Barry County, Missouri Morgan Cemetery aka Old Potts Cemetery Ash Township (T21N-R29W-S26) Transcribed May 2003 by Brandon Burns From Highway DD west of Seligman, turn right on FR 1050. From there, turn left on FR 2290. When the road comes to a T, turn right on FR 2295. The cemetery is on the left across Greasy Creek. Or...From Washburn, turn on Highway NN off of Highway 90. NN dead ends at FR 2295. Turn left. Continue down for about 1/2 mile. On the right you will come to a clearing where Greasy Creek is closest to the road. You will see a small barn on the other side of the creek. Immediately on the right side is a small grove of trees where the cemetery lies. On the other side of the road is the original homestead of Warner F. and Vashti (Morgan) Potts. Dr. Samuel C. Morgan and his wife Margaret (Vanzandt) Morgan were early settlers of this area. At one time there was a post office near here and the town was called Mayflower, Missouri. That is long gone now, and only a few houses scattered here and there mark the once prospering area. Samuel and Margaret had the following children: Mary, Vesta, Dr. Joshua Gabriel, Zachariah Taylor, Martha, and Margaret. The cemetery is in poor condition, it was quite hard to find and get to . All of the stones are either broken or off their bases. Many of the rock markers have been taken up and laid against a tree. The markers are probably not in their original places, so the following is an alphabetical list of the stones that were found. Burks, Josephine B. Jun. 9, 1842-Jun. 5, 1876 Morgan, Dr. Samuel Jul. 17, 1810-Sept. 8, 1855 ssw Margaret (Vanzandt) Mar. 18, 1810-Jul. 17, 1885 wife of Dr. Samuel Morgan, Elizabeth died Mar. 15, 1862 age 20Y 1M 21D / wife of Dr. J.V. Potts, Samuel Oct. 12, 1870-Sept. 1, 1881 son of W.F. and Vashti Potts, Francis V. Oct. 15, 1868-Sept. 1, 1870 daughter of W.F. and Vashti Return to main Cemetery Page Submit your Ancestor's View our new submissions <../barry.htm>Return to Barry County Main Page <../data/index.htm>Return to our Online Data Index © 1999 Susan Tortorelli All Rights Reserved