Ray County, Missouri, Genealogy Resources, Grape Grove Township

Nuckles Cemetery
More Photos	#6 on Grape Grove Twp Map

Name of Cemetery	Nuckles Cemetery
Township	Grape Grove Twp
Cemetery #	#406
Alternate Names	Roberts Cemetery, Nuckols Cemetery
Latitude/Longitude	Latitude: 39°24'59"N; Longitude: 93°53'53"W
Township/Range/Section	T53R27S11; SW1/4 NE1/4
Cemetery Still in Use	No
Size of Cemetery	about 17 known graves Copied by David L. Ballew (1976): The southwest corner is where the black population is buried. No stones but about 20 or more sunken places are there. The cemetery is much larger than the listing, leading the transcriber to believe there were lots of people buried there with no stones.
Condition	not maintained, in the middle of a wooded area
Range of Burial Dates
	Oldest Known Stone:	Mary Thompson d. September 16, 1852; road sign indicates it was established in 1846
	Last Known Burial	Matthew D. Cowsert d. July 17, 1922
Visited yet?	CC - yes................ JZ - yes...........anyone else - yes
Location/Directions/Comments
	Most recent directions	From the intersection of Highway "E" and Highway "K", travel west on Highway "K" 8/10 miles. The road is running northeast to southwest at this point. There is a "Nichols Cemetery" green sign on the east side of the road. Park near this sign. Walk straight east from the road as close to the tree line as possible. As you approach the trees, try to walk as close to the fence row as possible. Keep walking thru the woods to the cemetery at the top of a small hill. Cemetery is probably only about 200 yards from the highway, but is not visible because of the heavy vegetative growth.
	1973 Ray County History; p. 230	#x, name Twp
	1973 Ray County History; p. 232; Cemeteries Not Listed on Map	#xx; description
	Big Black Cemetery Binder	Located just east of Millville, on the old Renfro farm. It is about 100 yards south of the main road. There is no main road back to it.
	Cemeteries of Grape Grove Township by McKemy	On route 'K' 0.8 miles west of route 'E'; south side of road about 13 marked graves (1976); cemetery is in horrible shape - all grown over with weeds
	Ancestry.com	xxxx
	DAR Index:	Take Route K 8/10 miles, then west on Route E
	LS info	SE1/4NW1/4 - 9/10 miles west of Route E; across from Fedders house; 2nd house west of Billy Coats where the high line crosses the road, then east of the road in a field; on Sherri Kirk's property (formerly Misel); an old abstract says that 1 acre was given for a cemetery
	Other Comments	On the walk to the cemetery, the woods is heavily overgrown with vegetation, so it is best to visit this cemetery when the vegetation is dormant.
Plat Maps	year	marked?	who's land?
T53R27S11	1877	no	Shaw or I. Mansur
	1897	no	C. L. Renfro
	1914	yes	C. L. Renfro
	1930	no	C. L. Renfro
	1970	no	H. Renfro & M. Pinkerton
	1976	no	Mary L. Pinkerton
	1997	no	Stephen Kirk
	2005	yes	Stephen Kirk
Transcriptions online:
	GTT online
	Ray County Archives
	Ancestry.com
	Find-A-Grave
	Other Online Link
Compilations	Copied by David L. Ballew (1976) Cemeteries of Grape Grove Township, January 1995; compiled by Al McKemy, 1976
Library References
	Genealogical Library - Ray County Museum
	Ray County Library - Richmond
	Mid-Continent Library	MC 977.819 M195c AFRA
	Family History Library (FHL)
Lookups	Joan Graham Atkinson
Ray County Cemetery Project Volunteers