Pioneer Cemeteries and Their Stories,

Madison County, Indiana

aka Carr/Ray/Roys/Tranbarger/Frazier

Pipe Creek Township

Location: south side of CR 1100N, between SR 13 and CR 1000W

This cemetery is located southwest of Elwood.  It is named after a nearby tributary of White River-- Duck Creek.  The Duck Creek Cemetery has been vandalized multiple times in the early and mid 20th century.  A third of the original stones remain.  Some of the broken ones have been restored or reset, but most have been lost.

 

While somewhat discolored, Hugh Ray's stone is still intact maybe because it is at the back of the cemetery and shielded behind a tree.  Hugh, 1787-1844, and wife Catherine, 1794-1861, came to Pipe Creek Township from Virginia with Jacob Tranbarger, 1802-1849,and his wife Sarah, 1807-1883, in 1836.  The Rays and Tranbargers purchased land near each other and are buried with their families at Duck Creek Cemetery.  Catherine Ray's stone, next to her husband's, is in fairly good condition.  The Tranbargers' markers have been partially destroyed.

 

Names
ID Names Birth Date Death Date Cemetery
4057 BENEDICT, BENJAMIN 81Y. 11M. 28D. AUG. 31, 1866 FRAZIER FARM
4064 BENEDICT, EMILY W. 84Y. 9M. 5D. JUN. 22, 1869 or 62 FRAZIER FARM
4072 BENEDICT, LEBBEUS L. 40Y. 7M. 17D. FEB. 28, 1863 FRAZIER FARM
4530 BEVELHYMER, WILLIAM     FRAZIER FARM
6503 BREWER, ELIZABETH 70Y. JUN. 29, 1855 FRAZIER FARM
6618 BRIGHT, AMANDA C. MAY 22, 1861 MAY 30, 1864 FRAZIER FARM
6622 BRIGHT, ELIZA F. or J. JAN. 4, 1827 AUG. 9, 1896 FRAZIER FARM
6647 BRIGHT, W. C. CO B 75 IND INF   FRAZIER FARM
8313 BURRESS, GEORGE 2Y. MAY 24, 1862 FRAZIER FARM
8314 BURRESS, GEORGE W.   MAR. 21, 1862 FRAZIER FARM
8315 BURRESS, HARIETTA 1Y. 1M. 30D. MAY 10, 1862 FRAZIER FARM
8317 BURRESS, J.   MAY 25, 1861 FRAZIER FARM
8320 BURRESS, LUCY J. 1Y. 3M. 25D. SEP. 25, 1861 FRAZIER FARM
8322 BURRESS, MARIETTA   MAY 10, 186_ FRAZIER FARM
8328 BURRIS, A. J. 75 IND INF CO G   FRAZIER FARM
8330 BURRIS, CLORRE W. MAR. 10,   FRAZIER FARM
8337 BURRIS, J. 1Y. 5M. _D. JAN. 25, 1861 FRAZIER FARM
8341 BURRIS, MARIETTA 1Y. 2M. 3D. MAY 10, 1862 FRAZIER FARM
11430 COCHRAN, JANE 28Y. _M. 12D. MAY 16, 1851 or 56 FRAZIER FARM
15558 DEHORITY, GEORGE N. 7Y. 9M. 5D. DEC. 3, 1866 or 63 FRAZIER FARM
21321 FRAZIER, SARAH (REAGAN) 26Y. _M. _D. SEP. 29, 1856 FRAZIER FARM
23894 GRAY, JAMES 22D. JUL. 1872 FRAZIER FARM
24287 GRIFFITH, NANCY J. 28Y. 23D. APR. 19, 1863 FRAZIER FARM
24288 GRIFFITH, NANCY J. 28Y. 23D. MAR. 13, 1863 FRAZIER FARM
25568 HANCHEW, BARBARA     FRAZIER FARM
25569 HANCHEW, HENRY   JUL. 20, 1900 FRAZIER FARM
25813 HANSHEW, BARBARY   AUG. 7, 1855 FRAZIER FARM
