HORN HILL CEMETERY
Submitted by
W. O. and Betty Gabbard
Located on a ridge dividing Upper Buffalo Creek, and Indian Creek. To get there, take HWY 28 from Booneville toward Buckhorn, turn right on 2024. Go past Ricetown Post Office, hold right at the forks of the road (stay on 2024) to the top of Bee Branch Hill. At the top of the hill turn left on a gravel road/forest trail.
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Ellis Pelfrey 14 Apr 1974 (only one date)
Arthur Blankenship 15 Nov 1913 --- 21 Jul 1978
Two fieldstone markers -- no names
Mary Mason 1925 --- 1982 2nd w/o Joe Wilder
Albert B. Allen Jun 1963 --- Aug 1980 s/o John & Alberta Allen
Alberta Allen 9 Jul 1921 --- 10 Mar 1971 w/o John Allen
The following three children have funeral home markers only. They were children of John & Alberta Allen, said to have died of starvation & exposure.
Wilma Allen 1966 - 1971
Mandy Allen 1969 - 1971
Cleo Allen 1968 - 1971
One fieldstone marker...no name or date
Amanda Allen 22 Jul 1889 --- 11 Dec 1967
w/o Albert Allen d/o William Fields
E. A. (Fieldstone with initials)
Laura Fields 1893 --- 1963 d/o William Fields
Granville Helton 1 Jan 1887 --- 28 Apr 1958 h/o Sally McIntosh
Albert Allen Illegible “Ab” h/o Amanda Fields
Polly Adams Baker 17 Sep 1878 --- 30 Sep 1948
w/o George “Mucker” Baker
Geneva Million 23 Jul 1943 ---24 Jul 1943
Baby Caudell “A. C.” 2 Nov 1952
Tice Adams 4 Sep 1883 --- 11 Nov 1918 died of influenza
s/o John Adams & Martha Jane Hornsby
John Adams 14 May 1852 --- 15 Aug 1917
h/o Martha Jane Hornsby s/o Squire Adams & Nancy Snowden
Four Fieldstones
Green Berry Adams 8 Aug 1888 --- 22 Feb 1912
s/o Squire Adams & Martha Jane Hornsby
Jane Horn Adams 9 May 1854 --- 8 Feb 1918 (Horn/Hornsby )
w/o John Adams d/o Job Hornsby & Catherine Gabbard
Lorenzo Adams (no dates) CO I 20 U. S. Inf.
s/o John Adams & Martha Jane Hornsby
Cinda Adams Sandlin (Lucinda) 20 Aug 1878 --- 19 Jun 1967
w/o _______Sandlin d/o John Adams & M. Jane Hornsby
Estill Caudell illegible
M. C. Caudell “Clell” 29 Dec 1894 --- 22 Jun 1921
s/o Alex Caudell & Rebecca Wilder
Killed in a fist fight by Andy Amis
Eight fieldstone markers
Roseobans Freeman n.d.
The next 3 stones are shaped in a fashion to believe these also belong
to the Freeman family. One has “Han...” that is legible, nothing legible
on the others.
James Freeman 9 Dec 1884--- 1885
Hiram Freeman 1838 --- 1883
Four fieldstones all same type stones as above.
Three fieldstones in next row, not same shape as above.
Cathern Horn 1922 --- 1943
Lise Mosely (Elizabeth) 1841 --- 1906
w/o James Mosely d/o Job Hornsby & Catherine Gabbard
James Mosely no dates census date of birth Aug 1845 -
h/o # 1 Elizabeth Hornsby #2 Polly ? #3 Eliza Sandlin Sizemore
s/o James Richard Mosely & Sarah Riley
Ewell Wilder 14 May 1841 --- 23 Nov 1914 CO B 7 Regt. KY Inf.
h/o # 1 Lucinda Hornsby # 2 ? # 3 ? # 4 Patience Kelley
s/o Joseph Wilder & Hannah Hall
Three fieldstone markers
Jobe Hornsby n.d. on stone (another ref says 1820 -- 1878/9)
h/o Catherine Gabbard s/o Thomas Hornsby & Jemima
same ref as dates says s/o T. H. Hornsby Jr. & Elizabeth Rogers
Edward Frost n.d.
George _________?
One fieldstone
Kenis Gilbert 21 Jun 1851 --- 24 Jan 1924
h/o Lou Dema Riley s/o Jackson Gilbert & Lydia Fox
Elijah Sandlin Jun 1875 --- Dec 1928 shot & killed
h/o Maxine Gilbert s/o Willis Sandlin & Martha A. Peters
John Sandlin (John B.) stone 1872---(ref dates Aug 1866 - 2 Jul 1943)
h/o Margaret Hornsby s/o Willis Sandlin & Martha A. Peters
Martha Sandlin 15 Nov 1894 ---14 Mar 1923
d/o John B. Sandlin & Margaret Horn (Hornsby)
Loid Sandlin 3 Jun 1901 --- s/o John B. Sandlin & Margaret Horn
Cathern Sandlin (Cathleen?) 28 Jan 1890 ---28 Jan 1890
Prob d/o John B. Sandlin & Margaret Hornsby since she is
buried beside their other children.
