This is a super cool place knowing the history. They thought only one person, Nancy, was buried here but they ended up finding a total of 7 people buried! They had to excavate and rebury the people because the original gravel mound was getting torn up and there were a lot wreck there.
It's a absolute shame the state had to get involved and ruin it. It used to be a beautiful Testament of a family's love. Now it's a sad little curb.
The grave is of Nancy Kerlin Barnett (1793-1831).
The State of Indiana has apparently buried this grave deeper, because it is covered in concrete and the Historical marker has been removed. As of 9/2016 the only way you know where it was is the fresh asphalt roadway.
I have lived within a mile of this grave for years and drove by the old one never having any problems and didn't hear of a single accident the entire 15+ years I've been there but the state just had to get involved, much to the complete dislike of the family of the woman in the grave and everyone who lives near it, and turn it into a parking lot curb of concrete in the middle of the road that has no signs other than the one that is flat on top of it that you have to stop in the middle of the road to read making this an even bigger danger than it ever was before. It has no other markers or signs of any kind to state what it was and as a daily driver of that road it was absolutely fine before they did this. The state gets involved and things get ruined. It will never be what it once was. I'm glad I knew it when it was an actual landmark. Now it's just a curb. Shameful. AND THE HISTORIC NANCY BARNETT SIGN IS MISSING AND NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. I put pictures of this thing they call a memorial. Hopefully goggle adds them.
Around the turn of the century, Johnson County decided to build a road directly through the cemetery, which meant that the graves would need to be relocated. One of Nancy's sons objected to moving her grave. Since the cemetery was already cleared off the remaining graves, the developers didn’t mind leaving this one grave behind and the road was laid around it.
Trouble started much later when the county wanted to widen the road. Now the grave was smack dab in the middle of the road and would have to be moved. This time, Nancy Barnett’s grandson, Daniel G. Doty, objected. But when the county pushed ahead with their plans, Daniel Doty grabbed a shotgun and stayed on his grandmother’s grave. Exactly how long he remained there isn’t known, but apparently his defiance was enough to force the county to split the lanes right down the middle and work around the plot. A concrete slab was placed over the grave to protect it and on Aug. 8, 1912, a historical marker was placed at the site as well. Then 100 years later, it has moved.
Nancy Kerlin was fourteen years old when she married William Barnett in 1808, and they settled near what would become Amity, Indiana. When she died in 1831 at age 39, she was buried on top of a small hill that overlooked Sugar Creek - one of her favorite spots. In the following years, several others also were buried there and a small cemetery was created.
Grave In The Middle Of The Road is a US Cemetery based in Franklin, Indiana. Grave In The Middle Of The Road is located at 6844 E 400 S, Franklin, IN 46131, USA.
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