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This
is a partial
transcription of the
cemetery.
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Below are
images furnished by
Les and Linda McMahan
of McGaffey Cemetery.
In September 2008,
Hurricane Ike buried
much of the cemetery
with mud and debris.
This in addition to
Hurricane Rita in 2005
and other damage has
almost destroyed the
markers. It will
require a massive
cleanup effort to
reinstate what is left
of the cemetery. Many
thanks to Les and
Linda for sharing this
knowledge and
information!
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The
mother of the McGaffey
family, who dedicated
the land for the
cemetery, was to be
buried at the center
of the cemetery but
since the topography
is such that there is
about half of the
cemetery in a low
area, she is probably
buried in the center
of the high ground but
there is no
substantiation for
this.
The
"lighthouse" or
birdcage-shaped marker
you see in pictures is
a man named Kellogg -
this may appear on the
reading of the
cemetery but is not
noted on the marker.
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Generally
along the
north line of
the cemetery
before it was
cleared and
other grave
markers
discovered.
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| Grouping
of graves along
the north line
of the cleaned
cemetery. Note
the graves
marked outside
of the cemetery
line (far back
left) in the
first picture |
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| Closer
view of the
collection of
graves near the
large Johnson
plot, and the
recent stones
that had been
placed at the
Johnson graves
marker slab |
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Looking
into the
"appendix"
area and the
small
collection of
graves there,
including
several
McGaffeys
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Old
McGaffey stone
and new stone
put up at one
of the piles
of bricks that
marked burial
sites
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