OLD STEWART CEMETERY, Pearl River County, Mississippi



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	Betty Smith Davis and Mardi Byrd Kelly - Recorded October 25, 1996
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Location:  Off Highway 43 North between Highway 26 and Columbia, MS, in 
woods across from Mr. Argie Stewart's house.   In 1996 there was no driveable 
road to cemetery.  

This old family cemetery was on the George Washington Stewart property.
Burial dates range from 1864 to 1936.  Many of the stones are missing or
badly damaged.

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Row 1 - Near Gate
Elizabeth Stuart			 8 Feb 1885	17 Apr 1908
wife of U. Walker
"Safely anchored in the harbor of eternal rest"

James Calvin					Died   Jul 31, 1903
son of U.E. & M.L. Stuart			Aged 20 y 5 mo 23 days

Unidentified Large Mound with stob markers - appears to be double graves

Two stobs and a brick (baby grave) - Unidentified

Two broken raised slabs:
Elizabeth Stewart		was born Dec. 1, 1826	Died July 5, 1864
Next to her, broken up:
George W. Stewart			dates illegible

Row 2
Unmarked grave

Metal marker broken in half (Mr. Argie Stewart said this is the grave of 
Hiram Stewart, father of George Washington Stewart.  Marker destroyed by a 
woods fire many years ago)

Row 3
High marble marker:
Missouri Stewart			14 Sep 1851	 2 Dec 1932
"She fought a good fight
 She finished her course
 She kept the faith"

Thomas Stewart				22 Jan 1854	13 Oct 1922
"A voice we loved is stilled
 A place is vacant in our house
 Which never can be filled"

Row 4
Sarah Ann				22 Jan 1836	12 Jan 1909
wife of Hampton S. Stewart
"Lord she was thine and not my own
 Thou hast done me no wrong"

Monroe					22 Aug 1893	19 Jan 1911
Son of Thos. & M.J.

In Memory of Wilmon C.			30 May 1880	30 May 1881
Son of Thomas & Missouri Stewart

In Memory of Manerva C.			14 Sep 1871	 6 Sep 1875
dau. of Thomas & Missouri

Row 5
Children of P.J. & E.J. Harvey:
Thomas H.				22 Feb 1872	 6 Jul 1872
Mary A. M.				24 Oct 1873	 1 Oct 1875

In Memory of James E.		Born	 7 Jan 1859	age 8 months
son of E.P. & Nancy Stewart

In Memory of Mary E.		Born	 1 Jan 1860	age 3 months
dau. of E.P. & Nancy Stewart

A stob and two rocks (child's grave)

Row 6
Two rocks (markers) with broken headstone between
HIR				Died	__ years	aged __ years
"May the Resurrection find thee
 On the Bosom of Thy God"		

Row 7
Hiram Stewart			Died	11 Jan 1899?	Age 90 years
"Honored, beloved, and wept,
 Here Mother Lies"

Three round stones (to the left of above grave)
First one is a child's grave

Row 8
Mattie E.				27 Jan 1904	 5 May 1907
dau. of H.H. & C.I. Stewart
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"

Infant dau. of				12 Dec 1901	12 Dec 1901
T.C. & C.E. Burge

Several spaces

A native stone and stob (adult grave)

Row 9
In Memory of Monroe J.			25 Mar 1890	21 May 1900
Son of J.M. & M.S. Newman
"Gone But Not Forgotten"

In Memory of Daniel W.			16 Apr 1902	30 Jun 1902
Son of J.M. & M.S. Newman
"Asleep in Jesus"

Row 10
R. L. Bourn				       1890	       1915

Family plot with raised concrete border:

Stob

"Come Ye Blessed" with open gates
Mary Jane				22 Nov 1847	 3 Jun 1923
Wife of W. C. Stewart
"Her Many Virtues Form the Noblest
 Monument to her Memory"

"Come Ye Blessed" with open gates and a star in the center
W. C. Stewart				 1 Nov 1844	14 Aug 1907
"His Many Virtues Form the Noblest
 Monument to his Memory"

Stob

Row 11
Stob (baby grave)

Stob and brick (adult grave)

Two new looking markers:
George W. Chadwick			       1830	       1893
Winnie V. Chadwick			       1845	       1936

Just past Winnie:
Empty Metal Marker - very rusted and a stob

Two new looking markers:
Sherma Claire Boone			20 Jan 1896	24 Jan 1896
Georgia Ann Boone			24 Dec 1883	11 Jan 1898