Newport Cemetery
1820-1859
Information comes from an article by Jim Reis
originally published in the Kentucky Post June 15, 1998, and from records held
at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria. Names will be
added as material is found.
The second cemetery for Newport was originally located on Ringgold Street and is now the grounds of Newport Junior High School at Eighth and Columbia streets. The Newport Cemetery Company owned and operated the cemetery beginning in the 1820s until 1848, when they started burying people at their new location in Southgate. These burials were supposedly moved to the new cemetery at Southgate, but there is only some limited records of them, which will be posted here as they are found.
A Newport High School was built on this site in 1872. When the school was built, many bones were found. And remains were found again in the 1990s when an addition was built on to the Junior High School. The first cemetery was the Madison Street Burying Ground on Fifth Street.
Affele, Michael-buried 23 Apr 1854
Barber, Samuel-buried 29 Mar 1861
Bartle, John b-1745 d-9 Dec 1845
Caldwell, Henry d-17 Feb 1859 in
Newport; s/o J M Caldwell
Clark, Isaac buried 5 Nov 1842;
Major from Newport Barracks
Doxon, Harriet d-23 Oct 1855; 18y
Fanning, Colonel A-from the Newport Barracks was buried in 1846
Haips, Mary-removed 1872 to
Evergreen Sec 1 lot 24
Hayes, Thos d-1843; moved to Evergreen section 16 lot 41 in 1885
Holmes, Herman-removed
12 Apr 1864 to Evergreen Sec 2 lot 7
Holmes, Mary-removed 12 Apr 1864
to Evergreen Sec 2 lot 7
Jibb, William-28 Apr 1845; removed
to Evergreen Sec 2 lot 2
Justice, Theodore M-buried
20 Mar 1858
Kemper, John-11 Mar 1847; removed to Evergreen Sec 1 lot 49
Lang, Major Nicholas 1754-1846;
moved to Evergreen Sec 17 lot 74
Lewis, Captain
Andrew-was buried May 3, 1842; his wife Mary Aurelia Mayo Lewis was
buried May 6, 1844; and his daughter Mary Crosby Lewis was buried Feb 25, 1845.
The family and the family monument were moved in 1864 to section 17 lot 70.
Lewis, Andrew s/o Capt And & Mary A; reburied 24 Oct 1864 in H K Lindsey
section 7 lot 70
Lewis, Mary A Mayo; d/o D D & Mary P Mayo; reburied 24 Oct 1864 in H K Lindsey
section 7 lot 70
Lewis, Mary Crosby d/o Capt And & Mary A Lewis; reburied 24 Oct
1864 in H K Lindsey section 7 lot 70
Lindsey, John b-1810 in Newport; d-23 Apr 1821 in Newport; s/o
John Brown & Maria; moved to Evergreen section 1 lot 76
Lindsey, Marcus b-13 Nov 1809 in Newport;
d-16 Sep 1810 in Newport; s/o John Brown & Maria; moved to Evergreen section 1
lot 76
Mayo, Daniel
30 Sep 1762-25 Dec 1838; br-26 Dec 1838; removed to Evergreen
McArthur,
Mary Michie-born 1769; died 15 Sep 1853; removed to Evergreen
McArthur,
Peter-born 1764; died July 1828; removed to Evergreen
McPike, Captain
James-was buried May 1825
Painter,
Child d-11 Jan 1851 in Newport from burns; information comes from
Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 January 1851, page 2
Perry,
Colonel David-was
buried in 1824
Ross, Alfred M buried 23 May
1847; moved to new Newport Cemetery in Southgate Dec 1872
Ross, Jos buried 30 Jan 1840; moved to new Newport Cemetery
in Southgate Dec 1872
Ross, Wm Henry buried 8 July 1844; moved to new Newport
Cemetery in Southgate Dec 1872
Root, James A b-1843 in Newport; d-25 Dec 1945 in Newport; later
moved to the new Newport Cemetery in Southgate in Ira Root lot 6 section 6
Saunders, David-1779-1849
Scogin, Maria b-6 Feb 1814 in Newport; d-7 Dec 1838 in Newport;
moved to Evergreen section 1 lot 76; d/o John B & Maria Lindsey
Southgate, Ann
Winston Hinde-1783-1833 wife of Richard Southgate; d/o Dr. Thomas Hinde
and Mary Todd Hubbard.
Spear, Sarah Ann-age
30 wife of David Spear, died and buried in 1840.
Stilwell, Amos-buried 5 Feb 1856
Taylor, James 1769-1848; historians and
family descendants believe that he
was moved to the new Newport cemetery in Southgate, near the Taylor pillar, but no records have been
found to indicate that he was moved
Tibbatts, Jonathan W d-5 July 1852 in Newport
Whistler, Colonel William b-1781; d-3 Dec 1863 in Newport; moved to the
new Newport cemetery in Southgate 15 Feb 1878 to C J Helm lot
Williamson,
Samuel-1785-1833
Wilson, George died 14 Aug 1849 in Newport; information comes from
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 August 1849, page 2
Worcester, Ann-1849 removed to
Evergreen Sec 1 lot 67
Worcester, Martin-1849 removed to Evergreen Sec 1 lot 67
Newport Cemetery Article November 11, 1862
Newport Cemetery Minutes and Deed-1838-1866
Newport Cemetery Officers-1867-1880