Old Greensboro Cemetery

The following information was submitted by Glenn Avary. Mr. Avary copied the information at the State Archives, Jackson, MS. The original survey was done by Dr. William D. McCain (Vol. 1) May 16, 1965-April 27, 1986.
The blacks have used the eastern part of the Old Greensboro Cemetery for some years for their burials. It is difficult to determine in some cases which ae the tombstones and markers for blacks and for whites.
Therefore, all inscriptions on all markers and tombstones was copied.

Mr. Avary suggests that if you visit this cemetery, you go in the winter months when there is less growth as the cemetery is overgrown and has been badly neglected.
Many stones have been damaged and many just no longer exist, either covered by brush, earth, or removed by vandals.

If there is anyone who can organize a clean-up day and time and get volunteers to help restore this cemetery (as much as possible);
it would be a most valuable project and would be appreciated by generations yet to be born and begin genealogy research.

 1.     ASHMORE, William H., s/o W. M. & B. L. ASHMORE, B. Jul 24, 1882, D. Jun 12, 1889 (stone  broken)
 2.     AYERS, Eliza, B. Apr 8, 1835, D. Jan 23, 1907 (Nos. 2, 82, 84 & 85 are grouped together and are behind a modern wire fence)
 3.     AYERS, James T., Co. K, 24 MS Inf, CSA
 4.     BOX, Rev. Josiah, B. May 9, 1785, d. Oct 3, 1844, Age 59 yrs, 5 mos, 25 days (Masonic emblem)
 5.     BRANTLEY, Delian, B. May 7, 1881, D. Feb 7, 1900
 6.     BRANTLEY, John, D. Jul 13, 1915, about 72 years old
 7.     BRANTLEY, Julia F., D. Jun 22, 1943, age 98 years
 8.     BRANTLEY, Mattie, B. Apr 30, 1876, no other date, Age 38 yrs
 9.     BROWN, Davis, B. Aug 17, 1871, D. Jun 18, 1955
10.    BROWN, Maggie, B. 1874, D. 1949, Mother
11.    BUFFKIN, F. M., B. Oct 15, 1825, D. Feb 27, 1875
12.    BUFFKIN, Mary R., w/o Uriah BUFFKIN, age 50 yrs.
13.    BUFFKIN, Little Marion, Sept 28 (yr illegible), only s/o F. M. & (illegible) BUFFKIN, age 1 yr., 7 mos, 11 days (illegible)
14.    CARR, Mr. Malachi, B. 1905, D. 1983, Williams and Herring (funeral home marker)
15.    COFFEY, Dallas Pickens, B. Dec 3, 1836 in Laurens Dist SC, D. Dec 23, 1881 in Webster Co, MS, s/o Gilbert T. & Mary COFFEY, 48 yrs, 20 days, Masonic emblem (stone broken)
16.    COFFEY, Daniel, B. 1866, D. 1899
17.    COFFEY, Emily, D. Jan, 1863, w/o J. S. COFFEY, age 55 yrs, ceramic marker
18.    COFFEY, Money, D. Apr 18, 1903, age 1 yr, 10 days
19.    COFFEY, Willie, D. Sept 9, 1903, age 10 yrs, 1 mo.
20.    DANIEL, B. Jul 7, 1882, D. Jul 6, 1919
21.    DANIELS, Jim Tom, B. Apr 20, 1911, D. Jun 26, 1965
22.    ELLIS, Oliver, B. sept 22, 1820, D. Apr 23, 1860, age 39 yrs, 7 mos, 1 day
23.    FLOWERS, Everlean, B. 1908, D. 1945
24.    GAINES, Tony, age 75 yrs (no dates)
25.    GAMBLE, James H., B. 1926, D. 1964, Father
26.    HUBBARD, Little Tommie, B. Apr 11, 1856, D. aapr 11, 1884, d/o Thomas & Littie HUBBARD
         HUBBARD, Little Tommie GARY, B. Apr 11, 1856, D. Apr 11, 1884, d/o Tommy & Littie
         HUBBARD, w/o J. W. "Dock" GARY, Mother of Will, John & Jim GARY
27.    GASTON, Mrs. Eloise, B. 1937, D. 1985, Williams & Herring (funeral home marker)
28.    HOLIMAN, Elizabeth, B. 1835, D. 1921
30.    HUBBARD, E. A., B. Jan 1, 1843, D. Mar 19, 1888 (could be 1898)
31.    HUBBARD, Pernecia A., B. Jan 7, 1848, D. Jun 19, 1932, w/o E. A. HUBBARD
