Crider Quadrangle Longitude 37.08'56" N Latitude 87.58'04" W
Off hwy. 91 at the site of the old Elkhorn Tavern on Skin Frame Creek
near Crider, Ky.
This cemetery was cleaned on Jan. 17, 2005 by Frank Morse.
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Blue Cemetery
Photos by Frank Morse
Jan 31, 2005
The Elkhorn Tavern an early stage coach stop, was built by James Blue.
Sources for this cemetery record :
Personal research of Jimmy Calvert
Kentucky Historical Society Cemeteries Database
(listed as Old Elk Horn Tavern Cemetery)
Greg Watson's Caldwell Co., Ky. Ancestors
Kyle's Our Ancestrial Plots
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James L. Blue
b. Mar. 11, 1816- d. Nov. 21, 1816
R. or K. M. Blue (no dates)
(appears to be the grave of a child)
John B. Blue
b. June 27, 1850 d. Dec. 20, 1850
Jane B. Blue
b. Mar. 25, 1789 d. July 16, 1833
John M. Mott
b. Jan 9, 1839 d. Mar. 20, 1840
Presley Maxwell
b. Jan. 1817 d. May 13, 1833
Polly Maxwell
b. Apr. 23, 1813 d.Sept. 12, 1815
Isabella Blue
b. Mar. 16, 1792 - d. Oct. 9, 1848
James J. Blue
b. Apr 25, 1782 d. Apr. 7, 1848
Margaret Craig
1801 1835
_____ Craig
b. Nov. 27, 1812 d. Sept. 11, 1835
Mary Miller
wife of
John Miller
b. Dec. 19, 1792 - d. Sept. 17, 1836
John Miller
b. Feb. 13, 1782 : d. Mar. 1, 1853
Ebenezer D. Miller
d. 1813
Pernecy Blue
wife of
John Blue
b. Jan. 27, 1827 d. 1854
Jane C. Guess
d. 1892
Mrs. E. A. Ward
d. Mar. 2, 1850
wife of S. D. Ward
S. D. Ward
August 18, 1853
John R. Blue
d. Jan. 27, 1864
Robert Blue
b. May 11, 1819 May 11, 1919
Wiley T. Blue
b. Dec. 27, 1847 d. Jan. 18, 1860
Willieta J. Blue
b. Aug 7, 1862 d. Oct. 1, 1863
P. Blue
b & d July 17, 1851
(footstone)
Malinda B. Guess
July 8, 1849 d. Mar. 25, 1858
Alfred Guess
Dec. 25, 1818 Jan 6, 1892
William K. Blue
d. Jan. 27, 1864
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18 Cherokee Indian Graves
This was a camp ground for the Cherokee on their forced march that has come to be know as the
Trail of Tears,
as many as eighteen Native American graves are said to be here according to the
1987 Caldwell Co., Ky. History Book.
No sign of these graves were found when Frank Morse cleaned the cemetery on Jan. 17, 2005.
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Page by Peggy Gilkey
(listed as Old Elk Horn Tavern Cemetery)
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18 Cherokee Indian Graves
This was a camp ground for the Cherokee on their forced march that has come to be know as the
Trail of Tears,
as many as eighteen Native American graves are said to be here according to the
1987 Caldwell Co., Ky. History Book.
No sign of these graves were found when Frank Morse cleaned the cemetery on Jan. 17, 2005.