Jacksonport Cemetery, Jackson Co., Arkansas

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Mark Williamson 
<mwillia3@midsouth.rr.com>.

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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.

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

(* before an entry suggests that this entry made have errors and will 
need to be rechecked against the originals.)

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"JACKSONPORT CEMETERY
by James Logan Morgan"

"In the 1840's, a cemetery was established at Jacksonport.  It is 
located [on] a slight hill in the east end of town, about a hundred feet
north of Arkansas Highway 69.  It is overgrown.  When this inventory was
prepared in 1964, three stones were located, two upright and one broken
in two pieces.  There was evidence of other burials, and there were
probably more stones at one time, although few of the 'old Jacksonport
families' used this cemetery because of the low eleveation of the area,
making it susceptible to flooding."


BENNETT, Margaret S. (b. Jackson Co., TN - d. Mar 1847, age 46) wife of
      Dr. E. H. Bennett
POOLE, Dorcas Ann (d. Aug 1854, age 37) w. of A. W. Pool, mother of
      Parmenas and John Francis
REDMAN, Nancy J. (d. 1 Feb 1861, 36y 11m 6d) wife of P. H.
REDMAN, 3 infant children of Nancy J., two by her side and one in her
      arms