SCOTT GRAVEYARD

 Taken from DAR records

Transcribed by Karen Hugo


Paoli Township Section 18, T2N R1E. Seldom used.

The will of William Scott was made in Dec. 1841. An item reads: "I reserve one quarter acre of land, where the graveyard now is, for a burying place for the family, never to be transferred out of the family." The earliest marked grave is that of Marley Scott, 1830. 


BAKER, Samuel P.; 4 Sep 1826-16 Jun 1894.
BAKER, Martha A.; 14 Oct 1834-6 May 1913.
BAKER, Alma; dau of Sam’l P. and Martha A., d. 14 Dec 1878, age 6m/29d.
BARNES, Florence E.; dau of E. L. & M. M., d. 29 Jan 1881, age 18d.
BARNES, infant dau of E. L. & M. M., b. & d. 13 Feb 1883.
BARNES, Annie L.; wife of A. J., d. 20 Feb 1885, age 23y/9m/18d.
BUSICK, Benjamin F.; son of B. P. and M. J., d. 1857.
BUSICK, B. P.; Co. G. 24th Ind. Inf. (Gov’t marker, no dates).
BUSICK, wife of B. P., 14 Jun 1822-25 Jun 1855.
BUSICK, James H.; son of B. P. & P., 6 Sep 1840……. (illeg.).
CHATHAM, Reuben and Elizabeth (Busick); Reuben died 21 July 1880.
       Age 81y/7m/6d.
CHATHAM, John K.; d. 17 Nov 1857, age ………………..(illeg).
CHATHAM, W. B.; d. 1 Jun 1855, age 28y/7m.
CHISAM, Samuel R.; 23 Jul 1849-10 Mar 1871.
CHISAM, Sarah G.; dau of Criel and G. Chisam, 2 Jun 1842-25 Sep 1862.
CHISAM, Emily; wife of Wm. B., 25 Sep 1830-8 Jun 1860.
CHISAM, George W.; 17 Aug 1869-20 Jan 1886.
CHISAM, Charles B.; son of Wm. W. and Mary, 24 Aug 1871-11 Feb 1882.
CHISAM, Benjamin; d. 30 Sep 1858,age 81y/7m/27d.
CHISAM; Elizabeth; wife of Benjamin, b. 1775, d. 21 Jun 1862, age 87y.
CHISAM, Jane; wife of Wm. W., 1 Dec 1815-11 Oct 1865.
CHISAM, William W.; 29 Aug 1811-9 Apr 1887.
CHISAM, John H.; d. 16 Apr 1874, age 33y/2m/28d.
FREEMAN, Nancy A.; dau of B. F. & Martha, 22 Jun 1839-28 Sep 1851.
FROST, Simeon F.; 13 Jul 1792-4 Oct 1872.
FROST, Mary; wife of Simeon, d. 25 Aug 1866, age 74y/23d.
FROST, John W.; d. 29 Sep 1845, age 20y/28d.
FROST, Mary J.; dau of J. and R., d. 7 Jan 1846, age 1y/4m/4d.
FROST, James; d. 3 Feb 1849, age 57y/10m/4d).
GIFFORD, John S.; d. 7 Apr 1864, age 37y/2m/28d.

(This grave is in a small lot surrounded by a cast iron fence, a tall shaft at either side of gate. The other marker reads: Ruth Ann, wife of Erasmus Hill, d. 25 Apr 1867, age 38y/6m/5d.)

GIFFORD, Joseph E.; son of J. B. & M. C., b. & d. 10 Aug 1863.
GIFFORD, Emma; dau of J. B. & M. C. (infant).
HANCOCK, Mary S; wife of J. G., 6 Oct 1843-4 Apr 1892.
HILL, Ruth Ann; wife of Erasmus, d. 25 Apr 1867, age 38y/6m/5d.
       (In fenced plot with John S. Gifford.)
LANE, Alvan; 20 Jun 1843-2 Mar 1864. He was in the Ind. Cav.
       (Lines from Star-Spangled Banner).
MORGAN, Benny; 2 Dec 1864-18 Jan 1866.
MORGAN, Cora; b. 12 Jan 1867, d. 23 Jan 1867. One stone. Children of
       Wesley & Huldah Morgan.
McCART, Matilda; d. 16 Mar 1835, age 30y/2m/9d.
McCLAIN, Isaac; d. 26 July 1842, age 59y/4m/4d.
McCLAIN, Catherine; consort of Isaac, 30 Apr 1789-1 Jul 1839.
McCLUNER, James A.; 20 Mar 1839-19 Jul 1840.
McCLUNER, Samuel N.; 11 Sep 1836-8 Sep 1837.
PEYTON, Bluford; d. 5 May 1887, age 52y/5m/10d.
PEYTON, Sarah A. E. (Scott); w. of Bluford, d. 29 Apr 1863, age 30y/1m/14d.
PICKETT, Margaret L.; dau of J. A. & M. S., 26 Apr 1854-10 Feb 1864.
PICKETT, Josie; dau of Jacob and Mary, d. 1 Jan 1878, age 17y/11m/18d.
PICKETT, Mary S.; wife of Jacob, d. 16 Dec 1875, age 43y/10m.
PICKETT, infant dau of J. and M. S.; b. & d. 12 Feb 1869.
SCOTT, Marley M.; d. 20 Jul 1830, age 1m/1d.
SCOTT, Nancy E.; d. 9 Nov 1831, age 3y/9m/24d.
SCOTT, Simeon; d. 19 Jul 1841, age 36y.
SCOTT, Eliza; consort of Simeon, d. 25 Feb 1852, age 43y/1d.
SCOTT, William; d. 19 May 1847, age 66y/4m/10d.
SCOTT, Nancy; w. of William, d. 27 Aug 1853, age 68y/2m/3d.
STANDEFORD, Hester G.; w. of Rodolphus, 14 Oct 1872,
       age 20y/9m/19d.
STANDEFORD, William M; son of Rodolphus W. and Elizabeth E., d. 11 Apr 1881,
       age 2y/6m/1d.
STANDEFORD, Hester A.; dau of Rodolphus W. and Elizabeth E., d. 11 Oct 1880,
       age 1y/8m.
TATE, Indiana; w. of W. H., 14 Mar 1822-5 Jan 1862.
TATE, son of H. & I.; d. 11 Sep 1855, age 4y/15d.
VONTRESS, Susan C.; wife of Sam’l. T., d. 25 Jul 1853, age 22y/8m/5d.
VONTRESS, Elizabeth C.; dau of S. T. and S. C., d. 6 Apr 1853, age 1y/1m.