Mt. Nebo Baptist Church Cemetery - near Pilot Grove, MO - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

County of church: Cooper County
loation of church: MO Hwy E & Mt. Nebo Church Lane, about ½ mile E. of MO-135, and 1 mile S. of Pilot Grove
Built: 1857
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Number of graves: 300 apx.

"Mt. Nebo Church Cemetery: As lifestyles rapidly changed after the Civil War, the church felt it necessary to "inquire into the property of establishing and laying off a burial ground under the control of the church and whether additional ground can be purchased." The demise of family burying grounds on large family farms must account for the sudden interest in a church cemetery. Also, lingering traces of Romanticism made a cemetery a place of moral instruction on life and death which appealed to and seemed most appropriate near a church. By 1871, adjoining land had been purchased, and lots were sold for $5.00 each with the proceeds to go into a fund to fence the church and cemetery together. Many members of the congregation are buried in the cemetery, the most notable being Samuel Cole and his cousin, James Cole. These two men were two of the first permanent white settlers in the Boonslick, having arrived in the area from Loutre Island near Hermann, Missouri. In the move west to the Boonslick, Samuel Cole's father, William, was murdered by Indians but the family continued westward and the widow, Hannah Cole, founded Boonville, Missouri, in 1810. Her son, Samuel, was nine years old and much of the early history of the settling of the Boonslick is based upon his memoirs which were collected when he was in his eighties by Levens and Drake for their history of Cooper County. It is from his recollections that such stories as Blackhawk and Daniel Boone being in certain parts of the Boonslick are based. In 1825, Hannah Cole moved near Mt. Nebo Church and is buried in a cemetery two miles to the east of the church. Some of her descendants were Mt. Nebo members and naturally were buried in the church cemetery. James Cole was a double, cousin to Samuel Cole (their fathers were brothers and their mothers were sisters) and like Samuel came to the Boonslick in 1810 with his parents. The cemetery is well maintained." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

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There is a stone monument in the (almost) center of the cemetery, and that reads:
(I was told the cemetery mentioned has been razed and built over many, many years ago. Explanation of monument can be read here: MoGenWeb )
(front):

The names on each side of this stone are in memory of those
who were buried in the Old Hutchinson Cemetery on
section 25, Palestine Township, about two miles south of
Bel Air, Cooper County, Missouri. Those stone were too
damaged
In memory of an infant son of Bennett C. & Margaret H.
Clark who died Nov. 27, 1842
In memory of infant daughter of Bennett C. & Margaret H.
Clark who died Mar. 1, 1819
Sally H. daughter daughter of Bennett C. & Margaret H. Clark
B/ Stpe. 24, 1814. D. Oct. 31, 1845 (back): Sally, wife of James F. Huntchison, B. Sept.3, 1799. D. Sept. 23, 1854.
Laura, wife of J.J. Tucker, daughter of J.S. & Sally Hutchison,
B. Apr. 6, 1829. D. Jan. 8, 1856
Infant, son of J.J. & Laura Tucker, D. May 18, 1854
James, son fo J.S. & Sally Hutchison. B. Mar. 7, 1835. D. Apr. 3, 1844
Sally J., daughter of L. & L. Huntchison. B. Aug. 13, 1871. D. Sept. 3, 1872
Charles M. Tutt Jr, son of S.I. & M. F. Tutt. B. July 16, 1844. D. May, 1854
Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Sam'l J. Tutt. B. 1824. D. July 13, 1848
David M. Hutchison, B. Apr. 3, 1803. D. Nov. 1, 1851
Thomas, son of J.J. & S.E. Tucker, B. July 8, 1861. D. July 25, 1862

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So there is no nic-picking over this I'll throw in another tombstone:

A. E. WOODS
Nov. 28, 1823 ☆ Nov. 28, 1893
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MARY E. WOODS
Dec. 1830 + Dec. 11, 1905
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MARGARET F. WOODS
Jen. 22, 1858 + Oct. 1887

Name of church or churchyard: Mt. Nebo Baptist Church and Cemetery Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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