Spencer County, KY - Cemeteries:  Some notes on Pioneer Cemetery
Sunday, 17 October 1999

Submitted by:  Steve & Diane Bollschweiler   (Diane Bollschweiler)
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From  "The Spencer Magnet".   February 1997

Pioneer Cemetery contains piece of community's history.

In Taylorsville's past, the community cemetery was well kept and was a
place of pride because of the pioneer families who were buried there.

There were flowers around the wrought iron fences that marked family plots
and the road leading up the hill at the end of Hardin Street was kept in
good repair.

The family names of those buried in the Taylorsville Cemetery since the
early 1830's are familiar today.  They include Brown, Blackburn, Halsclaw,
Dennis, Watson, Cheatham, Cooper, Johnston, Huston, Murphy, Cook, Caine,
Black, Mathis, Heady, Rice, Wood, Stout, Branham, King, McKinley, Goodwin,
Burnette, Martin, Minor, Crutcher, Cox, Maddox, Matthews, Purdy,
Montgomery, Mudd, and many others.

Over the years, after hundreds of burials, a number of the descendants of
those early Taylorsville and Spencer County Families have moved on or the
families have simply died out.

African American Families buried their dead in the same cemetery, but
mostly on the south side of the hill facing the Salt River.  Most of the
graves on the west side, facing Hardin Street, are those of early Caucasion
settlers.

There is a list of the cemetery's burials based on a survey made of the
stones in the 1940s.  It can be viewed at the Public Library.

Many of the pioneers buried there came from Virginia or Pennsylvania and
others were born in Europe.  They descended from Germany, Ireland, Scotland
and France.  Their voices were heard in the stores and on the streets and
in the public buildings.  They sang in Church, they loved and were loved.  

In the same newspaper, different article.  Clean-up efforts are underway at
the Taylorsville's Pioneer Cemetery.  The Taylorsville City Commission
agreed last spring to maintain the cemetery once cleanup work was complete,
if it is determined the property lies within the city limits.  The city's
surveyor has not yet made the determination, according to city officials.



Thank you,

Diane Bollschweiler - Spencer County, KY Coordinator
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