Knapp Cemetery (Lawson Cemetery Phelps County)

Knapp Cemetery is located in Phelps County, MO., near the Pulaski County line. It is near Spring Creek, off Highway J. It is also known as Lawson Cemetery. At the time that most of the burials here occurred, in the late 1800’s, this land was a part of Pulaski County, Missouri.

Knapp Cemetery is a small, family cemetery, with only 5 marked graves. Two of these belong to members of the Knapp family, one to the Lawson family, and one to the Root family. One grave may be a transient burial. Joseph Hampton Pruitt was born in Greene County, Missouri (28 April, 1854) and died in Pulaski County, Missouri, 7 February 1898. It is unknown if he was passing through the area or had settled here. It does not appear that anyone has been interred here since his burial.

Township 35-Range 10-Section 22