HISTORIC SANDFIELD CEMETERY (See history at bottom of this page) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. For name searches of this file, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. Surveyed by the Lowndes County Cemetery Preservation Association on 1 November 2003. Members present: Russell D. James, Mike Lowery, Dan Beaman, Pam Brownlee. Julia M. B. York Died 19 Jan 1916 Age 67 yrs. Richard D. Littlejohn 20 Dec 1855 – 3 Nov 1903 Viola Whitfield Died 4 Aug 1908 Age 22 yrs. Nancy Staford Died 9 Dec 1862 Age 35 yrs. Joe Anderson 11 May 1875 – 11 Aug 1908 Jim Richards Died 5 Dec 1906 Age 63 yrs. Walter Long 18 May 1904 – 17 Apr 1920 Monroe Burnette Died 17 Aug 1912 Age53 yrs. Thudens Scales 22 Oct 1868 – 29 Feb 1872 Hattie Scales 6 Feb 1874 Death date no readable Charley Williams 5 Jul 1870 – 19 Jul 1896 John W. Williams Jr. 4 Sep 1868 – 19 May 1906 Lucy Mathes died 12 May 1893 Age 50 yrs. Augustus Moore Born 1833 No death date visible Irene Gregory Died 15 Jun 1912 Age 41 yrs. Jack Hendrick Died 28 Jan 1897 Age67 yrs. Beverly S. Wright 1855-1907 Annie R. Wright 12 Jan 1860 – 3 May 1896 V. Thompson Died 18 Aug 1876 Age 70 yrs. A. L. Rabb Jr. Died 1910 Little Benita Rabb Died 1906 Gillie Gordon 12 Dec 1872 – 29 May 1911 Simon Rabb 7 Aug 1871 – 1 Mar 1914 Frances Harris Died 18 Dec 1898 Mattie L. Harris Nov 1873 – Jan 1914 Jack Rabb Died 30 Sep 1882 Gillie Rabb Died 5 Sep 1886 Ellen Harris Died 26 Dec 1889 Age 16 yrs. Sarah Farnandis Boyd Died 15 Apr 1923 Rev. A. H. Lanier Died 18 Aug 1909 Age 42 yrs. Manervie Billups Died 25 Jan 1877 Age 15 yrs. Carrie A. Lanier 1856 – 1921 Emma Amos Died 5 Dec 1917 Age 65 yrs. Henrietta Dickson 26 May 1875 – 28 May 1913 Martha Moss 1834 – 26 Sep 1908 Age 73 yrs. Bennie L. Ferguson 4 Feb 1898 – 3 Oct 1911 Malinda Williams Died 20 Oct 1901 Age 34 yrs. Dr. B. H. S. Ferguson 1862 – 31 May 1907 Meary Etta Morse Covington 23 Feb 1882 – 18 Jul 1924 Peyton Morse 5 Oct 1854 – 27 Jan 1930 Martha Kyle 11 Aug 1870 – 20 Nov 1927 Grace Young Died 25 Jan 1911 Age 35 yrs. James E. Scott 15 Jul 1870 – 11 May 1899 Lucosia Randle Died 13 Aug 1902 Age 50 yrs. Frances Cook Died 24 Nov 1928 Henry Young 14 Sep 1877 – 12 Aug 1900? Frank Young Sr. Died 5 Sep 1908 Ann Payton Young Died 23 Sep 1886 Bettie Jones Tucker Died 19 Jan 1945 F. W. C. Tucker Dec 1870 – 12 Aug 1912 George Paris Tucker Illinois Cpl 812 Pioneer Inf World War I Died 5 Dec 1931 Frank Jones Died 27 May 1911 Age 58 yrs. Henderson Saunders May 1846 – 19 Nov 1905 Fannie Merritt Street Died 17 Jun 1906 Age 48 yrs. James Merritt 1853 – 9 Sep 1903 Wiley Howard Jr. 15 Nov 1913 – 26 Jan 1914 Age 10 weeks. Callie Bush Died 27 Jan 1915 Age 22 yrs. N. P. Wynn Died 7 Aug 1900 Age 55 yrs. Simon B. Mitchell Robert Rush John S. Hamilton 2 Feb 1878 – 11 Apr 1915 Mary Williams 1825 – 6 Feb 1863 Rev. J. E. Boulden 8 Oct 1820 – 16 Mar 1899 Louisa Boulden 14 Feb 1831 – 9 Mar 1889 Alfred Bell Died 25 Aug 1905 Age 61 yrs. Alfred Matthews Died 1 Sep 1907 Lylia Matthews Died 4 Feb 1905 Jane Pearson Died 12 Jun 1898 Isaiah Braddoc 4 Aug 1895 – 27 Jun 1914 James Cannon Age 56 Victoria Hunter Died 16 Feb 1901 Age 45 ys. Hettie Hunter 1861 – 21 Feb 1906 Mary Crockett Died 5 Dec 1875 Age 30 yrs. Lucy Allen Died 11 Jul 1889 