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Jessamine County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jessamine County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Nicholasville Unknown location
  • Nicholasville Crocket Burying Ground
  • Nicholasville Maple Grove Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Jessamine County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      George Walker (1763-1819) — of Jessamine County, Ky. Born in Culpeper County, Va., 1763. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Kentucky state senate, 1810-14; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14. Died in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., 1819 (age about 56 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Brother of David Walker; granduncle of James David Walker. See Walker-Call family.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Unknown Location
    Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Burris Morris — of Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1916. Interment somewhere.


    Crocket Burying Ground
    Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) — of near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in Albemarle County, Va., 1779. Son of Tucker Woodson (c.1744-1779) and Elizabeth (Moore) Woodson. Lawyer; Jessamine County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1825-26. Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., 1827 (age about 48 years). Interment at Crocket Burying Ground.
      Relatives: Son of Tucker Woodson (c.1744-1779) and Elizabeth (Moore) Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick Bates, James Woodson Bates and Edward Bates; married to Anna Randolph Meade; father of Tucker Woodson (1804-1874), David Meade Woodson and Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin of Silas Woodson; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Woodson and John Archibald Woodson; grandfather of John McDowell Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James Alexander Woodson and Urey Woodson. See Woodson family of Kentucky.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Maple Grove Cemetery
    Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) — also known as John C. Watts — of Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky. Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., July 9, 1902. Son of William Montague Watts and Frances Elizabeth (Wilson) Watts. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; chair of Jessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53; Jessamine County Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1940; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motor transportation commissioner, 1948-51; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died in office 1971. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Knights of Pythias; Lions. Died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., September 24, 1971 (age 69 years, 77 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, March 27, 1945, to Nora Mae Wilburn.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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