Sarah and Shedrick Moore Buried Hurricane Cemetery

Sarah C.

Wife of

Shedrick

Moore

Born

Aug. 24, 1804

Died

Jan. 15, 1892

Shedric Moore

Born

Apr. 20, 1794

Died

Apr. 15, 1874

Aged [illegible] Yrs, 11 Ms  25 ds

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstones photographed 19 July 2018.

Sally Johnson and Shadrick Moore married 27 September 1823 Maury County, Tennessee.[1]

Shadrick/Shedrick Moore and family had migrated to Western Kentucky by 1833, when Shadrick was listed on the Livingston County Tax List.[2]  That year he was listed with one white male only. He owned no land and had no horse. 

Shadrack appeared on the 1840 Livingston County census[3].  Crittenden County was created from Livingston County in 1842 and the Moore family next appears on the 1850 Crittenden County census.[4]

According to his death record, Shadrick Moore died 10 April 1874 of pneumonia at the age of 80.[5] His father and mother were listed as L. and S. Moore.

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[1] Digitized copy of original marriage bond, Maury County, 27 September, Ancestry.com. Sally's surname is given as Johnston. Also Tennessee Compiled Marriages 1780-2002, (Maury County 1808-1918), Ancestry.com

[2] Livingston County, Kentucky Tax Lists 1831, 1833, FamilySearch.org. Shadrack Moore was not listed in 1831 and the 1832 Tax List is missing.

[3] 1840 Livingston County, Kentucky census, p. 172, Ancestry.com

[4] 1850 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Dist. 2, Roll M432_197, p. 256B, Ancestry.com

[5] Kentucky Death Records 1852-1965, Crittenden County, Shedrick Moore, Ancestry.com

Published 11 June 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Sarah J. Minner Moore 1828 - 1887

Gone Home

Sarah J.

wife of

George N. Moore

& Daughter of

Daniel & Margaret

Minner

Born

Dec. 28, 1828

Died

Mar. 31, 1887

Buried in Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 19 July 2018.

On the 17th of October 1853, George N. Moore obtained a license to marry Sarah J. Minner in Crittenden County.[1]  No marriage return was recorded.

George and Sarah J. Moore last appear together on the 1880 Crittenden County census.[2] George N. Moore remarried to Mrs. Nannie E. Jacobs on the 4th day of December 1887.[3]

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[1] Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1965, Crittenden County 1853, George N.B. Moore and Sarah J. Minner, Ancestry.com.

[2] 1880 Crittenden County census, Hurricane Dist., Roll 410, p. 66C, E.D. 57, dwelling 104, family 104, Ancestry.com.

[3] Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1965, Crittenden County  1887, George N. Moore and Mrs. Nannie Jacobs, Ancestry.com.

Published 29 January 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Sally Terry 1820 - 1869

Sally

Wife of

B.B. Terry

Born

Jan. 25, 1820

Died

May 14, 1869

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 28 September 2018.

Blake B. Terry married Sarah Terry, widow, 9 January 1845 Crittenden County. The bondsman was Richard Elson.  [1]

Sarah's first marriage was to Henry C. Terry on 22 March 1838 in Livingston County, Kentucky. Giving permission for the license to be  issued were John Terry, father of the bridegroom,  and Richard Elson, father of the bride.[2]  In 1847, Blake B. Terry was appointed guardian for Amanda C. Terry, infant  heir of Henry Terry dec'd.[3]

B.B. and Sarah Terry, along with children Amanda C., Mary A., Gustavus A., James T., Mary H. and Zachery Terry, are found on the 1850 Crittenden County census.[4]

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[1] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 1  1842-1865, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1990), 9.

[2] Joyce M. Woodyard. Livingston County, Kentucky Marriage Records Vol. 1 (Oct 1799-July 1839),(Smithland, KY: n.p., 1992), 157.

[3] Crittenden County, Kentucky Court Order Book 1:149, 14 September 1847.

[4] 1850 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Dist. 1, Roll M432_197, p. 214B, image 243, Ancestry.com.

Published 4 Dec 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Rev. John B. Perry

Rev. John Beatty

Perry

Born

May 23, 1813

Died

July 21, 1874

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 19 July 2018.

John B. Perry married Mary G. Maddox 14 May 1840 Trimble County, Kentucky.[1] They are found on the 1850 Green County, Kentucky census[2] and, by  1860, had moved to Crittenden County.[3] On that census, Perry's occupation was shown as farmer and preacher.

On his death record, it states he died of Bright's Disease. He was born in Ireland and his parents, also born in Ireland, were listed as R. & M. Perry.[4]

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[1] Kentucky County Marriage Records 1783-1965, Trimble County, 1827-1840, married 14 May 1840, Ancestry.com.

[2] 1850 Green County, Kentucky Census, Dist. 2, Roll 432_202, p. 123, John B. Perry family, Ancestry.com.

[3] 1860 Crittenden County, Kentucky Census, West Half of County, Roll M653_363, p. 395, John B. Perry family, Ancestry.com

[4] Kentucky Death Records 1852-1965, Crittenden County, John B. Perry died 21 July 1874, Ancestry.com.

