Newport Barracks Cemetery
Several references have been made in the history of the Newport Barracks that there was a cemetery on the grounds. It is believed that the U marked above on the map of the barracks was the cemetery. Research is ongoing for this cemetery and the men who were buried there. When the Newport Barracks was closed and the soldiers moved to the new Ft Thomas Barracks, any bodies found were moved to Evergreen Cemetery.
Because of floods over the years, the grounds of the Newport Barracks have left little evidence of a cemetery. The following soldiers are supposed to have been buried in this cemetery, as Evergreen did not start burying anyone until 1849.
This list was compiled from post returns in the National Archives in Washington, DC from letters sent and received there, from newspaper accounts. It is by no means a complete list.
Bell, William d-31 August 1842
Blair, Joseph d-3
January 1809
Bonker, Private Sam d-16 June 1807 of small pox
Byson,
Elizabeth Sellman d-1809
Bryano, Private George O d-19 July 1846; aged 19
Burnett, Eli d-1 April 1848; 4th Ohio Regiment
Caldwell, Mathew d-13 July 1846; 6th Infantry
Campbell, Arch d-8 April 1848
Cline, Andrew d-23 February 1848; Recruit
Coates, Phil d-27 Jan 1813; Drowned
Craft, Russell B d-5 June 1848; Recruit
Davis, James B d-4 January 1849; Recruit
Derby, James
d-17 July 1848
Dixon, Adam d-23 January 1849
Doughtery, A C d-1 September
1848
Durham, George d-30 March 1848
Eiscle, Charles d-28 June 1849 of cholera
Fanning, Lt. Colonel d-18 Aug 1849; apoplexy
Gibson, James d-6 October 1846
Hellenbolt, Private d-24 January 1842
Hill, Benjamin
d-12 June 1847; Private Co A 1st Infanty
Houvert, John d-3 August 1848
Jacobs, Horace d-Oct 1845; Recruit
Jumper, Jeremiah
d-23 January 1849 of chronic diarrhea
Keenan, John d-6 October 1848
Kothe, John d-5 July
1848
Logue, Henry d-9 July 1842; drowned; information comes from the Licking Valley Register
Mahoney, Thomas d-23 June 1849 of cholera
Martin, Thomas Major d-18 January 1819; Military storekeeper
Massey, James d-17 April 1814
Mathews, James d-1 May 1848; deserter
Mathews, Richard d-13 July 1846; 6th Infantry
Mayall, William d-August 1814;
28th Infantry; Captain Belt's Co C
Mayers, John d-29 June 1848
McCombs,
James d-3 January 1809
Miles, William d-13 April 1814
Mueller, Joseph d-14
July 1849; Mountain Rifles
Murray, Davis d-1848; Private 16th Infantry
Northcutt, d-5 Oct 1847; Recruit
Owen, H A d-20 April 1848
Patterson, John d-28 June 1814; Private
Patterson,
Joseph R d-1 Feb 1848
Ryan, William d-10 February 1848
Sabley, Henry d-9 April 1849; Recruit Mounted Rifles
Schoemaker, Private d-19 September 1848; Co B 2nd Bn 2nd Infantry
Shalkelford, George d-28 September 1848; 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry
Slaters,
Sergeant John d-August 1810
Stall, Lt. G W d-6 February 1819
Talbot, Jonathan B d-4 December 1845; Private Co C 3rd
Infantry
Thomas, John W d-12 December 1849; Recruit
Turner, Alex d-21
February 1818
Turner, Rowland d-23 August 1814; 17th Infantry
Tuttle,
Isaac d-22 May 1814; Private 4th Infantry
Welsh, William d-25 August 1811; Captain
Whiteside,
George W d-25 April 1848
Wright, Patrick d-16 July 1849 of cholera
Yough, John d-7 January 1848; Ohio Volunteers