Corrected and Updated Jan. 20, 2006

Wilds Cemetery

(Cemetery walked March 13, 2005 by Jimmy Calvert)

Crider Quadrangle
Coleman - Crider Road - end of Wild Cemetery Rd.
Longitude 37.10'35"N     Latitude 87.55'57"W

Cemetery information submitted by Jimmy Calvert and Richard Sheridan
Some information from Kyle's OAP Caldwell Co., Ky. Cemetery Book
Some extra death, marriage and birth information from
Caldwell Co., Ky marriage records, Ky. Vital Stats - Deaths and
Caldwell Co., Ky. birth records 1911-1930
and provided by Peggy Gilkey



Wilds Cemetery Photos

(Photos by Frank Morse)



Decatur Wilds
July 7, 1817 - Mar. 28, 1864


Dorcas Amelia (Shaw) Dodds
Jan. 22, 1821 - Feb. 16, 1864
(wife of F. W. (Francis W.) Dodds)
(married Jan. 15, 1840 Caldwell Co., Ky.)

Mary Elizabeth Dodds
Dec. 18, 1844 - Dec. 23, 1857
(dau of F. W. Dodds)

John H. Waters
Feb. 10, 1836 - March 7, 1864

Catherine Jane Waters
Nov. 14, 1840-Jan. 17, 1863
(wife of J. H. Waters)
(stone unearthed and reset by Richard Sheridan)

Mary Elizabeth Black
Oct. 31, 1829-Dec. 8, 1861
(Consort of D. I. Black)

Keturah Black
Nov. 13, 1779 - Aug. 19, 1859
In the 79th year of her age

Martha Alice Black
Jan. 22, 1860 - Oct. 3, 1861

Samuel Black
Aug. 12, 1816
In the 7 th year of his age

W. W. Black
July 16, 1853 - Aug. 29, 1854

Samuel Black
Oct. 11, 1779 - Oct. 26, 1859
In the 81st year of his life

Wm. D. Miller
Feb. 27, 1803 - April 4, 1872

Mary K. Miller
June 6, 1807 - Aug. 7, 1861

J. S. Black
Feb. 24, 1814 - April 23, 1885
71 yrs 2 m 29d
(married March, 29, 1839 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Jane D. (Peden) Black
Nov. 15, 1819 - Sept. 10, 1878
(wife of J. S. Black)

Wm. W. Black
July 16, 1853 - Aug. 29, 1854

Wm. W. Black
_______ - Dec. 26, 1821
in the 3rd year of his age

Eveline (Brelsford) Black
___________ - July 30, 1865
21 y 9 m 21 d
(wife of William P. Black)
(married Nov. 29, 1864 Caldwell Co., Ky.)

David A. Black
Jan. 14, 1840 - July 1, 1857

David R. Peden
April 13, 1825 - Jan. 23, 1849
Corp Co. G 4 Ky Militia Mexican War

Nancy E. Vinson
June 3, 1847 - June 20, 1884
(wife of G. W. Vinson

Wm. E. Vinson
June 15, 1884 - Nov. 4, 1884
(son of G. W. & N. E. Vinson)

Robert S. Wilds
Feb. 21, 1862 - April 15, 1862
(son of D. & S. L. Wilds)

James L. Carner
1859 - (Jan. 1, )1934

Cordelia Carner
1859 - 1892

Alfred T. Wilds
______1919 - July 26, 1862
43 y 5 m 20 d

Thomas Carner
_____ - July 14, 1921
Ky  Pvt  326 Field Art 84th Div.
(Thomas Carner, age 34, d. Graves County, Ky. July 14, 1921)
(dth vol. 1911  cert.# 14700 Ky. Vitals)

Lewis A. Jackson
Jan. 18, 1872 - Dec. 22, 1939

J. Hale Rustin
Jan 1, 1848 - Aug. 24, 1927
Pvt.  Co. K  17th Ky. Cav.

W. B. Wilson
1855 - (April 3,)1926
(W. B. Wilson, age 73, cert. # 09040 vol. 1926 Ky Death rec.)
(married March 23, 1881 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Susie E. (Lewis) Wilson
1860 - Oct. 19,)1925
Susie Wilson, age 73, cert. # 23360 vol. 1925  Ky. Death rec.)


