Smith Family Cemetery…Adair County Kentucky
Submitted By: Marilyn M. McAlister Fair
* NOTES: These are members of my family long at rest and
peace. The first person buried in this family cemetery was Mary “Polly”
Frazier Butler, wife of Simon Butler (Indian) and mother of Sarah Elizabeth
Butler Smith.
There are at least 40 or more graves in this
cemetery, some names are not included here, as their burial has not been
documented. Contact mfair@kc.rr.com for any
information about this family or any corrections. This list has been compiled
with as much care and confirmation as was available, mostly through older family
members.
I am Marilyn M. McAlister Fair, daughter of Raymond
Rollin McAlister and Alberta Florence Lane, granddaughter of Charles McKinley
Lane and Mary Ellen Woods, great grand daughter of Sarah Belle Smith Lane and
Benjamin Elisha Lane, and great great granddaughter of Elijah Smith and his wife
Sarah Elizabeth Butler Smith.
This cemetery is located on what was the Wayne Legg
farm, and long before, the Smith farm, Milltown Adair Co. Ky. Take 61 North from
the square in Columbia going towards Greensburg, turn left at #768 or Milltown
Rd., turn left again at Milltown Church Rd. and then a final left at Wayne Legg
Farm Rd. The cemetery is located across Butler’s Fork Creek and directly
behind the field adjacent to the corral and barn. Accessibility is very
difficult, wear proper clothing, in years gone by there was a road leading down
to the creek with a gate and a bridge across, however neither exist now. Easier
access could be obtained through the owner of what was the Bud Gilpin farm.
Mary “Polly” Frazier Butler, died 17/Dec./1875
Elijah Smith, died 12/June/1898, Co. D 13th
Ky. Volunteer Calvary Union
Sarah Elizabeth Butler Smith, died 1/May/1916,
mother of 15
Angeline Smith, daughter of Elijah and Sarah
William Newton Smith died 26/Oct./1943, son of
Elijah and Sarah
Mary Ann McAlister Smith, died 27/March/1902, wife
of Wm. Newton Smith
Magnolia Smith, daughter of Wm. Newton and
Mary Ann Smith
Leslie Smith, grandson of Wm. Newton and Mary Ann
Smith
Ella Mae Smith, daughter of Newton Leslie and Maggie
Finn Smith, died 18/Aug./1925-26.
Robert Leslie Smith, died 28/Feb./1919, son of
Elijah and Sarah
John “Lige” Smith, son of Elijah and Sarah
Maggie Finn Smith, died 20/Oct./1930,wife of Newton
Leslie Smith
Mary Jane “Mollie” Smith Poff, wife of Geo. W.
Poff, daughter. of Elijah and Sarah died 8/Aug/1949.
George W. Poff, died 8/Oct./1949, husband of Mollie
Smith, son of John and Hannah Jane Meece Poff.
Baby Poff, infant of George and Mollie
Susan Louvenia Smith Wilson, daughter of Elijah and
Sarah, wife of John Washington Wilson…died 4/March/1920
Mary Ann Wilson, daughter of John W. and Susan
Wilson
John M. Wilson, died Nov.1910, age 70
James W. G. Wilson, died 19/March/1949, husband of
Annie Smith.
Mollie M. Wilson, daughter of Jms. W. G. and Annie
Smith Wilson
Annie Smith Wilson, daughter of Wm. Newton and Mary
Ann McAlister Smith, wife of Jms. W. G. Wilson
Ella Mae Wilson, daughter of John W. and Susan Smith
Wilson
Elizabeth A. Wilson, died 5/April/1948
James Goff, son of Bryant and Janie Wilson Goff
Christine Goff, daughter of Bryant and Janie Wilson
Goff
Nannie Wilson Burris, daughter of John W. and Susan
Smith Wilson, wife of Dave Burris
Rachel Smith Spradling, died 1877, sister of Elijah
Smith, wife of James Spradling mother of John R. and Ambrose.
Ambrose M. Spradlling, son of James and Rachel,
husband of Vesta Ann Smith
Emma Spradling Burris, daughter of Ambrose and Vesta
Smith Spradlling
William “Willie” Lane, died as 1 month old
infant, son of Benjamin E. and Sarah Belle Smith Lane.
Nannie Elizabeth Lane, died 1902, dau. of Benjamin
E. and Sarah Belle Smith Lane
Charles McKinley Lane, died 23/March/1931, son of
Benjamin E. and Sarah Belle Smith Lane, husband of Mary Ellen Woods, father of
Alberta, Benny, and Charles Jr.
Charles “Shaggy” Lane, died 1933, son of
Ken and Mary Ellen Woods Lane, 5yrs.old.
Geneva Lane, died 1940, dau. of John A. and Mary F.
Lane
Aunt Liz, an old colored woman.