Burgess Cemetery, Jackson Co., Arkansas

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Romans-Bode.

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Original inventory copyright 1976 Jackson County Historical Society.  
All rights reserved.  Reprinted with permission of the Jackson County 
Historical Society.

Inventory taken from "Cemetery Records of Jackson County, Arkansas", 
compiled by Jane Allen Goodwin and published in 1976 by the Jackson 
County Historical Society.  The above book can be found in the W.A. 
Billingsley Library, Newport, AR.

John McFadden retyped many of the published inventories in alphabetical
order, and it is from his work that this transcription is made.  A copy
of his work is located in the Circuit Court office at the Jackson 
County Courthouse, Newport, AR.

Transcribed for use on the Internet by Tina Romans-Bode.

Thanks to Gail Lies of the Genealogy Society of Craighead County for her
assistance.

File originally uploaded 12 Jul 2000.

Jackson County, Arkansas USGenWeb Archives table of contents:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/jackson/jackson.html

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"BURGESS CEMETERY
by Mae Chinn Green 
Chalman E. Green
and James Logan Morgan"

"This cemetery, also known as the Dunahay Cemetery, is located in the 
northern part of the SW 1/4 of Section 2, TWP. 12 N., Range 3 W., about
one mile north of the Hickory Grove Cemetery.  This inventory was made 7
Mar 1976, by Mae Chinn Green, Chalman E. Green and James Logan Morgan.  
This cemetery (one acre) was reserved as such in a deed made by E. L. 
Watson to Christopher C. and Jasper W. Heathcoat in 1882."

BURKMASTER, Johnnie (29 Mar 1886 - 5 Oct 1905)
DUNAHAY, Albert G. (27 Mar 1866 - 23 Sep 1936)
DUNAHAY. Elmar (4 Feb 1899 - 6 Apr 1958)
DUNAHAY, Harriet (7 Jul 1870 - 23 Apr 1941)
FIVECOAT, Lula (23 Jan 1885 - 29 Feb 1916)
FIVECOAT, Sarah A. (22 Mar 1847 - 24 Oct 1910)
GILL, Martha M. (6 Nov 1886 - 3 Jan 1912) w. of W. M.
HUNTER, William H. (22 Dec 1839 - 3 Oct 1873)
McEUIN, Sherrian Kay (b. & d. 12 Jun 1947)
McFALL, W. H. (5 Apr 1837 - 22 Feb 1899)
MALONE, Jennie Bell (31 Aug 1894 - 22 Jun 1969)
MALONE, Rufus Roscoe (15 Dec 1894 - 13 Apr 1959) WW I
MARTIN, Eliza S. (30 Dec 1877 - 25 Sep 1880)
MARTIN, Meekey E. (2 Aug 1862 - 12 Sep 1880)
SHANKLIN, W. H. (1 May 1798 - 6 Dec 1865) 

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[Update 13 Jan 2003 - Rita Grigsby visited Burgess Cemetery on 12 Jan 
2003 and reported that the cemetery has been abandoned and is in 
deplorable shape.  Fallen tree limbs and leaves cover the ground.  Most 
of the markers lay on the ground.  Because of the poor condition of the 
cemetery, a complete inventory could not be done, but Rita was able to 
verify the entry for Lula FIVECOAT (now corrected above), and she found 
an additional marker not listed in the original inventory:

BROWNFIELD, Steller (14 Feb 1890 - 19 Jul 1916) dau. of Dr. & Mary
      SHELLEY

Burgess Cemetery is not accessible by road, so the cemetery would be 
extremely difficult to visit during the farming season. - Mark 
Williamson]