The first Arnold to come to the USA was George Arnold, who
came from England as a British
soldier in the War of 1812. He was a son of Wm and Mary Birkinhead of Witton, England and grandson of Union
and Martha Arnold. George Arnold (lst) was born March 8, 1786 and his children
were as follows: William Washington, Martha, George B.,
Elizabeth, David Simpson, John Quincy who was born in
1828 at Ruse Hill. George (1st) married Mourning Mullins of Georgia in
June 1812. William W. Arnold son of George (lst) was born in
1813 on Bayou Pierce (Pierre) in what was afterwards Claiborne Co., Miss.
William married Phoebe Ann Foster and she was buried
at Concordia Cemetery near Gunnison, Miss. before the Arnold Cemetery was
established. The Arnold family moved from Claiborne Co. to Warren
Co. and lived in and around Vicksburg. David Simpson
and
John Quincy lived and died in Vicksburg. George
Arnold came to Bolivar Co in 1839 and Wm. Washington moved to Bolivar Co.
near Gunnison in 1854. Sometime soon afterwards he built or helped to build
a Baptist Church on what was afterwards known as the Columbus Arnold place.
A cemetery was started by this church.
Wm W. Arnold died in 1862 and was buried in this Cemetery and his tomb is in the exact center of this cemetery which consists of one acre of
land. C. C. Arnold who owned the
place at the time of his death willed it to his oldest son Wm. Henry
(called Tony) whose will has passed it
on to some of the Arnold family.
The will is recorded in the Rosedale courthouse. C. C. Arnold was killed at Concordia
by a run away team. He
and his wife Eliza Lightfoot of Camden, Ark. are also
buried in this cemetery along with other Arnolds. Written by: Mrs. Eunice Logan Arnold DAR & UDC Gunnison, Mississippi February, 1947
The Arnold Cemetery