In 1968, John Wilson (pastor of Monroe Presbyterian Church) compiled a history of both Monroe Presbyterian Church and the Old Monroe Cemetery. In 2008, Harold Hodges of Algoma, MS edited and updated his work and re-issued the book. As part of the editing he re-platted the cemetery and verified the information. This is his chronological listing of burials through August, 2008. A copy of his revised version can be purchased from the old Post Office Museum in Pontotoc, if anyone would like to review the information. We feel confident that many children and some adults have been buried here at Old Monroe, and no record being kept, that their graves have been lost. We are anxious to complete this record and it would be greatly appreciated, if you know the name of anyone buried here, please get in touch with Harold Hodges, P. O. Box 114, Algoma, MS 38820.
Information submitted by Harold Hodges. You may contact him at hwhcpa@yahoo.com
Chronological Record of Burials Date...... Name...... Plot #......Remarks...... 1. 1826 French Nancy unknown 2. 06/06/1828 Harriet Stuart 723 marker broken (daughter of Father Stuart) 3. 04/29/1829 Thomas C. Stuart 724 no marker (son of Father Stuart) 4. 09/01/1833 John Hodges 716 5. 11/25/1835 Louisa Weatherall 727 6. 08/10/1843 Jane E. Weatherall 721 7. 12/28/1844 Cathrine Peden 700 8. 02/03/1846 William James Hannah 791 9. 09/15/1846 Eliza Peden 701 10. 09/19/1846 Robert Week Peden 698 11. 09/19/1846 Jane McConnell Peden 699 12. 05/17/1847 Helen Elvia Dennis 451 13. 12/20/1850 Samuel L. Watts 722 has two markers 14. 08/23/1851 Jane B. Weatherall 720 15. 10/03/1853 James Hannah 795 16. 09/29/1854 Mary Kyle 728 17. 07/30/1855 P.A. Rea 286 18. 11/18/1857 Jesse Weatherall 730 19. 1862 David James Hall 308 Pvt.,Co. 11 Miss Cavalry CSA 20. 12/10/1862 James M. Dennis 452 21. 02/16/1871 Margaret Purvine 318 22. 12/29/1873 Mary Jane Smith 678 23. 05/09/1874 Mary Jane Newell 660 24. 09/29/1874 Ida C. Smith 680 25. 10/--/1876 Annie L. Rodgers 398 26. 03/20/1877 Anam K. Rodgers 397 27. 07/16/1877 James C. Haney 679 28. 09/21/1877 Mrs. S.A. Savage 556 29. 08/16/1882 Martha T. Haney 399 30. 02/19/1882 Miles W. Teeter 361 31. 11/10/1882 Mary Jane Jones 358 32. 06/15/1889 James Samuel Rodgers 402 33. 04/08/1890 Julia F. Jones 353 34. 07/20/1890 Malery Weatherall 736 35. 05/03/1895 John Robertson Scott 175 36. 04/10/1896 Mrs. J.P. Owen 563 37. 04/23/1896 Hasseltine W. Weatherall 696 38. 04/23/1896 Samuel W. Weatherall 697 39. 01/09/1897 Eugene Palie Polk 457 40. 01/29/1897 J.H. Blair 76 41. 05/08/1898 Rev. W.T. Savage 557 42. 08/06/1898 Jesse Owen 561 43. 10/04/1898 M.A.B. Kennedy 528 44. 10/06/1898 E.V.A. Kennedy 527 45. 11/16/1898 Annie Kennedy 529 46. 09/14/1899 Sina B. Owen 565 47. 1900 Bettie R. McWhirter 405 48. 08/15/1900 Eugene P. McWhirter 404 49. 05/30/1901 Dora C. Holmes 376 50. 08/07/1901 Mary L. Wood 357 51. 11/16/1901 Hugh Montgomery 686 52. 1902 Katy Jane Morphis 471 53. 09/04/1902 Eliza J. Rodgers 395 54. 12/16/1902 Isbell (infant of J. L. Isbell) 276 55. 03/06/1903 Annie Carter 235 56. 10/26/1903 T.A. Johnson 158 57. 