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THE WILLIAMS CEMETERY

Meade County, Kentucky

The Williams Cemetery is located on the Jack Simmons farm on the Dave Smith
Road in Meade County Kentucky.

The GPS location is 37deg54min29sec N; 86deg8min49sec W. This reading marks
the location of John Finley Williams grave.

The Cemetery is on private property and permission should be obtained
before going to the cemetery. There are cattle on the farm and all gates
should be closed after entering the farm, unless you like chasing cattle
over the county side. The way to the cemetery is via an old-field road
turning left into the right of way under utility lines. The entrance to
the field road is across from the old Dave Smith house. The field road has
a tendency to be very wet and the weather needs to have a dry spell before
trying to drive to the cemetery. The usual method of getting to the
cemetery is to walk about ž mile to the site.

There are five rows of graves in the cemetery that are marked with
gravestones. All graves have an east-west orientation with the headstones
to the west, some have footstones on the east end of the graves, and not
all graves have footstones. There will be a large fieldstone buried at
each end of the grave with only a short portion of the stone above ground.
I can only assume that these stones were used to mark the grave until the
headstone arrived to be placed at the gravesite. There are smaller stones
usually on each side of the graves, supposedly to mark the extent of the
graves when new graves were opened.

First Row

The first row on the west side of the cemetery consists of three marked
graves; all are members of the Smith family. These are
great-great-grandparents and g-uncle of the present day owner, William D
(Jack) Simmons.

* Thos W Smith son of HR and Mary J Smith, born March 2, 1879 died
February 7, 1890. This stone had fallen tipping the base and was not
visible until the gravesite was probed. The stone was intact and reset
without having to do anything except cleaning the stone and base before
resetting. This stone has been reset. There is a footstone marker for this
grave. There is an inscription at the bottom of the stone,

He passed from our sight

Like a dream or a story

>From a bosom of love

To a mansion of glory

Stone has makers name of Brown New Albany, Indiana

* Mary J (Williams) Smith wife of HR Smith. Born December 14, 1838, died
February 11, 1899. This stone is broken, but can be reset. There is also an
inscription on the bottom of the stone, will be able to read once the stone
is cleaned and reset. The stone is in the process of being reset and
cleaned. This is the first stone for Mary Jane Smith and where she is
buried. There is a footstone marker for this grave.

* HR (Henry R.)Smith born April 3, 1834 died July 6, 1914. Mary Jane, his
wife, born December 14, 1838, died February 11, 1899. This stone was
overturned and needed to be reset, there doesn’t seem to be any damage to
the stone. This is a second stone for Mary Jane Smith. At the bottom of
the stone “rest in peace” At the bottom of the grave is a foot stone with
Father and Mother inscribed. This stone is now reset.

Second Row

There is only one marked grave in this row; there is one unmarked grave
with a fieldstone marker. The unmarked grave has not been probed for
buried headstone.

1. George H, son of OC and S Stanfield born March 1, 1879, died August
25, 1880. There is a footstone for this grave that is broken and in the
process of being repaired. This is the son of Orla C and Sarah (Sallie)
Williams Stanfield.

Third Row

The third row of graves contains members of the Kendall family and one
Williams grave. The Kendall’s and Williams are relatives. There are three
unmarked graves in this row.
* BF Kendall (Benjamin Franklin) this stone is an obelisk and was unseated
from the base. Born March 12, 1847. died October 22, 1891. This stone can
be reset. The stone is now reset.

There is a footstone for this grave. (BF is the son of James S and
Elizabeth Williams Kendall) There is an inscription at the bottom of the
stone,

Farewell dear

Wife, my life

Is past my love

Was yours for a while

Life did last after me

No sorrow love, But

Love our children on

For my sake

* John Kendall, son of JS (James Smallwood) and E (Elizabeth Williams)
Kendall. Born November 26, 1845, died March 21, 1864. This stone is broken
and can be repaired, there is an inscription at the bottom, unreadable now,
will try to read after stone is cleaned and reset. The stone is in the
process of being reset and cleaned. There is a footstone for this grave.

* James S (James Smallwood) Kendall. Born December 26, 1826, died April 9,
1867. This stone is broken into three pieces but can be repaired and
reset. There is a verse inscription at the bottom of the stone, it is
badly work and unreadable. There is a footstone for this grave.

Mary J Williams Born August 2, 1872, died August 30, 1873. There is a
footstone for this grave. This is the daughter of John F Williams (Jr.)
and Kathrine Kennedy Williams. This stone was unseated from the base. The
stone has been reset and cleaned.

