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 Pioneer Cemetery - Batesville, Ar. Posted by:  iconions
N 35° 46.228 W 091° 39.090
15S E 621891 N 3959328
This very historic small cemetery is located at East College Avenue & South Third Street in Batesville, Ar., USA
Waymark Code: WMNX4Y
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2015
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This very historic small cemetery is located at East College Avenue & South Third Street. My guess is that there are a lot of unmarked and missing headstones. I estimate that there are 100 marked graves remaining. Coordinates taken from the Southwestern sidewalk.
Established during the 1820s, Pioneer Cemetery in Batesville (pop. 10,248) is the oldest recognized and preserved cemetery in the state.
- American Profile
The text of the marker reads:
PIONEER CEMETERY
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About the year 1826 John Miller, Robert
Crittenden, Charles Kelley and Richard Searcy
verbally gave and dedidicated this plot of
ground to the town of Batesville to be used
as a burial place. On April 5, 1856, the
cemetery property, then called the Cedar
Grove, was deeded to the town by Miller, John
Ringgold, Jesse Searcy, William B. Searcy,
Richard Searcy, Franklin W. and Elizabeth J.
Desha, and Edwin R. McGuire.
Erected 1965 by Arkansas History Commission and Batesville Jaycettes
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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