McKnight-Pickett Cemetery
Orleans, Orange County, Indiana, USA
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Orleans, Indiana 47452 United StatesCoordinates: 38.62602, -86.45360 - Cemetery ID:
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Add PhotosLong after the cemetery was plowed over, the late Mr. Grant Carroll of Orleans discovered the grave stones of Roger and Lydia McKnight and had them placed in Green Hill cemetery in Orleans, where others of the family were buried. Roger McKnight was born in 1767. The death date is illegible. His wife, Lydia, died Aug. 27, 1844, aged 79y/9m/19d.
Known also to have been buried there is Jacob Pickett, son of Jacob Pickett, Sr. He died in December 1874. His first wife and others of the McKnight and Pickett families are said to have been buried there.
The map location is approximate.
The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-59-103 (McKnight-Pickett).
Long after the cemetery was plowed over, the late Mr. Grant Carroll of Orleans discovered the grave stones of Roger and Lydia McKnight and had them placed in Green Hill cemetery in Orleans, where others of the family were buried. Roger McKnight was born in 1767. The death date is illegible. His wife, Lydia, died Aug. 27, 1844, aged 79y/9m/19d.
Known also to have been buried there is Jacob Pickett, son of Jacob Pickett, Sr. He died in December 1874. His first wife and others of the McKnight and Pickett families are said to have been buried there.
The map location is approximate.
The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-59-103 (McKnight-Pickett).
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- Added: 4 Sep 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2321638
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