09/14/1904 Frank Bethel Souter 352 58. 7/22/1905 James Rodgers 394 59. 12/18/1905 W.B. Montgomery 687 60. 1905 Martha Reeder Watts 110 61. 10/19/1905 George P. Mattewson 262 62. 07/16/1907 Martha J. Mattewson 263 63. 01/25/1908 M.E. Winter (Mrs. W. A.) 84 64. 1908 M.L. Alexander 116 65. 09/29/1908 Sarah J. E. Morphis 419 66. 02/19/1909 Felix E. Gordon 159 67. 1910 Joseph L. Morphis 472 68. 11/02/1912 Era B. Morphis 470 69. 1913 W.M. Alexander 117 70. 02/21/1913 Ida A. Owen 608 71. 08/03/1913 Flaherty (infant of J.R.) 829 72. 10/20/1914 Nancy McWhirter 770 73. 03/12/1915 Mattie Murrel Cole 115 74. 08/15/1915 Lemuel Johnson-infant 288 75. 04/14/1915 Julia Bell Wilson 777 76. 03/17/1916 J. W. Campbell 672 77. 11/25/1917 T. Jones 351 78. 10/19/1918 J. Allen Wood 291 79. 12/12/1918 George A. Brown 366 80. 06/11/1919 E.C.H. Montgomery 688 81. 06/20/1919 Flaherty (infant of J.R.) 830 83. 04/27/1920 Mary E. Campbell 673 84. 08/02/1920 J.P. Owen 564 85. 11/07/1920 Reba R. Buchanan 166 86. 03/21/1923 Alfred Owen Jones 568 87. 06/06/1923 James Clinton Johnson 447 88. 05/24/1924 Mary Alice Powell 265 89. 02/10/1924 Lou Ella Wood 290 nee Lawhorn 90. 09/30/1925 Walter Leon Morphis 469 91. 03/28/1927 William Blair 62 92. 09/02/1927 John F. Polk 459 93. 07/31/1928 Clark 273 94. 08/02/1928 Jesse F. Haney 161 95. 1928 Melvin Haney 108 96. 1929 Robert McWhirter 406 97. 08/20/1929 E.L. Bost 622 98. 1931 Ray Haney 107 99. 1931 Victor Hill 425 100. 05/14/1932 Samuel Wages 429 101. 05/20/1932 Sinia Polk 458 102. 11/11/1932 Synthia A. Scott 177 103. 07/12/1933 Lula Haney 160 104. 11/17/1934 Lower (infant dau of I.M.) 9 105. 11/16/1934 James B. Powell 272 106. 09/22/1934 Flaherty (infant son of W.H.) 831 107. 03/12/1935 John H. Collins 502 108. 1936 Carrie A. Gordon 157 109. 1936 R.A. Collins 500 110. 11/26/1936 Augusta Benton Jones 569 111. 05/28/1937 John Wayne Wages 482 112. 07/15/1937 Flaherty (infant dau of B.M.) 832 113. 04/28/1938 Samuel Wages Jr. (infant) 481 114. 06/06/1938 Flaherty (infant son of B.M.) 833 115. 12/12/1939 Alice Wages 296 116. 03/24/1940 Charlie Owen 609 117. 1941 William A. Gordon 156 118. 12/10/1941 Zadie Jane Hill 203 119. 01/09/1942 William A. Winter 85 120. 1942 Florence I. Owen 550 121. 1942 William B. Owen 551 122. 1942 Loyce Flaherty 824 123. 1943 Emma A. Moultrie 118 124. 03/23/1943 W.P. Jones 350 125. 1943 Robert Perry Tate 694 126. 09/20/1943 W.H. McWhirter 771 127. 06/22/1944 Jearl Ray Lane 223 128. 09/03/1944 William Edd Riddle 740 129. 1945 Mollie Geneva Cole 114 130. 11/05/1945 Andrew J. Wood 289 131. 1945 Sandra Louise Steel (infant) 322 132. 1947 B.F. Moultrie 119 133. 03/17/1947 Rufus Powell 264 134. 06/07/1948 Robert Merrill Flaherty 822 135. 1949 Susie A. McWhirter 407 136. 01/19/1949 William A. Bray 106 137. 1950 James Asbury Polk 604 138. 02/25/1950 Tommy Glenn Wages 120 139. 01/151951 W. Albert Wages 297 140. 12/30/1951 William Thomas McWhirter 348 141. 03/30/1952 Raymond Wayne Lower 281 142. 07/21/1954 Billy Ray Floyd 54 143. 1954 Henry M. Hill 204 144. 1954 Eudell Wages 442 145. 03/17/1954 Curt I. McWhirter 768 146. 