Published 30 Oct 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

A Life Cut Short - R.F. Minner

A stroll through the Hurricane Cemetery in Crittenden County, Kentucky will show the names of many families who lived and died in the surrounding area. Prominent among those names is Minner. That isn't unusual, though, as the land for the nearby Hurricane Methodist Church was obtained  from Richard Minner, an early area settler, in 1843.[1]  In 1875, Robert H. Haynes gave land for the cemetery,[2] but I suspect the Minner family had already established a burying ground either on or adjoining the Haynes land.  One of the early burials here was for Richard F. Minner, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

R.F. Minner

born May 20, 1820

died Feb. 12, 1867

Minner married Catherine  Stalions 30 May 1839 Livingston County, Kentucky. [3] After her death, he married Mrs. Mary C. Kilpatrick 22 December 1858 Crittenden County.[4]

On October 1863 at the age of 43, Richard F. Minner was mustered into Co. E, 48th KY Infantry as a captain at Princeton for one year's service.  The 48th KY Infantry was  composed mainly of men from the western Kentucky counties of Trigg, Lyon, Livingston, Crittenden, Union, Christian, Caldwell, Muhlenburg, Breckenridge and Grayson. [5] On the 26th of February 1864, Minner wrote to the Headquarters of the U.S. Forces requesting 15 days leave to go to Crittenden County about the 10th of March next to attend to business of his father's estate. [6] His father, Daniel Minner,  had recently died.[7] Richard F. Minner was mustered out of service 15 December 1864.

After the war, Minner returned to his life as a farmer in Crittenden County, but his life would end just a few years later. The following newspaper death notice gives the details of his death. "Captain R.F. Minner, late of the army, was caught in a mill wheel in Crittenden county, a few days ago, his arm broken in several places, and his ribs severed from the back bone. He lingered until Monday night last, and died in great agony. The accident occurred at Mr. Wilson's mill."[8]

Minner was laid to rest in Hurricane Cemetery near the graves of his parents, his first wife and several of his infant children.

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[1] Crittenden County Ministerial Association, Marion, Ky, "Hurricane Methodist," The Churches in Out County, A Bicentennial Celebration Publication, (Marion, KY: n.d.) 29.

[2] Brenda Underdown, Doyle Polk and The Crittenden County, Kentucky Genealogical Society. The Crittenden County, Kentucky Cemeteries  Western Section, Vol. IV, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 2006) 76 citing Crittenden County Deed Book M, p. 272.

[3] Joyce M. Woodyard. Livingston County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 1 (Oct 1799-July 1839), (Smithland, KY: n.p., 1992) 167.

[4] Brenda Joyce Jerome. Crittenden County, Kentucky Marriage Records Vol. 1 1842-1865 and Abstracts of Wills Book 1  1842-1924 (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1990) 75.

[5] W.H. Perrin, J.H. Battle, G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky, A History of the State, 8th Edition, (Louisville & Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co., 1888) 716, Google Books, accessed 13 July 2018.

[6] Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers  Who Served from Kentucky, Fold3.com, https://www.fold3.com/image/231806224, Richard F. Minner.

[7] Underdown, Polk and Crittenden County Genealogical Society. Crittenden County Cemeteries, Vol. IV, p. 82. Daniel Minner  born 15 Feb 1797, died 10 Dec 1863.

[8] The Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, 25 Feb 1867, p. 1, reprinted from the Smithland Times.

Published 9 August 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Jasper and Mary Franklin

Jasper Franklin

Born

Apr. 27, 1773

Died

Mar. 26, 1847

Mary

Wife of

Jasper Franklin

Born

Dec. 24, 1778

Died Mar. 3, 1846

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

Jasper Franklin married Polly Brockman 27 October 1796 Amherst County, Virginia.[1] By 7 August 1810, they had left Virginia and were living in Livingston County, Kentucky.[2] They are found in Crittenden County when that county was cut off from Livingston in 1842.

In 1842, Jasper's son, Angereau Franklin and his wife Lucinda, conveyed property on Hurricane Creek to Jasper Franklin. The deed, however, was to be null and void at the death or removal from the county by Jasper and wife.[3]

Jasper Franklin left a will in which he left property or money to the following children: Anthony, Angereau, Paulina, Anthony, Matilda, Lucinda and Calpurnia Franklin and left a colt to his grandson, Booker Franklin.[4]

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[1] Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800, Ancestry.com..

[2] 1810 Livingston County, Kentucky Census, Ancestry.com.

[3] Crittenden County, Kentucky Deed Book A, p. 400, dated 21 December 1842, recorded 11 August 1845.

[4] Crittenden County, Kentucky  Will Book 1, p. 18, dated 3 February 1847, recorded April 1847.