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Several Sandstone Markers
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H. Rupert Sheridan
1894 - 1896

Eunice Sheridan
1896 -1897

Milton H. Sheridan
1884 - (July 25,) 1951
(married Jan. 15, 1974 Caldwell Co., Ky
Nellie J. (Tosh) Sheridan
1893 - _____ (Jan. 15, )1974

Louise Sheridan
1833 - 1909

Ila E. Sheridan
1891 -1895

Lucy S. Walker
Dec. 12, 1876 - July 25, 1955

John Sheridan
1833 - 1884

W. H. Sheridan
1855 - 1932
(married Feb. 27, 1882 Caldwell Co., Ky.)
Annie (Burchard) Sheridan
1862 - (Sept. 7,) 1942
(Annie Sheridan, age 80, cert. # 19480, vol. 1942  Ky. Death rec.)
William J. Sheridan
(Sept. 11,)1913-1916
(mother Nellie (Tosh) Sheridan)
(note: from Caldwell Co., Ky. births)

Mary J. Black
Dec. 4, 1865
aged 18 yrs 8 mos. 5 days

Adam Perkins
Pvt. Continental Line
Revolutionary War
d. April 17, 1824
In the 59th yr. of his life

Mrs. Nacky Perkins
wife of Adam Perkins d. Sept. 18, 1823
In the 56th year of her age

Maria E. Trotter Black
1829-1861
wife of David Black
(Maria E. Trotter md. David L. Black Nov. 24, 1845 Caldwell Co., Ky.)

Pernecy Saxon
d. April 28, 1817
aged 1 yr. 8 mos.16 days

Ulysses Saxon
d. Sept. 28, 1815
In the 23rd yr. of his life

Joshua Saxon
d. Sept. 21, 1814
age 2 months

George Spengler
1849-1901

George W. Jackson
June 23, 1876-July 16, 1877
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)

Mattie Foster
1869-(May 8,)1948

Infant of S. D. & M. M. Jackson
Sept. 29, 1892 - Oct. 5, 1892

William D. Jackson
1831-1890

Dorcas M. Jackson
1835-(March 23,)1916

Wm. D. Jackson
Oct. 23, 1831-May 25, 1890
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)

James H. Jackson
March 22, 1859-Mar. 31, 1872
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson

William A. M. Jackson
Jan. 17, 1858-Jan. 14, 1878
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)

Ketturah E. Jackson
July 3, 1869-Sept. 3, 1878
dau of W. D. & D. M. Jackson

Patrick L. Jackson
April 25, 1873-Oct. 25, 1883
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jackson)

Alice Love
Sept. 7, 1867-Aug. 22, 1893
(dau. of W. D. & D. M. Jackson

Thomas J. Jackson
June 13, 1871-March 25, 1903
(son of W. D. & D. M. Jacksom)

P. H. Black
Nov. 14, 1854-Aug. 15, 1874

John Shaw
d. April 4, 1835
aged 40 yrs.

James W. Black
April 22, 1850-Oct. 30, 1851

James Shaw
d. May 15, 1803
Aged 52 yrs.
N. C. Militia   Revolutionary War

Anner Shaw
d. June 11, 1825
Aged 74 yrs

Dorcas S. Phillips
Nov. 10, 1811-Oct. 15, 1835


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More Headstone information submitted by Richard Sheridan, trustee & historian, Wilds Cemetery
In 2002 new markers were erected for:

Martha Louisa Norman
1866-1878
dau. of Enoch & Sarah Norman

Mahala Brooks Norman
1805-abt.1879
Widow of William Brooks & Soloman Norman
(Mahala Brooks md. Soloman Norman June 27, 1842 Caldwell Co., Ky.)

Soloman Norman
1804-1873 Born in South Carolina

Infant of Coleman Walker
Died Nov. 24, 1930

James Taylor Shaw Rustin
aged 74
d. Nov. 9, 1944
(no marker)

A stone was placed by David Mitchell, grandson for
John Bell Morse
1894-(Nov. 25,) 1917
(parents William Jefferson Morse & Elizabeth (Ames) Morse)
(md. Willie Sheridan Nov. 16, 1914 Caldwell Co., Ky.)

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