A Lost Heritage for a Changing People." I also would like to thank him again for the permission to copy their work. McCreary County Kentucky Cemeteries Vol. II published 1990 Author, Robert Ernest Stephens Copied as written with permission/Kenna Austin Cemetery Name: King (Diepan) Nearby Town: Pine Knot Graves identifiable: 27 Unidentifiable: 10 Date Copied: July 18 1986 Location: From Pine Knot where KY 1470 (Pine Knot Rd.) Intersects with KY 92 go WSW. After crossing the railroad tracks travel .3 mile to the Tom Meadows Rd. Go SSW 1.3 miles. Shortly after crossing Smith Fork, there's a road that leads to Ed meadows Pay Lake. The cemetery can be seen on top of the hill from Tom Meadows Rd., very near the pay lake. You'll be turning NW from the Tom Meadows Rd. toward the pay lake. BARNETT, Herbert L. 17 Mar 1939 18 Mar 1939 Son of W. F. & Manda Barnett. Gone so soon. COFEY, Faney 26 Oct 1897 18 Jun 1898 COFFEY, Charley (one date) 10 May 1920 War Memorial Kentucky, Pvt. 112 AM. Tn. 37 Div. COFFEY, Gertrude 18 Aug 1895 11 Aug 1899 COFFEY, Jeff 24 Jan 1866 7 July 1899 COFFEY, Oscar 6 Mar 1890 18 Feb 1955 War Memorial Kentucky, Pvt. Co. B, 10 Bn. US Guards World War I. Inscribed with a cross. CRABTREE, Jess 30 Apr 1877 2 Dec 1958 Daddy, we will meet you. CRABTREE, Margie 25 Mar 1870 16 Aug 1921 No pain. No grief. No anxious fear can reach our loved one sleeping here. HILL, John 19 Oct 1856 25 Apr 1914 We miss thee from our home dear husband. We miss thee from they place. A shadow oe'r our life is cast. We miss the sunshine of thy face. We miss the kind and willing hand, thy fond and earnest care. Our home is dark without thee. We miss thee everywhere. HILL, Nannie 4 Nov 1865 2 Apr 1923 It was hard indeed to part with thee. But Christ's strong arms supported me. KIDD, Autho 6 Oct 1908 19 July 1933 Photograph on stone. A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home. Which never can be filled. KIDD, Mary M. 28 Feb 1924 21 Mar 1924 Gone to be an Angel. KIDD, Pinkie L. 11 Sep 1882 1 Nov 1968 Mother. Rest in peace. KING, Burl [Diepan] 11 Feb 1826 26 Jan 1917 KING, Isham 21 Apr 1862 13 Feb 1899 KING, Manda Bell 16 Feb 1902 17 July 1904 Daughter of Albert & Anne King. KING, Margia 26 May 1835 16 Oct 1884 Our Mother. At rest. Wife of Burl King. KING, Tabby 29 May 1866 24 Mar 1926 Gone but not forgotten. LAXTON, Mary 2 Jan 1885 19 Apr 1927 In loving memory of our mother. MEADOWS, Brooks Anthony 7 Sep 1979 26 Jan 1980 Baby. SLAVEY, W. M. 31 Oct 1833 1 Jun 1907 WILSON, Earnest T. 17 Apr 1907 2 Feb 1908 Son of J. G. & Tildia Wilson. Christ says suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such are the Kingdom of God. WILSON, T. G. 1 Dec 1865 25 Apr 1911 Farewell. Dearest brother thou hast left us. Here thou loss we deeply feel. But 'Tis God that hath bereft us. He can all our sorrows heal. WILSON, Infant son 30 Aug 1904 30 Aug 1904 At rest. J. G. & Matilda Wilson. WILSON, Rubin 9 Mar 1906 4 Apr 1906 At rest. Son of J. G. & Matilda Wilson. WILSON, Tilda G. (one date) 2 Nov 1874 Wife of John G. Wilson. Where the flowers bloom forever. YOUNG, Charley 26 Jun 1897 16 Sep 1898 Son of W. & N. Young. SUMMARY This is a family cemetery, first established in 1884, when Margia King, wife of Diepan Burl King, died. Since that time other families who have lived nearby or succeeded to ownership of land, have buried members of their families here. It has been used continuously until the 1930-39 ten year period. The last burial was Brooks Anthony Meadows, 26 January 1980. The earliest birth date for an individual interred here is Burl King, 11 February 1826. Coffeys, Crabtrees, Hills and Slaveys along with Kidds and Wilsons have all been buried here, but the Kings predominate. About 1/3 of all burials are marked with field stones with no inscriptions. The cemetery overlooks the fertile bottom land of Smith Fork, with rugged terrain to either side. To the early settlers, the Kings, this must have been truly a land-rocked promised land, where all their needs became realities. The cemetery will probably fall into disuse.