GEORGE T. WOOD CEMETERY

Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky

LOCATION:  This cemetery is located in Munfordville on East South Street at the rear of the old George Twyman Wood home.

COMMENTS:  Information taken from Judge Cann’s records in the Hart County Historical Society Quarterly dated January 1973. 

Researched and updated by Dee Tapp in 2012.   

 

Gravestones of Amelia, Elizabeth and Henrietta Wood

Surname

Given Name

Birth

Death

Notes

BARRET

VIRGINIA “BIRCHIE” (WOOD)

28 Apr 1803

14 Feb 1832

W/O Dr. Lewis Barret – married 1823.  D/O William Johnson and Elizabeth (Twyman) Wood; S/O George T. Wood.  

BARRET

DR. LEWIS

5 Oct 1801

18 Mar 1854

  H/O Virginia (Wood) Barret & Rachel (Garvin) Barret (1811-1898) – married 1833 who was born in Ireland, died in Louisville and is buried @ Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville; S/O Francis, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and Elizabeth (Lowry) Barret. 

BARRET

JANE AMELIA

26 Jul 1841

15 Mar 1859

  D/O Dr. Lewis and Rachel (Garvin) Barret.  She died at the age of 17 of consumption.

COMPTON

AMELIA M. (WOOD)

1 Sep 1840

30 Apr 1914

  W/O James H. Compton; D/O George Twyman and Amelia Winlock (Munford) Wood

COMPTON

HENRIETTA DONAN

20 May 1870

21 Feb 1950

  D/O James H. & Amelia M. (Wood) Compton

COMPTON

JAMES H.

3 Apr 1840

3 Oct 1912

  H/O Amelia M. (Wood) Compton; S/O Robert W. and Sarah Watkins (Brown) Compton.  Circuit Court Clerk - 1863

COMPTON

JOEL TAYLOR

21 Nov 1867

7 May 1883

S/O James H. and Amelia M. (Wood) Compton

COMPTON

LIDA MCMARY

15 Jun 1882

1 Aug 1883

D/O James H. and Amelia M.(Wood) Compton

COMPTON

MAGDALENE “MADGE”

27 Dec 1872

23 Feb 1958

D/O James H. and Amelia M. (Wood) Compton

COMPTON

ROBERT WOOD

5 Jul 1875

4 Feb 1959

Pvt Co G-3 Regt, Kentucky Infantry, Spanish-American War.  S/O James H. and Amelia M. (Wood) Compton

DONAN

CAPT. JOHN GILLASPY

8 Feb 1826

26 Apr 1905

Mexican War soldier, Sheriff of Hart County in 1851 and an attorney.  H/O Henrietta (Wood) Donan and S/O David Crews and Elizabeth (Gillaspy) Donan

DONAN

HENRIETTA (WOOD)

18 Mar 1837

30 Nov 1913

  W/O Captain John Gillaspy Donan; D/O George Twyman and Amelia Winlock (Munford) Wood

HOBBS

MARY B. (WOOD)`

2 Jul 1835

28 Dec 1911

  Married Vachel M. Hobbs (1830-1904) on 16 Jan 1856, who died and is buried in Independence, MO where they made their home; D/O George Twyman and Amelia Winlock (Munford) Wood

WOOD

AMELIA WINLOCK (MUNFORD)

26 Mar 1811 in VA

10 Dec 1840

W/O George Twyman Wood; D/O Thomas Bolling and Elizabeth (Winlock) Munford

WOOD

AUNT SARAH

1821

 

Sometime slave – always our friend

WOOD

AYLETT HARRISON

7 Nov 1853

18 Jan 1936

  H/O Mary (Compton) Wood; S/O Isaac Hartsell and Mary Elizabeth (Thurman) Wood.   Hart County Tax Collector (1884-1886)

WOOD

ELIZABETH (HELM)

 

 

W/O George Twyman Wood; married          7 Feb 1821 in Barren County, KY.  D/O Charles and Sarah (Crutcher) Helm. M/O Henry C. and Thomas John Wood, a General Officer in the Civil War who was born in Munfordville, KY but died in Dayton, Ohio.  He is interred at the West Point Military Academy Cemetery.

WOOD

GEORGE TWYMAN

17 Sep 1796 in VA

24 Feb 1876

.  H/O Elizabeth (Helm) Wood and Amelia Winlock (Munford) Wood; S/O William Johnson and Elizabeth (Twyman) Wood.  County Clerk for 42 years (1819-1861); Circuit Court Clerk (1819-1856)

WOOD

HENRIETTA

 

 

W/O George Twyman Wood

WOOD

HENRY C.

27 Nov 1821

11 Feb 1861

Hart County attorney and later Jefferson County Court of Appeals Judge.  H/O Elizabeth (Barret) Wood, a niece of Dr. Lewis Barret also buried at this cemetery; S/O George Twyman and Elizabeth (Helm) Wood

WOOD

MARY (COMPTON)

5 Aug 1864

30 Aug 1915

W/O Aylett Harrison Wood; D/O James H. and Amelia (Wood) Compton

       

At least seven other graves marked only with stones.

 

 

George Twyman Wood

George Twyman Wood

 

left to right: Henrieta Wood, Amelia Wood, George Twyman Wood, Dr. Lewis Barret and Virginia (Birchie) Wood Barret

 

Gravestones of Amelia, Elizabeth and Henrietta Wood

 

Dr. Lewis and Virginia Wood Barret

 

 

 

Unidentifed Graves