There is inscription at the bottom of the stone:

Suffer Little children
to come unto me and
forbid them not, for of
such is the Kingdom of
Heaven.

Fourth Row

This are all Williams graves. There is one unmarked grave in this row.

1. Thomas Williams Born February 1, 1831 Died January 15, 1863. This
stone was broken into four pieces and parts buried; this stone is in the
process of being reset and cleaned. There are inscriptions present but
cannot be read until stone is cleaned of a mossy growth.

2. Anthony Williams Born February 28, 1828, died February 20, 1858.
This stone was broken into three pieces and is in the process of being
repaired. This stone was buried and has not been cleaned.

3. John F Williams Born August 05, 1797, died May 24, 1848. This
stone was covered with a large amount of mossy growth, broken into three
pieces and it is in the process of being cleaned and repaired. Part of
this stone was buried. There is a footstone for this grave. This stone is
in the process of being reset, repaired and cleaned.

There is another stone for John F Williams, entitled “In memory of John F
Williams” with the same data present as on the other stone. This stone had
never been set and was not at the proper location; evidentially the stone I
uncovered could not be located when this stone was purchased and placed in
the cemetery. This stone is now set at the proper place at the grave.

4. Mary J (Vernon) Williams wife of John F Williams. Born December
26, 1804, died January 28, 1881. This stone was broken into two pieces and
the slot base for the stone was broken. A new base is in the process of
being re-poured and the stone repaired and reset. There is a footstone.

Fifth Row

This row contains Williams, Kendall and one Kennedy grave. There are
eleven graves marked only with fieldstone markers at the head and foot of
the graves. These graves have not been probed for headstones. Eight seem
to be small children with the size of the graves. There is a double grave
to the south of Samuel B Williams grave. The grave is a man and woman, the
grave has been probed, there is no marker detected. I intend to put some
type marker on all unmarked graves giving sex and adult or child.

1. Samuel B Williams, Born January 19, 1823, died October 15, 1865.

There is a footstone for this grave. The stone was broken into three
pieces. This stone was buried and has now been cleaned and repaired. The
stone is now upright. Stone has makers name at the bottom, Brown, New
Albany, Indiana. There is a footstone.

2. Anthony, son of Abe and Mary Kennedy, born January 28, 1865,

died July 1, 1865.

This stone was broken, but it can be cleaned and repaired. The top part
has not been located. There is a footstone for this grave.

3. Henry C son of BF and J Kendall, born November 21, 1876, died

March 23, 1877.

      There is a footstone marker for this grave. Stone has been

      cleaned. There is an inscription on the bottom of the stone,

Sleep on sweet Babe
And love why rest
God called thee home
Where he thought best.

4. Augustus Kendall, Born August 01, 1886, died May 07, 1887. Son

of BF and J Kendall. This stone was overturned and has now been reset.

There is a footstone for this grave. Stone and footstone are in excellent
condition. There is an inscription at the bottom of the stone,

Sleep on sweet babe
A favored lot to thee
Is eternity given.

There is a small lamb carved at the top section of the headstone.

5. Abe, (Abraham Kennedy Kendall) son of BF and Jennie Kendall,

born August 09, 1874 died Nov 25, 1893. The stone was unseated from it’s
base and now has been reset.

                 There is a lower inscription,

Remember friends as you

Pass by that all mankind

are born to die. Then let

your cares on Christ be

cast that you may dwell

with him at Last.



     There is a footstone for this grave.

There is an unmarked grave to the North of Abe Kendall’s grave, contains
adult male. It will have a marker as unknown male when I am finished with
the restoration of the cemetery.

To the south side of the cemetery at the entrance gate there are four rows
of slave graves marked only with fieldstone markers at the head and foot of
the graves. There are a total of nineteen slave graves. This section of
the cemetery has been cleaned and dowsed. There are 10 female slave graves
and 9 male slave graves.

These graves now have plain headstones and footstones at each grave site.
The male slave have a redish headstone with the notation M S for male slave
and a footstone marked the same. The female slaves have a brownish
headstone marked with the notation F S for female slave and a footstone
marked the same. The first row contains three graves, two male slaves and
one female slave. The second row contains five graves, four male slaves
and one female slave. The third row contains 7 graves, five female slaves
and two male slaves. The fourth row contains four graves, two male slaves
and two female slaves.

James Kendall
1445 Berry-Cain Road,
Guston, Kentucky 40142-7088