Leflore County Cemeteries

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LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

CEMETERIES

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CHAPTER 425
HOUSE BILL NO. 780
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS
OF SUPERVISORS IN THIS STATE, IN THEIR DISCRETION AND UPON
AN APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE FROM THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, TO REPAIR, REHABILITATE, AND MAINTAIN ABANDONED CEMETERIES.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI :

SECTION 1.
Upon the official certificate of the Trustees of the Mississippi State Department of Archives and History that any abandoned cemetery is of historical significance and should be repaired, rehabilitated, or maintained as a historical monument, the boards of supervisors of the respective counties in this state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to repair, rehabilitate, and maintain any such cemetery within the borders of the county over which such board has jurisdiction.
SECTION 2.
Subject to like certificate from the said Trustees of the State Department of Archives and History, the board of supervisors in adjoining counties may in their discretion, jointly accomplish such repairs, rehabilitation, or maintenance in those instances where the cemetery in question occupies territory which at one (1) time or another was located as a part of said adjoining counties.
SECTION 3.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved: March 23, 1971

CRITERIA FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF HISTORICALSIGNIFICANCE OF ABANDONED CEMETERIES
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF HOUSE BILL NO. 780
Laws of Mississippi, 1971

I. The request for a certificate of historical significance must pertain to an "abandoned" cemetery.

A. For the purposes of the implementation of this act, an "abandoned" cemetery shall be construed to be one that is not adequately maintained by its legal owner or owners, whether religious bodies, private individuals, or governmental agencies.

B. An "abandoned" cemetery shall also be interpreted as one in which no burials have been made in the five years preceding the date of the official, written request to the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History for a certificate of historical significance.

C. A single grave, in some instances, may constitute an abandoned" cemetery.

D. Indian burial grounds shall be regarded as "abandoned" cemeteries

II. In determining whether or not to issue a certificate of historical significance, the Board of Trustees will consider:

A. Cemeteries which contain the graves of persons who have contributed significantly to the history of the nation, the state, or the local region.

B. Cemeteries which are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the nation, the state, or the local region.

C. Cemeteries which are associated with properties entered on the National Registry of Historic Places.

D. Cemeteries which are associated with "State Archeological Landmarks," provided for in the Antiquities Law of the State of Mississippi.

E. Cemeteries which are located on land belonging to the State of Mississippi, to a county or municipality, or to any political subdivision of the State.

F. Cemeteries containing the graves of veterans of any of the nation's wars.

G. Cemeteries containing statuary, vaults, markers, and monuments of sufficient architectural and artistic value to merit their protection and preservation.

H. Cemeteries which, by their preservation, would contribute in turn to the preservation of the earlier historical image of a locality.

I. Cemeteries containing 18th century burials.

J. Indian burial grounds, officially identified by professional archaeologists.

III. Those cemeteries which have been officially certified by the Board of Trustees shall be inventoried by local persons or groups requesting the certificate, and the inventory shall be deposited with the Department of Archive. and History. This procedure will not be necessary if the Department already has the records for that particular cemetery in its collections.

Approved by the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History at its meeting August 27, 1971.

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Visit the web site of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History where matters of Historical Preservation and particularly abandoned cemeteries are outlined.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
From the page that opens, click on 'criteria' under the heading 'Cemetery' for the criteria established for the preservation of Mississippi cemeteries. Contact the MDAH for more specific information on preserving local cemeteries.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
           Historic Preservation
           Abandoned Cemetery Project
           P. O. Box 571
           Jackson, MS 39205-0571
           Telephone: (601) 576-6940
           Fax: (601) 576-6955
           Email: msshpo@mdah.state.ms.us

*� 97-29-25. Desecration of cemetery.*

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Every person who shall knowingly and willfully dig up, except as otherwise provided by law, obliterate, or in any way desecrate any *cemetery* where human dead are interred, or cause through word, deed or action the same to happen, shall upon conviction be imprisoned for not more than one (1) year in the county jail or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both, in the discretion of the court. In addition to any penalties that the court is otherwise authorized to impose the court may, in its discretion, order such restitution as it deems appropriate.

