Wilkerson Cemetery, Jackson Co., Arkansas

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This inventory is taken from previously unpublished papers of James
Logan Morgan, and is published with the permission of Mr. Morgan.  A
copy of Mr. Morgan's inventory of Wilkerson Cemetery has been placed in
the W. A. Billingsley Library, Newport, AR.

Transcribed for use on the Internet by Mark Williamson.

Jackson County, Arkansas USGenWeb Archives table of contents:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/jackson/jackson.html

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"Wilkerson Cemetery, Village Township
Inventoried 10 May 1957 by James Logan Morgan"

"This cemetery, located just off Highway 14 near the Orb Chatman 
residence, lies just behind the Chatman home.  Here I counted only 5 
markers, four of which were of the shaft type.  Three of these are lying 
on their shafts.  An inscription referring to Fannie Foushee is found on 
a stone with Joseph P. Foushee, as well as on a separate marker.  The 
only shaft style marker upright is the stone marking the burial spot of 
mrs. sconyers.  The Wilkerson monument is rectangular and quite narrow.

[Subsequently] inventoried 28 Feb 1968 by James Logan Morgan and Walter 
Edwards.  We found all stones in the original inventory, but did not 
locate the Wilkerson stone."

[In May 2002, Wilkerson researcher Kathy Estep visited the cemetery with 
the assistance of the current landowner and was able to locate the 
Wilkerson stone. -- Mark Williamson]


[on same stone]
FOUSHEE, Fannie (5 Oct 1824 - 17 Dec 1895) wife of J. P.
FOUSHEE, Joseph P. (17 Aug 1826 - 29 Jul 1896)

HARWELL, W. A. (10 Aug 1850 - 14 Oct 1900)

SCONYERS, Mollie P. (20 Mar 1856 - 28 Sep 1903) wife of T. J.

WILKERSON, Elijah (d. 10 Feb 1841) aged about 84 years [The date on
      the tombstone, verified by Kathy Estep, is a mistake on the part 
      of the engraver.  Elijah WILKERSON was listed on the 1850 census, 
      and Kathy reports that Elijah's actual date of death was
      10 Feb 1851.]