Jay County Cemetery Locations 2011 5.00
Bluff Point Cemetery 1845-2006 – $30.00
Boundary Cemetery 1861-2000 - $25.00
Green Park Cemetery 1886-1999 - $25.00
Gravel Hill Cemetery 1896-2009 – being updated
Salamonia Cemetery – East Park, West Park, and Grandview 1840-2000 – $25.00
Tales of the Old Pine Tree [Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery in Redkey] - $10.00
Jay County Cemetery Locations was compiled by Jane Spencer and Janice Stucky in 2011. This book is compiled by townships, showing current township maps. It will give you the township’s name, current road numbers, old road numbers, the congressional number, tell you if there is a sign, and tell you if stones are visible today.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Included in Bluff Point Cemetery , compiled by Kathy Selman, are a history of Bluff Point and plat maps of Bluff Point. Included are a plat of the cemetery, tombstone pictures and inscriptions, obituaries of burials with tombstones, known burials with no tombstones, military veterans, and an index. This cemetery is in Pike Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Boundary Cemetery, compiled by Kathy Selman includes the history of Boundary City and Green Lawn Cemetery, tombstone pictures, plots, inscriptions, obituaries, known burials not in the record, military veterans, and an index. This cemetery is located in Pike Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Gravel Hill Cemetery is currently being updated. It is expected to be available in early 2010. A brief history of the cemetery will be included. Items in the database will include name, birth, death, section, row, and if the person was a veteran. The cemetery is located at the intersection of county roads 50W and 650N in Jackson Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Green Park Cemetery was compiled by the Green Park Cemetery Association in 2000. This book contains a preface, a map of the cemetery, section codes, miscellaneous burials for which no location is known, and burials in alphabetical order. This cemetery is at the intersection of W. 7th Street and Blaine Pike in Portland, Indiana.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Salamonia Cemetery, compiled by Phyllis [Strock] Franklin, includes a brief history of Salamonia, list of lot owners, surveys of the cemeteries, burials without stones, veterans, index, and an interpretation of data. This cemetery is in Madison Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
TALES of the Old Pine Tree were a series newspaper articles from the Times-Journal articles by J. Walter Fiers. They tell of burials in the Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery in Redkey. We have as many articles as we could locate.
There is an index of names. Major family names include Allegre, Current, Evans, Fiers, Hesser, Manor, McKinney, Redkey, Roberts, Smith, Sutton, Wade, and Wilson To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
