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Mosley Chapel C.M.E. Cemetery- located in Cotton Plant, MS
?, Annie L. "Sis", 4/10/1910, 12/11/1993, Ball Hill
Adkins, Bradford 8/8/1995 3/22/1996, Boyd Cemetery
Adkins, Queen 12/25/1895 4/4/1936, Boyd
Cemetery
Barnett, Claudie 3/6/1901 5/10/1987, Boyd Cemetery
Bell, Arie Lee Cox 7/25/1910 9/15/1990, Boyd
Cemetery
Bell, Cathy Louise 2/20/1939 5/12/1996, Boyd
Cemetery
Bell, Jimmie Lee 2/11/46 1/18/95, Boyd
Cemetery
Bell, William 6/4/06 1/25/?, Boyd
Cemetery
Berry, Mary Emmaline, 12/6/1876, 11/3/1947, wife of Robert
Berry,
Ball Hill
Berry, Robert William, 1875, 1958, Ball Hill
Blackwell, Sallie 1/13/21 6/14/02, Boyd Cemetery
Blake, Abner E., 6/20/1917, 10/22/1972, Ball Hill
Blake, Elhue, 10/24/1911, 5/4/1961, Ball Hill
Blake, Lula B., 4/25/1881, 9/21/1958, Ball Hill
Blake, Mary Etta, 11/12/1913, 12/15/1995, Ball Hill
Blake, Roy, 1/22/1909, 10/22/1977, US Navy WW II, Ball Hill
Boyd, Annie 9/5/1869 11/3/1934, Boyd Cemetery
Boyd, Arrner Lou ? 7/7/1892, Boyd Cemetery
Boyd, Frank 1808 9/1/1901, Boyd Cemetery
Boyd, Harriet 9/1870 6/1886 , Boyd
Cemetery
Boyd, Lulu 1/12/1854 1860, Boyd Cemetery
Boyd, Patsy 9/25/08 4/20/1878, Boyd Cemetery
Boyd, Richard 12/28/1866 3/23/1867, Boyd
Cemetery
Boyd, Wife of September 9/28/1887 7/21/1902, Boyd Cemetery
Braddock, George, 310/1893, 6/18/1944, Ball Hill
Carter, Eldora 11/6/1878 8/7/1885, Boyd
Cemetery
Clemmer, Queen ? ?, Boyd Cemetery
Colyer, Dennis, 9/13/1855, 4/26/1923, Hopkins
Colyer, Hubert, 3/25/1895, 3/29/1961, Ball Hill
Colyer, Lonnie D., 1/12/1909, 5//15, 1934, Hopkins
Colyer, Mollie A., 7/12/1893, 2/6/1982, Ball Hill
Cook, Luther 4/9/1920 9/23/1998, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, Charles 2/?/? 3/9/1879, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, Charlie ? 9/1937, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, Claude ? 4/1960, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, David Louis 7/26/1899 9/21/1976, Boyd
Cemetery
Cowan, Flora 8/12/1922 6/26/1998, Boyd
Cemetery
Cowan, James 4/8/1867 9/25/1941, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, James Monroe 5/17/1947 1/9/1985, Boyd
Cemetery
Cowan, John Cannon 1902 1982, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, Lovie 3/24/1903 7/22/1984, Boyd
Cemetery
Cowan, Mary Lee 3/23/1921 12/28/1989, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, Sallie 3/9/1879 5/13/1947, Boyd
Cemetery
Cowan, Thomas 11/17/1908 9/15/1978, Boyd Cemetery
Cowan, Thomas B. 8/22/1901 3/12/1906, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Alfred 12/15/1910 11/10/1983, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Alfred Jr. 2/24/1954 3/27/1999, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Aaron Allen 12/25/1909 7/23/1971, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Birdie L. 2/17/1926 1/26/02, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Charles Tate 1/8/1949 5/6/1989, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Charlie Murry 6/14/1918 1/11/2000, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Dennis Lavell 3/14/1974 6/6/2002, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Ellis 9/1/1902 ?