32.    HUNT, Daniel J., B. 1935, D. 1980, SSgt, US Army, Vietnam
33.    HUNT, Jennie Lee, B. Feb 24, 1915, D. Aug 24, 1959, Mother
34.    JACKSON,Vera GAMBLE, Dec 9, 1968, 56 yrs, (Roberts Funeral Home & Burial Assoc., marker not found in 1986)
35.   JERNIGAN, Hernetta, B. 1894, D. 1929, (remaining illegible)
NOTE: Stones numbers 36-42 have been embedded in a very large concrete slab and now lie flat in the concrete slab.
36.   JOHNSON, J. O., D. (date illegible), age 70 yrs (stone broken)
37.   JOHNSON, Lura, D. Oct 28, 1864, age 1 yr, 8 mos, 8 days
38.   JOHNSON, Lydia W., B. Aug 11, 1821, D. Apr 16, 1889
39.   JOHNSON, Martha, D. Jan 24, 1860, age 3 days
40.   JOHNSON, Martha, D. (illegible), 83 yrs, (stone broken)
41.   JOHNSON, Phillip R., D. Jul 9, 1861, age 77 yrs, 6 mos, 8 days
42.   JOHNSON, D. Apr 21, 1862, age (stone broken, illegible)
43.   JOHNSON, Ms. Arlie, B. Mar 12, 1926, D. Dec 12, 1974 (temporary marker)
44.   JOHNSON, Charlie, B. Jul 1850, D. Dec 8, 1929
45.   JOHNSON, Dunlap R., D. Jul 9, 1863, age 77 yrs, 6 mos, 8 days, (stone broken, not checked on  Apr 6, 1986)
46.   JOHNSON, Fred, B. May 10, 1897, D. Sept 12, 1977
47.   JOHNSON, James Hitt, s/o Neil & M. A. JOHNSON, no dates
48.   JOHNSON, John Erb, B. 1894, D. Feb 8, 1977
49.   JOHNSON, L. C., B. Jan 28, 1925, D. Jan 1, 1941
50.   JOHNSON, Louis, D. Jul 1, 1908, age 42 yrs, (Lodge 7349, G. U. O. of O. F.)
51.   JOHNSON, Mary, B. May 11, 1872, D. Dec 1935
52.   JOHNSON, N., Co. C, 15 MS Inf, CSA
53 & 54. DOUBLE STONE
        JOHNSON. Pleas, B. Mar 21, 1886, D. Apr 9, 1970
        JOHNSON, Florida, B. Jan 14, 1894, D. Aug 24, 1978
55.   JOHNSON, Retta, D. May 17, 1910, age about 90 yrs
56.   JOHNSON, Sallie, B. Jun 11, 1864, D. Jan 1, 1940
57.   KNIGHT, Sarah A., B. Jul 6, 1913, D. Aug 15, 1886
58.   LINDSEY, Archie, B. Mar 20, 1859, D. Mar 20, 1927
59.   LINDSEY, Charlott, B. Mar 27, 1862, D. May 14, 1910
60.   LOGGINS, Bob, B. Sept 15, 1878, D. Sept 5, 1974 (not checked on Apr 6, 1986)
61.   LOGGINS, Sarah Jane, B. Jan 6, 1887, D. Jan 31, 1951
62.   LOGGINS, Walter, B. Mar 8, 1924, D. Jan 24, 1962, MS Pfc, US Army, WWII
NOTE: Numbers 63-77 and 111-113 are in the Marshall Family plot and is surrounded by a metal fence.
63.   MARSHALL, (illegible) B. Apr 10, 1861, D. Sept. 20, 1863
64.   MARSHALL, Alice Olivia, B. Sept 13, 1859, D. May 18, 1874
65.   MARSHALL, Calvin Y. B. 9, 1842, D. Mar 30, 1920, Co A, 5th MS Cavalry Regiment, CSA, Masonic emblem
66.   MARSHALL, Emily Augusta, B. Apr 10, 1861, D. Sept 20, 1863, d/o W. W. & S. C. MARSHALL
67.   MARSHALL, Emily Letitia, B. Feb 17, 1852, D. Jul 22, 1857, 5 yrs, 5 mos, 5 days, d/o W. W. &  S. C. MARSHALL
68.   MARSHALL, Ernest Agustus, B. Sept 11, 1856, D. Aug 5, 1857, s/o/ W. W. & S. C. MARSHALL
69.   MARSHALL, William Wiley, Jr., B. Jun 11, 1839, D. Jun 5, 1863
70.   MARSHALL, James Edward, B. Aug 19, 1849, D. Jun 22, 1898
71.   MARSHALL, James Roddy, B. Feb 28, 1841, D. Mar 23, 1846
72.   MARSHALL, John Roddy, B. Jsan 24, 1847, D. Aug 23, 1864
73.   MARSHALL, William Wiley, B. Jan 2, 1815, D. Oct 20, 1883
74.   MARSHALL, John Willis, B. Nov 25, 1844, D. Mar 1, 1846
75.   MARSHALL, B. Nov 25, 1814, D. Mar 1, 1816, age 1 yr, 3, mos, 6 days, Sacred
            to the Memory of (not noted on Apr 6, 1986)
76.   MARSHALL, S. C., B. Feb 14. 1821, D. Jul 21, 1899, w/o W. W. MARSHALL (tombstone has been pushed over by vandals and inscription no longer visible)
