Georgetown Cemetery (Georgetown, Kentucky) Explained

Georgetown Cemetery
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Location:	Georgetown, Kentucky

Georgetown Cemetery is a burial site located in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Georgetown Cemetery has a Confederate Soldier Memorial dedicated to Rebel soldiers that died during the American Civil War. Soldiers inscribed on the memorial are WM. Simons, W. Hall, J.J. Hensly, WM. Sutton, Capt. John Black, WM Tanchill, Bryan Fitzpatrick, B.C. Wootten, and WM Wood. Other notable people buried at the cemetery are U.S. Chess Champion, Jackson Showalter and two famous artists: Will Hunleigh a landscape artist, and equine artist, Edward Troye.

It also is the burial site of a murder victim known originally as "Tent Girl" who was later identified as Barbara Ann Hackmann Taylor in 1998.^[1]

Notable burials

• Benjamin Franklin Bradley (1825–1897), American and Confederate politician^[2]
• J. Campbell Cantrill (1870–1923), U.S. Representative from Kentucky^[3]
• James E. Cantrill (1839–1908), Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and judge^[4]
• Joseph Desha (1768–1842), Governor of Kentucky and U.S. Representative^[5]
• George W. Johnson (1811–1862), Confederate Governor of Kentucky
• James P. Lewis (1869–1942), Kentucky Secretary of State, politician and banker^[6]
• William Claiborne Owens (1849–1925), U.S. Representative from Kentucky^[7]
• James Fisher Robinson (1800–1882), Governor of Kentucky^[8]

See also

• List of cemeteries in Kentucky

External links

• Georgetown Cemetery page at Georgetown Kentucky web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: O'neill . Helen . 2008-03-30 . Amateur sleuths restore identity to the dead . 2023-05-15 . . en.
2. Web site: Bradley, A to B . Political Graveyard . 2024-08-16.
3. Web site: Cantrill, James Campbell . . 2024-08-16.
4. News: The Court of Final Appeal . 1908-04-06 . Owensboro Inquirer . 2 . . 2024-08-16.
5. Web site: Gov. Joseph Desha . National Governors Association . 2024-08-16.
6. News: Judge J. P. Lewis Dies at Hazard . 1942-05-23 . . 2 . . 2024-08-16.
7. Web site: Owens, William Claiborne . . 2024-08-16.
8. Web site: Gov. James Fisher Robinson . Natioanl Governors Association . 2024-08-16.