/19/1987, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Erastus 8/16/1914 9/20/1977, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Eugene 8/8/1946 6/15/2000, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Evalene 1/10/1900 12/11/1979, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Frank 9/7/1907 11/6/1977, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Green 1873 1945, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, General Green 9/23/1913 9/3/1998, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, George 6/16/1906 ?, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, George O. 4/11/1907 4/16/1981, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Gentle “Dig” 11/3/1913 2/8/1972, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Gracie B. 8/21/1915 7/24/1997, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, James 2/12/1922 12/30/1966, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, J.C. 8/18/1934 9/9/1956, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, John W. 2/20/1902 7/24/1971, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, L.C ? 4/28/1935, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Lottie Virginia 8/25/1915 4/19/1989,
Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Marie 11/29/1909 6/16/1974, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Minnie 1883 1950, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Moses 1840 1887, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Nora 10/13/1907 10/29/1984, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Phebe 6/20/1854 1/25/1883, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Richard James 4/25/1957 10/31/1996, Boyd
Cemetery
Cox, Thomas Sr. 9/12/1928 4/22/1986, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Tony “Leo” ? 8/16/2003, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Crum Vannie Elizabeth 1/17/1900 8/22/1983,
Boyd Cemetery
Cox, William Earl 3/2/1947 4/17/2003, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Willie 7/4/1936 1/22/1999, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Willie 9/23/1927 6/30/1982, Boyd Cemetery
Cox, Willie S. 4/12/1921 2/10/1978, Boyd
Cemetery
Crum, Azzie 7/10/1910 11/14/1989, Boyd
Cemetery
Crum, Frank Bell, 2/18/1899, 1/23/1965, Ball Hill
Crum, Franklin P., 12/7/1919, 9/17/1997, ST3 US Navy WWII, Ball
Hill
Crum, Ida, 1/16/1874, 2/1/1914, wife of Henry, Ball Hill
Crum, Mandy, 2/8/1900, 3/24/1942, wife of F. B., Ball Hill
Crum, Ornie 1/17/1902 6/14/1991, Boyd Cemetery
Crum, Octavie 11/12/1912 2/18/2002, Boyd
Cemetery
Crum, Sarah Elizabeth 3/21/1877 12/8/1930, Boyd
Cemetery
Cutbirth, F. M., Co. F. 2 Miss Inf CSA, Ball Hill
Duham, Emma ? 3/29/1890 , Boyd Cemetery
Ezell, Tanvas 8/26/1994 11/15/1996, Boyd
Cemetery
Finger, Anfernee 5/18/1995 11/15/1996, Boyd Cemetery
Freeman, Ardalia Spight, 2/19/1895, 6/24/1989, Ball Hill
Gibbs, Frank, 7/20/1881, 5/10/1909, Hopkins
Gray, Mollie Cowan 6/20/? 10/1929, Boyd
Cemetery
Gray, Roosevelt (Jack) Sr. 3/28/1902 9/5/1994, Boyd
Cemetery
Green, Hubert T. 8/15/1929 4/23/1988, Boyd Cemetery
Gunn, B. G., 12/25/1817, 2/1/1896, Hopkins
Gunn, Burse Frank, 7/25/1917, 5/1/1918, son of John and
Mellie Gunn, Hopkins
Gunn, Gamble E., 7/29/194-, 5/24/1973, PFC US Marine Corps,
Vietnam, Ball Hill
Gunn, Minnie, 2/17/1883, 12/21/1966, Ball Hill
Gunn, Walter, 10/22/1910, 12/10/1958, hus. of Anner Spight
Gunn,
Ball Hill
Haddix, Clara 6/15/1884 11/3/1935, Boyd
Cemetery
Harris, Annie G. 4/30/1907 12/23/1991, Boyd Cemetery
Harris, Joe 2/22/1909 11/27/1982, Boyd
Cemetery
Hart, Burkley 12/30/1920 5/21/1999, Boyd
Cemetery
Hill, J. H. Rev, 8/18/1865, 2/25/1910, Hopkins
Hines, George, 11/17/1882, 3/14/1924, Ball Hill
Hines, Maudie Ceolia, 9/10/1903, 10/14/1965, Ball Hill