Thomas Flowers Died 19 Feb 1894 Age 70 Hattie Comer 10 May 1856 – 26 Feb 1885 Nancy Sanford Died 3 Dec 1862 Madison Barry Died 8 Feb 1916 Age 43 yrs. Nancy Baskerville Born 1856 No death date Age 60 yrs. Simon R. Mitchell Mississippi Pvt US Army World War I 17 Jan 1891 – 30 Sep 1973 W. I. Mitchell 18 Dec 1855 – 13 Mar 1916 Susan Mitchell 1862 – 1915 St. Elmo Mitchell 28 Jun 1886 – 16 Dec 1909 Emmett Lanier Mississippi Pvt 365 Inf 92 Div World War I Died 27 Apr 1939 Robert Miller Died 9 Mar 1870 Age 26 yrs. John Patterson Died 18 May 1871 Age 33 yrs. Albert Sherron 20 Apr 1834 – 4 Jul 1914 Ephiram Comer 13 Sep 1885 – 15 Jun 1906 Ludy Webster Died 2 Nov 1912 Age 45 yrs. Hettie Hunter 1861 – 24 Feb 1906 Marla E. Williams Age 6 wks. Virgil Cain Gleed 10 Nov 1866 – 24 Nov 1945 Anna Louise Gleed 8 Dec 1860 – 26 Jun 1956 Susan Gleed died 28 Nov 1882 Age 41 yrs. Robert Gleed Jr. 23 Apr 1869 – 21 Jan 1932 Robert Gleed Sr. 1836 – 24 Jul 1916 John Robert Gleed 25 May 1859 – 21 Dec 1913 Joe Hogins 1875 – 3 Jul 1891 Albert Hogins Died 16 Aug 1891 Age 65 yrs. Victoria Nance Died 26 Aug 1852 Age 64 yrs. Vina Hamilton Died 18 Apr 1910 Age 62 yrs. W. H. Burn Died 6 Dec 1917 Age 68 yrs. Gracie T. Perry Died 18 Nov 1912 Age 37 yrs. Robert Tabb Did 9 May 1909 Age 52 yrs. Laura Good No dates Kelly W. Thompson Died 9 Nov 1910 Age 55 yrs. Gillie Littlejohn Died 18 May 1912 Age 52 yrs. W. B. Littlejohn Died 18 Feb 1903 Age 52 yrs. Frances Jackson Walley Died Jun 1917 Eliza Anderson 15 Nov 1842 – 7 May 1912 Sam Anderson Born 1 Sep 1842 Death date not visible on stone Jane Berden Died 10 Jul 1893 Age 50 yrs. Isaiah Braddoc 4 Aug 1895 – 27 Jun 1914 E. D. Clark 1873 – 1902 Annie B. Morgan Died 1907 Age 45 yrs. E. D. Banks Sr. Died 13 Oct 1909 Age 54 yrs. Budde Dow Stone not readable Henry Taylor Died 28 Sep 1910 Charley Thomas Did 8 Oct 1911 Age 27 yrs. John Thompson Aug 1828 – 15 Nov 1905 W. M. Chandler 10 Feb 1871 – 11 Feb 1907 John Chandler 1844 – 12 Mar 1908 Harriet Chandler 1847 – 9 Sep 1909 Mary Brown Died 7 Jan 1879 Age 22 yrs. Louis A. Jones Died 29 Jul 1903 Age 75 yrs. Earnest McClinton 3 Oct 1883 – 1 Nov 1890 Finette Henry Died 3 May 1915 Age 68 yrs. James Evans 31 Mar 1848 – 19 Apr 1908 Lizzie Williams 25 Dec 1868 – 2 Jan 1912 Ocie Merritt Died 19 Apr 1904 Age 36 yrs. James Amos Died 10 Apr 1910 Age 75 yrs. Titus Williams 1 May 1886 – 22 Mar 1908 Susan Ann Glass Died 29 Jan 1913 Age 63 yrs. Pope Ivy Died 12 Mar 1908 Age 60 yrs. Vall Prewitt Died 16 Aug 1911 Age 61 yrs. Major Pruitt 26 Jun 1876 – 5 Sep 1915 Solomon Brown Died 1908 Age 50 yrs. Nyas Hyetts Died 27 April 1910 Age27 yrs. Will Hyatte 31 Jul 1884 – 7 Nov 1905 Madison Barry Died 8 Feb 1915 Age 47 yrs. Henderson Saunders Mar 1846 – 19 Nov 1905 Chas. H. Bell Born Aug 1829 No death date Louisa Walker Died 2 May 1877 Age 20 yrs. Inez Davis Died 19 Apr 1916 Age 30 Robert Bush 1871 - 1906 Robert R. Shaw Died 13 Apr 1903 Age 54 yrs. Wil Hargrove Pvt 3866 TN 92 Div World War I Died 5 May 1921 William Martin 22 Feb 1890 – 12 Jan 1915 Aria Cox Died 23 Jan 1936 Hattie Mitchell 5 Oct 1866 – 30 Dec 1938 S. S. Mitchell Died 6 May 1913 Age 78 yrs. Bose Mays 1905 - 1950 Thomas Mays 5 Aug 1937 – 26 May 1938 Ned Davis Died 19 Apr 1916 Mary Bullock No dates Anna Davis Died 