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(Continued) A Partial List Of Private Cemeteries In Natchez and Adams County, Mississippi
Compiled by Bob and Sarah Shumway 

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Cemeteries
Foster (aka Gibson) / Foster / Foster-Speed / "Etania" Passbuck Place / Galtney / The Gardens / Gibson / Grayson / Grove Plantation / Hoggatt

FOSTER CEMETERY ON DUVAL HENDERSONS PLACE
ALSO CALLED GIBSON CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
Mary Jane Consort Of R. M. Gibson
Born Mar. 8, 1821
Died Sept. 8, 1851, Age 30 Years.
2. James Crossgrove
Born Oct. 23, 1837
Died Aug. 15, 1841.
3. Sacred To The Memory Of
Simeon Gibson
Born Aug. 8, 1781
Died Oct. 12, 1883.
In This Life Was The Good Citizen,
Good Husband And Good Parent And
The Uniform Christian. He Lived A
Member Of The M. E. Church For 14
Years And Died As He Lived In The
Full Assurance Of Blessed Immor-
Ality.
4. Sacred To The Memory Of
Harriet A. Wife Of
James H. Bullin
Died July 13, 1811,
Aged 21 Years.
5. In Memory Of Martha Mygatt
Born Oct. 29, 1836
Died Aug. 28, 1844.
6. Simeon L. Gibson
Born Sept. 5, 1816
Died Jan 4, 1873.
7. Sarah Ann
Wife Of Simeon Gibson
Born April 8, 1825
Died May 9, 1880.
In The Last Day, That Day Of The Feast Jesus Stood And Cried, Saying; If Any Man Thirst Let Him Come Unto Me And Drink.
8. Sacred To The Memory Of
Thomas Crossgrove
Born June 28, 1839
Died July 20, 1840.
9. In Memory
Of An
Infant
Child Of Jordan
& Tennessee Gibson
1842.
10. In Memory Of
An Infant
Child Of Jordan
& Tennessee Gibson
1849.


(stone badly broken)

THE ABOVE CEMETERY IS ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF NATCHEZ ON PINE RIDGE ROAD A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN ROAD IN A SECLUDED WOODED SECTION. THE TOMBS ARE IN BAD CONDITION, SOME BEING BADLY BROKEN. 

FOSTER CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
Enilda R. Brassier
Eldest Daughter Of
William And Mary Foster
Born Jan. 17, 1826
Died July 31, 1846.
Aged 20 Years 6 mons & 14 Days.
2. In Memory Of William Gilbert
Who Departed This Life
Nov. 16, 1796
In The 34th Year Of His Age.
3. To The Memory Of
Mrs. Charlotte Foster
4. Sacred To The Memory Of
James Foster, Sr.
Born On The 2nd Day Of Aug. 1752
Departed This Life Nov. 14th
A. D. 1835 Aged 83 Years
3 Mons And 12 Days.
5. Sacred To The Memory Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Foster
Consort Of James Foster, Sr.
She Was Born Dec. 25, 1762
And Departed This Life
Oct. 13, 1837, Aged 74 Years,
9 Mons & 18 Days.
6. To The Memory Of
Elinor Wilkinson
Aged 36 Years, 1826.
7. Sacred To The Memory Of
Mrs. Mary Foster
Aged 92 Years, 1819
8. To The Memory Of
Mrs. Mary Disharoon
Aged 20 Years., 1815.
9. Sacred To The Memory Of
Fanney Turner
Who Departed This Life
July 21st, 1832 In The 45th
Year Of Her Age.


CEMETERY IN PRETTY LOCATION AS YOU ENTER IT FROM FOSTER'S MOUND, BUT OF COURSE NOT WELL KEPT. BROKEN STONES, PARTLY FENCED, ACROSS FROM FOSTER'S MOUND. 

FOSTER - SPEED CEMETERY
1. THOMAS FOSTER, who was born on the 19th day of September 1762. He lived

in the discharge of all the duties of social order and exemplified
through life the character of the doer of god and was removed from the
bosom of his family to that of his God on the last day of September,
1829.
2. CASSANDRA SPEED, late consort of John Speed and daugnter of Thomas Foster native of Adams Co. Mississippi who departed this life on the 21st March 1831 in the 44th year of her age and is now gone to enjoy in Heaven an eternity of increasing Blessings and Glory.

 

 

The remains of the family burial ground of Thomas Foster of the "Fosters Mound" Foster's. He was the owner of Ibrahima or Prince as he was called here.

Mrs. Jeff Lambdin told Mrs. L.R. McGehee many years ago that other monuments had been removed for use as door steps etc. Mrs. Lambdin's father had torn down the old Foster house and built the present dwelling which is now the home of Mr. & Mrs. Dalton Brown. The monuments are on the grounds of the Brown's home.

