Covington Cemetery - near Williamsburg, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 54.000 W 091° 38.086
15S E 618386 N 4306565
Between Danville and Williamsburg, this forgot cemetery lies on the old US-40, which is now the North Service Rad. You have to go to Williamsburg and drive east to reach the cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM18PF3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2023
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County of cemetery: Montgomery County
Location of cemetery: Old US-40 (N Service Rd.) & 7 Gate Lane, 2½ miles E of Williamsburg
Number of graves: 50
The newest grave I could find was a burial in 1954. I am making a guess this was a farm cemetery, and the Covingtons ran it. They are mainly found in North Carolina, and from what I could find, after the Civil WAR, they came to Missouri. It seems two of the young men were in the Confederate Army and surrendered, and spent 3 years in a Union prison. It seems hard feelings in their home town about their surrender made it not safe for them in Carolina.
"Covington, Joseph (b. Abt 1781 - d. 26 May 1863)
Husband of 1) Elizabeth Covington and 2) Elizabeth R. Hudnall Covington, married 1833. (Elizabeth R. Hudnall Covington is buried at a Covington cemetery in Danville, Montgomery Co. MO)/ Backside of marker The name on the stone (in this picture) is that of a person that is actually buried in another cemetery. A different unrelated family had this marker inscribed for a different person (maybe there was an error on this stone) and Rufus probably got it (maybe free) and carved Joseph's name and info on the back side of it, then turned it around and put it at the head of Joseph's grave." ~ Cemetery Census