GROUND FAMILY BURYING GROUND, Three Forks, Warren County, Kentucky This cemetery is on a farm once owned by Robert and Rhoda (Long) Ground by land grant 19 May 1818, at Three Forks in Warren County, Kentucky. Robert Ground was the son of Robert and Margaret (Cockeral) Ground of Thorney, Cambridshire, England. Rhoda Long was the daughter of John Long and Jane Conway. Rhoda was a small child when Indians, incited by the British, overran Ruddle's Fort in Kentucky and took the occupants, including members of the Long and Conway families captive. Details of this incident can be read in the Draper Manuscripts, Volume 29, Series Jp 18, and 24s169. The old Ground homestead was in 1984 still owned by Ground family members. A photo of the cemetery taken in the early 1930s shows considerable "aging" - i.e. tilted tombstones, tall weeds. In the mid-1980s, the Ground Family Association, under the direction of descendant, Wesley Mulleneix, organized the replacement of some of the older family stones. Wes is the author of "Plymouth Rock to the Pacific," an extensive history of the Ground(s) family in America. Of interest to Ground and related family researchers: Wes Mulleneix describes the location: "The Ground family graveyard lies in a grove of trees surrounded by a green meadow. It is well fenced with a good gate, and very well kept. You must walk in as there does not appear to be a road. I talked to the Beckhams across the road before going through the fence. I also talked to one of the Lawrences just up the hill, and he told me to take the left fork in the road at his place up the hill about a half a mile to the old Goodnight family graveyard. This old cemetery lies right next to the road and an old barn is on the other side of this road. At the time I did not know it, but Isaac Goodnight's big brick home had been on the other side of the road also." The following survey was conducted beginning on the east side. Rows are numbered A through K, from East to West, graves being numbered South to North, 1-16 on each row. It was susrveyed first August 12, 1936 by Roberta Dukes Richardson, where row and lot numbers were assigned, then this list was compared to a later one compiled by Mrs. Dan Stone, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mrs. Stone obviously followed the same route to record the graves, but did not assign row and lot numbers to her list. Finally, some annotations and additional entries have been made by various family members. For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. Beckham, Billy 28 Jul 1913 - 28 Jul 1913 A8 {son of Isaac & Betty} Ground, Donard, 1941 -1946 Brown, Winnie Mae, 17 Apr 1904 - 13 Oct 1905 B6 Brown, Carl, 7 Jul 1922 - 3 Aug 1922 B7 Brown, Annie May Ground, 20 Jun 1884 - 28 Apr 1925 B8 Ground, Pleasant, 25 Aug 1889 - 2 Aug 1948 Ground, Vadie Howell, 8 Jan 1897 - 20 Mar 1953 Jackson, Carlos, 22 May 1905 - 13 Jun 1905 C11 {son of Ethel (Ground) Jackson} Cates, James Leroy, 31 Oct 1946 - 1 Nov 1946 Ground, James Henry, 22 Nov 1887 - 18 Oct 1889 D8 Ground, Infant (no dates) D9 Ground, Infant, 1892 - 1892 D10 Ground, Luther, 1 Sep 1857 - 25 Aug 1901 D11 Ground, Eliza B. Beckham, 25 Dec 1859 - 8 Jan 1949 Ground, Roy, 2 May 1882 - 21 Jan 1963 Ground, Mary Wood, 11 Jun 1894 - 3 Aug 1964 Ground, Henry Earl, 10 Feb 1895 - 22 Feb 1952 Ground, Helen Louise, 23 Jan 1934 - 14 Dec 1935 E5 Ground, Mildred, 15 Sep 1882 - 15 Sep 1882 E10 Ground, Steve, 7 Dec 1885 - 17 Sep 1891 E11 Ground, Yatsey, 31 May 1887 - 1 Oct 1891 E12 Ground, Melvina Lowery, 27 Dec 1864 - 18 Jan 1931 E13 Ground, Robert, 30 Jun 1859 - 3 Jun 1922 E14 Ground, Phoebe Esther, 11 Nov 1904 - 14 Sep 1962 Wheatley, Edmon, 27 Nov 1823 - (date open) F5 Wheatley, Sarah A. 11 Sep 1826 - 23 Oct 1899 F6 {death date gone for Mrs. Stone's survey} Wheatley, Infant (no dates) F7 Ground, Nancy A. Wheatley, 11 May 1825 - 21 Jun 1907 F8 Ground, William, 29 Jul 1819 - 15 Oct 1891 F9 Ground, Infant (no dates) F10 Ground, Infants 16 Sep 1855 - 16 Sep 1855 F11 (unknown adult) R. E. died 22 Sep 1864 (only initials on stone) G9 Ground, Robert, Born England 31 Mar 1768 - Feb 1850 G10 Ground, Rhoda Long, Born in Mercer Co., 29 Jul 1779 - 17 Nov 1863 G11 (unknown adult) headstone missing G13 Butler, J. H. Bradford, d. 7 Apr 1888 H5 Butler, Minnie J., 1 Jun 1886 - Dec 1886 H6 Butler, Ed C., d. 21 Oct 1888 H7 (unknown) G. B. (only initials on stone) H9 (unknown adult) no headstone H10 (unknown infant) no headstone H11 (unknown adult) D. H. d. 2 Aug 1864 (only initials on stone) H13 Greer, Rhoda Ground, 25 Apr 1815 - 18 Jul 1902 H14 Lowe, Hannah (no dates) H15 Beckham, Artemisis Lowe, 19 Feb 1844 - 14 Apr 1932 H16 Lawrence, Infant (no dates) child of Ned & Betty J5 Wheatley, Infant (no dates) child of Tom & ... J6 Whtealey, Infant (no dates) child of Tom & ... J7 Chapman, Toy Thomason, (no dates) K1 (2nd wife of Sanford Chapman) Chapman, Sanford, (no dates) {b. 26 Jun 1855 - d. } Chapman, Pernie Annie, 16 Sep 1881 - 8 Oct 1901 K4 Chapman, Mary Plumley, d. 1 Nov 1918 (wife of Sanford Chumley K3 Several unmarked graves Additional burials: Moulder, Eula, b. & d. 1913, dau of J.V. & Elizabeth ? ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Margaret R. 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