Bush Cemetery, Northtown, Hart Co., KY

Bush Cemetery Hart County, Kentucky Located on the Green River in the Northtown Area on the Old Ransom Amos Bush Farm. This farm was formerly owned by the Veluzat family, more recently owned by Larry Gobel. It's off the Poteet Road at the very end of a road, through a gate and down a rocky road back in a field near the river. Located under a grove of trees. All Photos and information provided by Judy Lawler Thanks to Karen Phillips, Geraldine Poteet Norman and Vilma Jean Stasel Kinney for contributing Only a handful of stones remain legible. There are several graves marked with field-stones. At one time this was a large cemetery. It's said to contain graves of Slaves and thier families.

Bush Cemetery

Hart County, Kentucky

Located on the Green River in the Northtown Area on the Old Ransom Amos Bush Farm. This farm was formerly owned by the Veluzat family, more recently owned by Larry Gobel. It's off the Poteet Road at the very end of a road, through a gate and down a rocky road back in a field near the river. Located under a grove of trees.

All Photos and information
provided by Judy Lawler

Thanks to Karen Phillips, Geraldine Poteet Norman and Vilma Jean Stasel Kinney for contributing

Only a handful of stones remain legible. There are several graves marked with field-stones. At one time this was a large cemetery. It's said to contain graves of Slaves and thier families.

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Bush, Armilda	Jul 29, 1854	Oct 26, 1854	d/o R. A. & Kitty Bush
Bush, Catherine "Kitty" Ann (Johnson)	Jan 4, 1823	Aug 7, 1899	w/o R. A.
Bush, Henry B.	1838	1863	Co. B. 9 KY Cav. - s/o John Hardin Bush
Bush, Infant (Little Buddy)	Jan 2, 1883	Sep 2, 1884	Inf. s/o Wm. Lewis & Sarah C. Bush (died from scalded coffee)
Bush, James Henry "Son"	Dec 27, 1849	Feb 8, 1924	s/o R. A. - "In Thee, O Lord, have I put my trust."
Bush, Ransom Amos	Oct 27, 1822	July 4, 1869	h/o Kitty A. Johnson - Masonic Emblem - (smallpox)
Bush, Sarah Elizabeth (Blair)	Dec 31, 1846	Feb 7, 1915	w/o J. H. "Son" Bush - "Faithful to her trust, Even unto death" - (pneumonia)
Bush, Urban T.	Jul 13, 1919	Jul 20, 1919	s/o Dan & B. Bush
Bush, William Lewis "Boy"	Dec 17, 1851	Apr. 25, 1934	"Rest in peace" - Son of R. A.
Lewis, Nannie Belle	Jan 5, 1903	Jan 19, 1919	d/o W. R. & E. A. Lewis - "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." - "Remember me when this you see, But in this world I may not be. But if my grave should be my bed, Remember me when I am dead."

This ended the engraved stones. Many stone are badly broken. Geraldine Poteet Norman and Vilma Jean Stasel Kinney have put together the following names from memory. The list may be incomplete but they wanted to honor those other who are buried there and help those searching for their ancestors. As Vilma puts it “Plain rocks don’t give much information.”

Legend has it that the first people buried here were slaves. There are no engraved stones and no names, just oral legend.

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Bush, Cappie Corah	July 21, 1901	Jan. 1902	Daughter of James Henry Bush
Bush, Charlie Thomas	July 21, 1884	Sept. 29, 1884	Son of James Henry Bush
Bush, Elizabeth Frances	Jan 7, 1879	Jan. 7, 1879	Daughter of James Henry Bush
Bush, Jessie Arleen	Jan. 18, 1926	Oct. 10, 1929	Daughter of Dan Bush
Bush, Sarah Helen	March 3, 1882	Aug. 4, 1882	Daughter of James Henry Bush
Bush, Sarah Jane Elizabeth Rousseau Harper	1861		1st wife of Wm. Lewis Bush (2nd wife is buried at Northtown Church Cemetery)
Lewis, Andrew Madison	1900	1900	Son of Ransom & Liza Bush Lewis
Lewis, Agnes			Infant daughter of Finley Lewis & Liza Lothery Lewis
Lewis, Baby Annie	1897	1897	Daughter of John & Mary Bush Lewis
Lewis, Jimmy	1872	1896	Shot at Northtown Public Well. Son of John Lewis
Lewis, John William	Dec. 16, 1843	Dec. 14, 1941	Son-in-law of R.A. Bush and husband of (birth year and middle name differ from transcription and DC, but this is likely the same individual)
Lewis, Mary Ann Bush	1848	1897	Daughter R.A. Bush. Wife of John Lewis
Lewis, Virgil Frank	1898	1900	Son of Ransom & Liza Bush Lewis
Sanders, Byrdie Lee	March 27, 1901	Jan. 9, 1902	Daughter of R.s. & Mary Lewis Bush Sanders
Sanders, Luanna Meredith *Stephen B. Sanders 1 st wife may be buried there	1823	1888	Not certain
Sanders, Margaret Elizabeth Bush	Oct. 19,185	Nov. 7, 1900	2 nd wife of Stephen Sanders and Daughter of RA Bush
Sanders, Sarah Elizabeth	Dec. 16, 1891	May 2, 1892	Daughter of R.S. and Mary Lewis Bush Sanders
Sanders, Stephen Brisco	Dec. 28, 1822	June 18, 1899	Son-in-law of R.A. Bush

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