Holmesville in Pike County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Holmesville Cemetery
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 2, 2022
1. Holmesville Cemetery Marker
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.
Erected 2020 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 31° 11.991′ N, 90° 18.464′ W. Marker is in Holmesville, Mississippi, in Pike County. It is on Pike 93 Central (County Highway 93) 0.1 miles north of Magnolia Holmesville Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: McComb MS 39648, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Creation of Pike County (approx. Ό mile away); Old Pike County Chancery Clerk's Office (approx. 0.3 miles away);
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 2, 2022
2. Holmesville Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 812 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 4, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
