Moniteau County Missouri

Blackburn Cemetery listings

Location: Section 36, Township 43. Range 15.  Burris Fork Township.

In the Moniteau County Historical Society's Listings of Cemeteries in Burris Fork Township, Page 69a:

Dorothy Renken Medlen told me in May 1995 that a cemetery was on their property.  For years this farm was known as the Taylor Place.  Years ago, she saw the headstones and even had a list of the names and dates from said headstones, but cannot find it in May of 1995.  Stones no longer exist.

She remembers that Lard SELLARS (spelled Laird on 1850 census) had a headstone and he was approximately 100 years old when he died - according to dates on headstone.  On the 1860 Moniteau Co census Lard was 88 years old. On 15 April 1857 the US Government sold to Marquis D. SELLARS the E 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 36, Twp 43,Range 15, containing 80 acres. Laird (Lard) SELLAR'S daughter, Angeline, married James H. BLACKBURN according to Moniteau County Marriage records.

Mr. & Mrs. BLACKBURN and a small daughter were supposedly buried here, along with slaves.  The cemetery is now gone, but the land is owned by the ENOWSKI Brothers in 1995.  Land joins the Miller county boundary line.

I checked some of the deed records at the courthouse and found the following:

On 09 Jun 1855, William M & Elizabeth A BLACKBURN sold a 1/3 interest (SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 36, Twp 43, Range 15), containing 80 acres, to Richard W TAYLOR.  Between 1855 and October 1860 William BLACKBURN sold land to JPH GRAY, HILDEBRAND, MEEKINS, HARDY, HUNSAKER, GOOTIN, WOOD and STEYTON.

On 15 Sep 1863 RICHARD & LYDIA TAYLOR sold 20 acres to THEODORE R. BLACKBURN in section 36.

In Aug 1865 RICHARD & LYDIA (BEARD) TAYLOR sold 80 acres to DAVID B. TAYLOR. They also sold 11 acres to him. (E 1/2 of W 1/4 of Section 36, Twp 43, Range 15).  DAVID was son of RICHARD and LYDIA and was born 19 Mar 1838 according to Goodspeed's History of Cole, Morgan, Moniteau, . . . Counties, Missouri, page 17.  On 05 Apr 1866 DAVID married LUCY JANE MANNING.  LYDIA (09 Sep 1807 - 23 Jan 1905) and RICHARD TAYLOR (08 Oct 1806 - 02 Sep 1886) are buried at Green Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Miller County, MO.

In 1900 CHARLIE TAYLOR owned land where the cemetery was located.

On 1 Jun 1948 RAY & DOROTHY (RENKEN) MEDLEN purchased 294 acres from her brother, NORVELL H. RENKEN. This is the land the cemetery was on.  This information is only given to show connections between the TAYLOR'S, SELLARS, BLACKBURN'S and MANNINGS.

Betty Williamson, May 1995 

d/o = daughter of; s/o = son of; w/o = wife of

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Last Name, First Name, Middle, Birth Date, Death Date, Comments

B

Blackburn -- d/o Angeline & James H Blackburn; No dates -- see explanation above

Blackburn John -- 1806 Feb 10 - 1883 Oct

Blackburn Christina -- 1810 Jul 23 - 1883 Apr 24 -- m 1827 Oct 02 to John Blackburn

    -- The dates for the two people above are taken from here.

S

Sellars Lard -- Died 1872 -- Abt 100y -- See explanation above

This Blackburn family genealogy can be found here.