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0185 - Scott Cemetery

Old Davidsonville State Park, Randolph County, Arkansas

 

Pictures of this cemetery and individual tombstones, free of charge, limit five (5) names per week, by emailing the cemetery name, number, and names to ArkansasTies@ArkansasTies.com.

 

Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Date Death Date
Cox John   March 13, 1849 August 29, 1895
Cox Sam   1872 1921
Moore Nancy C. 1868 1932
Moore Thomas S. 1849 1904
Scott Anna S. November 8, 1894 November 20, 1894
Scott Bell   November 9, 1909 March 21, 1928
Scott Bettie   November 4, 1898 January 10, 1925
Scott Ellen   February 10, 1875 August 26, 1940
Scott Fred   December 3, 1896 April 11, 1916
Scott Joe F. April 25, 1870 October 27, 1941
Scott* Francis B.   April 1906
 
Permit me to introduce myself. My name is James Scott and this evening I came across your web site titled the Scott Cemetery at Old Davidsonville State Park. You have one grave listed as unknown and I wish to inform you that the individual laid to rest there is my great great grandfather Francis B. Scott "aka" Bum Scott. He was born in Poinsett County in 1848 and died in April 1906. I am a genealogist by hobby and have been researching F.B Scott and my family history for the past 10 years. It was always assumed that the large flat stone that lay in the cemetery was his grave marker but there were no visible markings on it to substantiate this. One evening approximately 4 years ago about dusk I was visiting the cemetery and standing looking at the stone wondering why it was never marked. The sun was low in the west and standing back looking at it suddenly I saw the faint letters of F B Scott on the surface in black. That was all that was there. Standing over the stone marker the lettering was not visible, but standing back away from it with the sun's reflection it was. At the time there was a young female park officer that was also interested in the history of the park and as I left that evening I spoke with her about my discovery. I did not return to the cemetery until last year and found that someone had done an engraving in the stone exactly where the letters had previously been. I presume the park ranger that I spoke with did this, but she was no longer there so I was unable to find out how the engraving got there. If you desire any other information about the cemetery let me know and I would be happy to provide you with the information that I hold.

James Scott - jws67002@yahoo.com