Taylor Chapel CME Church Cemetery, Tallahatchie, MS Submitted by Helen Arnold ****************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************************** TAYLOR CHAPEL CME CHURCH CEMETERY LEVERETT MISSISSIPPI This Cemetery is located at Leverett Mississippi. Take Hwy 35 from Charleston, go South to Leverett. Taylor Chapel is located East of Hwy 35 and the Cemetery is Northeast of the Chapel. The Church can be seen from Hwy 35. This Cemetery Indexed by Nick Denley of Charleston Mississippi- October 1997. LEVERETT Samuel Foster settled about one-half mile North of the present location prior to 1830. The site was located seven miles south of Charleston. Mr. Foster started a farm and in 1832 made the first crop of record in what is now Tallahatchie County. Richard Leverett, An Afro-American purchased the land in 1864 and for many years he increased his holdings. He made a deed of gift to Monroe and Warren Leverett in 1871. The parcel of land was located about where the old site of Leverett was located. Prior to 1891 a voting precinct was and a post office was established, and called Leverett for Monroe Leverett who owned the land at that time. The Leverett post office was abolished in 1910. A new road was built in the 1930's, and the town site was moved a mile east leaving only a cotton gin and a few houses on the site. There are as many graves not marked as there are marked ones. Many of the graves are only marked with Funeral Home Markers, and these are so faded they are illegible. A: Anderson, Joe Annie/02-06-1883/10-06-1958 Ankram, Ellen/Wife of Francis/no date Ankram, Fancis/1823/02-05-1893 Aukron, Hattie Mae/died 04-15-1914/age 2 Aukron, Robert/died 07-03-1913/Age 46. Avant, Della/11-24-1882/06-29-1942 Avant, Francis/1893/1978/Pvt US Army WWI Avant, Rev. J.M./02-06-1868/xx-xx-1948 Avant, Merniver/04-01-1872/xx-Illegible Avant, Infant Son of John & Minerva/B&D/08-01-1889 B: Ballard, A.B./Illegible Ballard, Elzie Lee/03-07-1914/11-04-1981 Ballard, Lenzie/Pvt US Army WWII/1907/1975 Ballard, Warren G./12-18-1926/06-29-1957 Brett, Ulrich/MS Sgt 318-serv BN QMC/08-11-1940 Brown, Leon/MS Pvt 3 Co 155 Depto Brig WWI/11-19-1893/08-11-1966 Bynum, Annie B./1904/11-02-1968 Bynum, Gerald/No date Bynum, Tommie/died 1-30-197x/79 Yrs. C: Chestnut, Dora/03-17-1886/05-14-1958 Cole, Bennie Wade/06-09-1939/03-xx-1919 Cole, Ceaser/03-05-1905/01-06-1969 Cohn, Jim/03-13-1926/09-26-1971 Cox, Leaaner/10-23-1890/10-11-1969 Crawford, Clarence/06-15-1883/01-08-1968 Crawford, John/08-03-1911/12-xx-1977 Crump, Alma/09-16-1909/08-09-1972 D: Dean, Beckie B./06-20-1977 F: Flowers, Calhoun/02-17-1897/11-17-1944 Ford, Lorine/07-28-1916/06-02-1956 G: Goss, Louise/02-16-1917/12-09-1956 H: Harbin, Lucinda/10-01-1881/02-11-1964 Haskins, Bennie/03-24-1900/03-11-1965 J: Jennings, Frances B./01-27-1881/07-25-1973 Jennings, Henry/07-27-1877/10-19-1944 Johnson, Sullivan, Jr./Pfc US Army, WWII/1922/1980 Johnson, Willie Lee/05-10-1937/03-21-1982 Jones, Charles William, III/B&D-04-02-1977 K: Kirk, J.B./05-30-1930/02-05-1954/Miss Sgt 224 Inf. Kirk, Robert J./08-28-1934/05-07-1954 L: Lang, Lakisha/11-25/1981? Stillborn Leverett, Annie P./Dau. M.