Wills Cemetery
Also known as Old Blankenship Cemetery
Shell Knob, Barry County, Missouri, USA
Starting from the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce to get to the property one would take YY east from 39 to YY-15, turning left past the Baptist Church. You will know you are on the correct road if you pass the Senior Center. The road will turn from north back east again. The fourth left will be Big Creek Lane which is paved and runs north then northwest until it becomes gravel and turns back northeast over the creek. Take the first left after crossing the creek and then again take the first left. This long driveway will lead to a gate with a code mechanism. The code is unknown and would not be posted here if it was.
The cemetery is located well back on the property. Without assistance one will find it extremely difficult to locate, even with assistance it will be quite a chore. The point indicated on the map of the latitude and longitude is approximate. As of August, 2014, there was a sign with a phone number at the the entrance to the property indicating that anyone with an interest in locating the cemetery should call that number.
Anyone choosing to visit the cemetery would probably be wise to go up to the house, which is considerably farther up the driveway, and make their presence known although whomever you might encounter there may know nothing of the cemetery.
The land upon which the cemetery is situated was owned by William Blankenship, one of four individuals known to have a headstone here as he shares one with his wife Maggie Wills Blankenship. Maggie was the daughter of Thomas Wills who was one of the earliest people to be buried here. It has been recorded as the Willis Cemetery but early newspaper records, such as the burial of Thomas' daughter Josie Gunnels, call it the Wills Cemetery while on death certificates of the Blankenships, Samuel Barrick and Susan Burris it is called Blankenship. To differentiate it from the Blankenship Cemetery in Jenkins it is often called Old Blankenship.
Starting from the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce to get to the property one would take YY east from 39 to YY-15, turning left past the Baptist Church. You will know you are on the correct road if you pass the Senior Center. The road will turn from north back east again. The fourth left will be Big Creek Lane which is paved and runs north then northwest until it becomes gravel and turns back northeast over the creek. Take the first left after crossing the creek and then again take the first left. This long driveway will lead to a gate with a code mechanism. The code is unknown and would not be posted here if it was.
The cemetery is located well back on the property. Without assistance one will find it extremely difficult to locate, even with assistance it will be quite a chore. The point indicated on the map of the latitude and longitude is approximate. As of August, 2014, there was a sign with a phone number at the the entrance to the property indicating that anyone with an interest in locating the cemetery should call that number.
Anyone choosing to visit the cemetery would probably be wise to go up to the house, which is considerably farther up the driveway, and make their presence known although whomever you might encounter there may know nothing of the cemetery.
The land upon which the cemetery is situated was owned by William Blankenship, one of four individuals known to have a headstone here as he shares one with his wife Maggie Wills Blankenship. Maggie was the daughter of Thomas Wills who was one of the earliest people to be buried here. It has been recorded as the Willis Cemetery but early newspaper records, such as the burial of Thomas' daughter Josie Gunnels, call it the Wills Cemetery while on death certificates of the Blankenships, Samuel Barrick and Susan Burris it is called Blankenship. To differentiate it from the Blankenship Cemetery in Jenkins it is often called Old Blankenship.
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- Added: 18 Mar 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2298094
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