Sandy Bayou Cemetery
East
of Middle Warren Road
Jefferson
County, Arkansas
Submitted
10/04/2002 by Marolyn
Folkner Howell
(sent
to me by my cousin Ray GIBBINS of AR – A Partial Transcription)
SOURCE:
TOMBSTONE
INSCRIPTIONS
Collected
by
Mesdames
Hudson & Pettigrew 1929
For
the files of the Pine Bluff Chapter D.A.R. & Presented to the Public Library
through the Society of the Sons & Daughter of the Pilgrims 1934.
This book has been bound & rebound & includes other new &
later information on various cemeteries in Jefferson Co, AR area. The
inscriptions for Sandy Bayou Cemetery were not generated until April 25, 1972.
Sandy
Bayou Cemetery
Sect.
16-T 7-9W
William
P. Ellis Jr. & James W Leslie visited this cemetery in South Jefferson Co,
AR, April 25, 1972. It is located
East of the Middle Warren Road & can be reached by turning right down power
line right-of-way for approximately 2/10 mile to an old dirt road, turn Right on
old dirt road, follow for approximately 4/10 mile & turn Left on another old
dirt road. The cemetery is
approximately 3/10 of a mile in a Northerly direction & the road runs
through it. Although it appears to be abandoned, several burials have been made
there in the last few years. Although all of the tombstones were not enumerated,
the following were listed:
Louisa
A. Daughter of
Owen
& Lucy GRIFFIN
Born
Oct 17, 1826
Died
Sept 10, 1862
Infant
son of
G.
L. & K. E. BLACKWELL
Born
Jan 24, 1867
Died
Jan 27, 1867
Mary
S. Wife of
J.C.
BRIDGES
Born
Sept 28, 1860
Died
Feb 2, 1888
Mary
Wife of
R.
M. ANDERSON
Born
Dec 28, 1833
Died
Nov 29, 1877
(THIS
IS SISTER OF JOHN J GIBBINS)
Miry
Wife of J. S. REAP
Born
Mar 21, 1856
Died
Aug 24, 1889
33yrs
5 months & 3 days
Ada
C. E. Daughter of
H.
C. & Cora A. HUNT
Born
Sept 30, 1903
Died
Apr 4, 1904
James
H. C. HUNT Husband of
S.E.
L. HUNT
Born
Dec 6, 1845
Died
Oct 31, 1895
John
T. Son of J. H. & S. E.HUNT
Born
Jan 20, 1872
Died
Feb 17, 1872
S.
A. DUKE Wife of
William
H. GEWEN
Died
Aug 31, 1881
Aged
52 yrs. 1 mo. 27 days
Mattie
E. Wife of F. M. AVARITT
Born
July 21, 1853
Died
Apr 29, 1894
Willie
P. Son of F. M. & M. F. AVARITT
Died
July 19, 1882
Age
6 yrs. 8 mos. 17 days
Francis
M. Son of F. M. & M. E. AVARITT
Oct
27, 1877
Age
3 yrs, 2 months & 8 days
Lucy
A. CLAY
Died
Oct 23, 1887
Age
59 yrs, 1 month
Sarah
T. Wife of N. J. OWEN
Died
July 20, 1887
Age
26 yrs, 1 month & 12 days
Elizabeth
Wife of G. MASTIN
Born
May 28, 1831
Died
Apr 20, 1871
Josephine
Wife of G. L. AVARITT
Born
Apr 3, 1852
Died
Feb 5, 1881
David
SPELLS
Born
Mar 13, 1842
Died
Feb 24, 1917
DOUBLE
MARKER
Father
B .E. MORRIS, born in Pike Co, MS, Aug 23, 1810, Died Dec 4, 1881
Mother
Ann McCRARY Born in Lawrence Co, MS Oct31,
1816, Died Nov 15, 1882
LEFT
OF ROAD
Willie
Son of Henry J. & Mary TAGGART
Born
Sept 2, 1875
Died
Feb 19, 1939
Mary
TAGGART Daughter of Tom & Fannie TEMPLE
Born
Apr 3, 1877
Died
Jan 5, 1952