Corrected and Updated Jan. 20, 2006
Wilds Cemetery
(Cemetery walked March 13, 2005 by Jimmy Calvert)
Crider Quadrangle
Coleman - Crider Road - end of Wild Cemetery Rd.
Longitude 37.10'35"N Latitude 87.55'57"W
Cemetery information submitted by Jimmy Calvert and Richard Sheridan
Some information from Kyle's OAP Caldwell Co., Ky. Cemetery Book
Some extra death, marriage and birth information from
Caldwell Co., Ky marriage records, Ky. Vital Stats - Deaths and
Caldwell Co., Ky. birth records 1911-1930
and provided by Peggy Gilkey
Wilds Cemetery Photos
(Photos by Frank Morse)
Decatur Wilds
July 7, 1817 - Mar. 28, 1864
Dorcas Amelia (Shaw) Dodds
Jan. 22, 1821 - Feb. 16, 1864
(wife of F. W. (Francis W.) Dodds)
(married Jan. 15, 1840 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Mary Elizabeth Dodds
Dec. 18, 1844 - Dec. 23, 1857
(dau of F. W. Dodds)
John H. Waters
Feb. 10, 1836 - March 7, 1864
Catherine Jane Waters
Nov. 14, 1840-Jan. 17, 1863
(wife of J. H. Waters)
(stone unearthed and reset by Richard Sheridan)
Mary Elizabeth Black
Oct. 31, 1829-Dec. 8, 1861
(Consort of D. I. Black)
Keturah Black
Nov. 13, 1779 - Aug. 19, 1859
In the 79th year of her age
Martha Alice Black
Jan. 22, 1860 - Oct. 3, 1861
Samuel Black
Aug. 12, 1816
In the 7 th year of his age
W. W. Black
July 16, 1853 - Aug. 29, 1854
Samuel Black
Oct. 11, 1779 - Oct. 26, 1859
In the 81st year of his life
Wm. D. Miller
Feb. 27, 1803 - April 4, 1872
Mary K. Miller
June 6, 1807 - Aug. 7, 1861
J. S. Black
Feb. 24, 1814 - April 23, 1885
71 yrs 2 m 29d
(married March, 29, 1839 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Jane D. (Peden) Black
Nov. 15, 1819 - Sept. 10, 1878
(wife of J. S. Black)
Wm. W. Black
July 16, 1853 - Aug. 29, 1854
Wm. W. Black
_______ - Dec. 26, 1821
in the 3rd year of his age
Eveline (Brelsford) Black
___________ - July 30, 1865
21 y 9 m 21 d
(wife of William P. Black)
(married Nov. 29, 1864 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
David A. Black
Jan. 14, 1840 - July 1, 1857
David R. Peden
April 13, 1825 - Jan. 23, 1849
Corp Co. G 4 Ky Militia Mexican War
Nancy E. Vinson
June 3, 1847 - June 20, 1884
(wife of G. W. Vinson
Wm. E. Vinson
June 15, 1884 - Nov. 4, 1884
(son of G. W. & N. E. Vinson)
Robert S. Wilds
Feb. 21, 1862 - April 15, 1862
(son of D. & S. L. Wilds)
James L. Carner
1859 - (Jan. 1, )1934
Cordelia Carner
1859 - 1892
Alfred T. Wilds
______1919 - July 26, 1862
43 y 5 m 20 d
Thomas Carner
_____ - July 14, 1921
Ky Pvt 326 Field Art 84th Div.
(Thomas Carner, age 34, d. Graves County, Ky. July 14, 1921)
(dth vol. 1911 cert.# 14700 Ky. Vitals)
Lewis A. Jackson
Jan. 18, 1872 - Dec. 22, 1939
J. Hale Rustin
Jan 1, 1848 - Aug. 24, 1927
Pvt. Co. K 17th Ky. Cav.
W. B. Wilson
1855 - (April 3,)1926
(W. B. Wilson, age 73, cert. # 09040 vol. 1926 Ky Death rec.)
(married March 23, 1881 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Susie E. (Lewis) Wilson
1860 - Oct. 19,)1925
Susie Wilson, age 73, cert. # 23360 vol. 1925 Ky. Death rec.)
