Bell-Fountain
Cemetery
Surveyed
by Leila B. LaGrone, July 1969
Transcribed & Submitted by Marylee Knight
Directions:
From Carthage, go eastbound on U.S. Highway 79 N for 14 miles to the
point where there is a yellow blinking light at the intersection with FM 31.
Turn left on to FM 31 and go northbound only 0.2 miles to the point where
FM 1794 intersects on the left. Turn
left on to FM 1794 and proceed
westbound for 3.5 miles to the point where Panola County Road 3081 intersects on
the left. Turn on to CR 3081,
passing by Wayside Church on the left and go a total of 557 feet to the point
where CR 3082 intersects on the left. Turn
on to CR 3082 and continue the 803 feet to where the road ends at the cemetery.
In her
survey notes made in 1969, Mrs. LaGrone stated that rows of graves had
disappeared from this cemetery because the tombstones were stolen and the wooden
markers had decayed. She noted that
Bell-Fountain Cemetery is a five-acre plot enclosed with a fence and that "
Bell-Fountain Baptist Church used to stand where a tabernacle has been built in
recent years. Rev. Jerry R.
Alexander was the last preacher to preach in that church.
It was at this church that he was licensed to preach on Saturday before
the 4th Sunday in June 1877, with E.B. Eakin and Richard Ingram as
Presbyters."
Mrs.
LaGrone also stated "A Negro slave cemetery was beside this one.
Wayside Negro Church is about 500 yards west; it is the Negro equivalent
to Bell-Fountain. Four and one-half acres were given to that
congregation."
She noted that the area had once been a thriving community and were served by the Kemlock Post Office. Credit was also given to the late John Dry who had assisted in making identification of many who were buried here. There are, reportedly some of the Wooten family buried here, but no marked graves were found.
*Per Edna, Amanda Briggs was born in 1837 not 1877
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Surname |
Given
Name |
Date
of Birth |
Date
of Death |
|
Alexander |
Alice A. |
Apr
3, 1886 |
Oct
10, 1906 |
|
|
Wife of B.B. Alexander |
|
|
|
Alexander |
Cora Simmons |
Apr
22, 1849 |
Nov
23, 1873 |
|
|
Wife of J.R. Alexander |
|
|
|
|
Daughter of Dr. ? Simmons |
|
|
|
Alexander |
Unknown daughter of |
No
date |
No
date |
|
|
J.R. and Fannie Alexander (J.R.'s third
wife) |
||
|
Alfred |
John |
May
3, 1854 |
Mar
24, 1887 |
|
Breedlove |
Charles R. |
1844 |
1902 |
|
Breedlove |
Mary E. |
1850 |
1911 |
|
Briggs |
Amanda |
1837* |
1902 |
|
Cobb |
Ambers |
No
date |
No
date |
|
Cobb |
Joe |
No
date |
No
date |
|
Cobb |
Lemmon |
No
date |
No
date |
|
Elliott |
Annie |
No
date |
1974
? |
|
Elliott |
Arizona |
1882 |
1892 |
|
Elliott |
C.H. |
Jul
14, 1846 |
Oct
20, 1900 |
|
|
Husband of Ida & Georgia |
|
|
|
Elliott |
Carel |
1888 |
1888 |
|
Elliott |
Charley B. |
1876 |
1880 |
|
Elliott |
Charlie H. |
Feb
25, 1905 |
Apr
16, 1905 |
|
Elliott |
E.W. |
1865 |
1923 |
|
|
"Mason" |
|
|
|
Elliott |
Edgar Franklin |
