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Confederate Cemetery

(T9 R3W S15; Going west on 433, about 8 miles from Bentonia, located across from Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery. There are a couple of memorial plaques near the flag pole and sitting area.)

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These are memorial stones only.
The government provided the stones for soldiers
who were from the Mechanicsburg area and they were placed in an unused area of the Mt. Olivet cemetery at a special ceremony.
As far as anyone knows these stones are not tombstones.

NAME DOB DOD MISC
HERRIN, JACOB C. 08/10/1842 07/02/1919 *CO H, 29 MISS INF CSA
BRADSHAW, ALEXANDER H. 09/14/1829 01/09/1864 *CO H, 29 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
DILLEY, SAMUEL U. 01/15/1844 09/12/1861 *CO D, 12 MISS INF CSA
SMITH, JAMES 07/11/1832 10/20/1880 *CO E, 46 MISS VOLS CSA
SIBLEY, JESSE V. 00/00/1838 00/00/1862 *CO E, 6 BATT MISS VOLS CSA
SIBLEY, HENRY C. 02/14/1845 02/12/1931 *CO E, 46 MISS VOLS CSA
ERWIN, DAVID C. 10/12/1846 12/24/1911 *CO H, 29 MISS INF CSA
SCREWS, ARCHIBALD 00/00/1843 00/00/1930 *CO E, 46 MISS REGT CSA
STAMPLEY, JOHN 01/25/1833 08/11/1888 *CO B, 12 MISS INF CSA
SMITH, W. BERRY NO DATES NO DATES *CO B, 12 MISS REGT CSA
LUMBLEY, W.W. 00/00/1822 00/00/1896 *CO B, 12 MISS INF CSA
HOLLOMAN, WILLIAM E. 05/16/1842 10/21/1875 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
HART, JAMES B. 09/12/1835 01/21/1908 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
IRWIN, DANIEL B. 11/19/1837 03/28/1906 *CO E, 6 BATT MISS VOLS CSA
HILDERBRAND, PHILLIP G. 07/31/1832 06/18/1910 *CO F, 46 MISS VOLS CSA
HILDERBRAND, THOMAS D. 09/00/1834 04/00/1873 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
HILDERBRAND, DAVID 00/00/1843 00/00/1866 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
HARRELL, J.W. 00/00/1834 00/00/1867 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
CLARK, JOHN G. 09/23/1846 11/05/1865 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
HARRELL, JAMES H. 03/08/1823 04/09/1863 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
CHILDRESS, SAMUEL H. 08/24/1847 11/05/1865 *CO E, 46 MISS REGT CSA
COODY, JOHN A. 00/00/1844 00/00/1863 *CO E, 6 BATT MISS VOLS CSA
MANSFIELD, WILLIAM A. 03/28/1830 12/27/1883 *CO E, 46 MISS VOLS CSA
POTTER, CALEB NO DATES NO DATES *CO E, 6 BATT MISS VOLS CSA
SIBLEY, WILLIAM H. 00/00/1841 00/00/1862 *GALES'S CO SATARTIA RIFLES MISS VOLS
HAMBERLIN, RICHARD M. 10/12/1837 11/10/1931 *CO B, 12 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
DILLEY, EUGENE P. 11/13/1845 11/29/1889 *CO H, 29 MISS REGT CSA
HERRIN, WILLIAM C. 03/06/1838 06/23/1915 *CO H, 29 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
LUMBLEY, JOSEPH S. 00/00/1837 00/00/1864 *CO C, 29 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
MARTIN, JAMES H. 07/00/1820 11/00/1886 *GARTLEY'S CO, YAZOO RANGERS CSA
SELBY, WILLIAM C. 05/16/1838 05/31/1926 *CO A, 35 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
MARTIN, WILLIAM P. 06/20/1822 11/25/1894 *GARTLEY'S CO, YAZOO RANGERS CSA
STAMPLEY, RICHARD 01/31/1839 03/14/1895 *GARTLEY'S CO, YAZOO RANGERS CSA
POTTER, THOMAS 00/00/1841 00/00/1862 *CO E, 6 BATT MISS VOLS CSA
SCREWS, JAMES H. 00/00/1818 00/00/1870 *GARTLEY'S CO, YAZOO RANGERS CSA
OLDHAM, JAMES NO DATES NO DATES *CO I, 12 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
DORSEY, GEORGE W. 00/00/1842 00/00/1918 *CO I, 1 REGT MISS LT ARTY CSA
STURDIVANT, RANSOM 04/19/1830 08/27/1886 *CO B 12 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
WARRINGTON, JOSHUA B. 00/00/1820 00/00/1908 *CO A, 1 REGT MISS LT ARTY
BRADSHAW, JAMES N. 00/00/1815 00/00/1883 *GARTLEY'S CO, YAZOO RANGERS CSA
STAMPLEY, DAVID 06/24/1829 11/29/1890 *GARTLEY'S CO, YAZOO RANGERS CSA
IRWIN, DAVID J. 11/01/1835 04/01/1863 *CO E, 46 MISS INF CSA
IRWIN, ARCHIBALD W. 04/03/1847 05/05/1917 *CO I, 1MISS CAV RES CSA
MARTIN, ISAAC W. 10/10/1841 02/03/1918 *CO B, 12 MISS INF CSA
WOODS, JAMES T. 01/24/1833 08/25/1895 *CO G, 1 REGT MISS LT ARTY CSA
MOORE, HENRY F. 00/00/1826 00/00/1863 *CO E, 46 MISS REGT CSA
HOOTER, JOHN W. NO DATES NO DATES *CO H, 29 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
SMITHHART, WILLIAM O. 05/12/1844 03/04/1894 *CO G, 1 REGT MISS LT ARTY CSA
DILLEY, JOSEPH A. 01/02/1841 09/06/1911 *CO B, 12 MISS REGT CSA
LUMBLEY, THOMAS G. NO DATES 12/31/1862 *CO H, 29 MISS INF CSA
MARTIN, JESSE W. 12/20/1834 02/15/1864 *CO H, 29 MISS INF CSA
STAMPLEY, JEFFERSON 04/16/1834 06/07/1862 *CO B, 12 MISS INF CSA
HAMBERLIN, J.W. NO DATES NO DATES *CO B, 12 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
DILLEY, ROBERT W. 11/27/1842 04/23/1863 *CO B, 12 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
LUMBLEY, TURNER 00/00/1833 00/00/1863 *CO A, 42 MISS VOLS CSA
STAMPLEY, JESSE S. NO DATES NO DATES *CO B 12 REGT MISS INF CSA
SIBLEY, CECIL C. 09/14/1835 12/04/1915 *CO I, 18 MISS REGT CSA
SELBY, DANIEL H. 08/10/1848 01/26/1939 *CO A, 35 MISS INF CSA
STAMPLEY, LEONIDAS 02/13/1841 12/13/1883 *CO B, 12 MISS INF CSA
IRWIN, WILLIAM C. 03/27/1808 01/13/1879 *CO H, 24 MISS INF CSA
MARTIN, SAMPSON A. 00/00/1832 00/00/1865 *CO M, 12 MISS INF CSA
SMITH, GEORGE W. 03/08/1829 11/16/1899 *CO H, 29 MISS INF CSA
SIBLEY, WILLIAM W. 12/16/1840 12/20/1877 *CO B, 12 REGT MISS INF CSA
HAMBERLIN, STEPHEN L. NO DATES NO DATES *CO B, 12 MISS REGT CSA
GALE, EDWARD R.


