DAWSON CEMETERY

AKA Dr. Jeremiah Dawson Cemetery

Hart County, KY

Located about 2 miles east of Munfordville, just off hwy. 357 on the D. W. Meredith Rd. in Hart Co., KY

All information and photos on this page provided by Edith Bastin

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Name Birth Date Death Date Parents\Notes Bumgardner, Eugene Feb 23, 1864 Aug 12, 1916   Butcher, Corrie Mar. 12, 1889 Sept. 17, 1917 Nee: Dawson. Wife of R. B. Butcher. Enclosed in concrete wall enclosure. Dawson, Infant Oct. 21, 1890 Oct. 21, 1890 S\o M. H. & M. J. Dawson, Infant Nov. 13, 1891 Nov. 13, 1891 S\o M. H. & M. J. Dawson, Dela M. July 24, 1879 Jan. 21, 1888 Son of M. H. & J. A. Dawson Dawson, Elizabeth L. July 15, 1813 Feb. 23, 1845 Wife of R. A. Dawson Dawson, Jeremiah May 30, 1763 Feb. 28, 1846 Born in Bedford Co., Va Dawson, Jessie J. Apr. 28, 1893 June 6, 1917   Dawson, Joe Lewis July 28, 1891 Dec. 28, 1919   Dawson, Lovlis Strange Oct. 28, 1877 Sept. 15, 1881 S\o M. H. & J. A. Dawson Dawson, Martha A. S. Sept. 1, 1820 June 28, 1898 Nee: Price. 2nd wife of R. A. Dawson Dawson, Mary J. Feb. 23, 1858 Sept. 19, 1937 Nee: Wade. W\o Miles H. Dawson, Miles H. June 22, 1852 Nov. 22, 1925   Dawson, Nancy Oct. 6, 1765 Dec. 9, 1852 Nee: Nancy Agnes Dollard. Born in Bedford Co., VA. D\o Edward Dollard. W\o Jeremiah Dawson Dawson, Ransom A. Feb. 6, 1808 Apr. 27, 1889 Not in concrete wall enclosure Dawson, Ransom A. Oct. 26, 1859 Feb. 25, 1896 Enclosed in concrete wall enclosure. Dawson, Sarah Elizabeth   Nov. 30, 1869 Sept. 5, 1918 Nee: Bumgardner. W\o Ransom Dawson. Enclosed in concrete wall enclosure. Murray, Julia A. May 19, 1854 Feb. 3, 1888 Nee: Dawson? SSA Mary J. & Miles H. Price, Lucy Mar 11, 17?? Jul 7, 18?? Aged 80 yrs ????

Information below is from Robert Teesdale in 2001 and Carolyn Puckett Olney in Janurary 2004:

 "Jeremiah Dawson and several of his kids were buried in this cemetery; and some of the field stones are gravesites of his slaves. The cemetery is on the old original Dawson farm and next to where Jeremiah Dawson's house once stood. The cemetery is located adjacent to and on the left side of the D.W. Meredith Road.

"An elderly lady who lived across the field from the cemetery told this story: 'Some local bad guys heard he (Jeremiah Dawson) had a lot of money in his house, and they came to rob him. To make him give them the money, they shot off one of his ears. There is now a house that was built on the site of the original home. Some of his kids and grandkids are buried there too. That is where Ransom Amos Dawson and some of his kids are buried too.'

"He (Jeremiah Dawson) enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at the age of 17 and fought at Guilford Courthouse, NC. He was a sober man with excellent habits, simple tastes and high moral character. He received an ordinary English education, possessed strong natural sense, was six feet two inches in height, large 'raw boned' and muscular, a man of great physical power. He cared little for the acquisition of wealth, devoting his early years to the manly sports of bear and deer hunting, only giving that attention to his farm required for the maintenance of his family, and the education of his children. He had five sons and six daughters."

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