77.   MARSHALL, Walter Randolph, B. May 25, 1853, D. Feb 2, 1866, age 11 yrs, 8 mos, 7 days, In memory of
78.   MIDDLETON, John Luther, B. Jan 1, 1850, D. Jun 6, 1857, 7 yrs, 5 mos, 5 days, s/o Z. & L. A. MIDDLETON
79.   MILLER, Lonzo, B. 1906, D. 1972, In Memory of Our Father
80.   MILLER, Orlena, B. Mar 4, 199, D. Oct 14, 1951
81.   MINOR, John, B. May 1, 1899, D. Apr 20, 1971, Father
82.   MITCHELL, Alvin F., B. Jan 25, 1902, D. Feb 16 (Alvin Franklin MITCHELL, s/o
             Joe A. MITCHELL
83.   MITCHELL, James Ira, B. Jun 11, 1885, D. May 20, 1886, s/o J. A. & Lora MITCHELL
84.   MITCHELL, Joe A., B. Jul 30, 1862, D. Apr 15, 1934, s/o of Seth MITCHELL
85.   MITCHELL, Lora, B. Jun 1, 1868, D. Jan 4, 1968, Mother (Lora AYERS MITCHELL, Mrs. Joe  A. MITCHELL)
86.   MOORE, D. G., B. Jul 4, 1839, D. Dec 5, 1873, (inscription illegible)
87.   NOLEN, Elizabeth, no dates, age (stone broken, illegible) w/o John NOLEN
88.   NOLEN, Lillian, Age 4 yrs, d/o John & Elizabeth NOLEN
89.   NOLEN, William Clarence, B. 1858, D. 1945
90.   POGUE, Ester, B. May 28, 1938, D. Feb 28, 1970
91.   RANDLE, Dora M. B. 1846, D. Jan 21, 1923
92.   RANDLE, J. A., B. Feb 18, 1852, D. Feb 10, 1906, Masonic emblem
93.   RANDLE, J. A., Jr., B. Feb 28, 1880, D. Jul 30, 1915, Masonic emblem
94.   REDING, Joe, B. May 25, 1862, D. Apr 12, 1882, ceramic marker
95.   SAWYER, Mattie, D. Aug 11, 1941
96.   NO SURNAME, probably SAWYER, Jerdine, D. Jun 8, 1941
97.   SEAWELL, Emily, B. Jan 7, 1793, D. Mar 20, 1883, w/o R. L. SEAWELL (in
             MARSHALL family plot)
98.   SIMMONS, Theo, D. Jun 14, 1908, age 56 yrs
99.   SINGLETON, Christopher Columbus, B. Jul 26, 1956, D. Sept 2, 1859, s/o
             Johnson & Elvira  SINGLETON, inscription illegible
100.  SINGLETON, Edward Everett, B. May 1, 1853, D. Sept 12, 1868, age 15 yrs, 4 mos, 11 days, s/o J. & E. SINGLETON
101.  SINGLETON, Henry Clay, B. Jun 26, 1848, D. Sept 17, 1855, s/o Johnson & Elvira SINGLETON
102.  SINGLETON, J. B., no dates, MS Lt. Arty, CSA
103.  SMITH, Dock, B. Aug 24, 1889, D. May 11, 1963, MS Pvt 164 Depot Brigade, WWI
104.  SMITH, Polly R. (Mary R. (Polly) POE), B. 1825, D. 1892, born in AL (Mr. Avary thinks that 
she is the daughter of Stephen PIE & Nancy RINGO, but has not found proof on paper. If you have any information, please contact him.)
105.  SMITH, W. J. (William Jordan), B. 1815, D. 1889, B. in GA
106.  SUDDIETH, Lula (Lular) R. JOHNSON, B. Mar 25, 1892, D. Mar 25, 1939, Mother
107.  TUCKER, Bobby, Aug 15, 1985, age 41, Rowell & Becks Mortuary, Winona, MS marker
108.  VINSON, Ruth J., D. Jan 26, 1985, age 55 yrs, J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home, Holly Springs, MS marker
109.  WILLIAMS, Eliza, B. May 23, 1875, D. Dec 25, 1895, d/o Mary WILLIAMS, age 20 yrs, 2  mos, 2 days, (not checked on Apr 6, 1986)
110.  WILLIAMS, Maudie, B. Apr 26, 1877, D. Oct 6, 1880, ceramic marker (not checked on Apr 6, 1986)
111-112  DOUBLE MARKER
         YATES, John, B. Mar 23, 1767, D. Feb 2, 1869, age 101 urs, 10 mos, 9 days, In
             Memory of YATES, Susan, B. Apr 15, 1772, D. Sept 22, 1846, 74 yrs, 5 mos, 7 days, w/o of John YATES (in MARSHALL family plot), John YATES and Susan FLOWERS married in "Bladen Co, NC in the year 1790
113.  YATES, Susan, B. Dec 2, 1809, D. Aug 7, 1889, (in MARSHALL family plot)

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