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(Continued) A Partial List Of Private Cemeteries In Natchez and Adams County, Mississippi
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Cemeteries

Adams Co Courthouse / Baker / Beechland / Bringaman / Bisland / Branch / Brandon / Brandon Hall / Bryandale / Buckles / Cherry Grove / China Villa / Cliffs


ADAMS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
John Gerault
Captain
Clark's Ill. Regt.
February 24, 1755
May 28, 1813
Place of birth
London, England  


BAKER

1. William D. Baker
departed this life
Oct. the 8th. A.D. 1826
In the 53rd yr. of his age.
2. Sacred
To The Memory Of James T. Baker
Born March 6th, 1806
Departed This Life Sept. 5, 1830
3. Sacred
To The Memory Of
Elisa Caroline Kensey
Eldest Daughter Of
William D. Baker, Esq.
Who Departed This Life,
The 11th Of Aug. 1834.
Aged 26 Years and 25 Days.
"She lived and died a Christian"
4. Elizabeth
Wife of Nathaniel Tomlinson
Departed This Life
March 27th., A.D. 1817
In the 68th Year Of Her Age.
5. Martha Amanda
Daughter Of Wm. D. Baker
and Drisiller Baker
Departed This Life
Sept. 2nd. A.D. 1825
In The 15th Year Of Her Age.


ON MONTROSE PLANTATION, A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW BEVERLY STORE, LOWER WOODVILLE ROAD. BRICK WALL ENCLOSURE. 


BEECHLAND
1. Thomas T. Davis
Born 1802 - Died 1891
2. Sarah Anne Davis, his wife
Born 1809 - Died 1881
3. Callie Davis Farrar, daughter
1846 - 1871
4. Julia A. Davis, daughter
Born July 15, 1854
Died Jan. 22, 1885
5. Mary Louise Davis, daughter
Born Nov. 21, 1834 - Died May 16, 1850
6. Sally Davis
Died Sept. 2, 1833
Age 64 years
7. Redding B. Davis
Born July 21, 1806
Died Sept. ___ 1852


THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ALMOST IN THE FRONT YARD OF "BEECHLAND" PLANTATION HOUSE - IN THE KINGSTON AREA - NEAR "HILLSIDE" AND THE OLD METHODIST CHURCH.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM MRS. MAVIS O. FELTUS

102 MELROSE, NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI. SHE HAS ALSO SUPPLIED THE NOTE THAT REDDING WAS THE BROTHER AND SALLY THE SISTER OF THOMAS DAVIS. 

BINGAMAN CEMETERY
1. Sacred
To The Memory Of
Mrs. I. Sargent Murray
Daughter Of Winthrop Sargent, Esq.
Of Gloucester
State Of Mississippi
And Widow Of The Rev. John
Murray Of Boston.
Born At Gloucester, May 1, 1751
Died July 6, 1820 Aged 69 Yrs.
"Dear Spirit The Monumental
Stone Can Never Speak Thy Work."
2. Lewis Bingaman
Died Oct. 25th, 1819
Aged 49 Years
3. Adam Bingaman
Died Oct. 27th, 1819
Aged 52 years.
4. Charlotte Catherine Bingaman
Died Aug. 12, 1841
Aged 64 Years.
5. Mrs. Charlotte Frances Wilkins
Died On The 10th Of October
In The Year 1820 At The Bay
Of St. Louis, Aged 26 Yrs.,
And 5 Months.
6. Francis Surget Wilkins
Aged 6 Years And 3 Months.
7. John Francis Bingaman
Died Sept. 25, 1828.
Aged 25 Years.
8. Marie Linton Wilkins
"She Asked Life Of Thee,
And Tho Gavest Her,
Even Length Of Days For
Ever And Ever,
For So Tho Gavest Thy Beloved
Sleep."
9. Sacred
To The Memory Of
Charlotte Bingaman, Only Child
of Adam Lewis & Julia Maria
Bingaman
Born June 10th, 1813
Died Sept. 29th, 1820
Aged 7 Yrs, 3 Mos. & 19 Days.
"Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven."
BISLAND CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
Peter Bisland, Who
Departed This Life
Aug. 31st, 1829. Born
17th Of March, 1789
Aged 40 Yrs, 5 Mos & 14 Days.
2. Sacred To The Memory Of
Jane P. Dunbar, Who
Departed This Life 26th
Of Sept. 1817, Was Born
28th. Of June 1816.
Daughter Of Elizabeth
& James Dunbar.
3. Sacred To The Memory Of
John Bisland, Son Of
John Bisland, Sr. Who
Departed This Life On
The 2nd Of Nov. 1814,
Aged 27 Years.
"He Walked With God. And
He Was Not, For God Took
Him"