1881 |
1902 |
|
|
Son of C.H. & Ida Elliott |
|
|
|
Elliott |
Georgia |
1868 |
1895 |
|
|
Wife of C.H. Elliott |
|
|
|
Elliott |
Ida |
1853 |
1887 |
|
|
Wife of C.H. Elliott |
|
|
|
Elliott |
J.M. |
1852 |
1906 |
|
Elliott |
J.T. |
1861 |
1911 |
|
Elliott |
J.T.,
Jr. |
1888 |
1909 |
|
Elliott |
Levinia A. |
1826 |
1879 |
|
Elliott |
Lissie |
1870 |
1880 |
|
Elliott |
Little Bid |
1889 |
1891 |
|
Elliott |
Mary J. |
1862 |
1938 |
|
Elliott |
Nobel Clare |
1893 |
1895 |
|
|
Daughter of J.T. & M.L. Elliott |
|
|
|
Elliott |
William C. |
1873 |
1881 |
|
Elliott |
Zachary Darnell |
1897 |
1901 |
|
|
Son of W.B. & F.M. Elliott |
|
|
|
Greer |
W.H. |
Sep
18, 1848 |
Mar
25, 1904 |
|
Higgins |
Wallace |
1881 |
1882 |
|
|
Son of D.S. & C.L. Higgins |
|
|
|
Hill |
C.N. |
No
date |
Apr
29, 1894 |
|
|
"Our Mother" - "Age 65" |
|
|
|
Hill |
Fannie E. |
Jun
10, 1855 |
Nov
3, 1898 |
|
|
Wife of W.A. Hill |
|
|
|
Hill |
Frances |
Dec
20, 1812 |
Jan
31, 1895 |
|
|
Wife of Wylie Hill |
|
|
|
Hill |
Grover A. |
May
6, 1885 |
Feb
15, 1906 |
|
|
Son of W.A. & F.E. Hill |
|
|
|
Hill |
Henry H. |
Jan
14, 1844 |
Aug
14, 1865 |
|
Hill |
John P. |
Apr
13, 1845 |
Aug
7, 1865 |
|
Hill |
Murrah P. |
1860 |
1882 |
|
|
Son of A.W. & C.N. Hill |
|
|
|
Hill |
Obedience |
Sep
1783 |
Aug
21, 1873 |
|
|
"Age 90 years" |
|
|
|
Hill |
Wiley |
Apr
7, 1809 |
Dec
9, 1889 |
|
|
"Mason" |
|
|
|
Hill |
Wiley A. |
May
27, 1846 |
Jun
20, 1912 |
|
Hill |
Woods |
1885 |
1885 |
|
|
Son of N.T. & M.J. Hill |
|
|
|
Hough |
Beulah |
1839 |
1850 |
|
|
Daughter of S.B. & V.A. Hough |
|
|
|
Ingram |
Jim |
No
date |
No
date |
|
Ingram |
Unknown
|
No
date |
No
date |
|
Ingram |
Unknown |
No
date |
No
date |
|
Ivy |
Jeremiah |
1794 |
1887 |
|
|
Died at age 93 |
|
|
|
Ivy |
Mrs. Jeremiah |
No
date |
No
date |
|
|
nee Martha (Hudson) Johns Ivy |
|
|
|
Jeter |
Adah |
1887 |
1888 |
|
|
Daughter of G.S. & C.N. Jeter |
|
|
|
Johns |
Charlie
|
No
date |
No
date |
|
Johns |
Theron May |
1898 |
1899 |
|
|
Sister of Mrs. Verna Marr |
|
|
|
Johns |
Thomas Pascal |
1854 |
1887 |
|
|
Brother of Mrs. Verna Marr |
|
|
|
Johns |
Unknown |
No
date |
No
date |
|
|
First husband of Martha (Hudson) Johns Ivy |
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|
Johns |
Willis Moody |
1888 |
1890 |
|
Killion |
David C. |
Mar
22, 1845 |
Oct
25, 1868 |
|
Lyon |
J.D. |
Mar
20, 1804 |
May
4, 1876 |
|
|
"Mason" |
|
|
|
Lyon |
Sarah Hill |
Nov
4, 1807 |
Nov
17, 1899 |
|
|
Wife of J.D. Lyon - "Age 92 yrs, 13
days" |
|
|
|
Lyon |
W.C. |
Feb
6, 1825 |
Feb
3, 1874 |
|
|
"Mason" |
|
|
|
Merriman |
Unknown |
No
date |
No
date |
|
|
Wife of Dr. ? Simmons, founder of Simmons
Medicine Co |
||
|
|
Name of second husband unknown |
|
|
|
|
Wife of ? Merriman |
|
|
|
|
Mother of Cora (Simmons) Alexander |
|
|
|
Mondon |
Laura |
1863 |
1868 |
|
Reese |
Allie W. |
1880 |
1901 |
|
Turk |
Lucy V. |
1850 |
1900 |
|
|
Wife of Dr. T.L. Turk |
|
|
|
Turk |
T.L. (Dr.) |
Jan
27, 1846 |
Dec
22, 1902 |