03/09/1956 James A. Winter 6 147. 1957 Ara O. Collins 499 148. 07/04/1957 Ernest C. Polk 690 149. 04/25/1957 Melba Earline Weaver 12 150. 06/24/1958 Anna B. Jones McWhirter 347 151. 04/191958 Belle Rodgers Barlow 403 152. 1960 Robert W. Clements 14 153. 04/28/1960 W. G. Owen 552 154. 06/061960 Virgie Tate Polk 689 155. 03/23/1961 Zack D. Holland 619 156. 07/14/1961 Gertrude Riddle 739 157. 06/06/1962 Robert Scott 228 158. 06/071962 Lula Johnson Tate 693 159. 1963 Corrine Wages 257 160. 11/09/1963 Harvey P. Campbell 314 161. 08/04/1963 Gilbert Fletcher McWhirter 349 162. 1963 Bsailisk C. Jones 354 163. 10/30/1963 Frederick Earl Johnson 446 164. 04/29/1964 A.Boatner Floyd 56 165. 1965 William A. Pitts 16 166. 02/22/1965 William Jackson Lower 284 167. 11/091965 Emma McWhirter Jackson 607 168. 03/051965 Sarah E. (Nell) Flaherty 821 169. 11/19/1966 Mable Elizabeth Wood 292 170. 10/03/1966 James Vardaman Owen 880 171. 01/17/1967 Linnie V. Winter 5 172. 03/12/1967 Clark Earl Pitts 17 173 10/02/1967 Clara L. Bray 105 174. 1967 Harry DeKay 497 175. 06/04/1968 Manuel L. Cowsert 206 The following burials occurred before 1968 but were not included on Mr. Wilson's list through omission or no date of death. 176. no date Mrs. William Blair 61 unmarked 177- 187. no dates Blair infants 63-73 unmarked 188. no date Brown infant(Geo. A. sister) 367 unmarked 189. no date D. W. Brown 368 190. no date Rebecca H. Brown 369 191. no date Brown-(Geo. A. aunt) 370 192. no date Brown 372 unmarked 193. no date Davis child 167 unmarked 194- 197 no dates Flaherty (children?) 825-828 unmarked 198. no date Gregory 778 unmarked 199. no date Gregory 779 unmarked 200- 205 no dates Hill (children?) 413-418 unmarked 206. no date John T. Hill 422 207. no date William Albert Hill 423 208. no date Christine Hill 424 209- 213. no dates Reginald Mize children 267-271 unmarked 214- 218. no dates Morphis (children?) 464-468 unmarked 219- 228. no dates Purvine 298-307 see common marker 229- 232. no dates Purvine 309-312 see common marker 233. no date Thomas Tate 566 234. no date Tate 567 unmarked 235- 236. no dates Teeter children 362-363 unmarked 237. no date Wages infant(Curtis dau) 259 238. no date Wages infant(Curtis son) 260 239. no date Thomas E. Wages 421 240. no date Susan A. Wages 428 241- 247. no dates Winters children 77-83 unmarked Burials occurring after Mr. Wilson's compilation through mid 1968. 248. 09/06/1968 Ronald Dean Scott 226 249. 04/11/1969 Henry F. Wages 122 250. 05/18/1969 Winnie Ada Hill 426 251. 12/28/1969 Martha A. Bost 621 252. 1971 Curtis Wages 258 253. 06/19/1971 Willie Belle Johnson 838 254. 12/09/1972 Georgia W. Barlow 705 255. 04/08/1973 Charlie Higgins Stegall 688C 256. 07/18/1973 Alvis R. Bishop 745 257. 1974 Isaac M. Lower 283 258. 04/24/1974 Laurie Moultrie Wages 121 259. 07/13/1974 Clifton Johnson 839 260. 01/29/1976 Jim D. Mathis 2A 261. 09/12/1976 Marie A. Powell 266 262. 1977 Pearl Johnson Polk 603 263. 03/14/1977 James R. (Bob) Flaherty 820 264. 01/10/1978 Shelbert S. Seales 617 265. 07/12/1978 Harold (Son) Campbell 315 266. 07/11/1979 Collin Lesley Sheffield 932 267. 