Old 16th Section
Cemetery
(fka Stuart Family Cemetery)
Hempstead County, Arkansas
Submitted August 31, 2007, by Robert
Suart
The Old 16th Section Cemetery was originally located on the old military road that ran from Columbus to Washington and Fulton. It was formerly the Stuart Family Cemetery but is also known as the 16th section cemetery located two miles east of Columbus on Hwy 73W. It is on a farm not protected by any fence. The graveyard is on a hill overgrown with brush and trees. There are other graves that are unmarked, few markers remain, many graves which are slaves. Two of the notable graves in the cemetery are that of Abraham Stuart and his wife Mary (Kuykendall), with his mother Sarah Elizabeth (Fulkerson) wife of John Stuart buried near by. The grave markers for Abraham & Mary were carved from a large slab of bois d’arc tree in the shape of violins. They were still visible in the year 2006.
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Old 16th
Section Cemetery (Stuart Family) |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Title |
Date Birth |
Date Death |
Notes/Remarks |
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Austin |
David |
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163 Depot Brig. USA WW l (Black) |
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Crabtree |
Margaret D. |
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23/10/1808 |
30/5/1846 |
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Custer |
Caroline S. |
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3/3/1823 |
9/1846 |
Dau of GW & Nancy Hill |
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Eakins |
W.W. |
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8/12/1875 |
11/4/1880 |
Son of FM & CP |
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Hopson |
Samuel |
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16/3/1792 |
29/7/1847 |
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Hopson |
Lucinda (Stuart) |
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9/8/1798 |
24/8/1850 |
Wife of Samuel |
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Johnson |
Georgie |
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30/9/1890 |
18/3/1891 |
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Johnson |
Eliza C. |
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22/12/1826 |
4/9/1846 |
Wife of S. Johnson Jr & Dau of George & Nancy Hill |
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Johnson |
Mildred Louisa |
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18/3/1836 |
20/4/1887 |
Wife of Sam |
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Mercer |
Fibbie |
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1862 |
1916 |
(Black) |
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Stewart |
Wm P. |
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22/10/1839 |
22/12/1919 |
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Stewart |
Nancy A. |
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1811 |
1872 |
Wife of JA |
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Stewart |
J.A. |
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1813 |
8/1876 |
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Stewart |
Maude |
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3/11/1878 |
26/9/1902 |
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Stewart |
Sarah M. |
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26/10/1843 |
18/4/1931 |
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Stewart |
Nanie Eliza |
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11/3/1870 |
8/1870 |
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Stuart |
Sarah E. (Fulkerson) |
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1745 |
2/12/1835 |
Wife of John Stuart & Mother of Abraham |
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Stuart |
Annie |
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1941 |
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Stuart |
Abraham |
Col |
1772 |
1836 |
Markers made of Bois d'arc in shape of violin |
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Stuart |
Mary (Kuykendall) |
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1760 |
5/8/1835 |
Wife of Abraham |
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Thomas |
Bell |
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1924 |
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Trotter |
Thomas |
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17/2/1853 |
7/7/1917 |
(Black) |
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Trotter |
C.L. |
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1/4/1886 |
5/8/1907 |
(Black) |