Court Records

*See also:

Arrington, Jud K., Public Cemeteries of Sumter County, Alabama, 1834-1972, Livingston Press at The University of West Alabama.  Call Number; R 929.5 P96 Alabama Collection

Stegall, Joseph F. & Jud K. Arrington, Sumter County, Alabama Index to Wills and Estates Administrations 1834-1884; Register of Deaths 1881-1892; and Cemetery Records, Heritage Books, Inc.  Call Number; R 929.376141 St325 Alabama Collection

S.F1, D2, Folder 1

• Index to public cemeteries of Sumter County, 1834-1972

• Belmnt

• Belmont Cemetery

• Nebo Cemetery

• New Prospect Cemetery 

• Boyd

• Boyd Cemetery

• Brewersville

• Brewersville Community Cemetery at Christian Valley Church

S.F1, D2, Folder 2

• Charcone (abandoned town)

  • Charcone Cemetery

• Cuba

  • Clay Memorial Cemetery

• Emelle

  • Central Cemetery

  • Liberty Church or Boney Cemetery

• Epes

  • Henagan Cemetery

  • McInnis or Jones Creek Cemetery

S.F1, D2, Folder 3

• Gainesville

• Old Cemetery or Confederate Cemetery

• Odd Fellows

• Gaston

• Old Gaston

• Geiger

• Souls Chapel Cemetery

• Halsell

• Shearon Cemetery

• Lauderdale Springs

• Lauderdale Springs Cemetery

S.F1, D2, Folder 4

• Intercourse

• Curl's Chapel or Chestnut Grove

• Kinterbish

• Beulah Baptist Church

• Livingston

• Myrtlewood Cemetery

S.F1, D2, Folder 5

• Oxford

• Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery

• Panola

• Shady Grove Church Cemetery

• Providence Baptist Church Cemetery

• Penoba or Millville

• Mt. Herman Cemetery

• Rosser

• Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery

• Reid's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery

• Zion Baptist Church Cemetery

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• Shelbyville

• Elizabeth Church Cemetery

• Shorts

• Shorts Baptist Church Cemetery

• Rocky Mount Cemetery

• Siloam

• Siloam Cemetery

• Sumterville

• Methodist Cemetery

• Old Side Cemetery

• Bethel Chapel

• Sydeham (abandoned town)

• Mt. Gilead Baptist Cemetery

• McElroy or Tabernacle Cemetery

• Mt. Moriah

S.F1, D2, Folder 7

• Ward

• Cokes Chapel Cemetery

• Warsaw

• Jamestown Cemetery

• York

• York Municipal Cemetery

• York Station Cemetery

S.F1, D2, Folder 8

• Armstrong (Choctaw County)

S.F1, D2, Folder 9

• Blann Cemetery

• Binnsville Community Cemetery (Binnsville, Kemper Co., MS)

• Binnsville Methodist Cemetery (Binnsville, Kemper Co., MS)

• Blann Cemetery (Rosser - Brunson Community)

• Brightwater Cemetery

• Giles Episcopal Cemetery (Giles, Kemper Co., MS)

S.F1, D2, Folder 10

• Cemeteries, Book 1, 1972

• Cemeteries, Book 2, 1972

• Cemeteries, Book 3, 1972

S.F1, D2, Folder 11

• "Cemeteries of Sumter County, Alabama and Allied Cemeteries" compiled by Jud K. Arrington

• Part 1

• Bethlehem Cemetery (Edna, AL)

• Center Ridge Church Cemetery (near Milleville, Alabama)

• Mt. Gilead Baptist Cemetery

• Pine Grove Baptist Church

S.F1, D2, Folder 12

• Old Churches and Community Cemeteries

• Coody Cemetery

• Gaston Cemetery

• McInnis or Jones Creek Cemetery

S.F1, D2, Folder 13

• Family Cemeteries of Sumter County

• Arrington Cemetery

• Ballard Cemetery

• Blann Cemetery

• Brashiers - Wall

• Brown

• Browning

• Burton

• Campbell - Derby

• Childs

• Christopher

• Coats

• Coleman - Carnathan

• Croom

• Curl

• Old Cemetery

• Davidson

• Davis

• Dillard

• Drinkard

• Elliott

• Eskridge

• Estes

• Evans

• Evinston

• Ezelle

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• Cemeteries of Sumter County

