Historical Marker

Georgetown Cemetery

Incorporated 1850, with 31 acres purchased by 1860. Tombstones older than 1860 reflect reinterment from other graveyards. Buried here are Kentucky governors Joseph Desha and James F. Robinson, Confederate gov. George W. Johnson, equine artist Edward Troye, educator Thornton Johnson, Dr. Wm. Loftus Sutton, and reformer Anne Payne Coffman. Presented by City of Georgetown & Cem. Board.