Near Morrilton in Conway County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery

Circa 1880

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

1. Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Marker, Side One

Inscription. They married, raised families, shared hopes and sorrows, and now lie within the hallowed grounds of Bold Pilgrim Cemetery. These were the Bold Pilgrims of Conway County.

[Editor's note: For clarity, only first and last names listed. For death dates and plot numbers, zoom in on photographs]

Arnold, Henry • Arnold, Lillian • Arnold, Mary F. • Arnold, Turley N. • Bates, Hattie • Bates, Jacob • Bates, L.C. • Bates, Samuel Jr. • Blackmon, Edward Stokes ‘Ed’ • Blackmon, Emma Brown • Brown, Alice • Brown, Della Pryor Miller • Brown, Lee • Brown, Lillie • Brown, Lydia West Marks • Byers, Bishop Norman • Byers, Lorraine • Byers, Virginia • Campbell, Alice Hicks • Campbell, Gussie Vampert • Campbell, James N. • Campbell, Johnnie Jr. ‘Duck’ • Campbell, Johnnie Sr. • Campbell, Marzellar • Campbell, Nathaniel • Campbell, Norman • Campbell, Tollie • Christian, John W. • Cochran, Cain Cornelius • Cochran, Iona • Cochran, John W. • Coleman, Eliza J. • Criswell, Wanda Christine Heaggans • Davis, Jasper • Evans, Nevada McAllister • Evans, Roger • Fleming, James Lafayette • Fleming, Ruby Pledger Hanson • Garrison, Louesa • Garrison,

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Zackeriah ‘Zack’ • Givens, Eunice Campbell Parker • Good, James W. • Good, John

Good, Lemon • Good, Michael • Good, Roosevelt • Good, William M. • Hampton, Iccyphine Garrison • Hampton, Laura Ann • Hampton, William R. • Hampton, Willie I. • Heaggans, Christine ‘Tina’ • Heaggans, Harriett • Heaggans, Johnson • Heaggans, Maudie Mae Boone • Henson, Dock • Henson, Erma Lee • Henson, George A. Dewey • Henson, James Wheeler • Henson, Josephine • Henson, Leatha J. • Hicks, Washington • Hunt, Bertha • Hunt, Michael • Hunter, Katie • Hunter, Mary A. • Hunter, Mike • Johnson, Betty Jean • Johnson, Kantina • Kimmons, Canaan • Littlejohn, Felix • Littlejohn, Jeremiah • Littlejohn, Matthew Sr. • Littlejohn, Worth • McAllister, Amazair ‘A.M.’ • McAllister, Lucy • McAllister, Maddie • McAllister, Mot • McAllister, Rucker • McAllister, Theopras • McClain, Ella Wallace • McCluney, Ervin • McFerren, Hannah J. Campbell Wallace • McMahan, Rev. James T. • McMahan, Nancy Parker

Marks, Lewis • Marks, Luchious • Marks, Mary • Marks, Willie • Meacham, William • Meachem, J.F. • Meachem, Lilla L. • Meachem, Mandy • Miller, Alvin • Miller,

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

2. Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Marker, Side Two

Cynthia Byers • Miller, Floyd • Miller, Gradison • Miller, John • Miller, L.E. • Miller, Lover O. • Miller, Mervin • Miller, Rufus • Miller, Ruth • Miller, Springs • Miller, Willis • Mitchem, Amanda • Mitchem, Anderson • Mitchem, Anderson (Micham) • Mitchem, Arnetta Davis • Mitchem, Dora Yarborough (Yarby) • Mitchem, Elbert • Mitchem, Elbert Miles • Mitchem, Elizabeth Butler ‘Bettie’ • Mitchem, Florence Mabel Byers • Mitchem, Hattie Blackmon • Mitchem, Jewell • Mitchem, Lucille Williams • Mitchem, Porter • Mitchem, Rawleigh Elvest ‘R.E.’ • Mitchem, Spain • Mitchem, Thomas Walker ‘T.W.’ • Monts, Marie • Monts, Mary E. • Monts, Samuel • Monts, Samuel Jr. • Parker, Alma • Parker, Elbert • Parker, Eliza J. • Parker, Elvira Mitchem

Parker, Frances • Parker, James D. (Jim) • Parker, John E. • Parker, Margaret • Parker, Maria • Parker, Mary J. • Parker, Meek • Parker, Minnie West • Parker, Orea • Parker, Roxie Ann McFarland • Pledger, Viola Good • Rall, Aaron Jordan • Rall, Earlie Canary Pledger • Rall, Eliza Jane Mitchem • Rall, John H. • Rall,

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Burials: Arnold through McMahan image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

3. Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Burials: Arnold through McMahan

Oscar • Rall, Robbie • Rall, Samuel • Roseman, Elihu • Roseman, Rev. John B. • Sullivan, Eugene • Walker, Hannah Hicks • Walker, Hompton W. • Wallace, Arthur James • Wallace, Elvin Sr. • Wallace, Henry • Wallace, Josephine Garrison • Wallace, Mattie Thompson • Wallace, Rufus W. • Washington, Dora Rose Whisonant • Watts, Mattie Campbell • West, Daisy Campbell • Whisonant, Abramma Washington • Whisonant, Argie Magdalene • Whisonant, George Meek • Whisonant, Minnie Elmira Meachem • Whisonant, Annie Shelley (Shirley) • Williams, Alva Hampton Byers • Williams, Mary Hattie • Williams, Lawrence • Winger, Emma S.

Funded by donations from Ethel Campbell, Josh Childress, Bold Pilgrim descendants, and in part by a grant from the Black History Commission of Arkansas
Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Association Board of Trustees: Naomi Adams, Onye Childress, Helen Curry, Lois Lane, Annie Maxfield, Gracie Williams, Edna Wilson, and Glenda Wilson
Dedicated: June 2015
Love never fails 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)

Erected 2015 by Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Association.

Topics and series.

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Burials (Marks through Parker) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

4. Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Burials (Marks through Parker)

This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 35° 14.305′ N, 92° 41.398′ W. Marker is near Morrilton, Arkansas, in Conway County. It is on Bold Pilgrim Road 0.3 miles west of Arkansas Highway 9, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8 Bold Pilgrim Rd, Morrilton AR 72110, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas River Valley.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ozarks.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Burials (Parker through Winger) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

5. Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Burials (Parker through Winger)

also named Bold Pilgrim Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Conway County in the Civil War / Murder of John Clayton (approx. 6.1 miles away); W.L. Wood House (approx. 6.2 miles away); Lewisburg in the Civil War (approx. 6.7 miles away); Thousands Steamed By 1831-59, Two Cherokee Groups were Stranded Here (approx. 6.7 miles away); Historic Moose House (approx. 6.7 miles away); Conway County World War II Memorial (approx. 6.7 miles away); Conway County (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morrilton.

Also see . . . Bold Pilgrim Cemetery (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination for the burial ground, which was listed in 2018. (Prepared by Kwendeche, FAIA; via Arkansas Heritage) (Submitted on August 28, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

6. Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Marker

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

7. Bold Pilgrim Cemetery entrance

Credits. This page was last revised on September 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 183 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 27, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 6, 7. submitted on August 28, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.