************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ Submitted By Roger Gross http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00014.html#0003275 SPAWS CREEK CEMETARY (aka Bill Elam Cemetery) Spaws Creek Road just off U.S. 460 WEST LIBERTY, MORGAN COUNTY, KY From West Liberty take U. S. Route 460 East to Spaws Creek Road (just past CR 172 on the North side of 460 - Across from where the old Drive-In Theater used to be located) (Turn at the second opening in the hill (1/10th of a mile, on the left, from 460 AND drive up the steep gravel road to the cemetery) DO NOT TAKE THE PAVED DRIVEWAY - this is a private drive. This is a complete listing of all the marked graves (that still can be read) at Spaws Creek Cemetery, as of 7-4-2001. There are many stones that you can not read and many sunken graves that have no stones at all. There will never be a way to tell who all is buried there as no one has ever kept a record before. I will try to keep this updated. If anyone having any record of anyone buried there and not listed here would send me the information I will include it in my next update. I have pictures of every marker located there (even the ones that can not be read) and am going to go back with a digital camera to see if I can get better pictures of those so I can read them). Compiled by: Roger Gross, son of Herbert & Lois Haney Gross, and grandson of George Washington & Sarah Ellen Dixon Gross and Great grandson of Joseph Stanley & Elizabeth Nickell Johnston. Email any corrections or additions to: dale2rodgers@yahoo.com NANNIE ADAMS - 9-5-1879 - 3-4-1908 WIFE OF JOSEPH E JOHNSTON TOM ADAMS - 5-1-1874 - 6-24-1955 W K ADAMS - 2-24-1875 - 3-22-1945 PATRICIA ANN BAILEY - 9-1-1952 - 9-1-1952 MARITA ANN (RETE) GROSS BAKER - 5-25-1940 - 11-28-1980 DAU OF HERBERT & LOIS GROSS DORSEY BLANTON - 2-5-1907 - 3-2-1921 RETT BROWN - 12-4-1888 - 8-29-1959 CLAY CONLEY - 2-1876 - 1-1928 LIZZ ANN CONLEY - 7-1878 - 7-1927 MATTIE WADE CONLEY - 1911 - 1912 GENOVA LEE JOHNSON COPELAND - 5-21-1939 - 3-31-1986 DAU OF DELBERT & MARTHA JOHNSTON ANNIE W COTTLE - 6-28-1879 - 8-18-1906 WIFE OF H G MARGARET SUSAN COTTLE - 9-23-1845 - 11-6-1915 URIAH COTTLE - 3-30-1840 - 5-1-1927 HENRY C DENNIS - 6-26-1879 - 2-25-1953 HUSBAND OF LOURINDA HOBART DENNIS - 8-31-1898 - 11-14-1929 JASPER DENNIS - 11-10-1913 - 8-5-1995 HUSBAND OF DOLLIE LOURINDA DENNIS - 9-14-1879 - 3-18-1945 WIFE OF HENRY C EMILY PEARL ELAM - 1898 - 1926 WIFE OF WILLIE W R F ELAM - 12-6-1846 - 7-23-1904 ROBERT H ELAM - 