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Can you find the big metropolis of Reger?  (I have a separate webpage for Reger.)

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Note that our Mairs branch of the family has a stream named after it!!

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I am trying to locate the Knifong Cemetery!

I would like to create a webpage with as much info about the Cemetery as possible without stepping
on anyone's toes.

Apparently, Stephen has decided to get out of the geneology CD business, as his website has been taken down. 
He was advertising CDs of Sullivan County cemeteries. 
He informed me that his professional business needs were consuming his energy now.

Anyway, he was kind enough to show me where the cemetery is located.
Does anyone have any information or photos?

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Richard Smith wrote to me (on 2/21/00) about the Knifong homesteads:  

Martin Jesse Knifong, Jr., Geo. Washington Knifong's grandfather's homestead was two miles East of Browning. Adjacent to it was 40 acres owned by my GG grandfather Joseph W. Knifong and 80 acres owned by George's father John Jesse Knifong. Another son of Martin Jesse Knifong's Caleb had 160 acres about four miles Northeast of Browning. 

The Knifong Cemetery, which is still in use was established on the property when Martin Jesse Knifong died in 1841. He was the first to be buried there. The remains of an old church was standing when I visited the site in 1994. The Church was known as the Knifong Grove Church. 

Below is a photo he took showing the entrance to the Knifong Cemetery.

This is the beautiful entrance to the Knifong Cemetery. This is a very pretty and well maintained private cemetery. Located abt. 2.5 miles East of Browning on the County line road. Then North just under a mile to the end of the road at Knifong Grove, the cemetery and what remains of the old Knifong Grove Church. (Note: the church was falling down in 1994 and may have been removed by now.) 

-Richard Smith  - 2/25/00

Good news!

FindAGrave.com has a nearly 250 person listing with many grave photos.
Knifong Cemetery

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And now for some more modern views... circa 2 / 2006.... from GoogleEarth....

The Knifong cemetery is at the upper right where White road turns westward.
View from GoogleEarth program.

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A closer view...

I can't see the gate from here, but you can almost see the tombstones!

A listing on some of the people in this cemetery are

CEMETERY : KNIFONG - SULLIVAN CO.

Township 61, Range 20, Section 36, NE of NE Quarter

Arnold, Elizabeth (Gandy) WW1 u [ ] Knifong? Jul 28 1862-
Mother of Arnold, Joseph Lewis
Bauswell, Estie Lloyd WW1 v [nw/ne c ] Knifong Oct 19 1896-Sep 9 1931
Brinkley, John M. WW2 p [ne/sw ml ] Knifong Dec 13 1918-Apr 5 1961
Burditt, Wayne WW1 v [sw/sw ml ] Knifong Jul 4 1896-Apr 17 1966
Crowdis, Jefferson Duane WW2 p [sw/sw cl ] Knifong Oct 15 1921-Dec 5 1989
Dell, James L. KOREA v [nw/se m ] Knifong Nov 13 1932-Nov 20 1980
Dixon, Bobbie Laverne WW2 v [nw/nw m ] Knifong Apr 16 1926-Jan 4 1949
Dodson, William CIVIL WAR v [ ] Knifong 1847-1935
Elliott, Orville M. WW1 p [se/se m ] Knifong Nov 1 1892-Aug 26 1981
Elliott, Harold Byron WW2 p [se/se mc ] Knifong Dec 6 1923-Sep 27 1992
Elliott, Olga (Havens) WW1 u [se/se ] Knifong Apr 21 1896-Jan 17 1988
Wife of Elliott, Orville M.
Gillespie, Donald Robert KOREA v [sw/ne m ] Knifong Apr 18 1930-Sep 11 1979
Gooch, John Thomas CIVIL WAR v [sw/nw m ] Knifong Jan 1 1835-Dec 26 1919
Gray, Emery Emmett WW1 p [sw/se ml ] Knifong Jan 10 1896-Feb 9 1949
Gray, Myrtie M. (Stephenson) WW1 u [sw/se a ] Knifong Jun 22 1903-Dec 9 1981
Wife of Gray, Emery Emmett
Hanson, George C. WW2 p [se/nw ml ] Knifong Oct 14 1922-Nov 12 1950
Harris, Charles Martin CIVIL WAR v [ ] Knifong Feb 11 1831-Jan 10 1920
Havens, Andrew "Tim" WW1 p [sw/sw m ] Knifong Aug 24 1891-Jul 24 1966
Havens, Earnest Leon WW1 p [ne/nw mww1] Knifong Mar 27 1888-Sep 27 1950
Havens, Mabel Ellen (Lee) WW1 u [sw/sw a ] Knifong Mar 29 1900-Mar 3 1940
Wife of Havens, Andrew Thomas? "Tim"
Havens, Hiram D. WW1 v [sw/sw m ] Knifong Dec 12 1888-June 16 1950
Knifong, Kenneth Rollo WW1 p [sw/se c ] Knifong Mar 12 1897-Mar 5 1984
Lauck, Thomas Henry CIVIL WAR v [sw/sw c ] Knifong Mar 4 1844-May 7 1926
Long, Lewis CIVIL WAR v [ ] Knifong 1839-1929
Mairs, Irene (Coffman) WW1 u [sw/nw a ] Knifong Oct 31 1895-Mar 26 or 28 1962
Wife of Mairs, Van Curtis
Mairs, Joseph W. CIVIL WAR v [sw/nw c ] Knifong Apr 6 1847-May 10 1916
Mairs, Van Curtis WW1 p [sw/nw cww1] Knifong May 19 1893-Jul 22 1964
Mendenhall, Herbert M. "Mandy" WW2 p [ne/se mcl ] Knifong Jun 21 1925-Dec 22 1992
Myers, Claude H. WW1 k [nw/sw ml ] Knifong Jan 14 1894-June 9, 1918
Myers, Mary (Hoskins) WW1 u [ ] Knifong Aug 28 1876-Oct 28 1942
Mother of Myers, Claude H.
Palmer, Earl Marion WW1 p [nw/sw cl ] Knifong Dec 1 1891-May 14 1949
Pipes, James Preston CIVIL WAR v [sw/sw c ] Knifong Jul 15 1844-Aug 21 1928
Sargent, Clarence A. WW1 p [nw/ne c ] Knifong Jan 3 1895-Mar 26 1965
Sargent, William Melvin KOREA v [nw/ne m ] Knifong June 25 1931-Sep 27 1987
Seaman, Albert WW1 v [ ] Knifong 1887-1965
Seaman, George W. WW1 v [sw/sw m ] Knifong -Nov 19, 1919

Thurman, Harrison WW1 v [ ] Knifong 1891-1955
(Reference)

FindAGrave.com has a nearly 250 person listing with many grave photos.
Knifong Cemetery