Black
Cemetery
Colfax Township, Daviess County, Missouri
(Also known as Victoria Cemetery)Earliest tombstone: 1844
Latest tombstone: Used occasionally today
About
the Name:
The sign at the cemetery reads: "BLACK
CEMETERY: Established 1849: Land Donated by:
Reuben D. Black & Anna H. Black. Sign donated
by: The Robin W. Black Family:
Robin-Linda-Jarrod-Jonathan-Candace: Brookfield,
MO." Historically, it was called Victoria
Cemetery after the nearby town of Victoria which
has long since gone away. |
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Entrance to Black Cemetery -- June 2000
(courtesy Chris McRae & Suzie Paschen)
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Location
Infomation:
GPS
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39 52'
23"N
94 10' 55"W
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Section/
Twp/Range
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Section 5,
T58N, R29W
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Access
Rating
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Medium
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General Cemetery Info:
Altitude
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About 292
meters
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| Driving
Directions: |
-- From the
southernmost Interstate 35 and St. Hwy 69
interchange (exit 61): Go west on Hwy 69; it will
immediately bend to the left (south) to follow
the interstate. At this bend turn right onto
Topper Av., immediately followed by another right
onto 112 St. You are now heading north. Go 1 1/2
miles north on 112 St. and the cemetery is
clearly marked on the right (east) side of the
road
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| Maintenance
Info: |
-- Black Cemetery is
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| Donations: |
| Donations can be made to Black Cemetery, c/o Russell Uthe,
Winston, MO 64689 |
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| Transcription Info: |
Repository
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Gallatin
Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution (1972)
-- Lists 368 names. |
DCL
SHS
DARL
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Update by Steven
Reid (August 2000)
-- The Gertie LEE tombstone in the above
transcription noted as death year 19-- has now
been completed with 1987. Also, there is a Cleva
dau. of D. S. & Sarah A. REID born Nov 6,
1884 died Apr. 12, 1887 listed on the side of her
parents' tombstone. There are probably other
updates to this cemetery; I only recorded these
two. |
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Sources & Maps:
(1) On
page 57 of Mary Inglis' Daviess County, Missouri,
1860 Census, a Ruben BLACK family is listed in
Jefferson Twp (being as there was no Colfax Twp in 1860.)
(2) The 1876 Plat book plots the cemetery and gives the
landowner of the acreage surrounding Black Cemetery as W.
J. WEST. Bordering to the south is a 240-acre landowner
R. D. BLACK.
(3) History of Daviess County (1882) p. 840
gives reference to a "Victoria Cemetery"
burial.
(4) The 1898 Plat book plots the cemetery and gives the
landowner of the surrounding acreage as M.S. KUHNS.
(5) The 1916 Plat book plot the cemetery and gives
the landowner of the surrounding acreage as E. J. FRANK.
(6) History of Daviess County (1985) about
p. 133 gives a brief overview by Patty Heldenbrand.
(7) The 1993 General Highway Map plots an unnamed cemetery in
Section 5, T58N, R29W.
(8)
Tiger
Map plots a green dot, typically indicative of a
cemetery. I have added the red stickpin.
(9) TerraServer plots the cemetery.
(10) The
1990 and 1998 Plat books
plot the cemetery and calls it
"Black Cemetery" in the index.
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Cemetery Information Page Last Updated:
08/22/04