Hines, Robert O. 8/18/1900, 6/24/1948, Ball Hill
Hines, R. S., 4/11/1987, 5/6/1918, wife of G. H., Ball Hill
Jackson, Jenessa 12/22/1988 11/15/1996, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Albert S. 2/10/1932 7/29/1992, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Allen(Dit) 1/24/1930 2/28/1995, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Allen 1930 1995, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Burnice Cox ? 1953, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Curley 12/31/1932 9/27/2002, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Fannie 1848 12/28/1900, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Frank 7/14/1916 ?, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Gladys Inez 2/14/1935 4/10/2001, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Gus 5/18/1902 12/17/1983, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Harmon 8/25/1924 5/21/1950, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, James Sidney 8/10/1897 12/28/1899, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Joe S. 8/2/1893 3/25/1983, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Laddie 12/17/1919 3/18/1996, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Major ? 1942, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Mattie Lou Cox 4/24/1919 9/22/02, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Robert Lee 3/17/1925 5/25/1989, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Roy Lee 2/22/1953 4/25/1974, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Sarah L. 8/17/1934 4/11/2003, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Samela 1904 3/22/1975, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Thomas 4/25/1919 7/18/1952, Boyd Cemetery
Johnson, Thomas James 2/13/1952 5/14/1972, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Troy 7/13/1920 7/24/1989, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, Will 12/5/1893 10/24/1968, Boyd
Cemetery
Johnson, William S. 11/21/1925 3/30/1990, Boyd
Cemetery
J.W. 5/12/1935 3/18/1976, Boyd Cemetery
Kennon, Carrie 11/30/1880 11/30/1918, Boyd Cemetery
Kennon, Evelyn M. ? ?, Boyd Cemetery
Kennon, James Curtis 1959 1961, Boyd
Cemetery
Leatherwood, Robert Dwight 11/9/1955 5/15/2002, Boyd
Cemetery
Lowery, Gerties “Love” 11/7/1925 6/18/1997, Boyd Cemetery
Luster, Flossie Moore, 9/20/1896. 9/26/1986, Ball Hill
Mathis, Homer 5/1/1919 7/28/1980, Boyd Cemetery
McDonald, William 2/5/1937 11/11/1994, Boyd
Cemetery
Monroe, Bruce 12/22/1903 3/20/1960, Boyd Cemetery
Monroe, Infant Son of Bruce R. & Catherine Monroe
12/30/1950
12/30/1950, Boyd Cemetery
Monroe, John L. 1906 1973, Boyd Cemetery
Moore, Charlie D., 2/12/1907, 11/1/1977, Ball Hill
Moore, Clay C., 4/19/1912, 9/11/1983, Tec 5 US Army, Ball Hill
Moore, Eleanor T., 11/30/1910, 2/7/1999, Ball Hill
Moore, J. D., 12/23/1889, 8/23/1937, Ball Hill
Moore, John Allen, 1905, 1964, Ball Hill
Moore, John Franklin, 1876, 1950, Ball Hill
Moore, Paulina, 10/4/1878, 12/18/1957, Ball Hill
Nesbit, Totsy Mae 11/8/1953 12/11/2000, Boyd
Cemetery
Nesbit, Monica T. 5/2/1981 2/23/1998, Boyd Cemetery
Nichols, Genetta (Polly) 4/5/1938 11/27/1994, Boyd
Cemetery
Padden, Willie Mae 9/27/1914 12/16/1978, Boyd
Cemetery
Prather, Albert T. 5/8/1954 4/4/2002, Boyd
Cemetery
Rainer, Fannie, , 12/21/1903, wife of Joe, Ball Hill
Rainer, Infant, born and died 5/8/1911, son of Tom and Oma,
Hopkins
Robinson, Mary 2/22/1901 1/16/1971, Boyd Cemetery
