Abandoned Cemetery near Scooba, MS
---ASHFORD, BRYAN , CARTER, CONE, ELLIS, JOHNSON, TURNER---
This old cemetery is located about 2-3 miles east of Scooba on the
north side of Hwy.16, just west of the Dozer Rd. intersection. It is
about 100-150 yards from the road, behind a home. There is a dirt road
to the left of the home's driveway that leads to the cemetery. A horse
pasture is on the left (west) side. The cemetery is on the right side
of the road, just beyond a low 3-row barbed wire fence. The cemetery
is in deplorable condition with fallen trees on some of the stones
and thick underbrush and vines that cover many of the graves. Many of
the stones are facedown in the dirt and cannot be viewed. Others are
broken and down, covered with dirt and leaves.
Inscriptions read March 14, 2004:
Sacred to the memory of MARY, wife of ISAAC CARTER and Mother of CLARK
CARTER, who was born in 1775 and died February 4th 1849 in the ? year
of her age.
Sacred to the memory of CLARK CARTER who was born December 2nd 1791
and departed this life September 5th 1851. Aged 56 years, 9 months,
and 3 days.
SARAH, wife of CLARK CARTER, who was born January 30th 1803 (or 1800)
and died December 6, 1848. Aged 45 years and 10 months and 7 days.
Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM, son of CLARK and SARAH CARTER who was
born April 10th 1821 and died May 8th, 1848. Aged 27 years, 1 month
and 21 days.
Sacred to the memory of CATHERINE E. daughter of CLARK and SARAH
CARTER who was born August 10th, 1829 and died October 1st, 1836.
Aged 7 years, 1 month and 2 days.
Sacred to the Memory of SARAH ANN, daughter of ROBERT and ELIZABETH
JOHNSON,
born July 21, 1838, died Oct. 21, 1853. Age 15 years.
In Memory of CORRIE daughter of WA & PJ ASHFORD, March 8th 18??
KATIE daughter of WA & PJ ASHFORD
JEMIMA ELLIS, Native of North Carolina, died in Kemper Co, MS, October
28th 1855, aged about 71 years
In Memory of GEORGE B. CONE who was born May 8th, 1813 in East Haddam,
Conn and died Jan. 16th, 1852
JOHN W. BRYAN and many other BRYANS are buried in the vicinity. There
is another cemetery adjacent to this one, in much better condition.
Some of the names in this cemetery include: LANIER, RAWLS, PAYNE,
PALLIAM, and DURAN.
These headstones were read at an earlier date, but were not visible
on 3-14-04:
Sacred to the Memory of RICHARD H., son of CLARK and SARAH CARTER,
born July 22, 1844, died Oct. 5, 1849. Age 5 years.
Sacred to the Memory of ROBERT JOHNSON, Born May 30, 1811, died Dec
11, 1859. Age 48 years.
Note: ISAAC and MARY CARTER had the following known children: CLARK
(who married SARAH first, second to Jane Turner), SARAH ANN (who
married JOHN L. SANSOM), and ELIZABETH "BETSEY" (who married ROBERT
JOHNSON). These families were originally from Georgia and settled in
Conecuh Co, AL in 1816. ISAAC CARTER died around 1845 in Conecuh
County.
CLARKE and SARAH CARTER moved to Kemper Co, MS in 1833. ROBERT and
ELIZABETH JOHNSON, along with MARY CARTER, moved to Kemper County
around 1846. CLARK CARTER owned property in Township 11, Range 18,
Sections 2, 11, and12.
They were Baptists.
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