Bennet Williams Cemetery

Located in Smith Township
9400 Indiana 68, Cynthiana, Indiana
(Cemetery is 425 feet north of the highway)
(38.177398, -87.738076)

 (Private property.)
 Last update:   

SurnameGiven NameBirth DeathNotes VeteranPhoto
Williams
Bennet
22 Mar 1783
24 Jul 1837
Husband of Mary "Polly" (Martin) Williams.  Married 27 Dec 1806 in Warren County, Kentucky.

Son of Simon & Mary Anna "Polly" (Bennett) Williams.
 

Williams Elias
 13 Oct 1825
 9 Nov 1833
 Son of Bennet & Mary "Polly" (Martin) Williams.
  
 No monument found, 11 Dec 2014.

Note:  Burial information from "Posey County Cemetery Records, 1814-1979 by Carrol O Cox (1979), p. 56
WilliamsElizabeth
--
26 Apr 1862
Daughter of Simon & Levina (Sharer) Williams

Aged:  5 Mos.
 
No monument found, 11 Dec 2014.

Note:  Burial information from "Posey County Cemetery Records, 1814-1979 by Carrol O Cox (1979), p. 56.
Williams
James 22 Apr 1816
12 Oct 1847
Husband of Julia Ann (McDonald) Williams.  Married 24 Oct 1842 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.

Son of Bennet & Mary "Polly" (Martin) Williams.
 

Williams
Mary "Polly"
4 Mar 1788
4 Nov 1847
nee Martin.  Wife of Bennet Williams.  Married 27 Dec 1806 in Warren County, Kentucky.
Williams
Newton
6 May 1843
17 Mar 1863
Son of Simon & Levina (Sharer) Williams.

Pvt., Co. F, 80th Regiment Indiana Infantry.
Enlisted 22 Aug 1862.  Discharged 17 Mar 1863.
Died in Regimental Hospital of "Typhoid Fever" on the "17th."
Indiana Adj. General's report states he was born in 1844.

Note:  Only a middle fragment of his headstone was found.  "EWTON" is all of the given name that is readable.

View of all 4 stones found from north end of cemetery.

 View from the southwest corner of the cemetery.
View approaching the cemetery from the southwest.
 View looking north from Highway 68