Barnett Cemetery

This site was originally the burial place for Nancy Kerlin Barnett (1793-1831), an early Johnson County pioneer who moved to Blue River Township with her husband William Barnett (1786-1854). She asked to be buried overlooking Sugar Creek, which according to family legend was her favorite spot. In the early 1900s, the county wished to build a gravel road and bridge in the area, but her family protected her grave to honor her final wish. As a compromise, the county eventually built a road around the grave. In 2016, archaeologists investigating the site after farm machinery impacted it discovered six additional remains. After work to widen the road, the remains were re-interred here below road level.

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