Burford Cemetery, Tate County, Mississippi NOTE: Read the History of Burford Cemetery in the bfordhis.txt file. Burford Cemetery is located 6 miles East of Coldwater, Mississippi, (at the corner of highway 306 and highway 305 turn South and go 1 mile, then turn West and go 1 mile) Burford Cemetery is on the right. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Betty Arnold Loftis -- bloftiss@gmi.net Cora Walker, Oct. 1, 1859 - June 24,1916, wife of J. N. Walker Grave - marker broken, small like a child's grave Lafayette J. Walker, Nov. 25,1875 - Oct. 11, 1885, son of MV & KB Walker Lucy Walker, (mother of Briney W. Blair) Jeptha V. Walker, Aug.22,1813 - Nov. 27,1884 L. A. Walker, mother of R. W. & _______(stone broken and unreadable) C. A. Burford, 1876 - 1951 T. F. Burford, Jan. 21, 1847 - Sept. 17, 1905 Lucy L. Burford, 1849- 1933 (new stone) J. B. Burford, Dec. 23, 1885 -Sept. 27,1889, sons of T. F. Burford & L. Burford *Jane Burford (she was Jane Lewter) Oct.11,1816 - July 29,1879 Mother ( she was the wife of A. M.Burford. *Pitman E. Burford, Feb. 17, 1856 - Mar. 28,1890 Brother *A.M. Burford (Alexander Mitchell) Burford, died Feb. 25, 1890, age 82yrs, 1 lmos,27 days. Father *(Jane, Pitman and A. M Burford all on one stone) Corrine Burford, Aug 11,1882 - Dec 9,1882, dau of WC & LV Burford Orena Jones, Feb 27,1873 - Dec. 10,1898 daughter of ME & VL (Burford) Jones William Miller, Co. E. 5Ga. Inf C.S.A. Mary E. Martin, May 8, 1850 - Sept 19, 1920, wife of JP Martin Mother James P. Martin, Dec. 8, 1844 - Feb 14, 1905 Henry Richardson, June 1, 1829 - Feb. 10,1875 Win. S. Richardson, Mar. 22,1857 - July 16, 1863 Foot stones: AEB, MGY, JMW Jessie M. Allen, Dec. 22,1880 - Aug. 27, 1882, daughter of HO & ML Allen James M. Wall, June 1,1840 - July 21,1896 Ella May Ellis, Sept. 30,1899 - Nov. 4, 1901, daughter of GR & AM Ellis, age 2 years B.Jane Burford, Sept 9, 1836 - Feb. 8, 1930, wife of D. L. Burford Daniel L. Burford, Apr. 14, 1827 - Nov 10, 1880 (?) Barsheba L. Burford, June 3, 1857 - June 3, 1857, daughter of D. L. & B. J. Burford Philemen H. Burford, Apr. 9, 1856 - July 15, 1856, son of D. L. & B. J. Burford L.P. C. (Leonard Peyton Clements) Burford, Nov. 1800 - Sept. 20, 1863, born Oglethorpe County, Georgia, son of Solomon Burford Rebecca P. Burford, May 5,1844 - Dec. 1856, daughter of L.P.C. and Rebecca C. Burford Alexander L. Burford, Sept. 12, 1852 - 1856, son of L.P.C. and Rebecca C. Burford Mary F. Burford, Sept 17,1848 - 1849, daughter of L.P.C. & Rebecca C. Burford Elizabeth J. Burford, Sept. 11,1841 - 1842, daughter of L.P.C. & Rebecca C. Burford Infant son of L.P.C. & Rebecca C. Burford, B. & D. Dec. 23, 1837 Daniel C. Burford, Nov. 18,1835 - Aug. 22, 1857, son of H.C. & R. Burford Martha W. Young, Nov. 10,1828 - June 7,_____stone broken, wife of J. W. Young Dr. W.H. Burford, May 23,1823 - Dec. 12,1901, Son of Daniel & Lucy Burford born Madison County, Alabama, died Tate County, Mississippi. Daniel Burford, 11-5-1782 - June 19, 1848 Lucy Burford, May 22,1789- May 26, 1847, consort of D. Burford Rebecca F. Young, Sept 16,1844 - April 1847, daughter of JW & MG Young Martha G. Young, Feb 18,1815 - July 9,1846, wife of J.W.Young Harvey C. Burford, Dec. 2, 1811 - June 30, 1846 Tahpenious Newman, Aug. 25, 1837 - Oct. 19, 1856, daughter of H.C. & R. Burford, married Howard Newman in 1855 Lucy T. Burford, July 15,1847 - Sept. 18, 1851, daughter of WC & EC Burford Leonard P. Burford, July 23,1843 - Oct. 20, 1853, son of WC & EC Burford John Heron Burford, Dec. 26, 1854 - Jan. 8, 1855, son of WC & EC Burford Martha Jane LaFayette Burford, Dec. 29,1840 - Sept. 15,185 1, dau of WC & EC Burford (no stone from Bible record) William Philemon Burford, Jan.7,1856 - Aug. 13, 1860, son of WC & EC Burford (no stone from Bible record) Thomas A. Burford, March 6, 1859 - Dec. 22, 1860, son of WC & SE Burford Elizabeth C. Burford, Dec. 31, 1824 - Sept. 22, 1856, wife of W. C. Burford Foot stone: W.C.B. (I believe this to be the grave of W. C. Burford with head stone missing) Solomon Burford, Nov. 17, 1763 - Feb. 27, 1837 born North Carolina, died Marshall County, Mississippi Foot stone: SLW Sina L. Wilkerson, Sept 23,1885 - Oct. 22, 1885, daughter of W. T. Wilkerson and Mollie E. Wilkerson (her parents are buried in the Crockett Cemetery) Valentine Wolfe, June 2, 1803 - May 1, 1871 Hawkins, no names or dates ( this is a big stone) George Bister (no dates) _______D. Bister, March 1855 - Feb. 19,_____, (Jefferson Davis Bister, March 5,1855 - Feb. 9, 1910) Rebecca C. Bister, 1862 - 1932, (Rebecca Clack Burford Bister, July 15,1862 - June 15, 1932) W.R.J. Kingsbery, July 3,1872 - Feb.4, 1884, son of WL & EJ Kingsbery R.H.R. Kingsbery, Mar. 23,1876 - Sept. 6, 1876, son of WL & EJ Kingsbery W. B. Roberts, Co. C. 20 Ark. Inf. C.S. A. (no dates) ( William Basil Roberts from Georgia) Evelyn Dillard Roberts, wife of W. B. Roberts (new stone) Grave - stone Mrs. Mahala Wallace, ________ - 4-6-1887 (no stone newspaper record says buried in Burford Cemetery) J. N. Walker, ________ - 7- 1935 (no stone newspaper record says buried in Burford Cemetery) Hezekiah Lipsey, 5-1795 - 1880, (no stone born Georgia and died in Coldwater, Mississippi Lipsey records say buried in Burford Cemetery) Winfield Scott Burford (no stone Bible record say he is buried in Burford Cemetery) The Cemetery tombstone inscriptions were read and copied on March 13, 1977, by Mrs John R. Craft and Mr. Anse McKinnon. The Cemetery tombstone inscriptions were read and copied in April 1984, by Mrs. Evelyn Arnold Plyler and Mrs Betty Arnold Loftiss The information from newspaper's, Bible records, and Lipsey records were added by Mrs Betty Arnold Loftiss. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Betty Arnold Loftis < bloftiss@gmi.net > ====================================================================