Warren Cemetery (McCortney Cemetery)

Warren Cemetery, also known as McCortney Cemetery, is located in southern Pulaski County, MO., “in a field, near the bank of the Big Piney River”, south of Miller Cave and Miller Ebb and Flow Spring. From Big Piney, cross the Ross Bridge and turn left.

The Old Stagecoach Stop Society, with help from the Waynesville LEAP classes, restored the graveyard, starting work in 1989. The oldest stone is that of James Madison Williams and is dated July 18, 1850.

“This marker was found under a downed tree and layers of leaves. It is a sandstone field stone and the inscription was scratched in the rock with a sharp object (nail?). This is the oldest stone found so far and is on the highest point of the graveyard, somewhat alone.”