Randolph  County,  Indiana
Greenfork  Township

Alexander  Cemetery

Started by Thornton Alexander, a black man, in the 1830's.
This is known as the cemetery for the blacks associated with the Union Literary School.
It is now in the middle of a farm east of State Road 227 and north of county road 600 South.
Northeast of Spartanburg.
This cemetery has been fenced by Mr. & Mrs. Comer, the owners of the farm.

Tucker's History Page 121.
Alexander's, Section 1, Town 16, Range 1, Greensfork;

ALEXANDER GRAVEYARD
John Kays, buried about 1839, first person buried there.
Lewis Burden, father of "all the Burdens," died January 1, 1848, aged 66 years 5 months.
Benjamin Lewis, father of Ezekial Lewis, very old, date of death not known.
Milly, wife of Benjamin Lewis, very old; died perhaps in 1856.
Thornton Alexander, Sr., died September 10, 1851, 72 years.
Ezekiel Lewis, died December 8, 1858, 61st year.
Margaret Shaffer, "Aunt Peggy", died about July, 1856, 65 years.
Mary Davis, wife of Allen Davis; date of death not known, 56 years 6 months.
Collier Simpson, died October 8, 1865, 76 years.
Mary Ann, wife of Collier Simpson, died December 9, 1865, 66 years.
Sarah A., wife of R. Holly, died December 24, 1866, 85 years.
Allen Davis, died about 1870, 80 years.
Abraham Cotman, died in 1876, 85 years.
Polly Burden, widow of Lewis Burden, died in 1876, supposed to be 100 years old, or even more than that.
Susan Robbins, wife of Richard Robbins, died January 7, 1877, 52 years.
Richard Robbins, died February 26, 1878, 78 years.
Silas Burden, died in 1879, 62 years.
Phillip Holland, died about 1872, 83 years.
Cesar Peale, very old, died in the winter of 1880.

This is NOT a complete list of burials. Information was taken from existing tombstones and Tucker’s History.

Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Comments
A	M. J.	XXXX	XXXX	Foot Stone MJA
ALEXANDER	Charity	XXXX	Feb. 29,1842	Wife of Gabriel Alexander Aged 40 Y 3 D
ALEXANDER	Elizabeth	XXXX	Feb. 1, 1874	Aged 45 Y's 9 M's 2 D's
ALEXANDER	Ouesley ?	XXXX	April 17, 185?	Aged 18 Y's 3 M's 6 D's
ALEXANDER	Polly	XXXX	Aug. 9, 1862	Wife of Thornton Alexander Aged? (Broken)
ALEXANDER	Rosana	XXXX	Sept. 3, 1851	Wife of John Alexander Aged 36 Y's
ALEXANDER	Thornton	XXXX	Sept. 10, 1851	Aged 68 Y's
ALEXANDER	Thornton	XXXX	Oct. 27, 1894	Aged 84 Y's 5 M's 15 D's (Father & Mother)
ALEXANDER	Virginan	XXXX	July 22, 1840	Wife of Isaac Alexander Aged 23 Y's 7 M's 6 D's
BOYD	Clary	XXXX	Oct. 7, 1874	Daug of J.M. & M. Boyd Aged 1 Y & 2 M's
BURDEN	?	Sept. 27, 1851	March 6, 1867	Son of D. & ? Burden
BURDEN	Albert	1865	1906	XXXX
BURDEN	Archey P.	XXXX	??	Son of U & J Burden (stone sunken can't read)
BURDEN	Lewis	XXXX	Jan. 1, 1848	"Father of All Burdens" Aged 66 Y's 5 D's
BURDEN	Manerva	XXXX	June 16, 1861	Daug of ? & ? Burden Aged 5 Y's 2 M's
BURDEN	Polly	XXXX	1876	Widow of Lewis Burden (supposed to be 100 Y's or more.
BURDEN	Raymond A.	XXXX	June 2, 1935	Indiana Pvt. 809 Pioneer INF.
BURDEN	Silas	XXXX	1879	Aged 62 Y's
BURRELL	William P.	1864	1922	"At Rest"
CAMPBELL	Belle	XXXX	Oct. 31, 1898	Aged 43 Y's
CHAVESS	Martha A.	XXXX	Aug. 31, 1870	Daug of G.W & S. A. Chavess Aged 2 Y's 4 M's 6 D's (twin of William E. - 1870 census)
COTMAN	Abraham	XXXX	1876	85 Years
DAVIS	Allen	XXXX	Abt. 1870	80 Y's (Tucker's History)
DAVIS	Eliza Ann	XXXX	July 2, 185?	Dau of A. & M Davis Aged 27 Y's 4 M's ?D's (corner of stone broken)
DAVIS	Mary	XXXX	Feb. 28, 1851	Wife of Allen Davis Aged 56 Y's 6 M's 4 D's
DAVIS	Sealy Melvina?	XXXX	????	Daug of A. & M. Davis Aged 1 Y 6 M's 2 D's
GAVIN	Infant Son	XXXX	March 25, 1866	Son of S. O. & M. M Gavin
HOLLAND	Garrett?	XXXX	Dec. 20, ????	5 ? 21 D's
HOLLAND	Phillip	XXXX	Abt. 1872	Aged 83 Y's (Tucker's History)
HOLLAND	William	XXXX	? 23, 1885	Aged 3 Y's 2 D's
HOLLY	Sanford	XXXX	Feb. 20, 1878	Aged 41 Y's 5 M's 25 D's
HOLLY	Sarah A.	XXXX	Dec. 24, 1866
JOHNSON	Mary A.	XXXX	April 2, 1883	Aged About 75 Y's
JONES	Lucretia	XXXX	March 29, 1881	Wife of M. Jones Aged 60 Y's
KAYS	John	XXXX	About 1839	First person buried there (Tucker's History)
K.	S.	XXXX	XXXX	(Foot Stone)
LEWIS	Benjamin	XXXX	????	Father of Ezekiel Very old dat of death unknown (Tucker's History)
LEWIS	Ezekiel	XXXX	Dec. 8, 1858	Aged 60 Y's 9 M's 2 D's
LEWIS	Milly	XXXX	Perhaps in 1856	Wife of Benjamin Lewis Very Old (Tucker's History)
LEWIS	Thomas C.	XXXX	July 31, 1854	Son of M.N. & E. Lewis Aged 13 Y's & 16 D's
LINZY	Mel? W.	XXXX	Dec. 18, 1867	Son of L.J. & J.N. Linzy Aged 1 M & 14 D's
LINZY	Schuyler C.	XXXX	Jan. 30, 1868	Son of L.J. & J.N Linzy Aged 1 M & 20 D's
LOUIS	William	XXXX	XXXX	Co. A. 15 U.S. C. I.
McDONALD	Henry	XXXX	????	XXXX
PEALE	Ceasar	XXXX	Winter of 1880	Very Old (Tucker's History)
PRICE	Lanie A.	1900	1916	Same stone as Lucile
PRICE	Lucile	1904	1918	Same stone as Lanie A.
RENOLDS	Elizabeth	1835	19--	Same stone as Ruben (death date never etched)
RENOLDS	Ruben	1832	1916	Same stone as Elizabeth
ROBBINS	Richard	XXXX	Feb. 24, 1878	Aged 78 Y's
ROBBINS	Richard A.	XXXX	Aug. 29, 1879	Aged 17 Y's 4 M's 9 D's Same stone as Richard Robbins
ROBBINS	Susan	XXXX	Jan. 11, 1877	Wife of Richard Robbins Aged 52 Y's ? ?
SHAFFER	Margaret	XXXX	Abt. July 1865	"Aunt Peggy" 65 Y's (Tucker's History)
SHOEMAKE	Priscilla	1802	1898	Same stone as William "His Wife"
SHOEMAKE	Silas	June 29, 1884	Aug. 24, 1890	XXXX
SHOEMAKE	William	1814	1899	Same stone as Priscilla
SIMPSON	Collier	XXXX	Oct. 8, 1865	Aged 76 Y's
SIMPSON	Mary Ann	XXXX	Dec. 8, 1865	Wife of Collier Aged 66 Y's
SMITH	Infant Daug.	XXXX	1852	Infant Daug. of Z. & M.A. Smith
SMITH	Infant Daug.	XXXX	1856	Infant Daug. of Z. & M.A. Smith
SMITH	Mary A.	XXXX	Jan ?. 21, 1855	Wife of Z. Smith Aged 29 Y's 2 M's 12 D's?
WHITE	Louisa	XXXX	Nov. 10, 1864	Wife of J.H. White Aged 27 Y's 3 M's 13 D's

   

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