Adjacent to the steam plant on Steam Plant Road. Between Fosters Mound Road and Pine Ridge Road.

Sec. 12, T7N, R3W.

Reported by Mrs L. R. McGehee, Route 6, Box 223, Natchez, Mississippi. 

"ETANIA" (PASSBACK PLACE)
Gaillard - Sanderson - Foster
1. Seth William Warren
Born June 18, 1797
Hudson, New York
Died May 23, 1858
Shall Memory Be Wanting To His
Virtue
Or A Monument To His Ashes.
2. Sacred To The Memory Of
Isaac Gaillard Sr.
Died Aug. 27, 1823
Aged 32 Years
And His Four Children
Willisam Died July 13, 1823
Aged 4 Yrs, and 3 mons
Linney Lorinda Died Aug.
25, 1823 Aged 15 Mon.
John Theodore Died Sept.
5, 1826 Aged 2 Yrs, And 9 mons.
And
Isaac Died July 11, 1832
Aged 11 Yrs And 7 Mons.
Their Hope Is Certainty.
3. In Memory Of Robert R. Barker
Died Sept. 23, 1853
Aged 32 Years.
4. Sacred To The Memory Of
Sinah Anne Daughter Of
Robert ?. And Laura L. Barker
Born Dec. 2, 1841 Died Sept. 17, 1845
Suffer Little Children To Come
Unto Me And Forbid Them Not, For
Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven.
5. Sacred To The Memory Of
John A. Sanderson
Born At Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Feb. 20, 1795
And Died Oct. 10, 1856.
6. Sacred To The Memory Of
John Alexander Sanderson Jun.
Who Died Sep 18, 1837
Aged 5 Years And 3 Mos.
If He Was Born To Death
He Died To Live.
7. Sacred To The Memory Of
John Sanderson Ralston
Born Aug. 4, 1853
Died Jan. 28, 1856.
8. Sacred To The Memory Of
Samuel Foster
Born June 5, 1803
Died Nov. 5, 1840.
9. Sacred To The Memory Of
James F. Foster Son Of
James And S. A. C. Foster
Born Dec. 21, 1835
Died Sept. 14, 1837.  


GALTNEY

1. Sacred To The Memory Of
Henry Wallace, Son Of
Thomas B. & Lenora Wallace
Born Oct. 5, 1831 In North
Carolina
Died Oct. 9, 1853.
"An Heir Of God - - And Joint
Heir With Christ
He Praises Him With His Latest
Breath
Who Had His Sins Forgiven
And Closed His Rapturous Eyes
In Death And Died In Sight
Of Heaven."
2. James William Tooly
Departed This Life Oct. 3, 1820
Aged 16 Months & 13 Days.
3. In Memory Of
James Tooley, Senr.
Born Near Newburn, N. C., June 22, 1769
Died At Natchez, Miss. Jan. 17, 1845.
4. In Memory Of
Miss Mary C. W. Shaw
Daughter Of


Col.___________

5. Polly B. Shaw Of Tennessee
Born Dec. 6, 1814
Died Mar. 5, 1823.


According to Benbrook family tradition, and a listing in the W.G. Benbrook family bible, these people also are supposed to be buried in this cemetery:

Dr. D.G. Benbrook, Lucy Leaton Benbrook, Margaret Boyer Benbrook, Two Benbrook children.

ON HIGHWAY 84 - - 4 MILES FROM WASHINGTON. CEMETERY IN BAD SHAPE. 

THE GARDENS
Listing of Burials:
Monuments:
Charles L. Schleet 1857 - 1900
Charles P. Schleet 1892 - 1901
Unmarked Graves:
Louisa Eleanora Kessberger Schleet, 21 Jan. 1831 - 14 Apr. 1893
Charles Daniel Adolph Schleet, 21 Aug. 1820 - 5 Apr. 1896
Freeland Mawson McConchie, 14 Jan. 1857 - 18 Mar. 1930
Susanna Helena Schleet McConchie, 21 Feb. 1859 - 12 Dec. 1940
Melvin Monroe Starnes, 28 May 1890 - 4 Feb. 1965
Susanna Mawson McConchie Starnes, 7 Mar. 1900 - 22 Jan. 1977
Fred Davis Gilbert, 21 Mar. 1888 - 8 Oct. 1969
Ruth Louisa McConchie Gilbert 1 Jan. 1889 - 26 May 1980
Otis Guice Gilbert, 1 Sept. 1891 - 18 Dec. 1951
Caleb Hurst Weir, 23 May 1857 - 1 Mar. 1941

THIS CEMETERY IS ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FAMILY HOME "THE GARDENS" AND IS ADJACENT TO THE NATCHEZ CITY CEMETERY. THE GRAVES ARE ENCLOSED BY A WELL KEPT BRICK WALL. THIS PRIVATE BURIAL GROUND, OPENED IN 1893, WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SCHLEET OR McCONCHIE PRIVATE CEMETERY.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED BY MRS. RUTH GILBERT EMRICK, DR. & MRS. FRED GILBERT EMRICK AND MRS. SUSAN EMRICK SMITH. 

