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Located on the original Jacob Warner farm just outside Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky The Warner Cemetery is on Warner Lane on
the
west end of Owingsville. It is on top of a hill with a good view of the
countryside. It is off US 60 onto Warner Lane. Go through a gate
and it is in a fenced field to the right. There is a fund for
the upkeep of the Warner Graveyard. |
Many of the headstones in Warner Graveyard are broken, laying in a pile and some are missing. These four photos show the broken stones and some of the ones on the ground. Picture #1 #2 #3 #4 According to stories passed down, the Warner Graveyard, at one point in time, had many tall pine trees in and surrounding it. Some folks said when the wind blew through the trees it sounded like voices whispering in the wind. I personally have heard this happen in other cemeteries. The graveyard sits on top of a hill and others talked about how the wind was always howling through the trees. Some Warner family members did not want to be buried in the Warner Graveyard because of the strange things that happened there. There were others who would not pass by the graveyard and would go out of their way as not to drive by it. I spent a warm October day in the fall of 2001 with my cousin Ruby taking photo's of all the stones in the cemetery. We uncovered the ones that had fallen and did our best to read what the older stones said. As for me the day was quite unremarkable but I did feel a sence of warmth and pride as I sat among my ancestors. This web site is to help keep their memories alive. There are a few of versions of what happened to the graveyard and I will tell all versions that I know. One version goes that a member of the Warner family went crazy one day, cut down all the trees and broke up all the stones because he thought he could hear the voices of the Warner slaves that were buried in the graveyard. Another version is the pines mysteriously caught fire one day and as the pines trees burned the flames created such an intense heat it caused the headstones to crack and break apart. I learned of another version... One of the Warner girls said her cousin who was also a Warner girl admitted setting fire to the tree's just to be mean and used the excuse that the tree's were dead. What actually happened may never be known but the fact remains there are still burned stumps and many broken stones in the Warner Graveyard. |
A zip file of all the headstone pictures in Warner Graveyard. A text file version of Warner Graveyard for easy downloading. |
BLACK, John husband of BLACK, Elizabeth (Warner) b: 5-4-1822 d: 5-24-1855 daughter of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett A
picture of John Black's headstone |
CANNON, Ollie Fisher b: 5-14-1873 d: 1-2-1900 daughter of Dewitt and Maggie Cannon A picture of Ollie Fisher Cannon's headstone Obituary of Ollie Fisher Cannon: Miss Ollie Cannon's Death Miss Ollie Cannon died at noon Tuesday at the home of her uncle Jacob Warner, near town. Funeral services at 2:00 o'clock p.m. Wednesday by Rev. Jr. Nelson, of ths town. Burial in Warner graveyard. She was aged about 26 years. She had been sick about one year with consumption of the lungs. Her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Warner, took her when she was very small to raise and educate her and performed their part well. She was an accomplished young lady with numerous friends, and her death is a sad blow to them and to her uncle and aunt, who were very much attached to her as was also their daughter, Mrs. Mary Dawson, who knew her as a sister. Our sympathy is extended. |
COLEMAN, Alexander M. b: 1814 d: 7-12-1849 husband of COLEMAN, Zerilda (Warner) b: 8-25-1824 d: 1-16-1858 daughter of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett A
