Moreland Cemetery, Clark County

This is a list of the known buried at the Moreland Cemetery in Clark Co., Ky. This cemetery is beside Hwy. 89, on what was the Moreland Farm since the early 1800s. It contains 13 markered graves, 16 graves marked with rocks (though, there are possibly 23), and one “lost” graves. One grave is marked with a rock and is also a markered grave. A marker was purchased, but the grave location was not known and the marker was just put down near the fence. Married couples are placed together on this list.

Graves with markers:

  • Ida Jo Christopher Tipton w/o Clark Tipton, b. Oct. 29, 1906, d. April 24, 1944
  • Gilbert Jackson Moreland ( son of Alex C. Moreland and Ellen King), b.July 11, 1879, d. September 19, 1965
  • Frances Daughetee Moreland, b. 1882, d. 1913
  • Harmon Daniel Moreland (son of Elijah Moreland), b. 1849, d. April 25, 1925
  • Sarah Harris Moreland, b. 1854, d. 1923
  • Alexander Campbell Moreland ( son of Elijah Moreland), b. February 11, 1841, d. March 1925
  • Jack Envoid Christopher Moreland ( double marker on these graves is reversed), b. February 1, 1856, d. July 28, 1940
  • Ida Brookwood Brookshire w/o Arnold Brookshire (died in childbirth, child in same grave), b. 1897, d. 1925
  • Susie Moreland Brookshire (daughter of Elijah Moreland), b. 1854, d. 1919
  • Ellen Jane “Ella” Moreland ( daughter of Alex C. Moreland and E. King), b. March 15, 1878, d. June 1, 1969
  • James Columbus Christopher ( brother of Envoid Christopher, son of Wiley Moss Christopher and Elizabeth Johnson), b. March 10, 1861, d. May 3, 1942
  • Mary Palmer Epperson ( this couple was not related to the Morelands, they were neighbors), b. 1876 (Mary Palmer Epperson died in labor, no child was delivered), d. 1922
  • Edward Epperson, b. 1869, d. 1937

Graves marked with Rocks:

  • Elijah Moreland, b.1810, d. 1969
  • Sarah Ann Robertson Moreland, b.February 16, 1816, d. April 26, 1911
  • John Moreland (son of Elijah Moreland), b. 1853, d. abt. 1868
  • Eliza Moreland (daughter of Elijah Moreland died as an infant), b. 1859,
  • Eliza Moreland (daughter of Alex C. Moreland and Ellen King), b. 1869, d. 1888
  • Margaret White ( Friend of Envoid C. Moreland ), b. d.

The remaining nine graves marked with rocks are thought to be :

  • William Moreland, b. Abt. 1785, d. May 1836
  • Rhoda Willoughby Moreland, b. 1789, d. Aft. 1889 (In later years, one of Enoch Moreland’s children spoke of going to see Grandma Willoughby in Ky. that was 100 years old.)
  • Enoch Moreland, b. Abt. 1815, d. 1864
  • Sally Ann Moreland (married James Hawkins, but her will was in her maiden name), b. Abt. 1817, d. 1843

Other still unknown Morelands and several stillborn babies.

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