Ray County, Missouri, Genealogy Resources, Richmond Township

Oliphant Cemetery
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Name of Cemetery	Oliphant Cemetery
Township	Richmond Twp
Cemetery #	#833
Alternate Names	xxx Cemetery
Latitude/Longitude	Latitude: 39°21'26.00"N; Longitude: 93°56'10.00"W
Township/Range/Section	T53R27S33
Cemetery Still in Use	No
Size of Cemetery	about 6 known burials
Condition	inside a wrought iron fence & maintained periodically by the land owners
Range of Burial Dates
	Oldest Known Burial	Joanna G. Nisbet Black: b. March 28, 1831, d. October 3, 1860
	Last Known Burial	Ralph Oliphant: b. September 4, 1840 d. February 4, 1919
Visited yet?	CC - yes................ JZ - yes/no...........anyone else - yes
Location/Directions/Comments
	Most recent directions	From the intersection of Hwy 13 and Hwy B, travel east on Hwy B (continue on Hwy B as it turns north and northeast). About 1-1/2 miles after the road turns northeast begin looking for a blue and white mobile home on the west side of the highway. Approximate address is 14905. Cemetery is located half way up the hill just south of the mobile home. It's difficult to see from the road. On private property.
	1973 Ray County History; p. 230	#x, name Twp
	1973 Ray County History; p. 232; Cemeteries Not Listed on Map	#5; on route B, across road, J. R. Oliphant farm
	Big Black Cemetery Binder	located on the James Oliphant farm. A family cemetery. Highway 13 north to Route B, approximately 6 miles.
	Ancestry.com	xxxx
	DAR Index:	T53R27S33
	LS info	xxx
	Other Comments	xxx
Plat Maps	year	marked?	who's land?
T53R27S33	Original Land Grants	November 28, 1839	Alexander Oliphant
	1877	no	A. Oliphant
	1897	no	Ralph Oliphant
	1914	no	Ralph Oliphant
	1930	no	C. Oliphant
	1959	no	Cinthia Oliphant
	1970	no	Oliphant & Thompson
	1976	no	J. R. & J. L. Oliphant
	1990	no	not marked
	1997	no	?J. Roberts
	2005	no	?Buhrmeister Subdivision
Transcriptions online:
	GTT online
	Ray County Archives
	Ancestry.com
	Find-A-Grave
	Other Online Link
Compilations	Copied by David L. Ballew (1976?): Mr. Oliphant of the farm told the transcriber that Alexander Oliphant was born in Scotland May 20, 1806
Library References
	Genealogical Library - Ray County Museum
	Ray County Library - Richmond	Ray REF 929.3 RAY
	Mid-Continent Library
	Family History Library (FHL)
Lookups	xxxx
Ray County Cemetery Project Volunteers