Click picture for a larger view of Watts Lawn Cemetery's location in Pulaski County, MissouriWatts Lawn Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., north of Ross Bridge, in Watts Hollow, near the Phelps County line. J Highway to County Road 6470.
Watts Lawn Cemetery was founded by John Jones Watts, an circuit riding Baptist minister and a Mason. There are over 200 marked graves and 26 unmarked graves here. Family names that are recorded here are: Ashworth, Braiser, Bray, Brookshire, Burnett, Cassidy, Chambers, Clark, Curran, Curtis, Davis, Devers, Gann, Halcomb, Haley, Hamma, Hayes, Hilgert, Hoff, Holcomb, Hood, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keaton, Keeney, Kohanskey, Landreth, Lane, Lawson, Lee, Mabley, manes, McCown, McGown, McMahan, Merrell, Ministers, Mobley, Mooney, Mueller, Preutt, Pruitt, Reagan, Reed, Riden, Ryno, Shaw, Shrout, Sneed, Stroup, Thorp, Thorpe, Underwood, Waddle, Wagoner, Watts, Whittaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolfinbarger, Woods, and Wollsey. The oldest dated stone is believed to be that of Casley Jane Bray who died 3 August 1858, aged 87 years. The cemetery was still in use well into the 1970’s, possibly later.
Latitude: 37.6917084
Longitude: -92.0365493
Township 34-Range 10-Section 04
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