picture of Alexander M. Coleman's headstone |
DAWSON, Eliza Louise b: 2-2-1899 d: 4-8-1899 daughter of Jeff Dawson and Mary Warner |
DAWSON, Jeff b: 3-29-1864 husband of DAWSON, Mary Susan (Warner) b: 3-5-1871 d: 2-25-1909 daughter of Jacob Warner and Meliza Gorham |
ESSICK, Will Bath County, News-Outlook Newspaper 8-15-1937 WILL ESSICK BURIED HERE WEDNESDAY Will Essick, colored, was buried at the Warner graveyard west of town Wednesday afternoon following funeral services at the Colored M. E. church. Will died at Parkersburg, W. Va., Monday. He was the son of "Uncle Essick", who during his lifetime was a well known colored man of this community. |
HATTAN, Samuel b: 8-16-1880 d: 8-17-1886 son of Robert and America Hatten |
KINCAID, Annie W. (Pieratt) b: 4-1879 d: 3-8-1948 daughter of Jacob Pieratt and Mary Tipton her first husband was William Warner her second husband was Oscar Kincaid A copy of Annie's Montgomery County, Kentuck death certificate A picture of Annie W. Kincaid's headstone |
LANSDALE, Elizabeth b: 2-26-1854 d: 11-3-1854 daughter of Jacob Lansdale and Martha Warner |
LANSDALE, Martha (Warner) b: 3-3-1831 d: 5-9-1854 wife of Jacob Lansdale daughter of Jonas R. Warner and Elizabeth Clayton |
LUCAS, Barbara Lee b:2-3-1942 d: 11-12-1950 daughter of Ambrose Lucas and Nona Alice Jackson A
copy of Barbara's Fayette County, Kentucky death certificate
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LUCAS, Lorena Gilmore b: 4-1931 d: 4-29-1931 daughter of Joseph Lucas and Viola Moore No stone found in Warner Graveyard A copy of Lorena's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate |
LUCAS, Opal b: 3-23-1927 d: 4-17-1929 daughter of Joseph Lucas and Viola Moore |
LUCAS, Phyllis Ann b: 3-17-1938 d: 11-11-1950 in daughter of Ambrose Lucas and Nona Alice Jackson A
copy of Phyllis's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate |
McCLAIN, Mary Ellen b: 10-21-1846 d: 9-5-1908 |
McCLAIN, Leonora b: 8-8-1879 d: 3-4-1882 daughter of John McClain and Helen A. Warner |
McCLAIN, Helen A. (Warner) b: 11-9-1861 d: 2-4-1883 wife of John McClain daughter of Jonas Warner and Virginia Clark A picture of Helen McClain's headstone |
MOORE, Mary Lee Chandler b: 3-10-1869 d: 6-1-1929 |
REYNOLDS, Infant son b: 9-7-1876 d: 9-7-1876 son of Jonas Reynolds and Margaret Clayton |
REYNOLDS, Margaret A. (Clayton) b: 9-10-1849 d: 9-9-1876 wife of Jonas Reynolds daughter of Stephen and Mahala Clayton |
REYNOLDS, Mary d: September 1908 daughter of Thomas Runnells and Georgeann Warner Owingsville Outlook, 10 Sep 1908 Miss Mary Reynolds died at the home of her brother Stephen Reynolds on Jones' Branch, Sunday. Buried at Warner graveyard Monday after services by Elder Cleveland Carpenter. She was 62 and had been a Christian Church member for 48 years. No headstone in Warner Graveyard. |
REYNOLDS, William b:1845 d: 2-1-1920 son of Thomas Runnells and Georgeann Warner No headstone in Warner Graveyard but his death certificate says he is buried there. A copy of Thomas Reynolds Bath County, Kentucky death certificate |
RILEY, Everett b: 5-10-1908 d: 6-29-1982 Husband of Dovie Ratliff A
copy of Everett's Fayette County, Kentucky death certificate |
RUNNELLS, Georgeann (Warner) b: 3-18-1827 d: 5-9-1886 daughter of Jonas Warner and Elizabeth Clayton wife of RUNNELLS, Thomas J. b: 3-27-1817 d: 9-18-1858 A
picture of Georgeann Warner Runnells headstone |
RUNNELLS, Warren C. b: 1-17-1858 d: 8-17-1858 son of Thomas Runnells and Georgeann Warner |
SHROUT, Infant Son son of John and Milly Shrout No headstone found in Warner Graveyard name taken from older cemetery records |
SHROUT, Infant Son son of John and Eliza Shrout No headstone found in Warner Graveyard name taken from older cemetery records |
SHROUT, Willie Washington b: 10-11-1890 d: 8-9-1891 son of J. W. and Elvira Ann Shrout |
