Horn Creek Baptist Cemetery
Date this entry was completed: | Mar 2018 -- by Bobbi Conley w/info provided by Nancy Allman | ![]() |
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Previous or alternate names: | Horn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Baptist Cemetery |
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Location: | Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA | |||||||||||||
Address or vicinity: | Rt. 47 West, Coxs Mills, WV | |||||||||||||
Year established: | Organized - 17 Mar 1882 Dedicated - 30 Apr 1899 |
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GPS coordinates: | 39.06057, -80.86335 | |||||||||||||
Contact person/organization: | Pastor Joe Sealey, 304-462-7895 | |||||||||||||
Driving directions: | Rt. 47, just west of Coxs Mills, up the hill | |||||||||||||
Notes/Comments: | ||||||||||||||
"The lumber for the Horn Creek Baptist Church was cut and sawed from Marion Bukey Zinn's farm on Sugar Camp Road, near Coxs Mills, Gilmer County, WV," said Nancy (Stewart) Allman. "The leftover lumber was then used to build Henry and Tensie Fay (Zinn) Allman's home. My husband, Arden, is their grandson. We now live in that house. "No-one around has any info about the church. My mother-in-law, Nellie (Erwin) Allman had the original records. Someone asked to borrow them and they were never returned. But I do have in my records that Carr Bailey Bush (son of George Farley & Joanna Goff Springston Bush) helped build it. The Bush Reunion was held at the church for years." Fortunately, Nancy had a copy of the following notes that had been recorded by Carr Bush's son, Elmer Bush (1894-1973.)
Additional information and photos have been published in our March 2018 edition of the Spiker Gazette.
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Type | Boundary fence or wall | Access | Facilities | ||||
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► | Church Community Epidemic Family Military (not national) Municipal National Potter's Field Other (describe) |
► | Brick Hedge Iron Pipe Stone Wire Wood Other (describe) |
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Public - unrestricted |
► ► ► | Parking - paved lot Parking - gravel lot Parking - grass Parking - roadside Restroom Outhouse On-site office Public Information Center Other (describe) |
Cemetery Access Conditions / Terrain | |||||||
Very Easy - Paved and accessible; no obstacles; < 1/2-mile hike. | |||||||
► | Easy - Mostly smooth, mostly firm surface; some unevenness; may have obstacles such as logs, roots and rocks; < 1-mile hike. | ||||||
Moderate - Mostly smooth; dirt paths; some unevenness; with rocks and ruts; some overgrowth; < 2-mile hike. | |||||||
Moderately Difficult - Mostly uneven surfaces; rocks and ruts; overgrowth; some steep elevations; ? 2-mile hike. | |||||||
Difficult - Long, rocky segments; loose rock; heavy overgrowth; steep elevations; may be several miles. | |||||||
Extremely Difficult - Requires specialized equipment to access, such as boat, 4WD, brush-cutting tools, etc.; may be several miles. |
Monuments
BUSH, Alice* 1851-1927 | great-grandmother w/o Marion Bukey Zinn d/o George Farley & Joanna Goff (Springston) Bush |
![]() Photo credit" "Rod" at Find a Grave |
ZINN, Marion Bukey* 1846-1927 | great-grandfather h/o Alice (Bush) Zinn s/o Quilly Manley & Lucy Ann (Wilson) Zinn | ![]() Photo credit: "TMCK" at Find A Grave |
* indicates direct ancestor
NOTE: This cemetery page currently lists only direct line ancestors. The names of other relatives buried in this cemetery will be added soon.