POLSTON CEMETERY
aka Old Stephen Goodman Cemetery”
Kessinger, Hart County, Kentucky

The Polston Family Cemetery is located off Highway 88, seven miles west of Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky, in the area known as the Kessinger Community.  From Hwy 88, turn at the POLSTON FAMILY CEMETERY sign and go about one-fourth mile back across rolling farmland to the cemetery that lies on a hill.  The Polston Family Cemetery was established about 1850 and is located on what was once known as the Old Stephen Goodman Farm in the 1800s and early 1900s; but known as the Isaac Martin Presley Farm in 1930-1971. Stephen Goodman (1777-1850) was the first known person buried in this cemetery.  There 49 or 50 known burials in this cemetery.  All information is provided by Edith Presley Bastin, a great-great-granddaughter of Stephen Goodman and Elizabeth Searcy Goodman.

All information and photos provided by Edith Bastin

History of the Polston/Poston - Goodman Cemetery

Layout of graves in the Polston/Poston - Goodman Cemetery

 

Polston Cem. Sign

Polston Cem. View

 

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes/comments

EDWARDS, Clinton Clero

21 Sep 1888

11 May 1915

In late 1960s, there was a wood marker that read "Wax, KY Catholic Cemetery" and he has stone in that cemetery.  He was s/o William Asbury "Billy" Edwards & Nancy Josephine "Josie" Harrod

Link to Clinton Clero's stone in St. Benedicts Cemetery, Wax, Ky.

GOODMAN, Elizabeth SEARCY

Abt. 1800

Bef. 1900

W/o Stephen Goodman. Lime Stone marker was weathered with age and unreadable.  Grave site is at head of daughter Elizabeth Goodman Polston.
Source: Stephen Douglas Poston & Ollie May Poston Presley.  A new tombstone was set in August 2002.

GOODMAN, Stephen

1777

Aft. 1850

H/o Elizabeth Searcy.
Lime stone marker weathered with age and unreadable.  Grave site is at head of daughter Elizabeth Goodman Polston.  He was the first burial in this cemetery which was located on his farm.
(Source: Stephen Douglas Poston & Ollie May Poston Presley.  A new tombstone was set in August 2002.

GOODMAN, Unknown

 

 

5 fieldstones in Goodman Row. This section is marked with 5 Goodman tin markers.

JAGGERS, Eliza Thomas "Lizie" LOTHERY

12 Oct 1883

13 Feb 1946 at 3:15 p.m. Forestville, Hart Co., KY

Death Cert. ButtonD/o Hannah "Bittie" Seaton & William "Bill" Lothery.  Eliza was grand-dauter of Rebecca Polston & John A. Seaton.  Eliza was w/o Martin VanBuren Jaggers.  Source: Eliza's Death Cert #10966

JAGGERS, Martin VanBuren

14 Mar 1879

14 Jan 1923 at age 43, Rowletts, Hart Co., KY

Death Cert. ButtonH/o Eliza Thomas "Lizzie" Lothery. S/o Nancy C. Caswell & William Louis Jaggers.  Source: Matin's D.Cert #1311 and Eliza's D. Cert.#10966

LATHERY, Arthur Mar 14, 1916 Jun 24 1917 Death Cert. Button

LOTHERY, Unknown

 

 

3 field stones unmarked in Lothery Row

MATHEWS, Harriett

24 Nov 1866

17 Feb 1886

Sister to John Alex (or Elliex) Mathews who married Bonny Anna Edwards.  Bonny was sister to Martha Jane "Mattie" Edwards Poston.  Harriett was d/o Isaac Mickel Mathews & Francis Elizabeth Ellen Logsdon who are buried in Center Point Baptist Church Cem on hwy 88.

MATHEWS, Baby

17 Feb 1886

17 Feb 1886

Marked only by a field rock next to Baby’s mother Harriet Mathews with a Mathews tin marker

PHILPOTT, Andra N.

1963

1963

Tin marker

PHILPOTT, Clary LOTHERY

17 Oct 1892

04 Jun 1931

Death Cert. ButtonW/o Louis Robert Philpott. D/o James Church Lothery & Sarah Nutt
Stone lists b. 17 Oct 1892, DC lists b. 12 Oct 1891

PHILPOTT, Lewis Robert “Rob”

24 Feb 1885

30 Jan 1955

H/o Clara Belle Lothery.  S/o Lewis W. Philpott & Elizabeth Atteberry.
*KDIndex lists d. 31st  & stone lists d. 30th Jan

Name:   Louis R Philpott
Death Date:  31-Jan-55
Death Place:  Hart
Age:  69
Residence:  Hart
Volume:  6
Certificate:  2539

PHILPOTT, Sandra K.

1963

1963

*KBIndex:

Name:   Sandra Kay Philpott
Gender:  Female
Date of Birth:  13-Aug-63
County:  Barren
Mother's Name:  Charlotte M Polston
Register Date:  17-Sep-63
Volume Number:  86
Certificate Number:  42628
Volume Year:  1963

*KDIndex:

Name:   Sandra K Philpot
Death Date:  5-Oct-63
Death Place:  Barren
Age:  U/1
Residence:  Hart
Volume:  51
Certificate:  25288

PHILPOTT, Unnamed

 

 

Un-named S/o Willie Philpott.  Marked with field stone

PHILPOTT, Unknown

 

 

7 field stones with no names and no dates are located to the left as one enters the gate.

