The Allensworth Cemetery was established November 9, 1918. A grant deed, filed in the Tulare County Court House dated June 25, 1921 recorded the transfer of five acres (more or less) to the Allensworth Cemetery Committee. This legal document established a cemetery district which automatically removed the property from the tax rolls and protected it from sale or liens. Although the original five acre cemetery has been considerably reduced in size by trespassers who have plowed it over, the land is still owned by the Cemetery District.

The extent of the grave disturbance resulting from agricultural intrusion is not yet known. It is known that areas which are now under cultivation contained graves as early as 1928. However, all grave markers and ornamentation associated with early burials obviously have been removed. It is possible too that the graves also have been descecrated.

Forty-five burials are known to have been taken place at the cemetery. Records identified to date indicate that the earliest burial was in 1911 and the latest in 1994. Only nine of the original forty-five grave markers can be identified.

Name and Date of Death

Allen, Rev. J.L.
Armstrong, Ferdonia 11/14/1932
Bickers, Mary
Bonty, Emory Thomas 01/09/1936
Bush, Mariah 03/30/1930
Bush, Millard 11/21/1921
Byrd, Fannie 03/23/1926
Carter, Elmer
Coachman, Josie 04/15/1926
Coleman, James 01/31/1916
Cosey, Elise 1942
Cowes, Mr.& Mrs.
Currington, Velma E. 01/20/1923
Davis, Dollia (Dolly) 01/10/1920
Dotson, Walter Jennins 05/23/1912
Dry, Emma Powell
Grigsby, B.F. 08/31/1915
Gross, Mary M. 11/02/1918
Hackett, James A. 01/01/1924
Haley, Jennie 03/18/1926
Hall, H. William
Herculano, Maria 5/13/1914
Herculano, Sarah 1937
Hindsman, Zebedee 04/15/1960
Hunt, R.D.
Johnson, George 09/06/1922
Jordon, William (Willie) 10/09/1941
King, May 11/14/1918
Lacy, Addison 1942
Marshell, Patsy, (Marshall) 02/02/1912
Mattox, Regina 01/17/1924
Middleton, Gabriel R. 03/19/1923
Milner, Frank
Mitchell, Andrew J. 10/21/1923
Morris, John
Morris, Clara
New, Sue 07.24.1931
Overr, Oscar
Phillips, James
Phillips, Birdie
Pearson, Anna 04/15/1926
Powell, Carlos L. 01/19/1914
Rainbow, Nancy 04/24/1920
Rainbow, Nimrod 11/15/1920
Scott, William 02/08/1920
Singleton, Joshua 11/18/1928
Smith, Frank 11/08/1911
Smith, Robert Cornelius 04/09/1912
Smith, Laura 1935
Stockett, Abraham
Wells, Andrew 10/01/1914 (stillborn)
Wells, Charles 01/06/1949
Wells, Elvia 06/09/1917
Nelson
Odessie

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