4. Sacred To The Memory Of

John Bisland, Native Of
Scotland. Who Departed
This Life - - - - -
5. Sacred To The Memory Of
Susanah, Wife Of John Bisland
Who Departed This Life.
6. Sacred To The Memory Of
Alexander McCauley
Who Departed This Life
Sept. 18th, 1826
Was Born In Scotland
. Emigrated To America In 1817.
7. Sacred To The Memory Of
Susanah Hunter, Consort Of
Rev. Samuel Hunter, Who Was
Born Feb. 12th, 1802 and de-
parted This Life Sept. 28th, 1825.
Oh! Death Where Is Thy Sting
Oh! Grave Where Is Thy Victory.
8. Sacred To The Memory Of
William A. Smylie
Who Departed This Life
June 11th, 1823.
Son Of James And Sarah Smylie.
9. In Memory Of C. Elizabeth Bisland,
Daughter Of James And Abigail
Bisland, Who Departed This Life
On The 10th Day Of Aug, 1822.
Aged Three Years.
10. Sacred To The Memory
Of Jane P. Bisland
Daughter Of James
Abigail Bisland, Who
Departed This Life On
The 14th Day Of Aug, 1822.
Aged Five Years.
11. Sacred To The Memory Of
Catherine B. Patterson
Who Departed This Life
Dec 23rd, 1823.
Aged 25 Yrs., 3 Mons & 5 Days.
Time How Short
Eternity How Long.
12. In Memory Of Mary
Daughter Of Moses King
And Wife Of James Bisland
Born Jan. 8th, 1799
Died March 12th, 1856.
13. Sacred To The Memory Of
Susanah Bisland, Was Born
3rd of Aug. 1823 and Depar-
ted This Life On The 26th Of
July, 1827. Daughter Of James
And Mary Bisland.
14. In Memory Of Catherine Ann
Hunter, Daughter Of Samuel
& And Susan Hunter. Born Mar.
9th, 1825 And Departed This
Life Sept. 8th.


CEMETERY HAS A BRICK WALL AROUND IT; BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. IN A BEAUTIFUL SPOT SURROUNDED BY OAK TREES. IN GOOD SHAPE FOR AN OLD CEMETERY. ABOUT THREE MILES FROM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT PINE RIDGE ON A ROAD LEADING THROUGH FROM PINE RIDGE TO SELMA. IT IS ABOUT HALF MILE OFF THE ROAD AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE GOING FROM SELMA TO PINE RIDGE. 

BRANCH CEMETERY
1. In Memory Of John Branch, M.D.
Born In Chester Co., Virginia
January 8, 1783
Died August 12, 1844.
2. Rebecca H. Daughter Of
Richard Fletcher And
Rebecca Hunnicutt And Wife Of
Dr. John Branch
Born In Nashville, Tenn.
Sept. 25, 1808
Died April 8, 1897.


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AT PROPINQUITY PLANTATION OWNED BY MISS REBECCA MILLER. CEMETERY WELL KEPT, BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS GROWING AROUND IT. 