9 Dec 1914 Callie Bush Died 27 Jan 1915 John Hamilton Feb 1848 – 1915 Age 67 yrs. Rev. J. M. Lewis 5 Mar 1858 – 16 Nov 1915 Allie Chandler 16 Feb 1881 – 5 Sep 1895 Jeff Hughes Did 10 Feb 1915 Age 80 yrs. Jim Billups Stone unreadable Al Chandler 16 Feb 1881 – 5 Sep 1895 Julia M. B. York Died 19 Jan 1913 Age 67 yrs. J. M. Coleman Died 1914 William Baldwin 1815 – 11 Jan 1885 Samuella Nichols 1835 – 26 Nov 1913 Ben Nichols Died 31 Mar 1902 Age 72 yrs. Nettie May Anthony 1875 - 1907 David Brown 1835 – 7 Jul 1913 Anthony Brown Age 50 yrs. Anita B. Young 21 Mar 1907 – 2 Jun 1943 N. W. Walker Died age 56 yrs. Mary Martin 1866 – 3 Oct 1913 Jennie Kirk 1874 - 1918 T. L. Wynn Died 23 Jul 1929 R. A. Wynne Died 26 Jun 1906 Age 54 yrs. Tennie Wynn Died 8 Jan 1942 Viney Gibbs Died 13 Feb 1943 Augustus Cheatham 1825 - 1891 America Kirk 1810 - 1862 Alfred Bell Died 25 Aug 1905 Age 61 yrs. Mary Witherspoon 1849 - 1903 W. R. Williams 1860 - 1865 Josie Gardner 1863 - 1924 George Gardner Died 1932 Celia Humphries Died 25 May 1871 Boston Wetherspoon Born 1845 Death date not visible Riley Dunlap Died 19 Jan 1890 Alfred Matthews Died 1907 Lylian Matthews Died 1905 Samuel Blanks Did 1912 Age 44 yrs. Gregory Wright 1860 – 17 Jul 1932 Annie L. Wright 1883 - 1901 Wilda A. Wright 1883 - 1917 John Medlar Died 4 Feb 1915 Marshall Wright 12 Dec 1887 – 1 Sep 1902 Jimmie Neal 1884 - 1933 Rebecca Greenbell 1835 - 1899 Fannie Miller Died 27 Jan 1912 Age 45 yrs. Lizzie Cox 1831 – 2 Feb 1899 Jane Harris Died 1870 Harry Brown Mar 1882 – 2 Feb 1915 Samuel Leigh 10 Aug 1873 – 6 Jun 1909 Claud A. Price Born 1885 Death date no readable Viola Tolliferro 1887 - 1909 Lucie Price Died 12 Jul 1909 Age 49 yrs. Harriet Christian Died Oct 1910 B. M. Price Died 1921 Lee Rogers May 1844 – 11 Apr 1909 HISTORIC SANDFIELD CEMETERY Historical Summary Sandfield Cemetery was purchased from the Kirk family by the Town of Columbus on 17 July 1854 as a buying ground for African Americans. An ordinance of 28 July 1854 required African Americans, slave or free, to be buried only in this cemetery. After the war, Freedmen of Columbus continued honoring their dead through burials in the cemetery. Many of the persons buried in the cemetery do not have gravestones or markers of any kind. Those who do have headstones are representative of a strong African American presence in Columbus’ history from 1865 to the 1950s. There are no longer burials in the cemetery. Notable Persons Buried in Sandfield Cemetery Robert Gleed Sr. – Robert Gleed Sr. immigrated to Columbus during the Civil War. Local residents believed him to be a runaway slave, but he would not give the name of his owner and was thus sold to local planter John Miller per the Mississippi runaway slave statute. After the war, Gleed was appointed to the Columbus city council by the military governor (1867-1872) and later successfully ran for a term representing Lowndes County in the Mississippi state senate (1870-1875). Gleed operated many businesses in Columbus on the northwest corner of Market Street (now Fifth Street) North and ??????? (now Second Avenue) North. The corner is still known today as “Gleed’s Corner.” Gleed was a founding director of the Penny Savings Bank, the first and only African American