| The OES visited the Counts Cemetery on
October 18, 2002. Also known as Old Midway Cemetery, it is located
just off of State Route 38 in Madison County. Most of the tombstones
are in pretty good shape and many can still be read. The earliest
tombstone that we could find dated to 1822, belonging to Susan
Pancake, so that is probably around the time the cemetery was
founded. The majority of the stones are from the mid-to-late 1800s
though. A few Civil War soldiers are buried here, which is very
common for cemeteries of this time period. A single line of broken
tombstones line the rear of the cemetery near a cornfield. The
cemetery as a whole seems to be taken well care of. |
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| Location
Information: Inactive
Cemetery [Safe] |
| Counts Cemetery is on Route 38 north of
Counts Road near Midway, Madison County. |
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| Photographs |
The Counts Cemetery as seen from a small driveway next to it. Looking towards the northwest corner of the cemetery. A view of the cemetery looking toward the road. In the distance, you can see the row of broken tombstones. Counts Cemetery looking towards the northeast. A Civil War Veteran marker near the front of the cemetery. Another veteran marker next to a small tombstone. The cemetery is surrounded by an open field on all sides. The tombstone of Catharine Pancake who died on 9/21/1823. The sandstone tombstone of George Workman who died sometime in 1839. This small tombstone belongs to Nelson Stanford, who died on 11/17/1877. The oldest tombstone belongs to Susan Pancake who died on 4/8/1822. This is the line of broken tombstones lined up in the back of the cemetery. The date of death on this tombstone in the broken row dates to 9/16/1830. This broken stone belonged to John Warren. Another look at the broken stones. The Correll Family tombstone pictured here dates to 1862. These three large stones dating to the mid 1800s are near the front of the cemetery, they belong to Selsor's.
The Counts Cemetery as seen from a small driveway next to it.
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