SORRELL, Eugene b: 12-14-1894 d: 7-3-1896 son of Allen B. Sorrell and Mary Eliza Warner |
SORRELL, Jessie b: 3-25-1909 d: 6-14-1909 daughter of William M. Sorrell and L. Sorrell |
SORRELL, Elizabeth (Warner) b: 3-8-1856 d: 5-28-1942 daughter of Jacob C. Warner and Elizabeth Shultz wife of SORRELL, George b: 6-20-1861 d: 11-14-1937 George was also married to Amanda, Elizabeth's sister No headstone for George or Elizabeth in Warner Graveyard Elizabeth's
Nicholas County, Kentucky death certificate |
SORRELL, Mary Eliza (Warner) b: 10-15-1875 d: 3-13-1896 daughter of Stephen Warner and Mary Catherine Clark wife of Alan B. Sorrell Did not find a headstone in Warner Graveyard March 5, 1896 Mrs. Mary E. Sorrell
died of
consumption last Friday, and was interred at the Warner Graveyard just
west of town, on Saturday. The procession of mourners was
a large one, the deceased having a large number of relatives and
friends. The burial casket was a very handsome one of white, trimmed
with silver fringe and tassels. |
SORRELL, Nancy d: 12-23-1912 daughter of Joseph Sorrell and Phoeba McCarty Did not find a headstone in Warner Graveyard but her Bath County, Kentucky death certificate says she was buried there. A copy of Nancy Sorrell's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate |
SORRELL, Rollin b: 9-26-1895 d: 1-27-1930 son of George Sorrell and Elizabeth Warner Did not find a headstone in Warner Graveyard for Rollin Sorrell Rollin's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate |
SORRELL, William b: 5-21-1871 d: 1-28-1919 son of James Case and Nancy Sorrell |
SPENCE, John b: 1885 d: 3-10-1920 son of William Spence and Anna Elizabeth Warren John's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of John Spence's headstone |
SPENCE, William b: 10-7-1880 d: 9-8-1949 son of William Spence and Anna Elizabeth Warren William's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of William Spence's headstone |
SPENCER, Lisa F. b: 5-26-1978 d: 12-23-1984 daughter of Charles and Brenda Lou Spencer Lisa's Rowan County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of Lisa Spencer's headstone |
| THOMPSON, Mary Elizabeth (Warner) b: 4-29-1913 d: 5-11-1978 daughter of John Jacob Warner and Mary Fenton Pieratt wife of THOMPSON, Lloyd T. b: 4-18-1912 d: 8-16-1980 Mary's
Fayette County, Kentucky death certificate |
WARNER, Allen b: 10-28-1812 d: 9-24-1882 son of Jacob Warner and Elizabeth Remy husband of WARNER, Vienna (Clayton) b: 3-6-1810 d: 1-4-1885 A
picture of Allen Warner and Vienna Clayton Warner's headstone |
WARNER, Amanda daughter of Annie Warner Did not find a stone but according to the Kentucky Historical Society there was a stone at one time with the inscription: Colored belongs to Jacob Warner Sr. |
WARNER, Andrew b: 1-15-1837 d: 5-16-1861 son of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett |
WARNER, Annie died 7-9-1909 age 101 also known as Aunt Ann Obituary of slave owned by Jacob Warner Sr. July 9, 1909 Aunt Ann Warner, of color, died at the home of Dudley Warner Friday and was buried in the family graveyard. She was bought by the Elder Jacob Warner at Georgetown when she was 18 years old and had been in the Warner family for eighty years, doing the work until two months ago. Could not find a stone but according to the Kentucky Historical Society there was a stone at one time with her name and the inscription: Colored |
WARNER, Dudley M. b: 5-22-1829 d: 1-21-1868 son of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett |
WARNER, Dudley T. b: 1-19-1951 d: 1-19-1951 son of James Andrew Warner and Margaret Stone |
WARNER, Elizabeth (Clayton) b: 9-27-1810 d: 4-7-1858 wife of Jonas R. Warner |
WARNER, Ethel Pearl b: 8-9-1905 d: 3-3-1906 daughter of Andrew Trumbo Warner and Mary Elizabeth Reynolds |
