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Johnson Cemetery

Breckinridge County, Kentucky - KYGenWeb Project

Located approximately four miles west of Cloverport, KY off the highway between Cloverport and Hardinsburg on private land know as the old Gosnell Farm. Not accessible.

This graveyard contains approximately forty graves apparent only because of sunken places. A few of those sunken places are marked with a rough fieldstone but no inscription. The only tombstones there are copied. The land was formerly owned by Lewis Burdette in the 1850's and 1860's. It is believed most of the early graves are of his family and neighbors. Some older residents of the area recall a few burials after 1900. The land was owned at one time by a Gosnell who fenced the cemetery because earlier owners had allowed cattle to knock down the stones. It is said stones were carried away from the graveyard.

Existing Tombstones

Name Relationship / Notes Birth Death
Riley Clemons   1821 6 Aug 1897
Rachel Clemons Wife of Riley Clemons 7 Sept 1828 15 Feb 1900
Annie A. Worley Wife of J. W. Worley 23 May 1852 27 Jan 1888
Allen Worley Son of J. & F. Worley 11 June 1895 18 Feb 1905
Eliza A. Blake Wife of George D. Blake 4 Feb 1840 27 June 1930
Sarah A. Lynch Wife of Benjamin Lynch May 1815 17 Oct 1864
Elizabeth Smith Wife of Benjamin Smith 8 Feb 1814 27 Aug 1885
Sarah A. Cummings Daughter of J. P. & Louisa Cummings 13 Oct 1849 27 May 1852

Burials Proven by Obituary

Two additional persons are proven to be buried in this graveyard by the obituary of Louisa (Burdette) Cummings Ambrose, daughter of Lewis Burdette and wife of John P. Cummings, which states she was buried in the Johnson Cemetery next to her husband.

Name Relationship / Notes Birth Death
Captain John P. Cummings Company L, 3rd KY Vol. Cavalry USA
Company A, Green River Veteran's Battalion USA
Killed in a skirmish with guerillas at Big Springs, KY
20 July 1830 27 April 1865
Louisa (Burdette) Cummings Ambrose Wife of John P. Cummings 29 Jan 1830 19 Aug 1879, Perry Co., Indiana

Other Likely Burials

Name Relationship / Notes Birth Death
Alexander Harrison Cummings Son of John P. & Louisa (Burdette) Cummings 22 Mar 1860 20 Oct 1883
William T. Sherman Cummings Son of John P. & Louisa (Burdette) Cummings 30 Dec 1864 Before 1870
Lewis Burdette   1786, Virginia Nov 1864
Hannah (Clemons) Burdette Wife of Lewis Burdette 1796 1863
Perry P. Clemons Son of Riley & Rachel Clemons 12 Apr 1846 30 May 1868
George Blake   1844 30 Apr 1907