KIRKWOOD CEMETERY, Madison County, Mississippi



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Location:  From the intersection of Camden Road and Hwy 17 in Camden, go east 
on Camden Road 1.3miles to Firetower Road.  Turn left (north) on Firetower 
Road and go it's length (6.6 miles), it dead ends into Mt. Zion Road. 
Turn right on Mt. Zion Road and go .4 miles to a logging road on the right, 
turn onto this road and go .3 miles.  The cemetery is on the left.	

Copied from inventories given to Canton Library, Madison Co., Miss. and are 
on file there.  William McWillie, born in South Carolina, the son of Adam 
McWillie, was a soldier in the War of 1812, with the rank of Adjutant.  
William McWillie served as state senator in S.C. for several years. In 1845 
he moveD to the NE portion of Madison County, Miss.  Here he built a beautiful 
plantation home and called it "Kirkwood".  He served as congressman from 
Missisdsippi, 1849 - 1851, and was Governor of Mississippi from Nov. 16,1857 
to Nov. 21, 1859. In Dec 13, 1818 he married (1st) Nancy Louisa Cunningham 
(b. Jan 6,1799);d. April 6, 1827), daughter of Joseph & Jane Cunningham of 
Camden, S. C.  They had seven children.  On May 17, 1831 he married (2nd) 
Catherine Morris Anderson.  There were 14 children by this marriage.  
Ref: Genealogy of the McWillie and Cunningham Families, by Dr. Robert B. Johnson


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Surname	First/Middle/	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Alt. Birth	Notes	
	Maiden						Death Data

Anderson Catherine							Wife of Wm. McWillie  /   
									Aged  61 yrs
Anderson Chapman L.					b. Nov 31, 1826	Note:  Next to this grave is a stone 
									that says Our little Maggie
Anderson Eliza E							Wife of Dr. E.H. Anderson.
Anderson Flora E.				
Anderson Sallie								Wife of F.M. Hamlet / Dau. of Dr. E.H. 
									& S.C. Anderson  /  m. Dec 30, 1890.
Browne	Jennie Roberts							Daughter of W.P. & H.J. Browne   /  
									Aged  3  yrs  1 mon 22 days.
Cervantes Gregoris							b. Guadalajara, Mexico / Aged  25  yrs.
Gourley	Henrietta							Aged  14  days.
Hemmingway Ann				
Hemmingway Henrietta							Aged  61  yrs  2 das.
Hemmingway Mary				September 25, 1900		
Hemmingway Samuel A.							Aged  6  yrs 14  das
Hemmingway William							b.  Guesburg, Eng. / Aged  71 yrs. 1 mo.
Levy	Chapman				
Mansell	Sallie J.							Wife of J.T.  Mansell.
Massey	Helen								Wife of Z. Massey.
McCulloch Sarah C.							Wife of Dr. E.H. Anderson.
McWillie Edward				
McWillie Edward Anderson				
McWillie Infant Son							Infant son of Adam & Lucy McWillie.
McWillie William				

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