In construing this section, a* cemetery* shall mean any plot of ground (1) on which are grave markers of stone, wood, metal or any other material recognizable as marking graves, or (2) the boundaries of which are defined by a recorded plat, a fence line or corner markers, or trees, or are defined in any other discernible manner.

*Sources: *Codes, 1942, � 2076.5; Laws, 1971, ch. 398, � 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 351, � 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 406, eff from and after July 1, 1983.
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Scott McCoy
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Post Office Box 571
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Phone: 601-576-6986
Fax: 601-576-6955

Cemetery	Latitude	Longitude	Interments
Ahavath Rayim Cemetery			Yes
Bear Creek Cemetery	332530N	0902011W	Yes
Bena Cemetery
Bernander Cemetery	334027N	0901052W	N/A
Cross Cemetery	.	.	N/A
Cypress Grove Cemetery	333320N	0900724W	N/A
Eastmoney Cemetery	333755N	0900938W	N/A
Gold Bell M.B. Church/Cemetery	.	.	Yes
Graves Cemetery	331625N	0902400W	N/A
Greenwood Memorial Park	332920N	0901135W	Yes
Hickory Ridge Cemetery	331908N	0902507W	N/A
Hudson Park Cemetery 2911 US Highway 49 South Greenwood, MS 38930 662-453-9807	.	.	N/A
Hughes about half-way between Shellmound and Moore's Lake bridge. On E side of road, back in woods.	.	.	Yes
Humphrey Cemetery	334111N	0902110W	N/A
Ingleside Cemetery	332642N	0901415W	N/A
Itta Bena Cemetery	.	.	Yes
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (old) 1635 Carrollton Ave, 38930-5816, (601)453-5225	.	.	Yes
Jacobs Chapel Cemetery	334710N	0901851W	N/A
Jeremiah Cemetery	332737N	0901614W	N/A
Jones Chapel Cemetery	334756N	0901322W	N/A
Jones Grove Cemetery	334828N	0901622W	N/A
Lanes Cemetery	334033N	0901428W	N/A
Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery	333347N	0901256W	Yes
Loggins Cemetery	333230N	0901436W	N/A
Magnolia Cemetery	333047N	0900957W	N/A
Majet Cemetery	334243N	0901028W	N/A
Malmaison Cemetery of Carroll County	.	.	Yes
McIntyre Cemetery	332819N	0901637W	N/A
McNutt Cemetery	333849N	0902223W	Yes
Merry Grove M.B. Church Cemetery	.	.	Yes
Mount Home Cemetery	332256N	0902340W	N/A
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	332435N	0901218W	N/A
Neals Cemetery	333755N	0900651W	N/A
O Dell Cemetery	332535N	0900928W	N/A
Old Greenwood Cemetery	333100N	0901126W	Yes
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	333652N	0902422W	N/A
Robinson Cemetery	332329N	0902516W	N/A
Saint Mark Cemetery	333641N	0901141W	N/A
Saint Marys Cemetery	334556N	0902239W	N/A
Saint Paul Cemetery	332642N	0901414W	N/A
Saint Pauls Cemetery	333615N	0901708W	Yes
Salem Cemetery	333331N	0901413W	N/A
Scott Cemetery	334703N	0902434W	Yes
Sidon Cemetery	.	.	Yes
Sweet Home Cemetery	333609N	0901400W	N/A
Travel Rest Cemetery	332706N	0901323W	N/A
Walnut Mound Cemetery	.	.	Yes
Watkins Cemetery	334313N	0901956W	N/A
Name Unknown on road just out of Shellmound going around the Tallahatchi River to Money. Behind a church on the right side, very close .	.	.	.

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