c 1836


bet 1910-1917

*CO G, 12 MISS INF CSA  
son of Thomas Gale and Ann M. Green who owned
plantations in TN and MS.
Thomas Gale was a physician, born 1783 died 1883
HAMBERLIN, ISAAC NO DATES NO DATES *CO B, 12 REGT MISS INF CSA
DILLEY, ABRAHAM T. 02/18/1848 08/21/1933 *MISS STATE TRPS CSA
BELL, JAMES RAIFORD 12/06/1831 02/12/1906 *CO B, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
WESCOTT, EDWIN G. 01/06/1836 11/28/1910 *CO G, 1 MISS LT ARTY CSA
McMASTER, JEFFERSON C. 04/00/1840 12/00/1918 *CO H, 21 MISS INF CSA
COWAN, HUGH 11/27/1846 11/17/1923 *CO I, 12 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
NEWBAKER, DAVID S. 00/00/1823 NO DATES *CO H, 29 REGT MISS VOLS CSA
GREEN, ANDREW B. 00/00/1842 00/00/1865 *CO B, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
ANDING, MARTIN NO DATES NO DATES *CO H, 29 MISS VOLS CSA
CUMMINGS, J.R. 10/00/1834 NO DATES *CO I, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
NEWBAKER, THOMAS 00/00/1825 00/00/1863 *CO H, 29 MISS VOLS CSA
FEARS, R.L. NO DATES 00/00/1870 *CO G, 1 MISS LT ARTY CSA
KLING, ABE NO DATES NO DATES *CO H, 29 MISS VOLS CSA
HEARD, W.L. 00/00/1833 00/00/1865 *CO H, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
LEWIS, J. MILES 00/00/1836 00/00/1864 *CO I, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
LANGFORD, M.N. 00/00/1836 NO DATES *CO L, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
LANGFORD, DANIEL C. 02/13/1837 03/12/1912 *CO L, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
ATWOOD, T.C. 00/00/1823 00/00/1862 *CO I, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
JOHNSON, WILLIAM D. 00/00/1800 00/00/1862 *CO H, 30 MISS INF CSA
ROSENBERG, LEWIS 00/00/1819 00/00/1882 *CO I, 12 MISS VOLS CSA
CANNON, ROBERT NO DATES NO DATES *CO C, 33 MISS INF CSA

This cemetery was contributed by Sharon Grissett, Joe Haining and John Pritchard.