BRANDON CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory
Of Sarah Brandon
Who Departed This Life
Jan. 23, 1831, Aged 44 Years.
Her Soul Too Pure And Bright
Earth, Took Its Flight To
Heaven.
2. Sacred To The Memory
Of Mary Ann Brandon
Who Departed This Life
July 6, 1807
Aged 24 Years.
3. Sacred To The Memory
Of Dorothy Brandon
Consort Of Gerard Brandon
She Departed This Life
Aug. 27, 1816, Aged 57 Yrs.
4. Sacred To The Memory Of
Gerard Brandon
A Son Of Erin
Who Departed This Life
July 27, 1823 Aged 73 Yrs.
The Soul's Abode Is With It's God.
A.S.R. 1776.
5. Sacred To The Memory Of
James R. Smith
Son Of James & Margaret Smith
Born Feb. 11, 1824, And Departed
This Life Jan. 9, 1836.
6. Sacred To The Memory Of
Sarah B.
Daughter Of James & Margaret Smith
Who Died Oct. 22, 1823
Aged 2 Yrs. & 23 Days.
7. Sacred To The Memory Of
James Smith
A Native Of South Carolina
He Departed This Life Aug. 8, 1830.
8. Sacred To The Memory Of
Margaret Smith
Died March 3, 1856. Aged 70 Yrs.
Her Life Was Spent In Doing Good,
And In Preforming Charitable Acts
So She Lived Beloved And Died
Lamented By All Who Knew Her.


[see also "Selma Plantation Home" entry]

9. Mary Phillips,
Daughter Of Margaret Smith
And James Smith
First Wife Of Richard Phillips.
10. Richard Phillips
Husband of Mary Smith.
11. Maria Chambers
Sister Of Gov. Gerard Brandon's
First Wife. Never Married.


[see also "Selma Plantation Home" entry] 


BRANDON HALL CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
Philip A. Brandon
Born
Sept. 11, 1841
Died March 6, 1859
A Youth Of Noble And Generous
Nature, Manly, Truthful And Kind.
Affliction Developed A Gentleman
And Patience Made Sublime By His
Steady Repose In God.
Death Heeds Not Affliction tears


Then Wherefor Should I Weep

He Cannot Return To Me
But I Can Go To Him.
2. Sacred To The Memory Of
Anna, Daughter Of Gerard &
Charlotte G. Brandon
Who Was Born Apr. 20th, 1852
Died March 28th, 1854.


3. Charlotte B. Pierce

Born Nov. 14, 1847
Died On Good Friday Apr 3, 1885
She Rests In Hope Of The Blessed Master
4. Sacred To The Memory Of
Agnes S. Daughter Of P. &
C. S. Brandon.
Born June 29th, 1851
Died Jan. 19, 1862.
(Footnote) A. S. B.
Blessed Be The Dark!
That Wafts Us To The Shores,
Where Death Divided Friends
Shall Part No More;
I Join Those There
Herewith Thy Dust Repose
All The Hope Thy Hapless
Mother Knows.
5. Sacred To The Memory Of
Margaret S.
Daughter Of Gerard & Charlotte
Brandon.
Born March 19th, 1843
Died March 5th, 1844.


6. Sacred To The Memory Of

Alice, Daughter Of G. & C.S.
Brandon.
Born Aug. 19, 1856
Died Jan. 16, 1862.


[see also "Selma Plantation Home" entry]

7. Sacred To The Memory Of
Gerard G., Son Of
Gerard & Charlotte Brandon
Born Aug. 20, 1849
Died Mar. 31, 1852.
A Flower Nipped In The Bud.
8. Sacred To The Memory Of
Sarah M., Daughter Of
Gerard & C. S. Brandon
Born June 23, 1851
Died Dec. 13, 1862.
(Footnote) S.M.B.
9. A Memorial To
Elizabeth Elmina
Brandon Merrill
Born Feb. 23, 1892
Died Dec. 3, 1894,
From Her God Parents
Aaron And Jane Vail
"Ah' Tis Now That We Should Mourn
With Bitter Tears Her Flight Thus Early
From The Earth, For She Is Now A Lovely
Blossom On The Tree of Life,
Blooming Forever, In God's Paradise.


BRANDON HALL CEMETERY IS LOCATED JUST OFF OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE ABOUT THREE MILES ABOVE SELMA ON BRANDON HALL PLANTATION. NOW OWNED BY MR. WALTER P. ABBOTT. THIS CEMETERY IS VERY WELL KEPT. ONE GRAVE WITH A BRICK WALL AROUND IT HAS CRUMBLED AND HAS NO MARKER.