Published 19 December 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Cholera Victim - G.P. Evertson

G.P. Evertson

Born Oct. 4th 1818

Died March 5th

1849

in New Orleans of Cholera

Tis Sweet to believe of the absent

we love if we miss them below

we shall meet them above

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

George P. Evertson married Lucinda Jane Walker 27 April 1843 Crittenden County. The couple had at least two children, Mary H. and Elizabeth G., who were living with their mother in the household of Robert and Ellen Walker on the 1850 Crittenden County census.

New Orleans, a city of much steamboat traffic, was hit hard by a cholera epidemic in 1848-1849. Steamboats arriving from other ports carried the disease to cities across the country. 

Aside from telling where and how G.P. Evertson died, there is additional information on his tombstone that is interesting. The name of the stone carver is given.

W. Smith   Smithland  KY

William Smith is the same person who created the H.F. Given Tomb and the William McCroskey tombstone, both in Livingston County. 

Published 17 December 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Arris K. and Adiline Love

Love

Arris K.

1849 - 1925

Adiline L.

1846 - 1901

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

According to Kentucky death certificate #3233 (1925), Arris Knight Love was born 3 May 1849 and died 1 February 1925. He was the son of William and Rebecca Love.  A.K. Love married Adaline [sic] Lucas, daughter of Ingram C. Lucas and Mary Ann Hill, 4 March 1874. An account of the sudden death of Mrs. Adline [sic] Love appeared in the 12 September 1901 issue of the Crittenden Press. She was sitting on the porch pealing peaches, became dizzy and died shortly thereafter.

Published 14 July 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - George N. Moore

George N.

Moore

At Rest

Sept. 23, 1826

Oct. 1, 1913

Loved in life - in death

not divided

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

Kentucky death certificate #26421 (1913) shows that George Neuton Moore, a farmer, was born in Tennessee and was the son of Shedrick Moore and Sarah C. Johnson. His father was born in South Carolina and his mother was born in North Carolina. George N. Moore was married at the time of his death.

George N. Moore and his second wife, Nannie E., were enumerated on the 1910 Crittenden County census. George N. and Mrs. Nannie E. Jacobs were married 4 December 1887 in Crittenden County.

Published 3 March 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Hurricane Church and Camp Meeting

Hurricane Tabernacle

Photographed 7 November 2014

One of the historic spots in Crittenden County is the site of Hurricane Church, along with its cemetery  and campground.  "The church dates back to 1843 when Richard Minner gave the land to build the church. In 1850, Robert H. Haynes sold a tract of land to Andrew Jackson but reserved 4 acres, which he deeded to the Methodist church in 1875 for a general burying ground."[1]

The first camp meeting dates from 1899. In that year, the local newspaper reported that "The Hurricane camp meeting for 1899 closed Sunday night and although there was some dissatisfaction relative to the keeping of the hotel, it is claimed that the meeting was successful."[2] The Rev. J.J. Smith was evangelist for the camp meetings for the next 50 years or more.

The church, shed and some camps suffered a fire in September 1920.[3]  The fire caught under the shed where sawdust had been left after the camp meeting. Also destroyed in the fire was a new piano. The fire was discovered by two lady teachers and a child who arrived for a school institute scheduled to be held there. The fire was too far along to save anything but a few benches and the Bible. 

The church was rebuilt on the same spot. Camp meetings continue to be held every August.

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[1] "Old Hurricane Methodist Church," Crittenden Press, 22 August 1952.

[2] "Tolu," Crittenden Press, 7 September 1899.

[3] Untitled article, Evansville Courier, 30 September 1920.

Published 19 February 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - I.W. Kimsy

I.W. Kimsy

Born 

Sept. 2, 1830

Died

Feb. 14, 1902

Blessed are they that have

part in the first resurrection

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 7 November 2014.

According to his death notice in the Crittenden Press on 20 February 1902, "Mr. I.W. Kimsey died at his home in Tolu Thursday. He sustained a paralytic stroke several weeks ago and never recovered ... 'Uncle Ike,' as he was familiarly known, was born in this county in 1830. Except for 6 years spent in Iowa he has always been a resident of the county."

Isaac W. Kimsey married Mrs. Caroline C. Black 4 September 1861. He was the son of David Kimsey Jr. and Elizabeth Hamilton. Caroline, the daughter of Timothy Taylor, was first married to John R. Black. 

Original Marriage License and Certificate

of Isaac W. Kimsey and Mrs. Caroline C. (Taylor) Black

Published 10 February 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - W.S. and Lou E. Lucus

W.S. Lucus

Born

June 20, 1839

Died

Sept. 25, 1895

An amiable father here lies at rest as ever God with his image blest 

The friend of man, the friend of truth,the friend of age,

The guide of youth.

Lou E. Lucus

Born

Dec. 23, 1847

Died

Dec. 22, 1893

She was a kind and affectionate wife

A fond mother and a friend to all

Buried Hurricane Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstones photographed 7 November 2014.

W.S. Lucus was the son of Ingram C. Lucus and Mary A. Hill. He married Lou E. Cooper, daughter of Elsey Cooper, 27 February 1866 in Crittenden County.

Published 6 January 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/