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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
Lebanon Pond / Linden / Longwood / Metcalf / Montrose Plantation / McCowen / McCullough & Perkins / Monette / Monmouth / Morgantown / Mt. Carmel

LEBANON POND CEMETERY
1. In Memory Of
John S. Miller
Born In Savannah, Georgia
March 9th, 1786
Died In Adams County, Miss.
April 2nd, 1853
This Monument Is Erected
By His Grateful Children.
2. J S M


(Deserted Unkept Grave Near A Pond)

LEFT ON HIGHWAY 84 JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO LEESDALE.

[Added Note: South Of Highway 84 - on Ratcliff land,

West of oil company property] 

LINDEN CEMETERY
(Monument)
1. Jane Percy Ker
Born At
"Percy Forest", Near Bayou Sara
Aug. 19, 1837
Died At
"Huntley"Parish Of Catahoula
Feb 6th, 1864
"Blessed Are The Dead Which Die
In The Lord.
Yea, Though I Walk Through The
Valley Of The Shadow Of Death,
I Will Fear No Evil; For Thou
Art With Me; Thy Rod And Thy Staff
They Comfort Me."
Ps. 23;4
"When Thou Saidst, Seek Ye My Face;
My Heart Said Unto Thee, Thy Face
Lord Will I Seek."
Ps. 27;8
2. David Ker
Born In North Carolina
March 10, 1791
Died In Miss. Nov. 20, 1817.
3. David Ker
Born In Ireland Feb. 1758
Died In Miss. Jan. 21, 1805.
4. Mary Ker
Born In Ireland Mar. 30, 1757
Died In Natchez, Miss. Nov. 30, 1847.
5. Dr. John Ker
Born In North Carolina
June 27, 1789
Died In Good Hope, La. Jan. 4, 1850
6. Mary Ker Wife Of Dr. John Ker
Born In Kentucky, Jan. 13, 1803
Died In Natchez, Miss. Oct 14, 1862
7. Mary Susan Ker
Daughter Of Dr. & Mrs. John Ker
Born At "Linden" Mar. 29, 1838
Died In Natchez, Sept. 20, 1923
8. Sacred To The Memory Of
Lewis Son Of
Lewis B. & Susan F. Ker
Born Aug. 19th, 1868
Died Oct. 10th, 1869.
9. Stephen Duncan Ker
Born January 18th, 1829
Died Sept. 19th, 1835
10. Mary Ker
Born Jan. 28, 1821
Died Nov. 7, 1836
11. Susan Lewis Ker
Born Dec. 29, 1835
Died June 1st, 1836
12. James Ker
Born 23rd January 1833
Died 13th August, 1839.
13. Burling Green Reed
Departed This Life The 22nd Of Oct.
In The 9th Year Of His Age.
14. Mary Braddock Reed
Departed This Life The 27th
Of Oct. 1823 In The 35 Yr. Of Her Age.
15. Dr. S. H. Bushnell
Born In Trumbell Co., Ohio
Aug. 23, 1820
Died In Natchez, Oct. 22, 1846
Aged 26 Years.


CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON LINDEN PLACE, NATCHEZ, MISS. BRICK WALL IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH IRON GATE SURROUNDING CEMETERY, IT IS KEPT UP BY MISS CATHERINE DUNBAR OF THIS CITY, A NIECE OF MARY KER. GRAVES ARE UNDERGROUND VAULTS WITH MARBLE SLABS.

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RESURVEYED AT THE NATCHEZ CITY CEMETERY AUGUST 20, 1988 BY SARAH & BOB SHUMWAY - 5 OF THE DATES SHOWN ON THE ORIGINAL "W.P.A." SHEETS WERE INCORRECT. TEN OF THE FIFTEEN GRAVES HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO THE "BROWNS FINAL ADDITION" OF THE NATCHEZ CITY CEMETERY. THOSE GRAVES FOUND IN THE CITY CEMETERY ARE IDENTIFIED ON THESE TWO PAGES WITH THE NUMBERS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10,11 & 12. 

