JOSEPH CREEK CEMETERY, Asotin County, WA The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Transcribed and submitted by Jill Nock November 22, 1999. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. jjnock@cpcinternet.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Creek Cemetery T7N R46E Section 35 This is a transcription of Robert Weatherly's work. Used with permission. The Bly area of the Joseph Creek country of Asotin County was (and is) a remote, mountainous area, accessible in the earlier days by horse or by boat to Rogersburg, at the junction of the Snake River and the Grande Ronde Riv., and then by horseback some 5 or 6 miles. A road up the Snake River to Rogersburg from Asotin didn't reach there until 1938. Remote as it was, it was a busy area with sheep and cattle ranches, and mining up the Snake Riv. There were three schools in the general area: One at Joseph Creek (Bly), one at Rogersburg, and another, the Cottonwood on farther up in Oregon. There are also a number of other graves, but identification has been lost. All signs of the cemetery disappeared a number of years ago. A hay field now encompasses the area which has returned to grass. Many relatives of people buried there, as well as former residents of the area, have been saddened that all signs of the remote little cemetery have disappeared. Burials: APPLINGTON, Baby (no dates) APPLINGTON, Baby Ida Faye (no dates) APPLINGTON, Nathan (Older man believed to have been moved to Asotin) DAY, Loren Walter Abt 1900, age 4 mo HAWK, Loren 19 Aug 1911, 28 yrs old, shot by Montgomery HERRING, Mrs. Daisy Owenby Died 1908 KINSLEY, George 1 Jul 1898, 38 yrs old, killed at Shovel Creek McKINLEY, Mr. Before 1900, (1st buried in cemetery) ROGERS, Jesse Lee 13 Mar 1902-May 1904, Brother ROGERS, Mary Died 1900, Grandmother