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Mercer County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Mercer County

Charles McClung (1761-1835) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,May 13,1761.Surveyor;merchant;lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796.Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,August9, 1835 (age74 years, 88days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentin 1904 atOldGray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

HarrodsburgSpring Hill Cemetery

Near McAfeeNew ProvidencePresbyterian Church Cemetery

Private or familygraveyards
Mercer County, Kentucky

Gabriel Slaughter (1767-1830) — of Kentucky. Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,December12, 1767.Justice of the peace; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1797; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1801;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1808-12, 1816; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governor ofKentucky, 1816-20.Baptist.Died inMercerCounty, Ky.,September19, 1830 (age62 years, 281days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Robert Slaughter and Susannah (Harrison) Slaughter; married,March 9,1797, to Sarah Hord; married,October3, 1811, to Elizabeth Thomason; granduncle ofCharlesRice Slaughter; first cousin twice removed ofLukePryor Blackburn andJosephClay Stiles Blackburn; first cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrench Slaughter; first cousin four times removed ofSmithAlford Blackburn andDanielFrench Slaughter Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofCharlesMilton Blackburn; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin once removed ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton andAlbertGallatin Pendleton.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography

Politicians formerlyburied here:

Spring HillCemetery
Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky

John Burton Thompson (1810-1874) — also known asJohn B. Thompson — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born near Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,December14, 1810.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1829-33; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1835-37;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1840-43, 1847-51;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1852-53;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1853-59.Slaveowner. Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,January7, 1874 (age63 years, 24days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,April18, 1815.Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1840; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1856;Governorof Kentucky, 1859-62; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1867.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,February28, 1885 (age69 years, 316days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Beriah Magoffin (1773-1843) and Jane 'Jenny' (McAfee) Magoffin;married,April21, 1840, to Anna Nelson Shelby (granddaughter ofIsaacShelby); father ofBeriahMagoffin Jr..
		Political family:Shelby-Bullock-Magoffinfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Magoffin County,Ky. is named for him.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial

Philip Burton Thompson Jr. (1845-1909) — also known asPhilip B. Thompson, Jr. — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Kentucky,1845.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1879-85.Died in1909(ageabout64 years).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.

Beriah Magoffin Jr. (1843-1932) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.Born in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,March13, 1843.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;farmer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 24, 1877.Presbyterian.Died in McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.,August29, 1932 (age89 years, 169days).Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofBeriahMagoffin and Anna Nelson (Shelby) Magoffin; married,September8, 1868, to Lucy Ellen Thompson; great-grandson ofIsaacShelby; first cousin once removed ofThomasHart Shelby.
		Political family:Shelby-Bullock-Magoffinfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial —MinnesotaLegislator record

New ProvidencePresbyterian Church Cemetery
Near McAfee, Mercer County, Kentucky

Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784-1849) — also known asRobert B. McAfee — of Kentucky. Born inMercerCounty, Ky.,February18, 1784.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1824-28; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toNew Grenada, 1833-37.Died inMercerCounty, Ky.,March12, 1849 (age65 years, 22days).Interment at New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

John J. McAfee (1836-1896) — of Kentucky. Born inMercerCounty, Ky.,1836.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871-73.Died, ofhearttrouble, Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April 4,1896 (ageabout 59years).Interment at New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

	Relatives:Son-in-law ofHumphreyMarshall.
		Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

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