Thaxton in Pontotoc County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Thaxton Cemetery

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

1. Thaxton Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Originally the site of a log church known as Mayhew Chapel, Thaxton Cemetery was established in the 1840s. Located on the Turnpike Road, which was built in the late 1830s by the U.S. government, the cemetery's earliest known burial is ca. 1848. Land for a new church and cemetery expansion was donated by the town's founder, Dr. Montgomery C. Thaxton, in 1887. Among the nearly 1,000 persons buried here are more than eighty-five veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

Erected 2021 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.

Location. 34° 18.479′ N, 89° 10.478′ W. Marker is in Thaxton, Mississippi, in Pontotoc County. It is at the intersection of Sewell Road (County Road 212) and State Route 336, on the left when traveling north on Sewell Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office

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area: Thaxton MS 38871, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the North Mississippi Hills. 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 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Betty Allen (approx. 2.8 miles away); a different marker also named Betty Allen (approx. 5 miles away); Salmon Cemetery (approx. 8.7 miles away); a different marker also named Salmon Cemetery (approx. 8.7 miles away); Randolph School (approx. 8.7 miles away); Senator Charles Edward Franklin, Sr. (approx. 10.6 miles away); Maj. Gen. William Colbert (approx. 10.6 miles away); Pontotoc Cemetery (approx. 10.6 miles away).

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

2. Thaxton Cemetery & Marker

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2023

3. Thaxton Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 499 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 27, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.