LONGWOOD CEMETERY
1. Julia Augusta Williams
Wife Of Haller Nutt
Born Aug. 11, 1822
Died Feb. 23, 1897
2. Haller Nutt
Born Feb. 17, 1816
Died June 15, 1864.
3. Fannie Smith
Daughter Of
Haller And Julia A. Nutt
Born May 5, 1846
Died Aug. 21, 1848
4. Mrs. Lillie Nutt Ward
Died July 12, 1830
Aged 69 Years,
1 Month, 8 Days


[Ed. Note: In the above listing the year 1830 is circled and 1930 is written beside it.]

5. Jas. W. Ward
Died Apr. 23, 1930
Aged 72 Years.


THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY LIBRARY IN JACKSON, MISS. IT WAS FOUND ON A SHEET OF PAPER IN THE ADAMS COUNTY CEMETERIES FOLDER. THERE IS NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP OR DATE. 

METCALF
Montrose Plantation
Metcalfe
Vollney Metcalf


NO DATE COULD BE OBTAINED FROM THIS TOMB. ENCLOSED BY AN ELABORATE IRON FENCE, IT IS WITHIN SIGHT OF THE RUINS OF MONTROSE, HOME OF THE METCALFE FAMILY. 

MONTROSE PLANTATION CEMETERY
1. Joseph Andrew Ligon
Born 1827
Died October 16, 1883
Aged 56 Years.
2. Sophia Ligon
Born 1839
Died May 8, 1884
Aged 45 Years.


ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF WEST OF MONTROSE ON MONTROSE PLANTATION. 

McCOWEN
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
James McCowen
Born Feb. 23, 1785
Died June 20, 1835.
In His 51st Year.
He Immigrated From South Carolina
To Pine Ridge Near Natchez A. D. 1801,
Where He Lived Until His Death.
2. Sacred To The Memory Of
Mrs Mary McCowen, Born In
South Carolina 1793.
Died Near Natchez, Miss.
Jan. 8, 1855
In The 63 Year Of Her Age.
3. Sacred To The Memory Of
Courtney Ann McCowen
Born Oct. 27, 1831
Died July 12, 1835.


THIS CEMETERY IS SITUATED ON MR. LEE PARKER'S PLACE NEAR WASHINGTON STATION, AND IS NOT SO WELL KEPT. 

McCULLOUGH AND PERKINS CEMETERY
1. In Memory Of
Mary Jane McCullough
Daughter Of Charles
And Elizabeth Perkins
And Consort Of Hamilton
McCullough Born July 12,
(broken) Died Jan. 12, 18__
(crumbled).
2. Joseph H. Perkins Son Of
Charles And Elizabeth Perkins
Born Dec. 24, 1829
Died Nov. 13, 1833.


3. In Memory Of Charles Perkins
Son Of Joseph And Sarah Perkins
Born May 22, 1783
Died June 30, 1834.
4. Joel Perkins Son Of
Joseph and Sarah Perkins


(rest crumbled)

IN VERY DILAPIDATED CONDITION. GATE BROKEN. WALLS ABOUT 6 FEET HIGH, 2 FEET WIDE ALL CRUMBLED. A TREE HAS FALLEN AND BROKEN STONES. IN YEARS PAST IT MUST HAVE BEEN AN ATTRACTIVE BURIAL GROUND. ON HIGHWAY 61 NORTH BEFORE REACHING WASHINGTON, TO RIGHT.

CORRECTIONS TO #1 MADE BY

SHE ALSO REPORTS THAT #4 IS NO LONGER IN THE CEMETERY AND THAT HEADSTONES HAVE BEEN LOCATED FOR SARAH & JOSEPH (NO DATES) 
MONETTE CEMETERY
1. Sacred To The Memory Of
Marie Louise Monette
Daughter Of John Wesley Monette, M. D.
And His Wife Cornelia Jane Newman.
Born At Washington, Miss. Nov. 21, 1851
Died At New Orleans, La. Dec. 6, 1933
Sleeping in Jesus.

 

 

2. Our Mother

Cornelia Jane Shields
Born Aug. 8, 1813
Died Oct. 16, 1873
None Knew Her But To Love Her.


3. Sacred To The Memory Of

John Wesley Monette, M. D.
Born April 5, 1803
Died March 1, 1851


4. Sacred To The Memory Of

John Wesley, Son Of J. W.
And C. J. Monette.


