Old
Skirvin Family Graveyard
is
located about 1.6 miles from the Taft Highway (KY 22) on the Warsaw Road
at the
intersection
of the Osborne Road on the old Jesse Conrad farm - now owned by H. Covey.
| Name | Birth Date |
Death Date |
| Carnes, Sarah Jane Skirvin It is a tradition in the Carnes family that the above Sarah Jane Carnes, daughter of William Skirvin and wife of John Carnes is buried here in an unmarked grave. Her death date is unknown at this time. |
February 2, 1832 |
? |
| Foree, Mary Louise - w/of Joseph Foree | January 16, 1830 |
May 11, 1857 |
| Foree, William - s/o J. & M. L. Foree | September 12, 1855 |
July 26, 1866 |
| Skirvin, Mahala | October 24, 1808 |
April 25, 1875 |
| Skirvin, William | May 15, 1803 |
June 3, 1873 |
| Skirvin, Joel, ca 1813 - June 20, 1864. Note: Joel Skirvin's grave is located about 2 miles down the Osborne Road on the farm of Max Workman. Joel and Anderson Simpson a hardened Union man were murdered during the Civil War. Joel was a brother to William Skirvin listed above. |
Surveyed by Vivian Carnes Isaacs
Copied by Virgil Chandler Sr., November 1, 1987
Grant County Cemeteries, Volume III, by Virgil Chandler
Sr.
|
Beulah Wiley
Franks
Grant County Coordinator, KY/ALHN