Washington County, Missouri Cemetery Inscription Sources

David A. Lossos, updated September 24, 2007

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There's only one thing worse for a genealogist than finding that the cemetery inscription he or she needs has never been transcribed. And that is that it's been transcribed, but they don't know it. Hopefully the following list will help in that case. So get out those old death certificates and obits that listed the cemetery, and take a look at the work that some dedicated volunteers have already done for you.

Listed with each cemetery is the source material in which the headstone inscription can be found. In some cases there is more than one source; often this includes the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. If the source is not available to you locally be sure to verify the film number before ordering it from SLC. The vast majority of the hardcopy sources are available at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters location and the the main branch of the St. Louis Public Library. In a few cases there are other repositories listed where the inscription source can be found. Most of this information came from Elizabeth Kot and Shirley Thomson's Missouri Cemetery Inscription Sources: Print and Microfilm (Vallejo, Calif.: Indices Publishing, 1995) via the Ancestry database web site. I've tried to update the more recent activity. If you see errors or omissions please let me know so that I can keep this list as up-to-date as possible.

The abbreviations that I used can be found at the end of this list.

Many of the Washington County Cemeteries have been inscribed, and are available online at "Washington County Cemeteries")

Alum Cave Cemetery - B-BV [Caledonia, MO]: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Alum Cave Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Antioch Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Antioch Church Cemetery - ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 4. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

Baptist Cemetery/Belgrade - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Belleview Presbyterian Cemetery - ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 4. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery/Caledonia - HBPC (see "Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery")

Big River Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Blackwell Masonic Cemetery - SLGSQ 17:4 (Win 1984).

Breckenridge/Groves/Floyd Farm Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Breckenridge/Groves/Floyd Farm Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Brock Family/Huitt Cemetery - B-BV: Bellevue Valley Hist. Soc., 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Bryan Cemeteries - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Bryan Cemetery/Belgrade - GC DAR SLC: Gen. Soc. of Utah, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Caledonia Assembly of God Cemetery - B-BV: Bellevue Valley Hist. Soc., 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Caledonia Methodist Cemetery - HCMC

Campbell-Forrester Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Carson Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983. FHL film 1421652:9.

Carson Cemetery/Belgrade - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Catholic Cemetery/Potosi - Misc. Records: MO DAR Missour iSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL 0893713:2.

Cemetery on Cob Creek - B-BV: BVHS, 1983. FHL film 1421652:9.

Chadbourne Cemetery/Potosi - Misc. Records: MO DAR SLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0893713:2.

Davis Family Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Dripping Springs Cemetery - SLGSQ 21:2 (Sum 1988).

Edgar Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Eidson Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Floyd/Breckenridge/Groves Farm Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Floyd Farm/Groves/Breckenridge Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Forrester-Campbell Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Furnace Creek Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Goodson Cemetery - ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 4. Salt Lake City: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

Groves/Breckenridge/Floyd Farm Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Groves/Floyd/Breckenridge Farm Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Hall Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983. FHL film 1421652:9.

Hickory Grove Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Higginbotham Cemetery/Fertile - AVNMMC

Highley Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Hopewell Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Hopewell Cemetery - ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 4. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

Horine/Protestant/Methodist Cemetery/Richwoods - SLGSQ 14:1 (Spr 1981).

Horton Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Huitt-Brock Family Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Hutchings Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Hutchins Family Cemetery/near Caledonia - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Jamison Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Jenkins Cemetery - ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 4. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

Jenkins Public Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Jordan Cemetery/Concord Twp. - SLGSQ 12:3 (Fal 1979).

Jordan GraveyardB-BV: BVHS, 1983. FHL film 1421652:9.

Joseph Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Joseph Chapel Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Kirkpatrick Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Liberty Baptist Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Lizzie's Chapel Cemetery/near Belgrade - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Lower Indian Creek Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Marler Chapel Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Masonic Cemetery/Blackwell - MC

McClain Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

McClain Cemetery - ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 4. Salt Lake City: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

McGready Cemetery/Potosi - Misc Records: MO DAR Missouri SLC: GSU, 1971. FHL 0893713:2.

McIntire/Whaley Cemetery - GC DAR SLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Methodist/Horine/Protestant Cemetery/Richwoods SLGSQ 14:1 (Spr 1981).

Mineral Point Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Moore Family Farm Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Nelson Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Old Baptist Cemetery/Old Mines - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Palmer Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Palmer/Webster Cemetery/Palmer - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Patterson Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Pond Creek Cemetery/near Mineral Creek - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Presbyterian Cemetery/Potosi - Misc Records: MO DAR SLC: GSU, 1971. FHL film 0893713:2.

Protestant/Methodist/Horine Cemetery/Richwoods - SLGSQ 14:1 (Spr 1981).

Quaker Cemetery/Quaker - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Ramsey's Grove/Sunlight Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Ramsey's Grove/Sunlight Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Rock Springs Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

St. Stephens Catholic Cemetery - SLGSQ 16:1 (Spr 1983).

Santuff Cemetery - SLGSQ 14:1 (Spr 1981).

Scott Cemetery/near Belgrade - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Sunlight/Ramsey's Grove Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Swann Cemetery - SLGSQ 12:1 (Spr 1979).