25825 HANSHEW, JOHN 58Y. 8M. 21D. MAR. 7, 1870 FRAZIER FARM
26130 HARMAN, JAMES S. 21Y. 6M. 27D. SEP. 22, 1856 FRAZIER FARM
26134 HARMAN, NANCY MELVINA 14Y. 10M. 2D. OCT. 1, 1853 FRAZIER FARM
26193 HARMON, JAMES S. 21Y. 6M. 7D. SEP. 22, 1856 FRAZIER FARM
26516 HART, EMMA C. 3Y. 5M. 19D. AUG. 19, 1865 FRAZIER FARM
26543 HART, WILLIAM 28Y. 5M. 19D. NOV. 5 or 15, 1862 FRAZIER FARM
26542 HART, WILLIAM 26Y. 5M. 19D. MAY 13, 1862 FRAZIER FARM
26558 HARTING, (INFANT SON) 4da. JUL. 7, 1861 FRAZIER FARM
26559 HARTING, (INFANT SON) JUN. 2, 1867 JUN. 2, 1867 FRAZIER FARM
26566 HARTING, CATHERINE _Y. 5M. 1D. SEP. 30, 1867 FRAZIER FARM
26565 HARTING, CATHERINE   MAY 25, 1865 FRAZIER FARM
26567 HARTING, CATHERINE M. 19Y. 6M. 20D. MAY 26, 1866 FRAZIER FARM
26614 HARTING, MARGARET J. 8Y. 1M. 21D. or 26D. MAY 10, 1864 FRAZIER FARM
26626 HARTING, PHEBE M. 1Y. 7M. 21D. SEP. 28, 1867 FRAZIER FARM
26984 HAVENS, SARAH ANN 29Y. 5D. FEB. 21, 1864 FRAZIER FARM
27318 HEADLEY, WILLIAM C. or G.   MAR. 28, 1864 FRAZIER FARM
27858 HENSHEW, HENRY 83Y. 4M. 7D. JUL. 21, 1866 FRAZIER FARM
32413 JENNINGS, CATHERINE 75Y. 4M. 16D. AUG. 6, 1865 FRAZIER FARM
40061 MARTIN, MARIAH S. 8Y. 3M. 25D. JAN. 18, 1863 FRAZIER FARM
43482 MILLSPAUGH, ADA W. 32Y. 9M. JAN. 1, 1863 or 93 FRAZIER FARM
45891 NELSON, PRESTON 3Y. 8M. 12D. JUL. 22, 1853 FRAZIER FARM
46097 NICCUM, JONATHAN 43Y. 6M. 12D. JUL. 2, 1856 FRAZIER FARM
49643 POWELL, (INFANT SON)   SEP. 17, 1852 FRAZIER FARM
50246 QUICK, WEBSTER 1Y. 11M. 5D. AUG. 26, 1850 FRAZIER FARM
50600 RAY, CATHERINE 66Y. 9M. 14D. MAY 14, 1861 or 60 FRAZIER FARM
50599 RAY, CATHERINE 66Y. 9M. 14D. NOV. 11, 1861 FRAZIER FARM
50611 RAY, FLEMING S. 16Y. 7M. JUL. 2 or 4, 1882 FRAZIER FARM
50624 RAY, HUGH 57Y. 7M. 4D. DEC. 24, 1844 FRAZIER FARM
50625 RAY, HUGH 55yr. 3mo. 3da. DEC. 25, 1844 FRAZIER FARM
50636 RAY, MALINDA 1D. FEB. 12, 1840 FRAZIER FARM
51503 RHEUBART, CORA   MAR. 19, ____ FRAZIER FARM
51504 RHEUBART, ISAAC 55Y. 6M. 20D. FEB. 12, 1874 FRAZIER FARM
51505 RHEUBART, ROY E. 3Y. 3M. or 8M. 10D. MAY 27, 1885 or 83 FRAZIER FARM
59452 STARKER, JESSE F. 21Y. 8M. 12D. APR. 31, 1875 FRAZIER FARM
59454 STARKEY, (INFANT)     FRAZIER FARM
59464 STARKEY, EDGAR 1Y. 6M. 16D. OCT. 11, 1864 FRAZIER FARM
59465 STARKEY, EDWIN F. 3M. 10D. or 3Y. 10D. FEB. 28, 1860 FRAZIER FARM
59468 STARKEY, FRANCIS S. 1Y. 1M. 29D. MAY 25, 1852 FRAZIER FARM
59474 STARKEY, JANE 68Y or 35Y. 4M. 15D. MAR. 1, 1861 FRAZIER FARM
63313 TRANBARGER, EUNICE DEC. 9, 1832 OCT. 26, 1866 FRAZIER FARM
63316 TRANBARGER, JACOB 46Y. 6M. JAN. 10, 1849 FRAZIER FARM
63318 TRANBARGER, JOSEPH E. or F. 22Y. 6M. 12D. JUL. 1866 FRAZIER FARM
63330 TRANBARGER, SARAH 76Y. 5M. 7D. SEP. 12 or 27, 1883 FRAZIER FARM