[see also "Selma Plantation Home" entry] 

BRYANDALE CEMETERY
1. In Memory Of Hardy Bonner
Eliza Ventress
Elizabeth Sessions
And
Edmond Hatch
Infant Children Of John W.
And Henrietta Bryan
Suffer Little Children To
Come Unto Me And Forbid Them Not,
For Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven.
2. John W. Bryan, Sr
Born
Dec. 22, 1782
Died
Sept. 15, 1847
3. James H. Bryan
Born
Mar. 17, 1835
Died
Sept. 1, 1845.
4. Mary Bryan
Born June 1, 1816
Died Dec. 19, 1856.
5. Walter S. Bryan
Son Of L. A. & S. J. Bryan
Born Dec. 2, 1872
Died Aug. 17, 1861.
6. John W. Bryan Jr.
Born Oct. 16, 1818
Died Aug. 26, 1834
7. Adam Forly Sr.
Departed This Life
Feb. 17, 1811
Aged 72
An Israelite Indeed.
8. In Memory Of Mary Bryan
Wife Of Lewis Bryan
Born On 20th Nov. 1785
Died On 24th Dec. 1834
Died Her End Was Peace.
9. In Memory Of Hardy S. Bryan
Born 11th Of Feb. 177-
Died Aug. 29, 1834
Leaving Four Children To
Regret His Absence.
10. Henry W. Bryan, Son Of
L. W. & V. V. Bryan
Born Sep. 22, 1857
Died Aug. 12, 1865.
11. Henrietta G. Bryan
Born June 18, 1839
Sept. 1, 1839.
12. In Memory Of Mary L. D. Bryan
Daughter Of Lewis And Mary Bryan
Born Dec. 17, 1822
Died Aug. 9, 1834.
13. In Memory Of Eugenia Vernon
Daughter Of Rev. John G.
And E. Burris
Born Nov. 16, 1819
Died Nov. 30, 1824
Early At Rest.
14. In Memorian & Sorrow
J. W. B.
15. Polly Bryan Tooly
Born Dec. 31, 1776
Died Feb. 13, 1814.
16. Sacred To The Memory Of
Sarah Adeline
Daughter Of William & Ann Proby
Born Nov. 12, 1821, Died July 11, 1841.


BRYANDALE CEMETERY IS ABOUT ONE MILE FROM WASHINGTON ON HIGHWAY 84. MR. WALLACE RATCLIFF OWNS BRYANDALE PLANTATION. CEMETERY IN BAD SHAPE, NOT ENCLOSED, TOMBSTONES CRUMBLED. 

BUCKLES CEMETERY
1. Lottie P. Daughter Of
W. A. And P. A. Buckles
Born Feb. 17, 1887
Died Jan. 14, 1901
2. James Brown Son Of
W. A. & P. A. Buckles
Born Feb. 16, and
Died Feb. 23, 1888.
3. William M. Son Of
W. A. And P. A. Buckles
Born Jan. 9, 1884
Died June 1, 1901.
4. Johnie Son Of
Posey & Lovie French
"Gone To Be An Angel."
5. "Gone Home"
Lovie - Wife Of Posey French
Born May 14, 1870
Died Feb. 12, 1890.
6. Mary J. Calcote
Died Feb. 27, 1903
Aged 65 Years Old.
7. Eliza J. Daughter Of
M. J. & F. H. Griffin
Died Oct. 7, 1857
Aged One Year.
8. Abram Buckles
Died Nov. 1853
Aged 75 Years.
9. Mahalia - Wife Of A. Buckles
Died June 1825, Aged 50 Years.
10. Joseph W. Son Of
M. F. & I. E. Hawkins
Born Feb. 25 & Died Aug. 28,
1901.
At Rest.


SOME DISTANCE OFF OF HIGHWAY 84. ON MR. EVERETTE RATCLIFFE'S PLANTATION. CEMETERY IN BAD SHAPE. 