WARNER, Evaline b: 1858 d: 9-26-1930 Wife of "Uncle Jack" Warner daughter of: father unknown mother was Stacie Ewing No tombstone located in Warner Graveyard but her Bath County, Kentucky death certificate says she is buried there. |
WARNER, Everett b: 6-2-1898 d: 6-14-1947 son of John Jacob Warner and Ruth Ginter A
copy of Everett Warner's death certificate |
WARNER, George W. b: 11-12-1889 d: 2-26-1904 son of Jonas R. Warner and Hester Highley |
WARNER, George A. b: 4-29-1839 d: 4-7-1840WARNER, George Jackson b: 5-6-1904 d: 11-8-1983 son of William Thomas Warner and Prudence Jackson husband of Ruby Ring George's Montgomery County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of George Warner's military stone A picture of George Warner's headstone |
WARNER, Harriett A. b: 4-17-1839 d: 3-28-1852 daughter of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett |
WARNER, Helen (Trumbo) b:3-6-1868 d:10-14-1939 Wife of James Warner daughter of Harry Trumbo and Louisa Boyd No headstone in Warner Graveyard but her Bath County, Kentucky death certificate shows she is buried there. A copy of Helen Warner's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate |
WARNER, Hester b: 10-1-1846 d: 10-16-1847WARNER, Jacob b: 5-16-1769 d: 6-4-1860 husband of WARNER, Elizabeth (Remy) b: 1773 d: 12-29-1846 A
picture of Jacob Warner's headstone |
WARNER, Jacob b: 12-1-1901 d: 12-1-1901 son of William Thomas Warner and Prudie Jackson |
WARNER, Jacob C. b: 12-15-1830 d: 8-21-1910 son of Jonas R. Warner and Elizabeth Clayton husband of WARNER, Elizabeth (Shultz) b: 7-22-1835 d: 5-10-1901 daughter of Samuel Perry Shultz and Mary Becraft A
picture of Jacob and Elizabeth Warner's headstone |
WARNER, Jacob b: 6-8-1827 d: 4-4-1905 son of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett husband of WARNER, Meliza J. (Gorham) Warner b: 1-29-1842 d: 6-27-1903 |
WARNER, James A. b: 12-16-1833 d: 11-23-1881 son of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett |
WARNER, James Dudley b: 1-18-1874 d: 8-22-1936 son of Jacob Warner and Meliza Gorham A
picture of James Dudley Warner's headstone |
WARNER, John b: 3-12-1832 d: 8-24-1839 |
WARNER, John Jacob b: 2-14-1874 d: 4-24-1950 son of Jacob C. Warner and Elizabeth Shultz husband of WARNER, Mary Fenton (Pieratt) b: 1883 d: 1-24-1918 daughter of Jacob Pieratt and Mary Tiptan A picture of John Warner's headstone John Warner's obituary John Warner's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate Mary Warner's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of Mary Fenton (Pieratt) Warner's headstone |
WARNER, John W. b: 1-7-1851 d: 8-27-1854 |
WARNER, Jonas R. b: 12-18-1863 d: 6-9-1929 son of Jacob C. Warner and Elizabeth Shultz husband of WARNER, Hester Jane (Highley) b: 3-12-1868 d: 11-29-1936 daughter of George Washington Highley and Elizabeth Shrout A
picture of Jonas Warner and Hester Higley Warner's headstone
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WARNER, Katherine b: 5-30-1903 d: 9-25-1928 daughter of Jonas R. Warner and Hester Jane Highley Katherine's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of Katherine Warner's headstone |
WARNER, Lillian May b: 4-4-1904 d: 8-12-1904 daughter of John Jacob and Mary Fenton Pieratt |
WARNER, Lewis Mitts b: 6-1910 d: 6-25-1913 son of William Warner and Annie Pieratt Lewis's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of Lewis Mitts Warner's headstone |
WARNER, Louise Jacob b: 1-24-1918 d: 1-24-1918 daughter of John Jacob and Mary Fenton Pieratt |
WARNER, Lucy B. b: 1-24-1918 d: 8-9-1918 daughter of John Jacob and Mary Fenton (Pieratt) Warner Lucy's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate A picture of Lucy B. Warner's headstone |
WARNER, Mary Francis b: 8-3-1843 d: 7-8-1858 daughter of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett Warner |
