LOCATION:  Immediately northeast of the Belle Fountain Baptist Church in the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 1, T8S-R8W.  The cemetery is approximately 2 miles southeast of the Ocean Springs city limits.

DIRECTIONS:  From the interesection of Bienville Boulevard (US 90) and Washington Avenue at Ocean Springs, go easterly on US 90 6.75 miles to the intersection of Highway 57.  Turn right (south) on to Highway 57 and proceed .5 miles to Old Spanish Trail.  Go right (west) on Old Spanish trail .125 miles to Hamill Road.  At Hamill Road turn left (south) and go 1 mile to Fountainebleau Road.  Turn right (west) on to Fountainbleau Road and go 1 mile to the Belle Fountain Baptist Church (875-2973) at 7900Fountainebleau Road.  The cemetery is northeast of the church.

            BELLE FOUNTAIN BAPTIST CEMETERY 1992

HISTORY:  Land for the Belle Fountain Baptist Church and Cemetery were conveyed to the Church on August 21, 1914 by Thomas E. Ramsay (1845-1934) and James A. Ramsay (1883-1961) for $1.00.  This transaction is recorded in Jackson County Deed Book 46, pp. 258- 259 as follows:
     situated in the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 1, T8S-R8W, and more particularly described as commencing at a point on the northside of the Public Road known as Bilbo Road and running east along the north side of said road 156 feet, thence north 315 feet, thence west 156 feet, thence south 315 feet to the place of beginning, containing one acre more or less.
 

In the early 1800s, the Ramsay Family arrived in the Mississippi Territory.  By 1819, William Ramsay, Jr. (1770 - 1833) had settled his family on Red Creek in an area of now
northeastern Harrison County (T3S-R9W) which became known as Ramsay Springs.  One of William Ramsay, Jr. sons, Andrew Woodside Ramsay, was the father and grandfather of Thomas Evans Ramsey and James Augustus Ramsay respectively.  The Ramsays were Methodist.

N Evarist Leroy Noble 9-20-1946 to 6-19-1982 Floyd W. Noble Sr. 1921 to 6-19-1998 James W. Noble 3-24-1891 to 4-14-1956 Henrietta Watson Noble 4-30-1893 to 7-12-1981 Kelva L. Noble 8-16-1956 to 5-3-1996 Lellian S. Noble 6-27-1921 to 11-3-1971 Leslie Ersel Noble 6-24-1949 to 10-17-1968 Lois Amelia Noble 3-28-1924 to 7-22-1975 Louis James Noble 1917 to 1-8-1998 Vincent P. Noble 5-6-1893 to 1-7-1944 Marcella L. Noble 8-19-1892 to 8-8-1966 Wilma Rojean Perkins Noblett 8-27-1946 to 9-30-1986                              P Wilburn P. Page 1859 to 1939 Rebecca Wood Page 1876 to 1924 James C. Parker, Sr. 11-3-1909 to 4-24-1984 Vida Estelle Rice Parker 6-28-1909 to 1-8-2002

R Archie T. Rainey 9-21-1904 to 5-13-1962 Shirley Law Rainey 7-10-1908-living George W. Ramsey 10-10-1915 to 2-3-1981 Cloras O. Ramsey 2-16-1913-living Lester Ramsey 4-15-1918 to 2-28-1984 Ina Talley 10-24-1908-living Vida E. Rice 6-28-1909-living James F. Rider 1956 to 5-24-1994 Kenneth Irvin Roberts 6-28-1917 to 4-5-1995 Willie Bilbo Roberts 8-10-1890 to 12-31-1917 Infant Rouse 11-30-1942 Norman Eugene Rouse 11-7-1903 to 10-19-1950                               T Estelle M. Tapp 1910 to 1-25-1994 Mabel Kathryn Thomas 10-23-1890 to 12-27-1984

REFERENCES:

The History of Jackson County, Mississippi, "Daniel H.
Ramsay", (Jackson County Genealogical Society:  Pasca-
goula-1989), p. 322.

.........................................., "James Augustus
Ramsay", pp. 322-323.

.........................................., "Thomas Evans
Ramsay". p. 323.

Requiem:  Jackson County Cemetery Records, Volume I, (Lewis
Printing Services:  Pascagoula-1969), pp. 16-17.

Field surveyed by:
Ray L. Bellande
PO BOX 617
Ocean Springs
Mississippi 39564
April 22, 1992

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