owned and operated bank in Columbus. For political reasons and to protect himself and his family from racist backlash because of his political prominence in the community, Gleed moved his family to Texas. After his death there, his body was transported to Columbus for burial. He is buried with his wife and two sons, Robert Gleed Jr. and John Robert Gleed. Jack Rabb – Jack Rabb was the slave of Dr. A. J. Rabb of Columbus who bought his freedom before the Civil War and continued to live in the Columbus area as a free man of color. He began a barbershop business and ran a successful nursery business known as Temperance Garden or Rabb’s Garden, on the spot where the Barrow school building is now. He also owned and operated a grocery store and liquor store. His wife is buried next to him. J. M. Coleman – J. M. Coleman was the cashier of the Penny Savings Bank, the first and only African American owned and operated bank in Columbus. He was the pastor of a local church and was the publisher of the Columbus Morning Star, an African American newspaper, from 1906 to about 1914. He died in 1914. Dr. Theodoric V. James – Theodoric V. James was the first known licensed medical doctor in Columbus, with his office in the building at 129 Market (now Fifth) Street North from around 1900 until 1939. In 1939, James moved his office to Catfish Alley, the first block of Fourth Street south of Main Street. He was the first African American in Columbus to purchase an automobile, a Model T Ford, though his social station did not allow him to drive the vehicle to work. He died in Columbus in 1917. Today the Columbus Housing Authority operates the T. V. James Housing Complex, named in his honor. Richard D. Littlejohn – Richard Denthrift Littlejohn was born in a northern state and immigrated to Columbus in the 1880s. He was active in local politics and his name appears many times from 1885 until 1903 in the minutes of the Columbus city council. Littlejohn was a founding member of the local African American masonic lodge and attained the rank of Grand Mason. He was the publisher of The New Light, an African American newspaper, from 1887 until his death in 1903. Simon Mitchell – Simon Mitchell was a former Lowndes County slave who served as justice of the peace and as a Columbus police officer in the county during Reconstruction. William Isaac Mitchell – W. I. Mitchell was born into slavery in 1855 in Columbus. He attended Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1874) and received a bachelor of science from Central Mississippi College. He began teaching at and later became the first African American principal of Union Academy, the first public school for African Americans in Mississippi. He was co-founder and president of the Penny Savings Bank, the first and only African American owned and operated bank in Columbus. He was a member of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, and the Colored Independent Order of the Oddfellows. He was a Sunday school teacher at Missionary Union Baptist Church and a member of the board of trustees of the Ministerial Institute and College in West Point, Mississippi. He died in 1916. In 1924, the Columbus school board named Mitchell Elementary School in his honor.