Benjamin Gwaltney Cemetery

Located in Center Township
6529 Hillcrest Lane, about 550 feet east of Metz Road
Hepburn, Indiana
(Cemetery is 150 feet south of the road)
(38.06682, -87.79929)

 (Private property.)
 Last update:   
SurnameGiven NameBirth DeathNotes VeteranPhoto
Gwaltney Benjamin
29 Oct 1800
 30 Mar 1880
 Husband of  Sarah (Murphy) Gwaltney.

Married:  13 Sep 1821. 		 
GwaltneyJohn
18 Feb 1825
16 Nov 1864
Son of Benjamin & Sarah (Murphy) Gwaltney.
 
No monument found.

Note:  Burial information from Gwaltney family and  "Posey County Cemetery Records, 1814-1979 by Carrol O Cox (1979), p. 200
GwaltneySarah
11 Oct 1800
5 Sep 1860
nee Murphy.  Wife of Benjamin Gwaltnery, Sr. 

Married:  13 Sep 1821.

Note:  Sarah's information carved on both the large shaft monument shared with her husband and the smaller individual marker shown here leaning against it
 
HarrisonSaphronia
1859
? aft 1870 ?
Daughter of Stephen & Melvina (Gwaltney) Harrison. 

Note:  Still living in her mothers' household at the time of the 1870 census.
 
Harrison
Stephen 5 Jun 1825
29 Jul 1864
Husband of Melvina (Gwaltney) Harrison. 

Married:  28 Sep 1848.

Mexican War.  2nd Indiana Volunteers, enlisted at Evansville, Indiana, June 1846 and discharged at New Orleans, Louisiana, Jun 1847.
 
No monument found.

Note:  Burial information from Gwaltney family and  "Posey County Cemetery Records, 1814-1979 by Carrol O Cox (1979), p. 200
McKinnis
Dicey Jane
1843
bef 1875
nee Gwaltney.  Wife of Willis McKinnis. 

Married:  26 Nov 1861. 

Daughter of Benjamin & Sarah (Murphy) Gwaltney.

No monument found.

Note:  Burial information from Gwaltney family and  "Posey County Cemetery Records, 1814-1979 by Carrol O Cox (1979), p. 200






View of from north side of cemetery.

 View from the southwest corner of the cemetery.