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Several Sandstone Markers
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H. Rupert Sheridan
1894 - 1896
Eunice Sheridan
1896 -1897
Milton H. Sheridan
1884 - (July 25,) 1951
(married Jan. 15, 1974 Caldwell Co., Ky
Nellie J. (Tosh) Sheridan
1893 - _____ (Jan. 15, )1974
Louise Sheridan
1833 - 1909
Ila E. Sheridan
1891 -1895
Lucy S. Walker
Dec. 12, 1876 - July 25, 1955
John Sheridan
1833 - 1884
W. H. Sheridan
1855 - 1932
(married Feb. 27, 1882 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Annie (Burchard) Sheridan
1862 - (Sept. 7,) 1942
(Annie Sheridan, age 80, cert. # 19480, vol. 1942 Ky. Death rec.)
William J. Sheridan
(Sept. 11,)1913-1916
(mother Nellie (Tosh) Sheridan)
(note: from Caldwell Co., Ky. births)
Mary J. Black
Dec. 4, 1865
aged 18 yrs 8 mos. 5 days
Adam Perkins
Pvt. Continental Line
Revolutionary War
d. April 17, 1824
In the 59th yr. of his life
Mrs. Nacky Perkins
wife of Adam Perkins
d. Sept. 18, 1823
In the 56th year of her age
Maria E. Trotter Black
1829-1861
wife of David Black
(Maria E. Trotter md. David L. Black Nov. 24, 1845 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Pernecy Saxon
d. April 28, 1817
aged 1 yr. 8 mos.16 days
Ulysses Saxon
d. Sept. 28, 1815
In the 23rd yr. of his life
Joshua Saxon
d. Sept. 21, 1814
age 2 months
George Spengler
1849-1901
George W. Jackson
June 23, 1876-July 16, 1877
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)
Mattie Foster
1869-(May 8,)1948
Infant of S. D. & M. M. Jackson
Sept. 29, 1892 - Oct. 5, 1892
William D. Jackson
1831-1890
Dorcas M. Jackson
1835-(March 23,)1916
Wm. D. Jackson
Oct. 23, 1831-May 25, 1890
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)
James H. Jackson
March 22, 1859-Mar. 31, 1872
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson
William A. M. Jackson
Jan. 17, 1858-Jan. 14, 1878
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)
Ketturah E. Jackson
July 3, 1869-Sept. 3, 1878
dau of W. D. & D. M. Jackson
Patrick L. Jackson
April 25, 1873-Oct. 25, 1883
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)
Alice Love
Sept. 7, 1867-Aug. 22, 1893
(dau. of W. D. & D. M. Jackson
Thomas J. Jackson
June 13, 1871-March 25, 1903
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jacksom)
P. H. Black
Nov. 14, 1854-Aug. 15, 1874
John Shaw
d. April 4, 1835
aged 40 yrs.
James W. Black
April 22, 1850-Oct. 30, 1851
James Shaw
d. May 15, 1803
Aged 52 yrs.
N. C. Militia Revolutionary War
Anner Shaw
d. June 11, 1825
Aged 74 yrs
Dorcas S. Phillips
Nov. 10, 1811-Oct. 15, 1835
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More Headstone information submitted by Richard Sheridan, trustee & historian, Wilds Cemetery
In 2002 new markers were erected for:
Martha Louisa Norman
1866-1878
dau. of Enoch & Sarah Norman
Mahala Brooks Norman
1805-abt.1879
Widow of William Brooks & Soloman Norman
(Mahala Brooks md. Soloman Norman June 27, 1842 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Soloman Norman
1804-1873 Born in South Carolina
Infant of Coleman Walker
Died Nov. 24, 1930
James Taylor Shaw Rustin
aged 74
d. Nov. 9, 1944
(no marker)
A stone was placed by David Mitchell, grandson for
John Bell Morse
1894-(Nov. 25,) 1917
(parents William Jefferson Morse & Elizabeth (Ames) Morse)
(md. Willie Sheridan Nov. 16, 1914 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
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