Claiborne County, Mississippi
Cooper Cemetery
Submitted by: Wanda Horton
Address: whorton674@aol.com

Located several hundred yards east of the road connecting Hwy. 548 
and Barland Road on the eastern edge of Claiborne County. Access is 
by a private logging road.

Visited in the early 1980's, and in Feb. Of  2001

Notes from the 2001 visit:
    Since prior visit area has been heavily logged, and cemetery is 
    difficult to find because it is hidden in high grasses. On this occasion 
    we located it by it being near a deerstand. It is actually just inside the 
    Claiborne County line, I believe on the property that was part of James 
    Cooper's estate in 1854. It is in Township 10, section 32, range 5 East. 

Double headstone:
 
James Cooper,   Died 8/20/1854, Aged about 42 years     
    
Pothana Sanders, Married to James Cooper, After his death Wm Bunting Died 12/16/1900
Inscription: Gone to a bright home where grief cannot come

Note: On the 2001 visit, we found foot markers with the initials J.C., and P.S.C.B. 
      At these graves, but had not noted them before.
            
Single headstone:

Dorenda Cooper, Wife of T.S. Hudson, Afterward wife of J.A. Henderson
Born 6/5/1851, Died 11/26/1897
Inscription:    Sleep Mother Dear
                And take thy rest
                God called thee Home    
                He thought it Best  
        
There are several boulders placed in the area which possibly mark other graves. 
On the 1980's visit, we estimated at least 8 other graves.