Booth-Sandlin Cemetery, Itawamba, Mississippi http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/itawamba/cemeteries/booth-sandlin.txt =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Nancy Parker Fruge ================================================================================ November 2003 BOOTH-SANDLIN CEMETERY Van Buren Community Itawamba Co., MS This is a very old cemetery in the southwestern part of Itawamba County. It is located on private property and sits on top of a wooded hill. The 50'x55' cemetery is fenced in barbed-wire. At this time there are only nine marked graves existing and about that many small concrete markers with no lettering. It is obvious that there are many other unmarked graves in this abandoned cemetery. Directions: Take Hwy 78 from Fulton to the Peppertown exit. Turn north on Hwy 178, then right onto the Peppertown Road. Continue for 1.7 miles, then turn left on the Carolina-Van Buren Road. Continue for 3.4 miles and there will be a Booth-Sandlin Cemetery sign on the right. This road goes to a house at the end. Beyond the grass lawn, a dirt road winds up a hill to the cemetery. Rows run from west to east and graves are recorded from left to right. The coordinates are SW 1/4, Section 23, Township 10, Range 8. Recorded by Nancy Parker Fruge' of Tupelo, MS on Nov. 20, 2003. Betty Laney contributed information useful to this annotation. Information in parenthesis ( ) added by submitter. KEY: d/o = daughter of s/o = son of w/o = wife of Marked graves: Row Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information 1 4 concrete headstones, no markings 1 Sandlin, Margaret Elizabeth Dec 12, 1855 Mar 3, 1928 (Margaret Elizabeth Booth d/o Thomas Harper & Nancy Jane Chilcoat Booth) 1 Sandlin, A. E., Rev. 1861 1940 (Augustus Elliott Sandlin) 1 Devall, Albie Lou Sep 4, 1891 Jan 22, 1942 (w/o Flurry Devall) 2 3 concrete headstones, no markings 2 Wallace, David W. P. Nov 10, 1829 Jan 27, 1889 2 2 concrete headstones, no markings 2 Booth, David E. Apr 22, 1869 Nov 17, 1873 (s/o Thomas Harper & Nancy Jane Chilcoat Booth) 2 Booth, Sallie B. Jun 24, 1871 Apr 18, 1874 (d/o Thomas Harper & Nancy Jane Chilcoat Booth) 2 Booth, John W. 1843 1863 In Memory Of; Co H 1 Miss Inf CSA (s/o Thomas Harper & Mary Ann Jane Farley) 2 Booth, Thomas Harper May 7, 1807 Jan 25, 1871 (Thomas Harper Mason Booth s/o Howard & Nancy Jones Booth; married 1st Frances Medlock, 2nd Nancy Chilcoat) 2 Booth, Nancy Chilcoat Dulaney ???? 1834 (d/o Thomas & Permelia Elkins Chilcoat; married 2nd Thomas Harper Booth) 2 2 concrete headstones, no markings