CRERRY GROVE CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
James Surget
Son Of
James Surget & Catherine
Elizabeth Lintot
Born at Cherry Grove
Dec 5, 1836
Departed This Life
May 1, 1920
2. Sacred to The Memory of
James Surget
Died Aug 27, 1855
Aged 69 years, 9 months, & 9 days
3. In Memory Of
Catherine Elizabeth
Consort of James Surget
Who Departed This Life
March 17, 1859 Aged 31 Years


4 months & 6 days

4. CARLOTTA
Carlotta Linton Surget
McKittrick
1873 - 1946
5. Hannah Serepta
Bailey
Infant daughter of
David L. & Charlotte
Surget McKittrick
June 13, 1905
6. Sacred To The Memory Of
David Lawrence McKittrick
Son Of
David Lawrence McKittrick D.D.S.
and Hannah Serepta Bailey
Born Baton Rouge Louisiania
March 17, 1866
Died Elmscourt, Natchez, Mississippi
November 8, 1953
7. Catharine Hubbard S. McKittrick
McRae
Daughter of
David L. & Carlotta S. McKittrick
Widow of Alexander McRae
June 13, 1905 - June 25, 1970
Also Their Infant Daughter
Frances Sophia died
Feby 28, 1839
Aged 1 month
(this stone is box shaped
and about shoulder high)
8. In Memory Of
Fanny Surget
Born 14th Jany 1789
Died 5th July 1792
9. In Memory Of
Charles B. Surget
Born September 7, 1771
Died March 20, 1805
10. In Memory Of
Peter Surget Jr.
Born December 29th 1778
Died April 11th, 1817
11. In Memory Of
William Surget
Born December 1795
Died 10th July, 1834
12. Sacred To The Memory
Of Catharine
Wife Of Peter Surget Sr.
And Daughter Of Jacob & Catherine Hubbard
Of N. York
Born Oct 6, 1749
Died Sept 14th, 1811
13. Sacred To The Memory Of
Peter Surget Sr.
Native of Rochelle in
FRANCE
Born May 12th, 1734
Died July 27th, 1796
14. William Franklin Boggess
Maj U.S. Army
Korea Vietnam
March 22, 1935 - March 12, 1978
Legion of Merit
Oct. 24, 1978
ECCL. 3. 1-12, 12 JOHN 1. 1 -14
"Oh I Have Slipped The Surly Bonds Of Earth
Put Out My Hand, And Touched The Face Of God"
15. Douglas Harrison MacNeil
June 26, 1901 - May 4, 1963


LOCATED AT SECTION 40, RANGE 2W, TOWNSHIP 6N

SURVEYED BY:

THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON BEAUTIFUL CHERRY GROVE PLANTATION. OFF HIGHWAY 61, ABOUT 1 MILE DOWN KINGSTON ROAD.

CEMETERY IS VERY WELL KEPT. HAS BLACK IRON FENCE AROUND IT WITH NAME SURGET AB. ANNO 1792 ON IRON GATE. ALL FENCE AND STONES ARE INTACT AND KEPT UP BY MRS. GRACE McNEIL

ORIGINAL SURGET HOME, BUILT ON LANDS OBTAINED FROM INDIANS. 

CHINA VILLA CEMETERY

ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE CHINA VILLA CEMETERY IS A BRICK VAULT WITH NO INSCRIPTIONS. BODIES WERE REMOVED FROM THIS VAULT WHEN THE SLAVES WERE FREED AND BURIED IN THE CITY CEMETERY IN NATCHEZ. MISS. THIS VAULT IS LOCATED ON CHINA VILLA PLANTATION SIX MILES FROM NATCHEZ ON THE LIBERTY ROAD.

[Added Note: Home Of Thomas Ford] 

CLIFFS

1. Jane Surget White, Owner Of "Arlington", 1818 - 1825

2. John Hampton White, Traditionally Known As Designer Of "Arlington" 3. Elizabeth White 4. Matthew White Copied In 1940

By Anne Gwin Vaughn, Owner Of "Arlington" At A Private Cemetery South Of Natchez On The Property Known As The "Cliffs," Then The Property Of A. J. Brown, Near Roger Davis' Plantation, Called "The Grove." The property is now (1989) owned by Lawrence O. Branyan, Jr.

Typescript In 1973 - By Ronald W. Miller, Mississippi Department Of Archives And History.

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On 6/28/89 Mr. Jack Heuer, 2301 Retta, Corpus Christi, TX 78418 supplied the further information that there is also a marker as follows:

"Charles White B. July 30, 1769"
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