5. Sacred To The Memory Of

Mary Georginai, Daughter Of
J. W. & C. J. Monette
Died Sept. 6, 1839.


6. In Memory Of

Clara Josephine, Daughter Of
J. W. & C. J. Monette.


7. In Memory Of

Cornelia Newman
Daughter Of Dr. J. Ward
And C. J. Monette.


8. SCOTT

"Ken"
Robert Kenyon
He was a good boy
Honorable and True


Born Aug. 7, 1958

Murdered May 6, 1977
Age 18 Yr. 9 Mo.


Three Murderers Took

This innocent Boy's Life
and Left Heartbreak


Ken, Beloved Son of

Rowland Newman Scott
and
Meridith Adelaide Nason
Scott
Sister, Melanie Ann Scott


Kens Short Life Brightened our Lives

His Flashing Smile, His Brilliant
Brown Eyes and Endless Pranks Brought
Joy and Left Happy Memories.
He loved and is loved.


"For Where Your Treasure is There

Will Your Heart Be Also."
St. Matthew 6:21

 
 

There are additional small stones that cannot be read at this time. They may be only footstones.

THIS CEMETERY IS SITUATED TO THE REAR OF "SWEET AUBRUN" HOUSE, OWNED BY MRS. BESSIE RATCLIFFE. THE CEMETERY IS IN GOOD CONDITION. AT THIS DATE (1990) MRS. ROWLAND SCOTT IS RESIDING AT THIS HOME.

RE-SURVEYED JANUARY 17, 1990 BY MR. PATRICK POWERS.

While cleaning up the sandbar at Vidalia, La. the city workers discovered a headstone marked "John Wesley Monette, son of Dr. J.W. & C.J., June 27, 1848" This may be an original stone for #4 above. An attempt will be made to return the stone to it's proper location.

Mr. Rowland Scott is buried in this cemetery - his headstone was kept in the kitchen of the house facing the wall, the inscription could not be read at the time the cemetery was re-surveyed. Mrs. Rowland Scott is now deceased and it is presently unknown if she is also buried here or if she has a headstone.

Robert "Bob" Shumway, March 26, 1996 

MONMOUTH
CHILDREN OF GEN. JOHN A. QUITMAN
"Their little graves are side by side, under a beautiful tree, below the garden. We had two of the best physicians, but no human skill could save them. Their heavenly Father had selected their pure spirits to surround his throne."
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No tombs or traces of graves remain.
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MONMOUTH CEMETERY
1. William Ferrington
Godwise
A Native Of New York
Died On The 8th Mar. 1826
Aged 31 Years And 6 Days.


2. Col. P. P. Schuyler

Albany, N. Y., 1776
Natchez, Miss. 1825


3. Edith Ruster McCrea

His Wife
Phila. Pa. 1789
Natchez, Miss. 1819


4. John Hankinson

New Jersey, 1773
Natchez, Miss. 1826.


5. Frances B. McCrea

His Wife
Phila., Pa. 1785
Natchez, Miss. 1836


6. Philip Alex. Hamilton, M. D.

Son Of
Col. P. P. & E. R. McCrea
Albany, N. Y. 1816
Greenville, Miss. 1859


CEMETERY LOCATED ON MONMOUTH PLANTATION ABOUT 300 YARDS BACK OF MONMOUTH HOUSE. IRON FENCE AROUND CEMETERY. CEMETERY IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 

MORGANTOWN
1. William Ferguson
Was Born
May 24, 1790
Died Sept. 30, 1855
Aged 65 Years. 4 Mos. 6 Days.


2. Sacred To The Memory Of

Ambrose Foster
Who Departed This Life
________22. 1835
An Honest Man Is The Noblest Work Of God.


3. In Memory Of Sarah White Foster

Born May 1, 1797
In The Parish Of Feliciana, La.
Died Apr. 12, 1843
In The Parish Of Concordia. A Good
Wife, A Fine Mother And A
Christian. God Has Called Her.


4. Martha G. Burton

Born _____26, 1802
Died Dec. 31, 1854.