WARNER, Nancy A. b: 7-15-1840 d: 10-9-1840 |
WARNER, Reuben Young b: 6-8-1843 d: 7-27-1892 son of Allen Warner and Vienna Clayton husband of Mariah Louise Powers |
WARNER, Sallie d: July 1901 Owingsville Outlook, Thu 11 Jul 1901 Miss Sallie Warner died at the home of Joseph Carter near this place last Thursday. Burial Saturday at the Warner graveyard near Owingsville. Flat Creek. |
WARNER, Sarah J. b: 3-7-1831 d: 10-22-1854 Daughter of William Warner and Mary Triplett |
WARNER, Steven C. b: 4-15-1878 d: 6-1-1936 son of Travis Warner and Lucindia Walton Husband of Callie Carter No headstone in Warner Graveyard but his death certificate says he is buried there. |
WARNER, Thomas J. b: 11-2-1819 d: 6-5-1852 son of William P. Warner and Mary Triplett |
WARNER, Travis b: 1827 d: 11-30-1846 |
WARNER, Travis b: 11-15-1848 d: 2-28-1923 son of Allen Warner and Vienna Clayton husband of WARNER, Lucindia (Walton) b: 3-18-1846 d: 4-27-1912 daughter of William and Julia Walton No headstone found in Warner Graveyard for either but death certificates say they are buried in Warner Graveyard Travis
Warner's Bath County, Kentucky death certificate |
WARNER, Virginia (Clark) b: 6-2-1839 d: 8-22-1891 daughter of Elijah and Katherine Clark wife of Jonas R. Warner Jr. |
WARNER, Will (Brady) b:1873 d: 7-12-1937 Husband of Tansy Warner Son of "Uncle Jack" Warner and Evaline "Aunt Eva" Ewing No tombstone located in Warner Graveyard. Obituary in the Bath County News-Outlook dated 7-15-1937 says he was buried in Warner Graveyard. Colored Citizen Passes Will (Brady) Warner, 64 years old, well-known and respected Owingsville colored man, died at his home here shortly before 10 o'clock Monday morning, July 12, following a long illness of tuberculosis and complicating diseases. Will was a descendent of one of Owingsville's old colored families. He was a son of "Uncle Jack" and "Aunt Eva" Warner and was born and reared here. During his younger days he was considered one of the best tobacco handlers in this part of the county and worked in the warehouses here prizing tobacco before the days of the loose-leaf markets. Besides his wife, Tansey Warner, he is survived by four children and four sisters, two of whom, Martha Copher and Watt Warner, still mantain their homes here. Funeral services were held at his residence Wednesday afternoon conducted by the Rev. Sarver, pastor of the Colored Methodist Church. Burial was in the Warner Graveyard. |
WARNER, William b: 10-3-1876 d: 9-7-1911 son of Jacob Warner and Elizabeth Shultz husband of Annie Pieratt A
picture
of William Warner's headstone |
WARNER, William T. b: 6-21-1869 d: 7-3-1924 son of Jacob Warner and Meliza Gorham husband of WARNER, Prudence (Prudie) b: 11-10-1883 d: 1-17-1929 daughter of George Jackson and Sara Hart A
picture of William Warner and Prudie Jackson's headstone
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WARNER, William P. b: 12-1-1796 d: 4-5-1853 son of Jacob Warner and Elizabeth Remy husband of WARNER, Mary (Triplett) b: 8-31-1798 d: 10-21-1869 A
picture of William P. Warner's headstone |
WHITTINGTON, Charles b: 9-5-1826 d: 12-1897 in Bath County, Kentucky husband of Sussannah Stancliff son of Charles Whittington and Hester Warner The only proof I have that he was buried in
Warner Graveyard was this notice posted in the Bath County Paper: |
WHITTINGTON, William b: 9-22-1853 d: 11-1-1854 son of Charles Whitting and Sussanah Stancliff |
YOUNG, Dorcus M. b: 3-18-1840 d: 11-10-1841 daughter of Reuben Young and Nancy Warner |
YOUNG, Elizabeth b: 11-11-1827 d: 9-16-1839 daughter of Reuben Young and Nancy Warner |
YOUNG, Nancy (Warner) b: 12-28-1799 d: 4-10-1846 daughter of Jacob Warner and Elizabeth Remy wife of Reuben Young |
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