Notes for: Francis Foster
The Francis Foster graveyard is off Hwy 1066 in Nelson County. You may not be interested in actually visiting the graveyard, but if you are, or know of anyone who is, take note. The location was listed as "On Hwy 1055, near the Highview Church of Christ, on a farm owned by Ralph Hawkins in 1984," in "Nelson County Cemeteries," v. 1, published in 1985. In Oct. 1986, Sue Harris and her husband drove out there looking for the cemetery. They found the Highview Church, but there was only one cemetery on the road anywhere near. It wasn't the Foster cemetery. They found a mailbox with the name "Hawkins," on 1066, so they went to the door of the house, and it was the home of Ralph Hawkins. He had them drive into his driveway, then drive past the house, through a gate and on back past the barn, where they parked. He pointed out a few trees growing in the middle of his cornfield, about 200 feet from where the car was parked. The tombstones of Francis and Elizabeth Skinner Foster, and daughter Ann Foster Green are in one small group of trees, and that of Nancy Foster Terrell, his sister, about 20 feet away, in another group of trees. Sue's husband drew a sketch of how to get to the cemetery - they drove about 500 yards off the road back to where they parked the car. If it had not been for the Hawkins mailbox, they would never have found it. Mr. Hawkins said his farm was for sale, so it could be very difficult to find now if owned by someone else. Mr. Hawkins' farm was approximately 0.6 miles west of the Highview Church.