Tennison Family Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Thomas Chapel Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Thomas Chapel Cemetery - 1978 Akers, Muriel E.SLC: GSU, 1990.FHL film 1705416:3.

Thomas Chapel Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Topozark Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Tullock Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Tullock Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Tullock Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Unnamed Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Unnamed Cemetery/Hwy 21/PotosiSLGSQ 4:4 (Dec 1971).

Unnamed Cemetery/near Caledonia - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Wallen Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Webster/Palmer Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Westover Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Whaley Cemetery/near Stony Point - SLGSQ 12:3 (Fal 1979).

Wigger Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983. FHL film 1421652:9.

Wigger Cemetery - GC DARSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Winkelmeyer Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Winkelmeyer Cemetery - GC DARSLC: Gen. Soc. of Utah, 1971.FHL film 0870038.

Wright Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

Yeargain Cemetery - B-BV: BVHS, 1983.FHL film 1421652:9.

ABBREVIATIONS:

ASTCC: A Stroll Through Coldwater Cemetery DAR-Mo, Webster Groves Chap.SLC: GSU, 1976.

AVNMMC: Atchison, Vernon, New Madrid, Miller, Chariton and Cemetery Records DAR Missouri SLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870004.

B-BV: Bellevue-Beautiful View [Caledonia, MO]

BVHS: Bellevue Valley Hist. Soc.

CCI: Catholic Cemetery Inscriptions of SLGS and LDS Church

CISFOL: Cemetery Inscriptions of Salt Fork, Old Lamine. Gilliam, MO: Saline Sentiments, n.d.

ECMCR DAR - Mo: East Central Missouri Cemetery Records DAR Missouri

FHL: Family History Library

FRGS: Four Rivers Gen. Soc.

GC DAR: Genealogical Collection DAR Missouri

GR.OFBG: Genealogical Records...Old Family Burying Ground and in the Public Cemeteries.. McElhiney, Mary Johnson N.p.: Edna McE. Olson, 1970.

GSU: Genealogical Society of Utah

HAGS: Heart of America Gen. Soc.

HBPC: History of Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery Moore, Adella B.Farmington, MO:

HCMC: History of the Caledonia Methodist Church, 1810-1978 Akers, Muriel E.SLC: GSU, 1990.FHL film 1705416:1.

HGC: Holy Ghost Cem:Burials 1860-1907 GSU, 1987. FHL film 1503030:3-4 (1860-1894). FHL film 1503031:1-2 (1887-1903). FHL film 1503031:3 (1867-1907).

HGCR:Holy Ghost Church Records 1833-1961 SLC: GSU, 1985.FHL film 1433235:4 (Burials 1877-1895).

JSC: John Sappington Chap.

LDS 0870177: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870177.

LDS0870029: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film.

LDS0870177: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870177

LDS0874035: Genealogical Records: Family and Cemetery Records, Newspaper Extracts, Etc. DARVol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1972.FHL film 0874035:1-2.

LDS0874035: Genealogical Records: Family and Cemetery Records, Newspaper Extracts, Etc DAR Vol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1972.FHL film 0874035:1-2.

LDS0893715/0962589: ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 3. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL films 0893715; 0962589:3.

LDS0924436: Church Cemetery Records of Missouri Vol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1973.FHL film 0924436:1-4.FHL fiche 6051114.

LDS0962589: ECMCR DAR-Mo Vol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

LDS0962589: ECMCR DAR MissouriVol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.

LDS1405587/1405588:GSU, 1984. FHL film 1405587 (Book 1:1836-1984; Book 2: 1836-1984 [A-F] ). FHL film 1405588 (Book 2: 1836-1984 [G-Z] ; Book 3:1836- 1984).

LDS1705372: [Cemeteries . . . 1791-1988] LDS Church - Salt Lake City: Gen. Soc. of Utah, 1990. FHL film 1705372.

LDS6100220: OC-Mo DAR-MoVol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1952. FHL fiche 6100220.

LDS6101174: Heart of America Gen. Soc. Missouri Cemetery Records Vol. 1. Kansas City, MO: 1981.FHL fiche 6101174.

MC: Masonic Cemetery, Lodge 535 A.F.&A.M.; Blackwell Sanders, Linda San-Souci - Old Mines Area Hist. Soc., 1987.

MSGAJ: Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal

NGSQ: National Genealogical Society Quarterly

NSJC: New St. John's Cemetery StLMO: Central Microfilm Service, 1985.FHL film 1429189:1 (1839-1964). FHL film 1429189: (1915-1964).

OC-Mo: "Old Cemeteries, Missouri"

PHBC: Pioneer History of Benton Creek, Union. Lay, J. Gilbert - SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 962207:27.

SJUCC: St. John's United Church of Christ Parish Records, 1838-1968 StLMO: Central Microfilm Service, 1985.FHL film 1429188:1.

SLACL - St. Louis Archdiocese Cemetery Listing - 5/31/1988

SLC: Salt Lake City

SLCL: St. Louis County Library Headquarters

SLGS: St. Louis Genealogical Society

SLGSQ: St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly

StLMO: St. Louis, Missouri

WSHFR: Williams, Strickland and Haverstick Family Records Koester, Mable [Farmington, MO: M. Koester, 1991].