• Garber

• Geiger

• Giles

• Graham-Peteet

• Greenless

• Harris

• Hatch

• Haupt

• Hibbler

• Horn

• Houston

• Jarman

• Jemison

• Jenkins

• Jones

• Jones

• Jones

• King

• Knox

• Lacy

• Lee Haven

• Lewis

• Little

• Lockard

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• Cemeteries of Sumter County

• May

• Miller

• Mims

• McCain

• McGrew-Hart

• O'Neal

• Parker

• Pearce

• Peavey

• Phares

• Potts

• Richardson

• Robinson

• Rocky Mount

• Rhyne

S.F1, D2, Folder 16

• Cemeteries of Sumter County

• Seale

• Shackleford

• Sibley

• Spratt

• Stanton

• Swilley

• Tate

• Taylor

• Thomas

• Tidmore

• Tinker Road

• Travis

• Wallis-Mellard

• Watkins-Taylor

• Watson

• Watt

• Weir

• Wideman

• Williams-Gibbs

• Winston

• Woodall

• Mt. Lebanon or Woods-Cameron

S.F1, D2, Folder 17

• Cemetery Workbooks (Six)

S.F1, D2, Folder 18

• "Arrington expert on cemeteries" article by Margaret C. Lyon

• "Cemeteries" tip sheet

• A few loose notes

S.F1, D2, Folder 19

• Cemeteries of Choctaw, Green, and Lauderdale County (MS)

• Allen

• Baptist (Choctaw)

• Binnsville Community

• Binnsville Methodist

• Bragg

• Brown

• Chaney

• Christopher's Chapel

• Clear Creek

• Concord (Choctaw)

• Denton

• Ebenezer Baptist (Choctaw)

• Episcopal (Choctaw)

• Giles Episcopal (Kemper County, MS)

• Hawkins

• Hopewell Baptist

• Lauderdale Springs

• Littlepage

S.F1, D2, Folder 20

• Cemeteries of Choctaw, Green, and Lauderdale County (MS)

• Mt. Moriah Church

• Mt. Sterling Baptist (Choctaw)

• Old Methodist (Old Sardis)

• Pearce

• Public

• Salem Baptist (Lauderdale County, MS)

• Shanty Hill

• Smith-Snedecor

• Tisdale

• Turner-Spinks

• Wilcox

• York Station

S.F1, D2, Folder 21

• Episcopal Cemetery

• Baptist

• Pushmataha, Choctaw County

• Concord Cemetery (Yantley)

S.F1, D2, Folder 22

• Ebenezer Cemetery, Eskridge

S.F1, D2, Folder 23

• "Man searches for history in Mississippi Graveyards" article from Meridian Star,  Wednesday, August 9, 1972 including pictures of Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, MS

S.F1, D2, Folder 24

• Cemeteries of Kemper County, MS

• Binnsville Methodist Cemetery

• Binnsville Community Cemetery

• Giles Episcopal Cemetery

S.F1, D2, Folder 25

• Hopewell Baptist Church, Lavaca, AL

S.F1, D2, Folder 26

• Notebook: Family cemeteries, Sumter County, AL, Book no.1, 1972

• Destroyed family cemeteries

• Ballard

• Brashiers-Wall

• Browning

• Burton

• Dillard

• Graham-Peteet

• Greenless

• Houston

• Jenkins

• Jones-Vaughn

• Lacy

• Potts

• Rhyne

• Sibley

• Thomas

S.F1, D2, Folder 27

• Confederate Veterans buried in Myrtlewood Cemetery

• Livingston Cemetery

• Myrtlewood Cemetery

• Mt. Pisgah Cemetery (near Melvin, AL)

• Mt. Sterling Baptist Cemetery (Choctaw County, AL)

