One of only two intact tombstones in Jordan Cemetery in Henderson County.
Hilliard "Hillary" Eastin. June 28th, 1830 -- July 13th, 1921. He served in the 118th US Colored Infantry in the Civil War.
Here's a write up about Daviess County, KY, and the 118th US Colored Infantry (and other regiments).
Explore Ky History
On Hilliard's Civil War Pension card, his alias is listed as Hilliard Holloway. Under the name Hilliard Holloway, you can find his Civil War enlistment information... the date is given as 29 Aug 1864 and place was Owensboro.
Under Hilliard Eastin, you can find his probate record: July 16th, 1921. I have not been able to successfully find Hilliard "Hillary" Holloway/Eastin in any censuses.
A little back information on Jordan Cemetery since I'm not sure I've mentioned it here on my blog before -- Jordan Cemetery, also spelled Jourdan, and known as a few other names such as "Posey Graveyard" and "Race Creek Cemetery" on death certificates is a defunct African-American Cemetery here in Henderson County, Kentucky.
The cemetery is located on Country Club property and is in a thicket of trees near one of the greens of the golf course. It took us well over thirty minutes to finally find a remnant of the cemetery... lots of broken and scattered concrete that I'm sure used to be tombstones. However, now there are only two intact and legible tombstones left in the cemetery.
It appears to me that the cemetery fell out of use by about the late 1950's. The oldest death date I've found is 1912 thanks to death certificates and the newest, also thanks to death certificates, is 1957.
Hilliard "Hillary" Eastin. June 28th, 1830 -- July 13th, 1921. He served in the 118th US Colored Infantry in the Civil War.
Here's a write up about Daviess County, KY, and the 118th US Colored Infantry (and other regiments).
Explore Ky History
On Hilliard's Civil War Pension card, his alias is listed as Hilliard Holloway. Under the name Hilliard Holloway, you can find his Civil War enlistment information... the date is given as 29 Aug 1864 and place was Owensboro.
Under Hilliard Eastin, you can find his probate record: July 16th, 1921. I have not been able to successfully find Hilliard "Hillary" Holloway/Eastin in any censuses.
A little back information on Jordan Cemetery since I'm not sure I've mentioned it here on my blog before -- Jordan Cemetery, also spelled Jourdan, and known as a few other names such as "Posey Graveyard" and "Race Creek Cemetery" on death certificates is a defunct African-American Cemetery here in Henderson County, Kentucky.
The cemetery is located on Country Club property and is in a thicket of trees near one of the greens of the golf course. It took us well over thirty minutes to finally find a remnant of the cemetery... lots of broken and scattered concrete that I'm sure used to be tombstones. However, now there are only two intact and legible tombstones left in the cemetery.
It appears to me that the cemetery fell out of use by about the late 1950's. The oldest death date I've found is 1912 thanks to death certificates and the newest, also thanks to death certificates, is 1957.
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