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Jessamine County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jessamine County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Nicholasville Unknown location Nicholasville Crocket Burying Ground Nicholasville Maple Grove Cemetery Private or family graveyard Jessamine County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   George Walker (1763-1819) — of Jessamine County, Ky. Born in Culpeper County, Va., 1763. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Kentucky state senate, 1810-14; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14. Slaveowner. Died in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., 1819 (age about 56 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Brother of David Walker; uncle of David Shelby Walker; granduncle of James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr..   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia; Jackson-Lee family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Unknown Location Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Burris Morris — of Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1916. Interment somewhere. Crocket Burying Ground Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827) — also known as Samuel H. Woodson — of near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., September 15, 1777. Lawyer; Jessamine County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1825-26. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., July 28, 1827 (age 49 years, 316 days). Interment at Crocket Burying Ground.   Relatives: Son of Tucker Woodson (1747-1779) and Elizabeth (Moore) Woodson; married, January 1, 1804, to Ann Randolph Meade; father of Tucker Woodson (1804-1874), David Meade Woodson and Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); grandfather of John McDowell Woodson; first cousin of Silas Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick Bates, James Woodson Bates and Edward Bates; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Woodson and John Archibald Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James Alexander Woodson and Urey Woodson.   Political family: Woodson family of Jessamine County, Kentucky.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article Maple Grove Cemetery Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) — also known as John C. Watts — of Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky. Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., July 9, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; chair of Jessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53; Jessamine County Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1940; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motor transportation commissioner, 1948-51; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died in office 1971. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Knights of Pythias; Lions. Died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., September 24, 1971 (age 69 years, 77 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Montague Watts and Frances Elizabeth (Wilson) Watts; married, March 27, 1945, to Nora Mae Wilburn.   The John C. Watts Federal Building, in Frankfort, Kentucky, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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