11-3-1877 - 2-7-1993 ROBERT T ELAM - 10-12-1904 - 3-18-1979 WILLIAM PRICHARD ELAM - 1888 - 1954 ROSE MARY LEMASTERS ROMANS ENDICOTT - 12-18-1942 - 9-17-1978 DAU OF BRUCE LEMASTERS ALICE FAYE GAMBLE - 9-14-1931 - 9-14-1998 WIFE OF GENE DELPHA GAMBLE - 1933 - 1935 FLOYD GAMBLE - 2-28-1904 - 9-17-1950 HUSBAND OF IDA GLADYS M ROMAN GAMBLE - 8-19-1912 - 1-1-1935 IDA GAMBLE - 11-18-1909 - 12-29-1981 WIFE OF FLOYD MABLE GAMBLE - 1935 - 1936 RHONDA DELAYNE GAMBLE - 8-29-1959 - 8-29-1959 DAU OF GLEN K & FERN KEATON GAMBLE D F GIBSON - 5-16-1939 - 5-16-1939 MAE GILLIAM - 2-17-1890 - 1-9-1972 WIFE OF MARTIN MARTIN GILLIAM - 3-29-1900 - 3-21-1973 HUSBAND OF MAE ALICE JOHNSTON GROSS - NO DATE ON STONE WIFE OF JESSE TAYLOR GROSS BABY BOY GROSS - STILLBORN SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS BABY GIRL GROSS - (GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON) STILLBORN DAU OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS BECKHAM (JACK) GROSS - 12-27-1903 - 6-10-1968 SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS HUSBAND OF NANNIE ELAM BERNARD GROSS - 1910 - 1961 CELIA IS BURIED IN DAYTON, OH NOT HERE (her side of the grave is empty) SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS BERT GROSS - 2-28-1915 - 7-4-1930 SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS MURDERED AT AGE 15 IN WRIGLEY, KY WITH HIS FATHER BEVERLY GROSS - 1911 - 1-12-1934 SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS BURLEY GROSS - 1905 - 5-2-1930 SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS BYRON GROSS - 8-21-1899 - 7-13-1949 SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS HUSBAND OF VERGIE HELTON GROSS THOMAS DORSEY GROSS - GEORGE WASHINGTON GROSS - MURDERED WITH HIS 15 Y.O. SON BERT IN WRIGLEY, KY HERBERT GROSS - 6-7-1918 - 3-10-1960 SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS HUSBAND OF LOIS HANEY JESSIE TAYLOR GROSS - 7-1-1881 - 1-5-1919 HUSBAND OF ALICE JOHNSTON JAMES EDWARD GROSS - 3-6-1938 - 9-5-1992 SON OF BYRON & VERGIE HELTON GROSS NANNY ELAM GROSS - 9-12-1894 - 2-18-1983 WIFE OF BECKHAM (JACK) GROSS LOIS HANEY GROSS - 4-18-1918 - 6-22-1986 WIFE OF HERBERT PHILLIP EUGENE GROSS - 1-21-1939 - 8-6-1939 SON OF HERBERT & LOIS HANEY GROSS ROBERT GROSS - 4-27-1921 - 4-5-1940 SON OF GEORGE W & SARAH E DIXON GROSS SARAH ELLEN DIXON GROSS - 1880 - 7-23-1949 WIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON GROSS DAU OF FARMER DIXON WHEELER GROSS - 1909 - 12-31-1936 SON OF JESSE TAYLOR & ALICE JOHNSTON GROSS CARL A