PRYOR CEMETERY


Location: About 1-1/2 miles northeast of Oakland Community

Number of graves: 30-40

Number of identifiable graves: 2

Number of non-identifiable marked graves: 25-30

Earliest known grave: 1911

Latest known grave: 1911

Age percentage range: 80% adults, 20% infants and/or children

Race count: All black, except for one white

Located on fairly level ground among a grove of small pine trees, led to by an old 
roadbed. there are no signs of a fence around the cemetery and the old road has 
apparently been out of use for many years. There is a rotten bridge nearby.

The two identifiable graves are marked with engraved tombstones, while the rest of the 
graves are simply marked with iron ore rocks placed at the head and foot of each 
grave. The lengths of most of the graves are well defined and a few are considerably 
shorter than average, making it possible to arrive at an estimated age percentage 
range. About 25 or 30 graves are so marked, a few with pertified wood markers.

On the east side of the cemetery is a rectangular tock structure, about two feet high 
and open at the top, filled with earth and having a large oak tree growing in the 
center. This is said to be the grave of a school teacher, the only white person buried 
in the cemetery.

Identifiable graves:

Blanton, Stella - wife of Charley Blanton
B Feb 26, 1876
D Oct 6, 1911

Standfield, Mandy - dau of James & Mollie Standfield
Age 12 yrs
"No dates given"

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Submitted by: Bonnie Palmer (bpalmer@bihs.net)

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