Old Davis Burying Ground
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Old Davis Burying Ground

Also known as Old Davis Cemetery

Wayne County, Mississippi, USA

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    Coordinates: 31.69292, -88.68962
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This is the Old Davis Cem. or Old Davis Burying Ground abandoned. Thomas Davis, his wife Mary "Polly", and several of their sons came to Wayne Co, MS 1816-1819. Family papers, even from the 1970s state that Thomas & son William Elias (1780-c1853) were buried here. Naturally, their wives are considered to also be buried here. It is where they lived. The Davis graves are not marked; their plots are unknown. This is what led descendants to place MEMORIAL markers at other Wayne Co, MS cemeteries in the 1980s. The only marked grave is Attie Walker. Attie was the daughter of Eliza Jane DAVIS & Orange Walker. Eliza was the great-granddaughter of Wm Elias Davis (1780-c1853). I realize that entering this cemetery creates duplicate entries for Thomas, Elias, & Dicey on findagrave- however this was their ACTUAL burial location. I had to use directions from 1965 to find this cemetery in May 2013 with the help of Herman Vinson. I think it prudent to get this location recorded. The Wayne Co Genealogical Org paid for the cem clean up Dec 2013. I got Attie's headstone returned upright & surveyed this cem also in Dec 2013. Some other graves were marked with a piece of sandstone (no writing). All these papers will be turned in to the Wayne Co Gen Org for their cem records. A sign will be made for this cemetery, if people help pay for it. The old barb-wire fence is still there for now. The current landowner has requested no new fence.
This is the Old Davis Cem. or Old Davis Burying Ground abandoned. Thomas Davis, his wife Mary "Polly", and several of their sons came to Wayne Co, MS 1816-1819. Family papers, even from the 1970s state that Thomas & son William Elias (1780-c1853) were buried here. Naturally, their wives are considered to also be buried here. It is where they lived. The Davis graves are not marked; their plots are unknown. This is what led descendants to place MEMORIAL markers at other Wayne Co, MS cemeteries in the 1980s. The only marked grave is Attie Walker. Attie was the daughter of Eliza Jane DAVIS & Orange Walker. Eliza was the great-granddaughter of Wm Elias Davis (1780-c1853). I realize that entering this cemetery creates duplicate entries for Thomas, Elias, & Dicey on findagrave- however this was their ACTUAL burial location. I had to use directions from 1965 to find this cemetery in May 2013 with the help of Herman Vinson. I think it prudent to get this location recorded. The Wayne Co Genealogical Org paid for the cem clean up Dec 2013. I got Attie's headstone returned upright & surveyed this cem also in Dec 2013. Some other graves were marked with a piece of sandstone (no writing). All these papers will be turned in to the Wayne Co Gen Org for their cem records. A sign will be made for this cemetery, if people help pay for it. The old barb-wire fence is still there for now. The current landowner has requested no new fence.

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