This old cemetery is located on the Dorothy Myers property just north of US #36 and east of county road #700 west. This cemetery was started by Abraham Showalter in the 1840s as a neighborhood burial grounds. A lot of the stones are down and there are several unmarked burials in this cemetery. The first settlers in this area were the Showalters and the Personetts. The land owners daughter keeps the grass mowed and looks after the grounds.
Name
Born
Died
Other Info
Barton, David
14 Apr 1859
22y, 11m, 19d
Mason's stone
Barton, Mellisa
21 Oct 1856
25y, 9m, 28d
Wife of William Barton
Barton, Nancy
5 Oct 1884
83y, 6m, 12d
Wife of A. Barton
Brown, Frances
13 Jul 1852
24y, 1m, 27d
Wife of William D.
Farmer, Della
18 Mar 1851
15y, 5m, 26d
D. of John and Polly
F-------, Fernandez
28 Sep 1850
1y, 1m, 1d
S. of Wm. And Mary
Goudy, William
19 Nov 1869
7y, 3m 11d
Son of E. S. & E.
Personett, Alviretta
25 Jan 1864
7y, 1m, 18d
D. of C. M. & L. J.
Personett, Margaret
25 Jan 1864
8y, 10m, 1d
D. of C. M. & L. J. os w/ Alvireta
Personett, Elizabeth
26 Dec 1849
74y, 6m, 2d
Wife of James
Personett, Elizabeth
19 Aug 1864
82y, 7m, 20d
Wife of C. M.
Personett, James
7 Nov 1855
Husband of Elizabeth 81y, 1m, 2d
Pickering, Elizabeth
21 Dec 1853
25y, 7m, 29d
Wife of Joseph
Showalter, Aaron
30 Sep 1852
2y, 28d
Son of John & Elizabeth
Showalter, Abraham
8 Feb 1869
90y, 6m, 7d
Husband of Frances
Showalter, Frances J.
11 Feb 1853
11y, 11m, 9d
D. of William & Polly
Showalter, Frances
15 Aug 1866
81y, 4m, 10d
Wife of Abraham
Showalter, Lydia
3 Apr 1854
28y, 6m, 6d
Wife of Henry
Showalter, Mary
11 Dec 1852
2y, 2m, 15d
D. of Henry & Lydia
Showalter, William
7 May 1850
17, 9m, 20d
Son of Henry & Lydia
3 footstones, G. W. D., J. S. S. and D. F.
Barton stones were carved by: M. Jackson, Anderson.
Showalter Cemetery Additional Burials
Elizabeth Barton, b April 22, 1828, d December 21, 1853, never married. She is the daughter of Nancy Showalter, b March 23, 1804, and Anderson Barton. Nancy Showalter was the daughter of Abraham and Francis McCormack.
Anderson Barton, husband of Nancy Showalter-They were married in 1822 in Franklin Co., VA.
William Henry Farmer, b 1827 d, 1902, son of Mary Polly Showalter and John Showalter Farmer, mr. May 4, 1819
John Farmer, possibly John Showalter Farmer, b Oct, 1794, husband of Mary Polly Showalter.
Farmer, Polly Showalter, Mary Polly Showalter, wife of John Showalter Farmer. Mary Polly Showalter was the daughter of Abraham Showalter and Barbara Falley (Fallon).
Henry O Showalter b 21 February, 1824, d 1893, son of Abraham Showalter and Barbara Falley (Fallon).
John Saunders Showalter, b 811, d 1862, son of Abraham Showalter and Barbara Falley (Fallon). NOTE: cemetery stone marked J S S.
Margaret Showalter, b December 22, 1842, daughter of John Saunders Showalter.
Nancy Showalter, b 28 March 1804, d 5 October 1884. wife of Anderson Barton, daughter of Abraham Showalter.
Samuel Showalter, b 6 February, 1874, d 16 February, 1847, 10 days. Son of John S. Showalter.