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Tarver-Gen: The Cemetery Grounds
This section features cemetery surveys, most with photographs. Tarver, Cockerham, Matthews, Reeves, Welch, collateral lines.
 The gravestones recorded here do NOT reflect all of the stones in these cemeteries, only those of onterest in our research. For more.complete surveys of these and other cemeteries, please visit the usgenweb archives.
The gravestone on this page is that of Elisha Lott Tarver, buried on the old homeplace in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi. Elisha purchased the land from John Cockerham Sr.'s estatE When the property was sold years later, the deed stipulated a small piece of property be reserved for a family cemetery. Only two graves remain today, and those are lost in a stand of commercial pine, on private property. A guide is required to find the graves. According to the current property owner, the only known photographs in existence are those my mother and I took in the summer of 1999. No one else has visited the cemetery in decades, and no one has ever been known to photograph the gravesitE The epitaph reads Sacred to the memory of Elisha L Tarver Born Dec 15, 1813 Died Sept 26, 1851 Elisha Tarver married Hannah French Hamilton. Hannah's brother, John French Hamilton, also is buried herE To cite this inscription, see citation data below.
"A family is many generations closely woven; that though the generations may die, they endure as part of the fabric of the family; ... We carry the dead generations within us and pass them on to the future aboard our children. This keeps the people of the past alive long after we have carried them to the churchyard." (Russell Baker)
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Louisiana Cemeteries
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Growing collection . . . Check back often.
Other Louisiana cemeteries for which we have photos and/or transcriptions: COMING SOON!!
Caldwell Parish, La: Welcome Home Cemetery, Holum, La
Catahoula Parish, La: Catahoula Church Road Cemetery
- Catahoula Parish, La: Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg, La
Catahoula Parish, La: Heard Cemetery, Manifest, La
- Catahoula Parish, La: Rosefield Cemetery, Rosefield, La
Franklin Parish, La: Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church Cemetery, Ft. Necessity, La
- Franklin Parish, La: Mathews - Dailey Cemetery, Extension, La
- Franklin Parish, La: King's Cemetery, Wisner, La
- Franklin Parish, La: Oakley Cemetery, Wisner / Gilbert, La
Franklin Parish, La: Ogden Cemetery, Liddieville, La
Franklin Parish, La: Old Winnsboro Cemetery, Winnsboro, La
- LaSalle Parish, La: Aimwell Church Road
- LaSalle Parish, La: Belah, Belah Community near Jena
- LaSalle Parish, La: Chalk Hill, near Georgetown
- LaSalle Parish, La: Chickasaw, near Olla
- LaSalle Parish, La: Eden Methodist, near Pollack
- LaSalle Parish, La: Harris Chapel, near Rosefield
LaSalle Parish, La: Jena Memorial Cemetery
LaSalle Parish, La: Pine Grove Cemetery, Blade, La
LaSalle Parish, La: Squyres Cemetery
LaSalle Parish, La: Summerville Cemetery
Rapides Parish, La: Bethal, Holloway, La
- Tensas Parish, La: Sicily Island, La
Other Mississippi cemeteries transcribed and/or photographed ~ COMING SOON!!
- Adams County: City Cemetery, Natchez, Ms
- Adams County: Natchez National Cemetery, Natchez, Ms
Amite County: Barron Cemetery, near Pike Co. line
Amite County: East Fork Baptist, Liberty, Ms
- Amite County: Gloster Roseland, Gloster, Ms
Amite County: Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Ms
- Amite County: Lilly Cemetery, SW of Liberty, Ms
- Amite County: Terrell Cemetery, Mars Hill, Ms
- Franklin County: Griffing Grove Cemetery, Meadville, Ms
Pike County: Elijah L. Tarver Cemetery, Summit, Ms
Pike County: Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Ms
Amite County: Private TARVER & HAMILTON cemetery - Reggie Wicker homeplace, orginally purchased by Elisha Lott Tarver from John Cockerham estate
Related pages on Tarver-Gen
- Epitaphs - Classic & humorous epitaphs.
- Memorials - Photos, tributes, & memorials to honor our deceased kin.
- Obituaries - Transcribed ancestor and family obits.
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How to cite a tombstone from this page:
Gravestone inscription for [Name of Gravestone], Private Cemetery, Reggie Wicker Property, Liberty, Amite Co., MS. Photograph, July 1999 by Lotus Cirilo. [Online]: , Tarver-Gen.
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