Lexington Township Cemetery Book
1813 - 1988

Most of the information in this section was taken from "Lexington Township Cemetery Book, 1813~1988". This information is reproduced here with permission from the Scott County Historical Society.

Lexington Township Cemetery Records

1988

Copied by

Priscilla Surber Sebastian

from

Grave Stones
Mortuary Records
Newspaper Items
Old Cemetery Records
and
Other Reliable Sources

Scott County Historical Society

The Scott County Historical Society is indebted to Carl R. Bogardus, Sr. for research he has done and records he has made of those buried in the Lexington Township Cemeteries including the Cemetery in Lexington. Many unmarked graves and their records would have been lost except for his effort and foresight.

Jeannie Carlisle with the help of her husband, Steve Carlisle, took the inventory of the Lexington Cemetery and Split Stump and gathered information from residents and gave the committee the information typed on file cards. We want to express our sincere thanks to her for this.

Credit is due to Helen Hardy Smith for checking the Lexington Cemetery card file against her Hardy Family Book, making corrections and additions. We are grateful for her help.

We are also grateful for the help of Joe Gibson on the research of the history of the Lexington Cemetery.

Likewise, we are indebted to Stewart, Collins, and Buchanan Funeral Homes for allowing us to have access to their records.

The Scott County Library has been most accommodating to the Committee as they searched the Scott County Journals and The Chronicle. Many bits of information were found.

The Scott County Cemetery book published in 1978 was checked and corrections and additions made.

We are indebted to the Scott County Cemetery Commission members:

Ira Watson and Harold Patton, for taking the Committee to visit the old cemeteries in Lexington Township. Their Commission has found several cemeteries that were virtually lost.

Every cemetery in Lexington Township has been visited by the Cemetery Committee.

We have heard that there are two Indian Burial Grounds in this area, but if anyone knows where they are, they will not give out the information for fear the graves would be robbed. This is sad.

The Committee has been very dedicated in this work and have spent untold hours over a period of more than a year in an effort to make as accurate a record as can be had. We trust that the errors are at a minimum. However, if an error is found, please call the Scott County Library (752-2751) giving them the correct information.

A card file listing all names, dates, etc., will be made available at the Scott County Public Library.

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