Rogan, Emily 1873 9/1/1943, Boyd
Cemetery
Rogan J.J. 1863 4/19/1928, Boyd
Cemetery
Rogan, Infant Twins of J.J. & Emily Rogan 2/9/1905
2/9/1905
Rogan, Infant Son of J.J. & Emily Rogan
9/10/1886
9/10/1886, Boyd Cemetery
Rogan, Mary Cox McDonald 11/25/1909 2/17/1990, Boyd
Cemetery
Rogan, Mitchell 12/21/1891 1/1/1903, Boyd Cemetery
Rogan, William 5/8/1898 1/21/1975, Boyd Cemetery
Selmon, William C. 3/12/1950 9/15/2000, Boyd
Cemetery
Smith, Sylvia Ann 6/14/1984 10/01/2002, Boyd
Cemetery
Spears, Amelia 2/29/1927 9/17/1965, Boyd Cemetery
Spight, Arzell, 4/22/1909, 11/24/1986, hus of Viola P., Ball
Hill
Spight, Clarence, 11/22/1889, , Ball Hill
Spight, Ethel, 1910, 1969, wife of John, Ball Hill
Spight, John, 1909, 1953, hus of Ethel, Ball Hill
Spight, Medford O., 1934, , , Ball Hill
Spight, Mellie Colyer, 8/17/1905, 9/6/1960, Ball Hill
Spight, Milton, 1928, 1991, Ball Hill
Spight, Monin, 1824, 3/23/1889, aged about 65 years, Ball Hill
Spight, Viola P., 4/28/1914, , wife of Arzell , Ball Hill
Storey, Chameka, 7/26/1977, 7/29/1977, Ball Hill
Storey, Joe David 3/3/1930 5/8/1993, Boyd Cemetery
Storey, Ivory 1893 1959, Boyd Cemetery
Storey, Loria 5/12/1972 3/9/2002, Boyd
Cemetery
Story, Detroy 2/14/1926 12/27/1997, Boyd
Cemetery
Story, Fannie ? 11/12/1915, Boyd
Cemetery
Story, Lon 1888 1960, Boyd Cemetery
Street, Joshua D. 1/16/1996 11/16/1996, Boyd
Cemetery
Strong, Lillie Gertrude 5/29/1941 6/10/1990, Boyd Cemetery
Sweatman, Clare 7/21/1919 5/13/1921, Boyd Cemetery
Sweatman, Elmer T. 4/17/1929 8/31/1929, Boyd
Cemetery
Thomas, Charlie Gene 11/18/1942 11/14/1994, Boyd Cemetery
Thomas, Henry Brown (HB) 10/10/1936 8/18/1990, Boyd
Cemetery
Thomas, Lula Irene 4/22/1911 9/22/1989, Boyd
Cemetery
Thomas, Luther 7/28/1911 2/6/1991, Boyd Cemetery
Thomas, William Brown 1/20/1916 5/1/1995, Boyd Cemetery
Thomas, Willie Clemmer 8/9/1918 5/27/1990, Boyd Cemetery
Tipler, Frankie 1/1/1960 6/13/1998, Boyd
Cemetery
Tye, Wesley 2/18/1890 ?, Boyd Cemetery
This listing is not complete, if you have African American
graves
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please contact me and I will add them here.
**note about Ball Hill Cemetery:
This cemetery is located west of Highway 15 between Walnut and
Tiplersville,
near the Ball Hill Church. Originally the graveyard was used by
both
African Americans and White families living in the surrounding area.
Ball
Hill is a well known African American community in Tippah
County.
The Confederate grave of E. W. Cutbirth is one of the only
remaining
marked white graves in the cemetery.
**note about Coker Cemetery:
In Tiplersville, at highway 15, Turn left on CR 300 and go 2.5 miles.
Turn left on CR 309 and go .2 of a mile. The cemetery is on the right,
in the woods on the Hines place. The house number just before the
cemetery
is 3521 CR 309. The cemetery is abandoned and overgrown, with no
road. It is beyond a creek and 3 barbwire fences from CR 2309.
**note about Hopkins Cemetery (See
pictures of Gravestones)
Located east of Hwy 15 on County Road 215, Hopkins Road. This
cemetery has always been African American and has maintained some of it
old stones. Some of the stones are missing and broken, there are
several unmarked sunken graves.
** note about Boyd Community Cemetery
Located T4S, R4E, S14, County Road 537. The information and
listing
of gravestones was provided by Brenda Cowan Storey and sent in by Tommy
Covington

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