The following I copy pasted here for this list. Thought It a right list to
post it to.
The post is as it appeared on the Indiana List. Beej
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:39:28 -0800
From: "Nena Smothers" <smothersnena(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: [INDIANA] Ole Rockport [Knobs] Cemetery Listings
Hello......hopefully someone lives in Spencer Co that is on this list!
I have a copy of the Ole Rockport Cem List, am told its in the Old Knobs
part of Rockport which is now overgrown with shrubs and has snakes! Guess
not many folks enjoy going there because seemingly its not taken care of and
ALL but ONE grave markers are missing INC our 3 GRASS family's, acc/to the
List I have, were THROWN IN THE GULLY!
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS ANY DESC OF SOME OF THESE FOLKS. I WILL LIST WHO IS
BURIED THERE. Most interested in Kerr, Dodd, Gray and do have info on the
Cissna. Also interested where the KERR and SUNSET Cem are located as would
like a Cem listing. thanks.....Nena
This list was composed and written by Louis L. Ray and Robert Sirpers
[Sinpors/Sinpers] in 1926 and a Mr and Mrs Oscar Phillips in 1965. The cem
is located behind the South Spencer Middle School. THEY NOTE: ONLY ONE [1]
MARKER IS VISIBLE [OUR DANIEL GRASS]......AND ITS IN POOR CONDITION. [YES IT
IS, I HAVE A PIC OF IT]. SO ALL THE OTHER 24 FOLKS AND OUR OTHER 2 GRASS
FOLKS, HAVE NO MARKERS.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LISTING IT SAYS THIS "KRIS MOSLEY SAID-OLD GRAVESTONES
WERE THROWN IN GULLY DOWN THE HILL!
THIS is a hand written notice at the bottom of the listing.
NAMES
Brudy, Ardelila - 15 Sep 1849 w/o AP, 22y
Cissna, Stephen P - 16 Mar 1841 56y
Dodd, Nancy 18 Sep 1830 7 Dec 1851 w/o Ezekiel
William 30 Apr 1852 6 May 1852 s/o E & N
Drum Elizabeth M 14 Jun 1849 15 Jul 1847 d/o Wm & Rebecca
Grass Daniel 1st Lt In Mil War 1812
Jane ca1783 see below
Joseph s/o Daniel & Jane
Gray Joseph A 25 Jan 1802 21 Jul 1855
Nancy M 28 Jun 1802 w/o Joseph
Harman, David R 5 Feb 1850 7 Apr 1854 s/o Geo CB & Elmirda F
Hazen, Barbara 5 Dec 1849 consort/o RS; 20y
Hilderbrant, Sarah H 14 Mar 1842 2 Nov 1862 w/o GW
Hutton, Mary 28 May 1845 c/o Wm & CL; 11mo
Jackson, Ann 24 Apr 1855 w/o Isaac W; 36y
Kerr, James 23 Feb 1807 17 --- 1852 fr Lockerbie, Dumfrier
shire, Scotland.Erected
by Jane Kerr; b 14 Jan
1810, Scotland
Kerr, James 19 Oct 1874 bur Kerr Cem [Note:this
burial not listed for
Kerr Cem nor those
moved to Sunset Hill fr
Kerr Cem.]
Mitchell, Alsada J 12 Apr 18-- d/o Win & SJ
Morgan, John 1775 10 Mar 1825 fr Morgan-Lamb genealo
Elizabeth Jane 23 Sep 1821 d/o John & Mary Ewing
Rogers, Cencees 26 Jul 1848 d/o SM & MJ; 4mo 2dy
Shackelford, Magdalene 2 Feb 1854 w/o Thomas; 50y
Stewart, Abel L 1855
Smith, S D Co K 25 Ind Inf
Smith, John H 5 Oct 1812 18 Jan 1854 [or death date 1854]
Smith, Lucy A 29 May 1814 10 Feb 1860 w/o John/or died 16 Fe
Smith, Tarlton 1 May 1831 - May 1837 or born 16 May 1851
Kris Mosley said old gravestones were thrown in gully down the hill.