Sowers / Grissom Cemetery

Metcalfe County, Kentucky

Information provided by   William A. Sowers

I would like to contact William. I've had two computer crashes and may have lost photos
that should be with this transcription - ray@so-ky.com

Directions; Go East from Locust Grove Baptist Church along the lane approximately 1/2 mile to the gate that is in front of the old house that has fallen down. Go through the  gate, following the lane around the barn and to the right. Follow the path to the Northeast to the fencerow where     there is an opening. Go through the fencerow and follow the lane to the East past the apple tree for approximately 1/2 mile. The cemetery is of the North side of the lane.

The USGS location is N37º02.060 W 085º40.196 elev. 741'

This cemetery was part of the property of Stonewall Lee Sowers,and was later sold to Robert Bell. Roberts grandson now owns the property.

There are 13 members of the Sowers family buried there with headstones, and an unknown

number without headstones, although there are possibly three or four reported verbally.

There is a civil war soldier buried there with the headstone bearing the name of James S. Carter  Died Feb. 17 1862 aged 18yr 5 mo 11 day. it was told to me be my dad that this was an unknown civil war soldier that had died there. it is unknown where the name derived from.

It was related to me of 5 of the Hoggard children being buried there, three of the Froedge children and an unknown 8 year old girl that was buried alive by her father, name unknown.

 Following is the list that I have collected from visits to the cemetery

Cornelia Florence Railey Grissom b 02-09-1878 d 04-16-1950	Zachariah Railey b Jun 1849 d 01-20-1901	Mary Mason Crenshaw wife of J. P. Sowers b 10-30-1825   d 02-27-1898
Fannie Sowers Grissom b 09-01-1903 d 10-15-1984	(unconfirmed) Baby boy Sowers son of Selby buried on top of Henrys casket 11-29-1934	Nellie P. Sowers b 01-13-1894 d 06-22-1919
Howard Grissom b 1940 d 1940	Enola K. wife of T. W. Sowers b 03-06-1873 d 06-08-1915	Oma R. Sowers b 02-14-1915 d 02-22-1915
Melvin Grissom b 04-28-1879 d 02 23-1973	Henry Clifton Sowers b 01-22-1906 d 06-17-1928	Russell s/o Anthony & Minnie Sowers b 03-08-1920 d 09-02-1925
Phillip Grissom b 1938 d 1939	Rev. John P. Sowers b 08-27-1829   d 10-22-1908	Stonewall L. Sowers b 03-20-1865 d 06-10-1953
Cornelia Kinnaird b 05-12-1821 d 06-06-1889	John Ray Sowers b 11-08-1900 d 03-11-1958	Thomas Willis Sowers ( no stone) b 10-06--1866 d 01-21-1921 (buried next to Enola, per Evelina Grissom)
Joseph Kinnaird b 10-05-1818 d 02-19-1896	Mary E. Sowers b 10-21-1870 d 03-19-1947	Wade L. Sowers b 12-09-1936 d 10-28-2000
Jane Mize Railey b Apr 1845 d 12-27-1902		Willie T. Sowers b 05-06-1898 d 10-10-1947

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There are numerous field stones placed between the two plots , it is unknown who the other stones belong to.

These notes and photos were taken by me in June of 2001.

William A. Sowers