POLSTON, Andrew

Abt 1787

17 Dec 1875

Death Cert. Button H/o Jane Milligan
s/o
Nancy & Andrew Polston.
His son Andrew M. Polston is buried at foot of Andrew Polston.

POLSTON, Andrew M.

10 Nov 1832

27 May 1904

Death Cert. Button H/o Elizabeth Goodman & S/o Andrew Polston & Jane Milligan.
 Flag Icon Civil War Veteran.

POLSTON, Aney Eliza

28 Apr 1867

17 Apr 1885

D/o Andrew M. Polston & Elizabeth Goodman.  Died during childbirth.

POLSTON, Arrena "Reenie" aka “Irene”

28 Aug 1858

21 Oct 1885

D/o Andrew M. Polston & Elizabeth Goodman.  Died at birth of daughter, Anna Eliza Polston (md. Archie Logsdon) buried in St. Stephens Cemetery, Section H-15-25, Preston St., Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY

POLSTON, Clinty Curt

1895

1895

S/o George James McClellan Polston & Disty B. “Elizabeth Baptista” Caswell

POLSTON, Disty B. “Elizabeth Baptista”  CASWELL

10 Jul 1873

10 Sep 1912

Death Cert. Button W/o George James McClellan Polston.  D/o Marion T. Caswell & Mary Abigail Jaggers
Stone lists d. 10 Sept 1912; DC lists d. 19 Sept 1912

POLSTON, Elizabeth GOODMAN

16 Feb 1837

01 Feb 1910

W/o Andrew M. Polston.  D/o Stephen Goodman & Elizabeth Searcy.

POLSTON, Flossie Gertrude

19 Oct 1902

08 Aug 1912

Death Cert. Button D/o George James McClellan Polston & Disty B. “Elizabeth Baptista” Caswell
DC lists d. 15 Aug 1912, stone lists d. 08 Aug 1912

POLSTON, George James McClellan

28 May 1873

01 Aug 1950

Death Cert. Button S/o Andrew M. Polston & Elizabeth Goodman.  H/o Disty B. “Elizabeth Baptista” Caswell

POLSTON, James David

1838

10 Aug 1896

S/o Andrew Polston & Jane Milligan.  H/o Margaret Ruth White.
Flag Icon Civil War Veteran.

POLSTON, Jane MILLIGAN

1790

Bef. 17 Dec 1875

W/o Andrew Polston & M/o Andrew M. Polston & James David Polston.

POLSTON, Lottie Ann

10 Jun 1910

Spring 1911

D/o  George James McClellan Polston & Disty B. “Elizabeth Baptista” Caswell

POLSTON, Oscar Jeppy

1896

1896

D/o George James McClellan Polston & Disty B. “Elizabeth Baptista” Caswell

POLSTON, Robert Lee "Bob"

12 Aug 1877

21 Jan 1948

Death Cert. Button S/o Andrew M. Polston & Elizabeth Goodman.
Bob never married
- DC lists b. 12 Aug 1878 and tombstone lists 12 Aug 1877.

POLSTON, Unknown

 

 

4  Polston field stones with no given names and no dates are in the Andrew M. Polston row.  One  field stone could be Rebecca Polston Seaton  (sister to Andrew M. Polston) & another field stone could be Rebecca's, Hannah Seaton Lothery and another stone could be Eliza Thomas "Lizzie" Lothery Jaggers (d/o Hannah Seaton Lothery)

POSTON, Laura ‘Lura’ Florence

30 Dec 1882

03 Apr 1885

d/o Stephen Douglas Poston & Martha Jane “Mattie” Edwards

POSTON, Callie

16 Aug 1890

23 Apr 1893

D/o Stephen Douglas "Doug" Poston & Martha Jane Edwards

POSTON, Martha Jane EDWARDS

17 May 1866

07 Jan 1897

W/o Stephen Douglas Poston.  D/o William Asbury "Billy" Edwards & Nancy Josephine "Josie" Harrod.

POSTON, Jessie Tomes

15 Sept 1884

04 Jan 1886

D/o Stephen Douglas "Doug" Poston & Martha Jane Edwards

POSTON, Stephen Douglas

21 Feb 1862

03 Mar 1953

Death Cert. Button s/o Andrew M. Polston & Elizabeth Goodman
h/o Martha Jane “Mattie” Edwards
Stephen preferred omitting “L” in spelling of surname although but his parents and siblings left the “L” in the surname POLSTON.  All his descendants used the spelling POSTON.

RUARK, Edward Eugene

20 Mar 1931

20 Mar 1931

Death Cert. Button s/o Lewis Henry Ruark & Esther Mattie Presley

Polston Cem. Bulliten Bd. Polston Cem. Gate
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