Hobert Gilbert 19 Jun 1918 --- 11 Jul 1918
Olla May Bilbert 8 Jan 1912 --- Sep 1913
One fieldstone marker
Kash Frost 11 Jul 1904 --- 12 Oct 1905
Two fieldstone
Wilbert Gilbert illegible
Albert Gilbert 7 Sep 1928 --- 26 Jul 1930/36
One fieldstone marker
Jane Mosely (11 Mar) 1870 ---(14 Mar) 1912
nee: McDaniel w/o Job Mosely
Job Mosely 18 Apr 1868 --- (2) Jun 1942
h/o Jane McDaniel s/o James Mosely & Elizabeth Hornsby
Two fieldstone markers
Violet Gabbard 7 Mar 1922 --- 3 Jun 1923
d/o Walter Gabbard & Amanda Sandlin
Two fieldstone markers
W. N. (William) Fields illegible ( 1849)--- 1921 born in TN
A blacksmith & miller.
h/o # 1 Mary Dayberry # 2 Martha Baker Brock
Martha Fields illegible (1867)-- d. ca late 1950’s
An “herb doctor” w/o William Fields d/o Sarah Jane Baker
Albert Fields 1901 s/o William Fields & Martha Baker
Lillearbell (Orabell) Rice 1877 --- 1950
Nee: Miller w/o William “Bill” Rice
Martha Anderson 15 Jan 1917 ---10 Aug 1958
w/o Dillard Anderson d/o Albert Allen & Amanda
Albertale___________?
Two fieldstone markers
Lete Bell McIntosh 1928
Lula Mae
Dewey Caudell 5 Nov 1913 --- 7 Dec 1954
s/o Alex Caudell & Rebecca Wilder (Dewey had only one leg)
Jean Neeley 12 Nov 1934 --- 26 Aug 1957
Albert Wilder 1896 --- 1942
h/o Anna Mae Allen s/o Mathias Wilder & Melissa Caudell
Mathias Wilder “Tice” 1868 --- 1958
h/o Melissa “Lissie” Caudell s/o Ewell Wilder & Lucinda Hornsby
Melissa Wilder “Lissie” n.d.
w/o Mathias “Tice” Wilder d/o Lewis Caudell & Fannie
Elmer Wilder 1907 --- 1953
h/o Stella Rice s/o Mathias Wilder & Melissa Caudell
Raymond Wilder 1948 prob s/o Elmer Wilder & Stella Rice
One fieldstone marker
Bill Wilder 12 Aug 1946 --- 14 Oct 1979
s/o Elmer Wilder & Stella Rice
Marie Bennett 23 Jan 1952 --- 30 Jan 1952
Brenda Roberts 21 Sep 1969 --- 13 Dec 1970
d/o Elmer Roberts & Bertha Bennett
Carol Sue Roberts 18 Dec 1960 ---17 Sep 1962
d/o Elmer Roberts & Bertha Bennett
________Roberts n.d. prob. ch/o Elmer Roberts & Bertha Bennett
Emma Lewis 1934 --- 1983 w/o Bryant Lewis
Bryant Lewis 27 Sep 1927 --- 18 Dec 1980
h/o Emma s/o Elizabeth Lewis Caudell
Alex Caudell 1868 --- 1956
h/o Rebecca Wilder s/o Lewis Caudell & Fanny Barrett
Rebecca Caudell 1870 --- 1962
w/o Alex (Alexander) Caudell d/o Ewell Wilder & Lucinda Hornsby
Dillard Anderson 1881 --- 1978 h/o Martha Allen
Estelle Caudell 17 Feb 1937 --- 21 Dec 1938
Elizabeth Caudell 15 Oct 1898 --- 22 Oct 1972
w/o #1 “Clell” Caudell #2 _____Lewis #3 Sherman Caudell
Lewis Caudell 7 Aug 1849 --- 21 Feb 1937 CO K 47 KY Inf.
h/o Fannie Barrett s/o Henry Caudell & Lucinda Couch
Fanny Caudell 15 Sep 1848 --- n.d.
w/o Lewis Caudell d/o James Barrett & Matilda Neal
Lee Caudell 1875 --- 21 Dec 1928 shot & killed
s/o Lewis Caudell & Fanny Barrett
One fieldstone marker
Lester Bowling 1928
Martha Adams 24 Oct 1922 --- 8 May 1966
Eight fieldstone markers
Henry ---(Adams?) ---------- 1900
Katherine Caudell 1880 --- 1974
known as “Kat Kooney” -- m/o Elva (Caudell) Vires
Sidney Gilbert 1877 s/o Kenis Gilbert & Lou Dema Riley
h/o #1 Ann/Lean Sandlin #2 Martha Mosely ?
Richard Rice 14 Feb 1838 --- 26 Nov 1918
h/o Catherine Brandenburg
Catherine Rice 1838 -- 24 Dec 1914 w/o Richard Rice
d/o Joe “Squint Eye Joe” Brandenburg & Nancy Snowden
One fieldstone marker
George Edwards (baby)
Nellie Mosely 1927 -- 1927
John Mosely (John A.) 1890 --- 1930 s/o Job Mosely & Jane McDaniel
h/o Laura Riley ? He was a Deputy Sheriff, shot & killed in the “Smith Battle on Cow Creek”