S.F1, D2, Folder 28

• Marengo County Cemeteries - newspaper clippings

• Aimwell

• Arbor

• Arthur Meriweather Lewis

• Barkley

• Beaver Creek Baptist

• Caleb Williams

• Campground

• Chambers

• Cheney

• Davis

• Dayton

• Dixon

• Dunning

• Edward Baptist Family

• Fleming Plantation

• Friendship Baptist

• Goose Creek

• Hampden

• Hoboken Baptist

• Holt Neighborhood

• Jefferson

• Jewish

• Lane Sledge (Spring Hill)

• Lewis Simmons

• Lipscomb

• Lucy Family

• McMillan's (McKinley)

• McNeill

• Montpelier Presbyterian

• Octagon Baptist

• Old French

• Old Liberty

• Old Spring Hill Church

• O'Neal

• Payne's Chapel

• Putnam

• Presbyterian's - Walker Church

• Rawls

• Rembert Hill

• Red Top

• Sharpes (Jefferson)

• Shop or Vick

• St. Michael's (Faunsdale)

• Strudwick Family at Arcola

• Thomaston

• Torbert

• Union Grove

• Watkins

S.F1, D2, Folder 29

• Letter to Rose Marie and Judd from Elizabeth Stegall

• Nebo Cemetery (Bluffport)

• New Cemetery (Cahaba)

S.F1, D2, Folder 30

• Old Cemetery (Cahaba)

• Old Memphis (Pickens County)

S.F1, D2, Folder 31

• Three notebooks

• Old Cemetery and Community Cemetery

• Arrington, Killian, Kemp, Hill, and assorted relations

S.F1, D2, Folder 32

• Burials at Poor House cemetery from Sumter County Death Register

• Letter to Judd from Bill Gilbert about Parker Cemetery

• Old Memphis Cemetery (Pickens County)

S.F1, D2, Folder 33

• Research on:

• Bethel

• Brewersville

• Gainesville

• Methodist

• Myrtlewood

• Odd Fellows

• Old or Confederate

• Old Side

• Shady Grove

S.F1, D2, Folder 34

Sumter County Public Cemeteries -- Sumter County Family Cemeteries
Listed in one notebook

Cemetery, Salem Baptist Church, Alamucha- Old Town
Lauderdale Co. MS, (348 markers)

Shanty Hill Cemetery (Mt. Hebron, AL)

Smith - Snedecor Cemetery (Mt. Hebron, AL)

Smith - Snedecor - Gordon

Sumter County Public Cemeteries

• Belmont - Belmont Methodist Church

• Bluff Port

o       New Prospect Church

o       Nebo Church

•  Boyd - Boyd Community

•  Brewersville - Brewersville Community at Christian Valley Church

•  Charcone (abandoned town) - Charcone cemetery

•  Cuba - Clay Memorial

•  Emelle

o       Central

o       Liberty Church or Boney

• Epes

o       Henegan

o       McInnis

• Gainesville

o        Old or Confederate

o        Odd Fellows

• Gaston - Gaston
• Geiger or Ivy - Souls Chapel
• Halsell - Shearon
• Intercourse - Curls Chapel or Chestnut Grove
• Kinterbish - Beulah Baptist
• Livingston - Myrtlewood
• Oxford - Oxford Presbyterian Church
• Panola

o       Shady Grove Church

o        Providence Baptist Church

• Penoba or Millville - Mt. Herman
• Rosser

o       Liberty Baptist

o       Reed's Chapel Methodist

o       Zion Baptist

• Shelbyville - Elizabeth Presbyterian
• Shorts

o       Shorts Baptist

o       Rocky Mount

• Siloam - Siloam Baptist
• Sumterville

o       Methodist

o       Bethel Chapel

o       Old Sides

• Sydenham (abandoned town)

o       Mt. Gilead Baptist Church

o       McElroy or Tabernacle

o       Mt. Moriah (now completely destroyed)

