This is a very old cemetery located in a cedar and hardwood grove on top of a bluff. The latest marker found was 1927 but it is possible that someone was buried there as late as 1947.
The Cooper family owns the land. They said that the graves on the south
side were black and the graves on the north side were white.
This ended the first row with Thomas Kilpatrick being at the furthest north. An estimate is about a 125-150 feet distance from the Williams marker to the Kilpatrick marker.
Angled behind the Kilpatrick grave is:
Annie, wife of T. Kilpatrick age 75
Thomas Kilpatrick died August 21, 1900 age 92 years.
There are numerous sunken areas and sandstones and several Yucca plants.
Angled toward the east, near the southern end of the cemetery is a broken marker that seems to be two names on one stone. If so, on the top {with a masonic symbol} is Dr. A. H. Bailey born January 30, 1827 and died February 22, 1858, on the lower part of the stone is: Edwin O. Bailey, born October 20, 1853 died February 20, 1854.
Coming back toward the Williams grave is a marker for:
Docia D. daughter of G--- da born February 12, 1879 and died
June 24, 1908
*Note: This section of Calhoun County was formed from Chickasaw County is 1852. The markers prior to 1852 would be older than the official county name.
Please excuse this photo, I had forgotten to reset my distance meter but you can still see the death date.
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