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The family of three Colvin brothers,
Absalom, Mason, and Wilkerson Colvin,
who came to Michigan from Campbell
County Kentucky.
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The Colvin Cemetery is located on the East side of Garr Road, 1/4 mile North of "Little" Glendora Road, in Section 3 of Buchanan township, North of Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan, on what was origionally the Wilkerson Colvin farm.
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This cemetery is a "family" cemetery, for the family of Wilkerson Colvin, who owned 275 acres in Section 3, where this cemetery lies, with his brother Absalom Colvin owning adjoining property directly West in Section 4 (where the Colvin School was located), which they had both purchased in land patents, from the U. S. Government.
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Burial records from the D. A. R. tombstone readings of 1930, list six headstones:
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1. Perlina (Griffin) Colvin, first wife of Wilkerson Colvin. d. March 25, 1850, aged 37 years and 1 month.
2. John Y. Colvin, son of Wilkerson and Perlina Colvin. d. June 17, 1845, aged 9 years, 6 months and 20 days.
3. Caroline Colvin, daughter of Wilkerson and Perlina Colvin. d. Sept. 1, 1840, aged 7 months and 24 days.
4. Kerson [should be "Wilkerson"] Colvin. d. 1874.
5. Caloway Farris. d. Oct. 23, 1866, aged 34 years. Caloway was married on Nov. 13, 1856, to Almira Griffin (the daughter of Perlina's brother Zodock Griffin).
6. Franklin Farris, son of Caloway and Almira (Griffin) Farris. d. Jan. 5, 1865, aged 12 years.
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Note: About 1910, some of the graves in the Colvin Cemetery were moved to the Burke Cemetery (a short distance North), so that the township could move the road out of a mud hole. Wilkerson Colvin's brother Mason Colvin, is "now" buried in the Burke Cemetery. Perhaps Mason Colvin's grave (and the grave of his daughter Mary Murphy), were among those that were moved.
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Written by
Nancy Heib.
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