&.P./11-23-1888/09-24-1990 Leverett, Magie E./Dau. of M.& P./04-23-1883/10-17-1888 Leverett, President/08-26-1882/10-28-1932 Love, Amie/12-01-1883/05-15-1946 Love. Henry/10-04-1854/11-11-1933 Love, Job/07-xx-1882/1959 Love, John/10-28-1878/03-17-1951 Love, Martha Jane Carrie/03-01-1868/02-11-1955 Love, Millie/Wife of Henry /10-20-1868/08-30-1905 Love, Senior Lincoln/11-08-1901/11-22-1977 Love, Willie/09-20-1900/04-18-1947 Mc: McCaskill, Edgar/12-28-1917/12-29-1972 Double Marker McCaskill, Cornelious/1919/1971 McCaskill, Viola/1945/1968 McClinton, Sam/1842/1906 M: Martin, Pearl M./10-08-1888/06-02-1870 Meeks, Clarence/07-27-1953/10-07-1972 Meeks, Jeff/12-04-1914/03-10-1973 Mosley, Rolena/10-28-1910/07-26-1947 Murphy, Dorothy/09-21-1929/06-12-1963 Murry, Albert Lee/09-03-1942/05-13-1866 Myers, Dimon/xx-xx-xx/03-22-1982 N: Nunaley, Josie B./10-29-1929/07-28-1989 Nuneley, Jack/10-15-1903/06-25-1963 P: Perkins, Curtis/01-06-1899/06-17-1972 Perry, Matt/01-12-1885/ Pittmon, Eva/07-27-1918/04-18-1979 R: Rice, Beckie D./08-09-1890/06-21-1976 Ross, Pearley/02-28-1919/10-03-1967 S: Scott, Hattie M./07-18-1918/10-01-1956 Smith, Leola/07-04-1908-08/02-1944/age 36 Smith, Raymond, Jr./03-22-1944/03-24-1844 Steen, Richard/Ill Pfc 4575 QM Ser Co WWII/03-02-1926/12-23-1953 T: Taylor, Abel/02-09-1890/04-11-1915 Taylor, Agnes/07-11-1878/12-25-1961 Taylor, Andrew/07-06-1890/09-24-1967 Taylor, Arkie/1874/05-04-1975 Taylor, CarrieL/1892/1970 Taylor, Emma M./Wife of James A./1899/1949 Taylor, Dick/01-23-1911/05-24-1969 Taylor, Erbie, Jr./07-03-1951/01-28-1976 Taylor, Fannie R./09-09-1911/11-05-1978 Taylor, Francis/Pvt US Army WWI/1893/1978 Taylor, Fred/10-27-1944/12-24-1977 Taylor, Fred/05-10-1867/10-31-1937 Taylor, George W./1888/1971 Taylor, J.T./02-11-1858/04-20-1914 Taylor, J.Y./02-03-1884/10-29-1966 Taylor, James Abel/died 06-22-1952 Taylor, Jennie Lue/07-15-1925/12-18-1990 Taylor, Jimmie A./11-11-1873/03-11-1946 Taylor, Joe Annie/03-01-1867/11-09-1949 Taylor, Johnnie/12-28-1945/12-25-1977 Taylor, Lucy/Died 06-07-1890/age about 70 yrs. Taylor, Lyon/02-xx-1882/10-30-1956 Taylor, Lula/09-16-1905/11-25-1981 Taylor, Mary Ann/12-15-1890/10-05-1937 Taylor, Prella/07-04-1886/08-10-1961 Taylor, Richard/07-25-1916/06-08-1959 Taylor, Richard/Son of J.& G. Taylor/12-04-1864/10-25-1887 Taylor, Richard/MS Pvt. Co A 806 Pioneer Inf.WWI/10-10-1892/05-20-1965 Taylor, Rosie Lee/05-01-1905/05-16-1955 Taylor, Warren/10-15-1888/03-09-1950 Double Marker Taylor, Alfonza/06-20-1931/08-05-1950 Taylor, Andrew W./12-27-1928/08-05-1950 Tenner, George W./07-13-1928/12-26-1968 Thomas, Edward Earl, Jr./08-11-1960/12-09-1964 Thomas, L.C., Jr./03-22-1940/08-26-1967 Thompson, Richard, Sr./12-04-1907/04-23-1971 Trotter, Frank/11-28-1902/05-30-1971 W: Williams, Lottie/Died 08-08-1988/Age 78 Yrs.