Pace-Knight Cemetery
Contributed by Jean Wells
Directions
From Greenville, take HWY 62W to HWY 189. Turn left on 189 and go about 5.1 miles to HWY 1473 (Cave Springs Road). Turn right into Paul Wice's driveway and go uphill; cemetery is on the left in a clump of trees in a cow pasture. The gate into the cow pasture may be locked. There is also a fence around the cemetery.
Cemetery visited March 3, 2001 by Jean Wells, Helen Oglesby, Sherrill and Wanda Barnes. Photos by Jean Wells and Wanda Barnes, annotations Jean Wells and Wanda Barnes.
Pace-Knight Cemetery - in the stand of trees on the left.
Transcription
- Knight, George P.
May 5, 1857 - July 2, 1935
Son of Henry Farley and Mary Elizabeth Keith Knight
Married 25 September 1882 in Hamilton Co., Illinois, to Sarah Eudora Heard, daughter of Richard and Millie Amanda Broyles Heard. - Knight, J.D. “Jack”
1849 - 1929
John Daniel Knight, son of Henry Farley and Mary Elizabeth Keith Knight; Married 11 February 1880 to Nancy Ann Pace.
Knight, Nancy Ann
1855 - 1940
Daughter of Edward Oliver and Eliza E. Roberson Pace - Pace, Sarah
Wife of Robert Pace
August 11, 1864 - July 28, 1902
Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Farley and Mary Elizabeth Keith Knight
Married 12 February 1885 Christian Co., Kentucky, to Robert Pace - Sherrod, Ruth
1852 - 1948
Mary Ruth Knight, daughter of Henry Farley and Mary Elizabeth Keith Knight
Married September 28, 1882 to Samuel W. Sherrod
Sherrod, Sam
1851 - 1923
Samuel W. Sherrod, son of John W. and Sarah A. Richardson Sherrod
Sam died April 5, 1924, Kentucky Death Certificate #10115.
I believe the Sam, father of the Lawrence & Ernie Sherrod, is probably the nephew of this Sam Sherrod. - Jean - Dillender, Opal
1910 - 1921
Daughter of Sam and Maude Knight Dillender and grandaughter of John Daniel and Nancy Ann Pace Knight. - Knight, George R.
Son of J.D. and N.A.
July 28, 1881 - May 12, 1885
“We loved this tender little one, and would have wished him stay, but our Father will be done ______ the endless day”
Son of John Daniel and Nancy Ann Pace Knight. - Oglesby, Paul Anne
December 1, 1942 - December 5, 1943
Daughter of Clayton and Bessie Board Oglesby
Unmarked grave; Kentucky Death Certificate #00547 - Oglesby, Oliver Wayne
November 9, 1932 - December 11, 1932
Son of Clayton and Bessie Board Oglesby
Unmarked grave; Kentucky Death Certificate #30567 - Pace, Edmund Y.
September 7, 1871 - January 30, 1888
Son of Edward Oliver and Saluda Ann Mitchell Pace - Pace, Eliza E.
January 31, 1824 - November 20, 1862
Born in Louisiana, Daughter of _______ and Nancy M. Roberson
First wife of Edward Oliver Pace - Pace, James R.T.
January 15, 1852 - June 21, 1863
Son of Edward Oliver and Eliza E. Roberson Pace - Pace, Joseph
Infant son of E.O. and S.A. Pace
December 11 - 14, 1863
Son of Edward Oliver Pace and his second wife Saluda Ann Mitchell - Pace, Ruth E.
Daughter of R. and S.E. Pace
July 6 - August 21, 1902
Daughter of Robert and Sarah Elizabeth Knight Pace - Roberson, Mary A.
March 4, 1822 - March 2, 1871
Mary was the daughter of ______ and Nancy M. Roberson - Roberson, Nancy M.
June 4, 1799 - August 27, 1862
Mother of Eliza E. Pace and Mary A. and Sarah Roberson - Roberson, Sarah
February 18, 1819 - April 30, 1887
Daughter of _______ and Nancy M. Roberson - Sherrod, Earnie
1911 - 1914
Son of Sam and Josie Scott Sherrod - Sherrod, Lawrence
1914 - 1916
Did not find a death certificate for Lawrence, but found one for a male Sherrod with no first name that died 1916, no date of birth. Unnamed Sherrod was the son of Sam and Josie Scott Sherrod. Gravestones for Lawrence and Earnie are side by side in the cemetery. - A footstone with the initials “R E P” could be:
Pace, Robert E.
Born about 1862; died unknown
Son of Edward Oliver and Eliza E. Roberson Pace
Married Sarah Elizabeth Knight 12 February 1885.
Burials per Pace family history:
Our family history of the Pace's has Edward Oliver and his 2nd wife Saluda Ann Mitchell buried in this cemetery. Cannot find any record to verify this.
- Pace, Edward Oliver
Born May 1830 in Tennessee; died May 1906 in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucy
He was the son of Richmond and Sarah Charles Pace
Edward married (1) Eliza E. Roberson; married (2) Saluda Ann Mitchell 1 April 1863. - Pace, Saluda Ann
Born October 1847 in Tennessee; died February 1926 in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky
She was the daughter of Joseph and Lucy J. Mitchell
Second wife of Edward Oliver Pace.