Pike County Cemeteries
Prairieville Township

In these cemeteries are buried victims of Indian massacres, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers, statesmen, legislators and community leaders. Pike County was a stepping off place for the great migration to the west. It, therefore, offers a wealth of information for those interested in the genealogy of their family. Most of the cemeteries in Pike County have been cataloged by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Pike County Chapter. The catalogs are available in each of the Pike County libraries.

There are, according to some genealogists, some 280 cemeteries in Pike County. One individual who, with his wife, concentrates on the small cemeteries says there are over 1,200 cemeteries in the county. As more info, pictures and time becomes available they will be added to this list. Please feel free to forward any information to Rhonda Stolte Darnell. 

Thanks to Steven Watts who came up with quite a few publication/microfilm reel numbers for cemeteries. These will be added on a line named Inscription. Microfilm can be viewed at nearly 1600 branch libraries of the Family History Library. The database for other County cemeteries can be found at http://www.ancestry.com.

The numbers you see listed with some of the cemeteries (e.g. T 52N R 2W Section 7) indicate the page of the platt book and the square (section) on that page in which you can find the cemetery.

Limited tombstone pictures are now available. This project was begun in August 2005, so you may expect more pictures to be added as they are acquired. Contributions are always welcome. If you have pictures you would like to share, forward them to Rhonda Stolte Darnell. Please include a transcription of the writing on the stone, where the stone is located, your name and a valid email address, in case she needs to contact you with questions. No stones representing living people, please.

Location: Prairieville Twp, T52N R1W Section 15
Directions: Take Hwy 61 south to State Road WW to State Road D, make right on D on right on Aberdeen Farm 
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. DAR Vol. 1. FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 24
Directions: 3 Miles east of St. Johns Episcopal Church just south of State Road H
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo DAR Vol.1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 17-mid

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 27 S.
Directions: In Eolia east of State Road D.
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 27
Directions: From Eolia city limit take State Rd. D north for 0.7 miles. - adjoins Eolia Community Cemetery.

EOLIA COMMUNITY

Location: Prairieville Twp  - T52N R1W Section 21
Directions: From Eolia city limit take State Rd. D north for 0.7 miles. - located next to Eolia City Cemetery 
Notes: Resting site primarily of African-Americans 

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 36
Directions: Near Pike/Lincoln line 
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 - 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 26
Directions: Take Hwy 61 south to State Road WW to State Road D, make right on D on right on Aberdeen Farm 
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. DAR Vol. 1. FHL fiche 6104194

MT. AYRE (Buffalo Knob)

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 17
Directions: 0.3 mile off State Road WW on left at Mt Ayre church
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Just over the county line in Lincoln County near Cyrene
Inscription Sources: St. Louis Gen. Soc. Qtr. 8:4 (Dec 1975)

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 27
Directions: south of Eolia on State Road H. just to the right of St John's Episcopal Church road
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 610419

Location: Prairieville Twp - Possibly located in T53N R 1E
Directions: Hard to find - Follow Highway 61 South to State Road WW past State Road D just before Clopton school, On Rockford farms Inc. 
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp
Directions: State Road D about 1.5 mile north of State Road D and State Road WW junction on private property 
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 4
Directions: State Road D south of Hwy 79 - In Calumet at the SW of Dover Church 
Inscription Sources: The Pikers 3:3 (Sep 1989); Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 27
Directions: 0.2 mile north of Eolia on State Road H turn left down Lane road, cemetery behind church.  
Notes: Contains the graves of relatives of Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Descendants of Thomas Jefferson are also buried here.
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 23
Directions: between State Road W and State Road H on Edward James Becker Farm
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - near Lincoln County
Inscription Sources: St. Louis Gen. Soc. Qtr. 4:3 (Sep 1971)

Location: Prairieville Twp - 53N R 2W Section 22
Directions: Hwy 61 south to State Road NN to Pike 277 just before State Road Y at Pike 277/Pike 273 on right side of road.
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

Location: Prairieville Twp - 52N R 1 Section 1702
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194
Census: USGenWeb

Location: Prairieville Twp - T52N R1W Section 8
Directions: 3 miles west of the Junction of State Road D and State Road WW turn right on gravel road with Mt Ayre sign go north to grove of locust trees on right side of road. 
Inscription Sources: Pike Co. Mo. DAR Vol. 1 1983; FHL fiche 6104194

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