Pauper's Grave
RECORD
CREATED , JUNE 11, 2009
WRITTEN & RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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THIS IS INFORMATION I AM WORKING ON , COMPILING A RECORD OF PAUPER'S GRAVES . SOME WHERE JUST MISFORTUNATE PEOPLE THAT FELL ON HARD TIMES DUE TO SICKNESS , OLD AGE , BEING POOR , AND FOR OTHER REASONS NOT KNOWN . THE COUNTY POOR FARM HAD A SMALL CEMETERY FOR THE PAUPER'S WHERE THE COUNTY PAID FOR THE COST OF BURIAL . I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT IS WHERE THESE PAUPER'S WHERE BURIED , BUT I KNEW THERE NEEDED TO BE A RECORD OF BURIAL FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS . THE RECORD BELOW IS WHAT THE OLD NEWSPAPERS LISTED BURIED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COUNTY . I WILL BE ADDING MORE AS I RUN ACROSS THEM IN MY RESEARCH .
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE .....
TINA EASLEY
MEMORIES OF THE POOR FARM CEMETERY
Cole remembers a cemetery on the northeast corner of the property. "It was called a pauper's grave. It's been plowed over now. That's a shame, I think all cemeteries ought to be kept scared. Just because they were poor folks doesn't mean they shouldn't be treated with respect," Cole said.
"We used that cemetery to bury a baby one time," Cole said. "Someone had found this baby -- on Eight Mile Creek, I think -- in a laundry bag. It was dead. They brought it to us. We had to bury it in an orange crate."
The county poor farm was eliminated with the establishing of Greene Acres Nursing Home in 1957.
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UNKNOWN MAN -------- Nov 27, 1909 obit
Summers John Rev. ----- Nov 5, 1911 obit
Shootman Viva ---- Feb 15, 1920 obit
Mrs. White ----- Nov 16, 1911 0bit
Orphan Infant Girl --- Nov 20 , 1911 Obit