Holmesville Cemetery - Holmesville, MS
N 31° 11.996 W 090° 18.460
15R E 756532 N 3454883
Cemetery in Pike County holds remains of a Revolutionary War veteran.
Waymark Code: WM16D12
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2022
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This public burial ground was established in 1823 on land donated by Colonel Peter Quin. Jr. for Holmesville, which became the seat of Pike County in the Mississippi Territory in 1816. The first burial was that of Lucretia Quin, the infant daughter of Colonel and Martha Quin, in 1823. Many prominent citizens are buried here, including Reddick Sparkman, a county sheriff and the contractor who built the clerk's office on the town square in 1848, and Rev. Peter Quin, Sr. an early settler and veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Date Installed:: 2020
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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