Ray County, Missouri, Genealogy Resources, Richmond Township

Covey Cemetery
Click Here for More Photos	#48 on Richmond Twp Map

Name of Cemetery	Covey Tombstone
Township	Richmond Twp
Cemetery #	#848
Alternate Names	JB Tombstone
Latitude/Longitude	Latitude: 39°16'15.91"N; Longitude: 94° 5'9.12"W
Township/Range/Section	T52R28S31
Cemetery Still in Use	No
Size of Cemetery	Only one stone found. It's been told that long ago other stones were in the creek.
Condition	only an age could be found on the stone
Range of Burial Dates
	Oldest Known Burial	xxxx
	Last Known Burial	xxx
Visited yet?	CC - yes................ JZ - yes...........anyone else - yes
Location/Directions/Comments
	Most recent directions	From Hwy EE turn west onto Franklin Rd, turn south onto Bruns Road. After the curve there is a small cliff on the west side of the road. The stone is on top of the cliff on the road side of the fence.
	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	xxx
	Ancestry.com	xxxx
	DAR Index:	xxx
	LS info	xxx
	Other Comments	One single stone was found with the possible inscription of 53 Ys. 1 Mo. & 4 Ds. It was first thought it had the initials "JB" on it. It has been said that the tombstone should be a Covey tombstone. There used to be a Covey Cemetery there. One person said she used to play down by a creek and there was one stone still standing and other stones in the creek bed. The stone had the surname of Covey on it. The theory about this cemetery is that Mr. Kirtley lived close by and probably took a lot of the stones from the cemetery, plus the stones that were in the creek bed, resulted in the cemetery being destroyed. Mr. Kirtley liked to buy land close to cemeteries and he would take some of the stones.
Plat Maps	year	marked?	who's land?
T52R28S31	Original Land Grants	June 1, 1853 or January 8, 1836	John Ross? or David Hill
	1877	no	Nancy Bellis
	1897	no	Nancy Bellis
	1914	no	Jacob Bellis
	1930	no	J. Bellis
	1959	no	Jesse Bellis
	1970	no	L. A. Huffman? (possibly
	1976	no	A. Bellis
	1990	no	not indicated
	1997	no	Loyd Huffman
	2005	no	Norma Huffman
Transcriptions online:
	GTT online
	Ray County Archives
	Ancestry.com
	Find-A-Grave
	Other Online Link
Compilations	xxxx
Library References
	Genealogical Library - Ray County Museum
	Ray County Library - Richmond
	Mid-Continent Library
	Family History Library (FHL)
Lookups	xxxx
Ray County Cemetery Project Volunteers