• Ward - Cokes Chapel

• Warsaw - Jamestown

• York

o       York Municipal

o       York Station

Sumter County Family Cemeteries

• Arrington - Woodford

• Ballard - On Sumter farm land at Geiger, near airport

• Blann - Rosser - Brunson Community
• Brashiers-Wall - Moscow
• Brown - Sumterville
• Brown - "Louden" at Sumterville
• Browning - Emelle
• Burton - Payneville
• Campbell - Derby - Frank Derby Home
• Coody - Rosser
• Coats - Hickory Hill
• Croom - Frank Derby Home
• Curl - Intercourse
• Davis - Across River From McCainville
• Denton - 4 miles east of Geiger
• Dillard - Geiger - now destroyed
• Holiness Cemetery - hickory Hill
• Elliott - Payneville
• Eskridge - 1 mile west of Gainesville, Epes Wye (road)
• Estes - 3 miles out River Road from Epes
• Evans - Kinterbish
• Garber - Livingston Industrial Park (South)
• Geiger - Intersection Panola Road & Hwy 17
• Giles - Cuba
• Graham - Peteet - Chestnut Grove or Intercourse
• Greenless - Payneville
• Harris -Dove
• Hatch - Geiger
• Haupt - McDowell
• Hawkins - Hwy 21, 3½ miles South of Epes
• Hibbler - ½ mile East of Hwy 17 on Panola road
• Horn - Horns Bridge on Sucarnoochee River
• Houston - On AGS Railroad North of Livingston, Near Parkers
• Jarman - Brunson
• Jemison - NE ¼ of Sec. 36, TS 18 N, R4W
• Jenkins - NW ¼ of Sec. 13, TS 18 N, R3W
• Jones - Hagerman Farm
• Jones - Emelle
• Jones - Sec 36, TS 22 N, R4W
• King - Woodford
• Knox - Site of Original Elizabeth Church * See Billy Rumley
• Lacy - A.G. Boyd Pasture, only 2 graves
• Lilita - Lilita
• Lewis - Hwy 21, 3 miles South of Epes
• Little - Panola
• McCain - McCainville
• McGrew - Hart - Rooster Bridge at Moscow
• May - may Hill, Between Coatopa & Elmont
• May - Epes
• Miller - Miller Hill Baptist Church
• Mims - Horns Bridge Road
• O'Neal - Gainesville
• Parker - Sec. 7, TS 19N, R3W
• Parker - Coatopa
• Patton - Lee Haven (#43 in notebook)
• Pearce - Whitfield
• Peavy - Cuba
• Phares - Upper Road - Dr. Hester Circle
• Potts - Livingston
• Richardson - Sec. 23, TS 21 N, R2W
• Rhyne - Sec. 15. TS 19N
• Seale - Sec. 21, TS 16 N, R2W
• Shackelford - Coleman Place
• Sibley - Sec. 11, TS 22N, R3W
• Spratt - Sec. 6, TS 19N, R3W
• Swilley - Sec. 20, TS 21 N, R1W
• Tate - Scratch Hill Community
• Taylor - Hester Circle
• Thomas - Payneville
• Tidmore - Hickory Hill
• Tisdale - York - Now Destroyed
• Travis - Sec. 12, TS 19 N, R3W
• Vaughn - Curl
• Wallace - Mellard - NW ¼ of Sec. 24, TS 19 N, R3W
• Watkins - Taylor - China Bluff on Tombigbee River
• Watson - Dr. Hester Circle - Upper Road
• Watson - Geiger
• Watt - Pinson Farm
• Weir - SW ¼ of Sec. 9, TS 23 N, R3W
• Wideman - Sec 12, TS 16 N, R2W
• Williams - Gibbs - Short Distance from Gainesville, Gravel Road to Epes
• Winston - Sec. 2, TS 21 N, R3W
• Woods - Cameron - Scratch Hill Community

Cemetery, Salem Baptist Church, Alamucha- Old Town, Lauderdale Co. MS, (348 markers)

Shanty Hill Cemetery (Mt. Hebron, AL), Behind the Poyntor home

• Amason, Edward. D.
• Jolly, Peter
• Jolly, Hannah
• Rogers, Alexander A.

Smith - Snedecor Cemetery (Mt. Hebron, AL)  
*2 Duplicate copies listed as Smith - Snedecor - Gordon  

S.F1, D2, Folder 35

• Lavaca, AL (Choctaw Co.)

• Chaney Family Cemetery

• Wilcox Family Cemetery

• Meridian, MS

• Rosehill Cemetery