5. In Memory Of My Mother

Martha Henderson
Died June 29, 1836
Aged 61 Yrs. & 8 Mos.


6. In Memory Of

Mary J. Ferguson
Born Dec. 11, 1802
Adams County, Miss.
Died July 2, 1850.


7. Joseph Ferguson

Was Born Apr. 14,
A. D. 1788 Died
Feb. 14, 1857 Agued
60 Yrs and 10 Mos.


8. In Memory Of Helen Jane Foster

Born June 30, 1832
In Adams County, Died Aug. 28,
1849.


9. Marcus D. LaFayette Foster

Son Of Ambrose & Sarah Foster
Born Nov. 3, 1825
Died June 10, 1844.


10. Mary Alice Daughter Of

Francis & Sarah Jane Ferguson
Born Oct. 6, 1853 Died May 17,
1855, Aged 1 Yr. 7 Mos & 11 Days.


THIS CEMETERY IS IN BAD SHAPE WITH CRUMBLED WALLS & PARTS OF WHAT HAS ONCE BEEN A GOOD IRON FENCE. NO GATE. IN A PRETTY LOCATION, HAS ONCE BEEN AN ATTRACTIVE CEMETERY. SOME OF THE TOMBSTONES ARE BROKEN AND LYING ON THE GROUND. 

MT. CARMEL CEMETERY
1. Thomas Crozier
Margaret Crozier
Eliza Jane Crozier Bronn
Mary Ann Crozier Bronn
Leroy S. Bronn


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Above Graves Are Enclosed In Fence. There Are No Stones.

Mr. Sherk - Grave Just Outside The Above Fenced Lot. No Stone.

Sacred
To The Memory Of
Infant Son Of
David & A. M. Williams
Born April 14, 1848
Died April 15, 1848


Also Of

Jane Percy Williams
Born Dec. 14, 18__
Died Oct. 8, 18__


Also of

James C. Williams
Born June 24, 18__
Died June 8th, 18__


___________________
John Field Gillespie

Born May 8th, 1788
Died Sept. 1st, 1855.


Susan Gillespie

Born July 12, 1796
Died Sept. 14, 1855
___________________


Alfred Smith Gillespie

Born Sept 30, 1816
Died August 19, 1836


John Francis Gillespie

Born Aug. 24, 1822
Died Aug. 18, 1836


John Minor Son Of

J. M. & Fannie D. Gillispie
Born 1866 - Died 1908


Helen Catherine Gillespie

Born May 13, 1824
Died April 23, 1835


George Ralston Gillespie

Born June 3rd. 1830
Died Sept. 15, 1833


William Calvin Gillespie

Born Mar 11. 1818
Died Sept. 11, 1818


James Alcorn Gillispie

Born Sept. 7, 1819
Died June 4, 1826


________________
Susie, Born July 18th, 1857

Died Sept. 18, 1863


James Alfred

Born Feb. 12, 1869
Died Sept. 6, 1863


Albert Sidney

Born July 25, 1861
Died Sept 3, 1863


VACCINE POISONED THESE THREE CHILDREN

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Two Sons Drowned In Second Creek
Fanny Denny

Wife Of James M. Gillespie
Born 1836, Died 1895

 
 
 
 

James Metcalfe Gillispie
Born March 6, 1832
Died Oct. 17, 1892
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In Memory Of

Charles Hall
Born At Grey Abbey Ireland
Died July 1865
Aged About 50 Years.
(Stone Lying Flat On Ground)


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Dr. N. K. Sheppard

Died Oct. 30, 1867
Aged 55 Years.
He Giveth His Beloved Sleep.


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Anne Logan

Died Dec. 2, 1885
Aged 32 Years.


The Gillispie Lot Is Surrounded By An Iron Fence.

Robert Gilispie
Nov. 24, 1862
Nov. 17, 1907
In Memory Of My Husband
James Alcorn Gilispie
Born In Summer Co. Tennessee
May 12, 1837
Nov. 15, 1865
Aged (stone broken) Years, 6 Mos.
(28) & 3 Days
The Eternal God Is Thy Refuge
And Underneath Are The Everlasting
Arms.


SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ ON #61 HIGHWAY, MT. CARMEL CHURCH. 

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