Dawson Cemetery, Hart Co., KY

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. ( DC for Mary Elizabeth Bumgardner Dawson b. Nov 30, 1868, d. Sept 5, 1918 is perhaps same as Sarah Elizabeth Dawson.)
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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