Abandoned Tombstones / Cemeteries ...

These tombstones were found by researchers in various parts of Kemper County. I will link their email address, but this does not mean they are researching these people. It only means that they found the tombstones. If you have any additions or if these people are your family and you would like your email address attached, please let Marsha know. They are grouped as to location, not in alphabetical order.

Family 1 Location: Found in an abandoned field off the Kellis Store Road, on what was formerly known as the Jim Hailey Place. It is privately owned property. The Kellis store road leads off HWY 397 going from Preston to Lynnville. Submitted- by Bobbie Hailey Waters

Small, Daniel
May 22, 1852
57 years and 12 days

Small, Sarah
b. Nov 5, 1802
d. Sep 12, 1880

Sanford, Levina
Oct 20, 1870 
25 years 7 mos 9 days

Please attach my email address to this family. They are my relatives.
Billy P. Moore

The graves are located on a hill about one quarter mile east of Key's Chapel Church in Section 17, Township 9, Range 18E. in Kemper County, MS. These are isolated graves which were located on the home place in the 1800's. Submitted by Thomas Seale.

Seale, Eli
b. Dec 10, 1797
d. 1875
(Son of Jarvis & Nancy Ann Yarborough Seale.)

Seale, Sarah A.
b. 1812
d. 1878
(2nd wife of Eli Seale, Daughter of Alexander & Elizabeth Seale.)

The following records are from an abandoned cemetery located on the south side of Sillimon Road in the South East quarter of Section 25, Township 9, Range 18E in Kemper County, MS. Submitted by Thomas Seale.

Howie, Catharine A.
b. Mar 14, 1835
d. 1840

Infant of J. W. & L. W. Wiggins
b. Oct 27 1851
d. Nov 9, 1851

Wiggins, Francis
b. Sep 20, 1851
d. Nov 27, 1855

Note:  Other graves in the cemetery appear to have been marked with rocks and some tombstones may have been shattered when timber was cut in the area.