Walton Cemetery (Walton, Ky.)

Title: Walton Cemetery (Walton, Ky.)
Description: This is a town cemetery measuring 3.3 acres, and containing hundreds of known internments. It is still in active use.; According to local legend, the Walton Cemetery was created when old Mrs. Snow of the First Baptist Church of Walton (originally located at the far southwestern edge of the current cemetery entrance) decided she wanted to be buried next to the church. The church then obtained the land to create a “burying ground” for the town residents. No headstone exists for Mrs. Snow.; The cemetery register is included in the book: "Tombstone Inscriptions, Walton Cemetery, Walton, Kentucky" by Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald and Sexton; Slave holder or African American Burials: Yes
Identifier: Boone Co. GIS Cemetery ID: 183; Find A Grave Cemetery: #76449
Full address: 30 Church Street, Walton, KY 41094
Political division: Walton (Ky.)
Related resource: Fullilove family; Grubbs family; Hudson family; Ingram family; Rouse family
Latitude: 38.86702426000
Longitude: -84.60942883000
Target coordinates: 707403.573 m; 4304736.287 m
Bibliographic citation: Boone County, Kentucky Cemeteries, pages 165-180
Source: Boone County GIS; Find A Grave.com; Tombstone Inscriptions, Walton Cemetery, Walton, Kentucky; Boone County, Kentucky Cemeteries

Item sets: Cemeteries--Kentucky--Boone County--L-Z; AA--Cemeteries--Kentucky

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