At present time, Mt. Zion Cemetery is in deplorable condition. There is a great deal of overgrowth and there are many young trees that were never intended to be a part of the landscape. The overgrowth can be cleared, but the trees will remain. When the place gets cleaned up it will be a nice, quiet, shady place to pay respects to our ancestors and to the Revolutionary War veteran buried there, Israel Jennings.

     This page wil be dedicated to the restoration of the cemetery and a place to share historical information about Mt. Zion and the people buried there.

There are 28 known burials at Mt. Zion. The following list was provided by Lana Taylor and Dan Todd. Lana obtained the information from a Lawrence County Cemetery book (title unknown, but possiblyStalker School Little Hoosiers) during a visit to Bloomington but that list did not have the Blackwell's. Dan provided the Blackwell information he found on a trip to the cemetery. The cemetery is located on what used to be known as the Armstrong Farm.

 Burials:
1 Alva T. Armstrong
2 Anna Armstrong
3 Infant Armstrong
4 Robert Barkle
5 Mary E. Bennett
6 Garrett Beverly Blackwell
       Born December 9, 1791. Died July 13, 1870
7 Nancy Ann (Adkins) Blackwell
       Born December 15, 1785. Died July 25, 1865
8 John Gorder/Corder
9 Israel Jennings
      Born May 10, 1752 in NJ . Died January 1, 1841 in Lawrence Co., IN.
      Served in American Revolution.
10 David F. Judah
11 Eliza J. Judah,
12  Elizabeth (Jennings) Judah
       Born March 3, 1776. Died  August 7, 1841 in Lawrence Co., IN
13  Isaac Judah
14 James Judah
15 Jesse W. Judah
16 Martha Lemon
17 Mireva Lemon
18 William Lemon
19 Sarah Lemonds
20 William Lemonds
21 Rachel Moore Lemonds
22 Elizabeth Massey
23 Mary Massey
24 John H. Moore
25 Henry D. Scott
26 Margaret Stipp
27 Martha A. Stipp
28 Jeremiah Walker

For more information contact Brad Manzenberger at [email protected] or by mail at P.O. Box 724, Franklin, IN 46131.