Muhlenberg County Kentucky


Old Muhlenberg Map

Cemetery Records

Martwick Burials

Transcription of burials of African American individuals based on information from Kentucky Death Certificates.

The Martwick Black Cemetery is located on Sand Hill, also west of the main community. There are many tombstones marking the final resting places of the people to Martwick [Smith 50].

Surname Name Birth Death Other Information
AnglinThedoJuly 19241 Aug 1924

Son of Genus Angline & Alice Johnson

Kentucky Death Certificate 19206

Burial: Bear Cem. [sic], Martwick, Ky.

BeardAdolphus14 Mar 191613 Apr 1918

Son of Willie D. Beard & Callie Moppins

Kentucky Death Certificate 11621

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

BoydH.B.18 Feb 19149 Feb 1938

Son of Joe Boyd & Hattie Long

Kentucky Death Certificate 4993

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

BriggsBetty Gene20 Feb 193320 Feb 1933

Daughter of Wesley Briggs & Annie Neal Maddox

Kentucky Death Certificate 5078

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

BriggsJohn21 Dec 193621 Dec 1936

Son of Edger Weber & Fannie Johnson

The death certificate states that he was about 23 years of age and a widower.

Kentucky Death Certificate 34269

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

BriggsMary20 Oct 189211 Sept 1918

Daughter of Loney Briggs & Fanny Briggs

Kentucky Death Certificate 23895

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

CaseyCharles Edward14 Jan 19318 May 1931

Son of Will Casey & Jessie Dulin

Kentucky Death Certificate 13184

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

CaseyDallas14 Dec 193415 Dec 1934

Son of William Casey & Jessie Dulin

Kentucky Death Certificate 31940

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

CaseyKatherine7 June 191717 Apr 1918

Daughter of Will Casey & Jessie Dooley

Kentucky Death Certificate 11622

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

CaseySamuel11 June 19266 Sept 1926

Son of Will Casey & Jessie Dooley

Kentucky Death Certificate 23831

Burial: Martwick Cemetery

ClarkKatherine5 Oct 19179 May 1918

Daughter of Johnie Clark & Nellie Briggs

Kentucky Death Certificate 14229

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

HawkinsChristine7 Aug 192816 June 1929

Daughter of Owen Hawkins & Elsie Bennett

Kentucky Death Certificate 17750

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

HuntJewell20 Aug 192325 Mar 1924

Son of Nedd Hunt & Carry Kinney

Kentucky Death Certificate 7516

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

LongHenry15 Oct 1918

Died age about 27 years

Son of John Smith & Anthy Smith Uston

Kentucky Death Certificate 36274

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

MaxwellEugean28 Nov 1920

Died age 2 years, 10 months, 10 days

Son of James Maxwell & Carrie Martin

Kentucky Death Certificate 28197

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

McReynoldsJanie Chastain16 June 18863 Mar 1941

Daughter of Wilson Chastain & Matilda Burch, and wife of Frank McReynolds

Kentucky Death Certificate 8442

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

McReynoldsWilliam Benjamin12 Feb 187516 Oct 1924

Son of Andrew McReynolds & Amanda Berryman

Kentucky Death Certificate 23604

Burial: Martwick Cemetery

MoppinEthel1 Jan 190028 Mar 1934

Son of Dave Moppin & Mary Moppin

Kentucky Death Certificate 7610

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

PeppersHuston1 May 1918

Kentucky Death Certificate 14230

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

RenderWhayne W.187412 Oct 1927

Son of Virgil Render & Margaret Chatman, and husband of Lydia Render

Kentucky Death Certificate 28827

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

WeirRaymondJune 190925 May 1938

Son of Dan Weir & Mary Briggs, and husband of Winifred Duncan Weir

Kentucky Death Certificate 12727

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

WilliamsLenniat L.4 Sept 19193 Sept 1927

Son of Hurley Williams & Cozy Boyd

Kentucky Death Certificate 21468

Burial: Martwick, Ky.

Location: Martwick is on US 62 east of Central City.

Citation: Smith, Leslie Shively. “Around Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: a Black History.” Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1979. Print.

Updated November 04, 2015