Spanish Fort Cemetery
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Spanish Fort Cemetery

Spanish Fort, Sharkey County, Mississippi, USA

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    Coordinates: 32.75878, -90.72875
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Spanish Fort Cemetery is located in the extreme eastern part of Sharkey County in the Community of the same name.It is located on the western bank of the Sunflower River. It can be reached by taking HWy 16 East from the 61/16 intersection in Rolling Fork. Just before crossing the river and reaching Holly Bluff, you take a paved road to the right for about 5 miles. There is no obvious cemetery. You will reach an old semicircular dirt mound about 10 feet high and 20 feet wide. This is the basis if the name for Spanish Fort. The Middle of the semicircle has been plowed under so you will find 2 arms projecting out from the river. The graves are located on top of the mounds. Each Family had their own location which is separated from the others. You have to walk the length of both arms to locate the graves. The region was heavily overgrown when it was surveyed by Larry Wheeler of Corpus Christi, Texas. The Earliest grave is 1903 and the most recent is 1936.
Listings were compiled by the author in October, 2000.
Spanish Fort Cemetery is located in the extreme eastern part of Sharkey County in the Community of the same name.It is located on the western bank of the Sunflower River. It can be reached by taking HWy 16 East from the 61/16 intersection in Rolling Fork. Just before crossing the river and reaching Holly Bluff, you take a paved road to the right for about 5 miles. There is no obvious cemetery. You will reach an old semicircular dirt mound about 10 feet high and 20 feet wide. This is the basis if the name for Spanish Fort. The Middle of the semicircle has been plowed under so you will find 2 arms projecting out from the river. The graves are located on top of the mounds. Each Family had their own location which is separated from the others. You have to walk the length of both arms to locate the graves. The region was heavily overgrown when it was surveyed by Larry Wheeler of Corpus Christi, Texas. The Earliest grave is 1903 and the most recent is 1936.
Listings were compiled by the author in October, 2000.

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