GIBSON CEMETERY
1. In Memory Of
Mrs. Catherine Lum
Consort Of Sam Lum
Died Sept. 29, 1829
Aged 18 Years And 1 Day.


(Ed. Note: Someone Has Added [1819] after year of death)

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2. Sacred To The Memory Of
Rachel Foster
Born Dec. 3, 1767
Died July 1, 1851.
3. Sacred To The Memory Of
William Foster
Died July 12, 1834
Aged 74 Years & 10 Mos.
4. Sacred To The Memory Of
Mary Jane Hewitt
Daughter Of Sam & Martha Hewitt
Died Aug. 17, 1829
Aged 14 Mos & 5 Days.
5. Thomas Rogillio
Departed This Life
Jan. 21, 1853 Aged
26 Years, 5 mos & 5 Days.
6. William Rogillio
Born In 1830
Died In 1839


LIKE MOST ALL OLD BURIAL PLACES, NOT AT ALL WELL KEPT. SITUATED ON CROSSROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND PINE RIDGE. 

GRAYSON CEMETERY
On Brandon Hall Below Brandon Hall House.
1. In Memory Of
Thomas Thorpe Grayson
He Was Born On The 16th
Day Of May, 1805
And Departed This Life On
The A. D. 18th Day Of May
1834.
2. Rebecca Crew Grayson
Born 14th Day of October, 1831
And Died May 1853.
(This Monument Was Dedicated By
His Brother, And Her Father
Spencer Monroe Grayson.)


CEMETERY IS SITUATED BACK OF THE BRANDON HALL HOUSE OFF HIGHWAY 61. LEAVE WASHINGTON ON HIGHWAY 61 - OLD ROAD. RIDE ABOUT 4 MILES TO BRANDON HALL - TURN OFF TO RIGHT TO THE HOME WHICH IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE HIGHWAY. GRAYSON CEMETERY IS ALMOST WITHIN SIGHT OF HOUSE, ABOUT 200 YARDS. CEMETERY IN BAD SHAPE, NO FENCE, STONES CRUMBLED. 

GROVE PLANTATION CEMETERY
1. James Green
Born 24th Feb. 1789 - Died 15th May 1832
43 years old
(footstone - J.G.)
2. In Memory of
Mary H. Green
wife of the late Abner Green
Born 4 Feb. 1768 - Died 4 Feb. 1825
3. In Memory of
Abner Green
Born 21 Jan. 1762
Died 21 Feb. 1816
Aged 54 years
4. In Memory of
William Henry Green
Born 9th April 1801
Died 1817
aged 16 years
(footstone W H G)
5. In Memory of
Thomas Hutchins Green
Born 23 Jan. 1787 - Died 6 Feb. 1810
aged 23 years
6. Infant son
David and Eliza G. Wood
Two hours old
7. In Memory of
Abner Green Wood
son of
David and Eliza Wood
Born 1823 - Died 1825
Age two years
8. In Memory of
James Green Wood
son of
David and Eliza G. Wood
Born 1822 - Died 1826
Age 4 years
9. Maria Green Wood
daughter of
David and Eliza G. Wood
Born 1820 and died _____
age 6 months
10. Joseph Carson Wood
son of
David and Eliza Wood
Born 1824
11. Sacred to the memory of [Large Stone]
Mrs. E. C. Wood
Born 15th Nov. 1792 - died 3rd April 1851
in the 59th year of her age
"for God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not parish but have everlasting life
John III 16
12. Mary Caroline Abercrombie
wife of
Dr. C. S. Abercrombie
was born June 5, 1814
and died February 24, 1842
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
13. Charles R. Abercrombie
son of Charles and Mary C. Abercrombie
was born Dec. 13, 1834 - died 1st Feb. 1837
"Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
14. Bela Metcalfe
son of J. R. Metcalfe
Born in Kentucky
__ March 1792 - departed this life 27th Aug. 1823
Lawyer and once a judge of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
This stone is dedicated to his memory by his early
guardian and affectionate brother Thomas Metcalfe
15. Large stone
lying face down that cannot
be identified.


