Colyar Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 47.148196, -117.832934
PLSS Coordinates: Sec. 13 T19N R39E
Location: Lamont, Whitman County
Record count: 38

Ownership: According to the Whitman County Assessor's map, the land for this cemetery is owned by "Methodist Cemetery".

Directions: Colyar cemetery is located 13 miles SE of Sprague, Washington along the east side of Route 23, about 1,000 feet away from the road on top of a hill. There is a dirt road leading from Route 23 to the cemetery, though this road runs over wheat fields, and is about 5.7 south of the intersection with Lamont Rd.

Background: According to a deed registered at Davenport Washington (in Lincoln County) this cemetery was established on 3 May 1909. However, this cemetery was discontinued prior to 1973, when it was copied by Lorraine Cook White and Margie Freiser Robertson. No new graves were found when visited in 1999 by Bud and Rick Engelhardt.

Burial Records

• Tombstone Transcription, by Bud Engelhardt, January 28, 2000, (38 records)

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