HARPER - 1925 - 1996 HUSBAND OF LIDA EARL HARPER - 8-10-1895 - 12-11-1941 HUSBAND OF LIZZIE LIZZIE HARPER - 4-30-1893 - 12-3-1946 WIFE OF EARL LOLA MAE HARPER - 12-28-1922 - 12-12-1944 LESLIE HILL - 6-17-1906 - 11-21-1992 HUSBAND OF LOUISE LOUISE JOHNSTON HILL - 7-11-1917 - 9-11-2000 WIFE OF LESLIE DAU OF WILLIAM WOODROW & FLORA JOHNSTON AMOS HOWARD - 8-22-1869 - 11-20-1943 GRAHAM HOWARD - 3-13-1926 - 12-2-1928 MARTHA L HOWARD - 12-11-1871 - 4-13-1920 SUSAN ALICE JOHNSTON HOWARD - ?? - 1929 CROXIE HURLEY - 1-28-1905 - 12-29-1924 A HERSHELL JOHNSTON - 1926 - 1926 ANNIE JOHNSTON - 7-20-1849 - 11-15-1910 WIFE OF D W JOHNSTON CHARLES M JOHNSTON - 1-13-1922 - 2-6-1976 CLARA JOHNSTON - 7-22-1905 - 2-1-1923 CLARENCE JOHNSTON - 5-13-1895 - 2-29-1912 CYNTHA A JOHNSTON - 1-7-1876 - 7-31-1908 WIFE OF ANDY JOHNSTON ANDY IS BURIED AT SALYER CEMETERY ON PRESTONBURG ST IN WEST LIBERTY D W JOHNSTON - 5-22-1849 - 7-29-1918 HUSBAND OF ANNIE DELBERT RAYMOND JOHNSTON - 11-27-1912 - 2-1-1982 HUSBAND OF MARTHA F KEATON DOLLIE JOHNSTON - 1900 - 1921 E W JOHNSTON (CAN’T READ DATES) EASLEY JOHNSTON - 2-3-1851 - 11-5-1932 HUSBAND OF LETTIE CARR REAL NAME IS INGIRM EASLEY JOHNSTON) ELIZABETH NICHELL JOHNSTON - NO DATE ON STONE WIFE OF JOSEPH EMMA A JOHNSTON - 1882 - 1958 WIFE OF JOHN W FORD JOHNSTON - 7-5-1915 - 2-22-1921 GEORGE I JOHNSTON - 6-12-1903 - 6-18-1993 GWENDLYN JOHNSTON - 12-6-1936 - 12-6-1936 DAU OF GLENN & JUANITA JOHNSTON - 1-25-1939 HARVEY JOHNSTON - 4-25-1869 - 11-17-1920 SON OF HARVEY & SUSAN JOHNSTON - DO DATE ON STONE HAZEL JOHNSTON JOHNSTON - 8-17-1892 - 5-1972 (MAIDEN NAME WAS ALSO JOHNSTON) WIFE OF KELLY HENRY CLAY JOHNSTON - 1876 - 1935 HUSBAND OF JOSIE HENRY D JOHNSTON - 8-8-1919 - 10-19-1976 HUSBAND OF IRENE ISAAC C JOHNSTON - 1854 - 1915 J D JOHNSTON - 9-4-1840 - 6-2-1877 HUSBAND OF REBBECCA JAMES V JOHNSTON - 7-6-???? - 9-19-???? JOHN JOHNSTON - 11-21-1810 - 9-14-1877 HUSBAND OF SUSANNAH SOUTHERN JOHN M JOHNSTON - 12-2-1871 - 10-26-1954 JOHN W JOHNSTON - 1874 - 1937 HUSBAND OF EMMA A JOSEPH JOHNSTON - 6-1848 - 2-17-1921 HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH JOSIE JOHNSTON - 1881 - 1941 WIFE OF HENRY CLAY KELLY JOHNSTON - 1892-1968 HUSBAND OF HAZEL V JOHNSTON (SHE WAS BORN A JOHNSTON ALSO) LARRY RAYMOND JOHNSON - 4-11-1938 - 10-18-1997 SON OF DELBERT R & MARTHA F KEATON JOHNSTON LESLIE JOHNSTON - 9-20-1893 - 2-11-1913 LETTIE CARR JOHNSTON - 10-24-1854 - 2-17-1921 WIFE OF EASLEY (REAL NAME IS INGRIM EASLEY JOHNSTON) LEVADA ROSE JOHNSTON - 1929 - 1930 LIZ ANN