07/20/1979 Willie Sammie Johnson 445 268. 06/17/1980 Leona M. Holland 618 269. 08/07/1980 W. Buford Bost 624 270. 10/26/1980 William Hobert Rickman 606 271. 05/15/1981 Wrinnie Lee Bost 623 272. 1982 Ernest Wages 443 273. 08/28/1982 James H. Dickson 504 274. 12/24/1982 Ottie Mae Polk 709 275. 07/04/1983 Allon Vaughn Smith 939 276. 07/14/1983 Mildred P. Rickman 605 277. 03/17/1984 Eldon Wilburn Collums 294 278. 08/26/1984 Thomas D. Gordon 155 279. 11/09/1984 Hugh Edward Allen 509 280. 12/15/1984 Aria Steele Cowsert 205 281. 12/27/1984 Jessie W. Mathis 1A 282. 07/22/1985 Estelle Floyd 55 283. 1986 Lola A. Lower 282 284. 02/09/1987 Dorothy H. Seales 616 285. 03/17/1987 Hollice Wayne Johnson 841 286. 10/30/1988 Walter H. Flaherty 837 287. 05/30/1990 Eugene P. Campbell 316 288. 01/08/1991 Pauline A. Flaherty 836 289. 05/16/1991 James Delmar Aron 571 290. 10/06/1991 Bessie Scott 227 291. 08/29/1992 John S. Barlow 706 292. 09/03/1992 Annie Lee Adcock 409 nee McWhirter 293. 11/24/1992 Earle B. Kesterson 893 294. 1993 Mary Wood DeKay 496 295. 11/27/1993 Vernon Day Wages 535 296. 09/16/1994 Ruth Wood Campbell 313 297. 12/05/1994 Julia Ilean Holladay 410 nee McWhirter 298. 04/04/1997 John Samuel Wages 536 299. 01/19/1998 Lottie Belle Johnson Herring 840 300. 03/30/1998 James Royce Polk 710 301. 04/02/1998 Betty Wages Gephart 3A 302. 07/10/1998 Thomas Kimble Sheffield 934 303. 09/09/1999 Bernard M. (Buck) Flaherty 835 304. 10/09/1999 Clarice B. Wurslin 940 305. 10/10/1999 Edith Collins Smith 938 306. 10/11/1999 John Thomas Arnold Sr. 692 307. 11/19/1999 Terry Allon Smith 937 308. 05/18/2000 Harold Wayne Hodges Sr. 1004 309. 09/09/2000 William Ross Bray 104 310. 10/02/2000 Gola Overby Aron 570 311. 11/26/2000 Dewey Lee Stegall, Jr. 688E 312. 01/18/2001 William Ladell McDonald 987 313. 05/11/2001 Marcia Beatrice Flaherty 834 314. 06/25/2001 Geneva McWhirter Dickson 503 315. 11/21/2001 Corrine Wood Collums 293 316. 03/07/2002 Christine W. Davison 8 317. 07/26/2002 Ruthie Elizabeth Stegall 688D 318. 02/18/2003 Roy F. Wurslin 941 319. 07/03/2003 Wilma McWhirter Allen 508 320. 01/27/2004 Darrell Patrick Campbell 313A 321. 12/07/2004 Ruble Winters 58 322. 2005 Lenora P. Clements 13 323. 03/25/2005 Gladys Walker Vaughn 844 324. 03/29/2006 Alton O. Tallant 3 325. 05/17/2006 Leora F. Kesterson 892 326. 11/27/2006 Miriam L. Winters 57 327. 01/14/2007 Arthur William Vaughn 845 328. 09/16/2007 John R. Conrad 859 "When God lets my body be, from each brave eye shall sprout a tree." E.E. Cummings "Where one more series of errors lost its uniqueness and novelty came to an end." W.H. Auden "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God." Revelation 20:12 We feel confident that many children and some adults have been buried here at Old Monroe, and no record being kept, that their graves have been lost. We are anxious to complete this record and it would be greatly appreciated, if you know the name of anyone buried here, please get in touch with Harold Hodges, P. O. Box 114, Algoma, MS 38820.Information submitted by Harold Hodges. You may contact him at hwhcpa@yahoo.com