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Cemetery surveyed February 9, 1996 by

Mrs. Eugene J. Parker (Mrs. Eugene J. (Page) Parker, 270 Morgantown Rd, Natchez, phone 442-2204) and her sister Mrs. Jones (Mrs. John M. Jones, 880 A Hwy 61 South, Natchez, phone 442-1581) who lives at lives at Grove Plantation. 

HOGGATT CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
Agnes Hoggatt, Daughter Of
Anthony & Sally Hoggatt.
Born Jan. 23, 1781
Died Jan. 16, 1815.
2. Sacred To The Memory Of
John Hoggatt, Born Jan. 7, 1776
Died Sept. 12, 1835.
3. Charlotte, Daughter of
Anthony & Martha Ann Hoggatt
Born Dec. 14, 1850
Died Of Yellow Fever
Nov. 9, 1853
"What God Hath Taken
He Will Restore.
Not Lost, Not Lost
She Has Gone Before."
4. Sacred To The Memory Of
Phillip Hoggatt, Who Was Born
In Buckingham County, Va.
March 2, 1779, And Died At His
Residence In Adams County., Miss.
Aug. 20, 1855.
5. Sacred To The Memory Of
Nathaniel W. Hoggatt
Son Of Nathanial & Charlotte
Hoggatt.
Born Aug. 1, 1823
Died Dec. 6, 18__(not plain)
6. Sacred To The Memory Of
Philip Hoggatt, Son Of
Nathanial Hoggatt, Who
Departed This Life Sept. 5,
1819 In The 6th Year Of His
Age.
7. In Memory Of John Hoggatt
Son Of Nathaniel Hoggatt
Who Departed This Life Mar. 24,
1838 Aged 24 Years.
8. To The Memory Of Sally Bosley
Consort Of Charles Bosley And
Daughter Of Anthony & Sarah
Hoggatt, Died Dec. 12, 1813
In The 32 Year Of Her Age.
9. Anthony Hoggatt
Died Of Yellow Fever, Dec. 2,
1853 In The 4th Year Of His
Age.
10. To The Memory Of
Nat Hoggatt Who
Died Sept. 3, 1821
Aged 5 Years.
11. In Memory Of James Hoggatt
Who Departed This Life
Feb. 3, 1813, Aged 59 Yrs.
And 9 mos.
"There Is A Better And A
Happier World."
12. Sacred To The Memory Of
Mrs. Grissilla Hoggatt
Relict Of James Hoggatt (deceased)
Who Departed This Life Feb 21,
1842 In The 77th Year Of Her Age.
She Was A Native Of Virginia And
With Her Husband Emigrated From
Their Neighborhood Of Nashville,
Tenn. And Settled In The Natchez
District Of The Miss. Territory,
In The Beginning Of The Year 1800.
Here She Lived For 42 Years Surroun-
ded By Her Numerous Relatives And
Children, Beloved And Respected As
A Kind Neighbor And Affectionate
Parent And An Humble And Devoted
Christian, "Blessed Are The Dead
That Die In The Lord."
13. James Hoggatt Wright
Son Of William & Mary Wright
Born Nov. 4, 1815
Departed This Life On The 2nd Of
July 1841.
"This Stone Is Devoted To His
Memory By Her Who Best Knew His
Worth, And Most Deplored His
Loss."
14. Sacred To The Memory Of Sally
Hoggatt,
Consort Of Anthony Hoggatt
Born Feb. 10, 1755
Died Oct. 3, 1842.
15. Sacred To The Memory Of
Anthony Hoggatt
Born Sept. 28, 1749
Died Sept. 27, 1818.
16. Sacred To The Memory Of
Nathaniel Hoggatt
Born Apr. 28, 1777
Died Oct. 18, 1853.
17. In Memory Of Charlotte Hoggatt
Consort Of Nathaniel Hoggatt
Who Departed This Life
Dec. 24, 1836 Aged 48 years.
18. To The Memory Of
Sarah Hoggatt
Who Died Sept. 5, 1822
Aged 5 Years, 3 Days.
Of
Nat Hoggatt
Charlotte
Born Sept. 25, 1830
Died Jan. 16, 1831.
19. Elizabeth Elmina
Born Feb. 26, 1835
Died July 13, 1839.
20. Sacred To The Memory Of
Thetherse, Daughter of
Richard S. & Agnes W. Williams.
21. Sarah Hoggatt
Born July 30, 1832
Died Aug. 6, 1835.
22. Charles Bosley
Husband Of Sally


(No Date Available.)

HOGGATT CEMETERY AT FENWICK, MISS. ON HIGHWAY 84, KNOWN AS CLOVER HILL PLANTATION. VERY OLD CEMETERY. LIKE ALL OLD CEMETERIES NOT SO WELL KEPT. MR. FRED CALLON LIVES AT CLOVERHILL. 

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