JOHNSTON - 12-7-1902 - 11-5-1927 LOYD JOHNSTON - 1907 - 1932 LUTHER JOHNSTON - 1840 - 1-18-1916 REAL NAME IS MARTIN LUTHER JOHNSTON MARTHA F KEATON JOHNSTON - 1-10-1916 - 10-18-1999 WIFE OF DELBERT R MARVIN JOHNSTON - 3-5-1921 - 3-23-1981 SON OF KELLY & HAZEL JOHNSTON TWIN BROTHER OF MARJORIE CONLEY BURIED AT WELLS HILL MAY SUSAN JOHNSON - 1870 DAU OF WOODSON & LUCINDA JOHNSTON MIRANDA JOHNSTON - 3-1864 - 3-1890 WIFE OF J E JOHNSTON NEVA JEWEL JOHNSTON - 11-26-1934 - 11-30-1934 DAU OF HAZEL & KELLY JOHNSTON REBECCA JOHNSTON - 9-4-1840 - 6-2-1877 WIFE OF J D JOHNSTON ROUSIE WRIGHT JOHNSTON - 2-20-1897 - 12-29-1988 SCOTT JOHNSTON - 11-30-1866 - 10-14-1932 STANLEY JOHNSTON - 1898 - 1899 SON OF SCOTT & ELIZABETH SUSANNAH SOUTHERN JOHNSTON - 11-9-1812 - 10-5-1860 WIFE OF JOHN VOLNEY JOHNSTON - 1894 - 1955 HUSBAND OF NANNIE CARRIE HAZEL LACY - 5-30-1885 - 8-28-1908 DAU OF D B & FANNIE LACY D B LACY - 7-22-1859 - 6-25-1937 HUSBAND OF FANNIE FANNIE E LACY - 8-5-1836 - 11-22-1902 WIFE OF D B JAMES CURTIS LACY - 10-9-1887 - 6-17-1950 GAYLENA GROSS LITTERAL - 12-18-1942 - 2-18-1999 DAUGHTER OF BYRON & VERGIE HELTON GROSS BROTHER OF JAMES EDWARD GROSS ETHELLE ELAM LYKINS - 2-14-1874 - 5-29-1892 REBECCA A LYKINS - 11-7-1888 - 9-18-1974 BERTHA S MAYABB - 3-23-1918 - 9-21-1977 JOE L MAYABB - 12-10-1891 - 12-21-1986 LUTHER R MAYABB - 1-27-1924 - 11-21-1925 SEBRA MAYABB - 8-6-1894 - 3-1-1961 RONNIE C O’NEAL - 11-8-1954 - 2-16-1955 EVERETT R ROMANS - 1909 - 1975 GEORGE W ROMANS - 1875 - 1941 LEVI THOMAS ROMAN - 12-15-1874 - 11-14-1935 NETTIE F JOHNSTON ROMAN - 2-22-1883 - 11-14-1972 OTHA PAUL ROMANS - 1919 - 1985 SALENIA J ROMANS - 1885 - 1971 STANLEY ROMAN - 4-10-1910 - 4-24-1910 ALEX SALYER - 6-15-1865 - 9-21-1910 HOWARD SALYER - 4-9-1908 - 12-23-1908 SON OF ALEX & MATTIE SHACK STEELE - 1849 - 1936 FERNARD O SURLETT - 2-26-1892 - 2-24-1895 ELLIE H VEST - 1869 - 1931 WIFE OF WILLIAM H WILLIAM H VEST - 1872 - 1920 HUSBAND OF ELLIE H WILLIE P VEST - 2-5-1900 - 3-15-1959 HUSBAND OF OLLA B LYNN B WELLS - 1893 - 1957 GROVER C WINGO - 5-1-1892 - 4-5-1968 HUSBAND OF VIRGIE E VIRGIE E WINGO - 9-3-1895 - 12-30-1969 WIFE OF GROVER C ISAAC WRIGHT - 3-12-1860 - 7-6-1921 FATHER OF ISAAC WILLIAM H ISAAC WILLIAM H WRIGHT - 9-21-1915 - 12-31-1997 SON OF ISAAC JOHN L WRIGHT - 3-28-1894 - 7-13-1922 MAUDA LEE WRIGHT - 11-20-1890 - 11-7-1920 SHERMAN WRIGHT - 1896 - 1981 SUSAN WRIGHT - 9-9-1870 - 6-30-1906 This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. 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