Weir Springs Cemetery
Kincaid, Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
This cemetery was begun before the Civil War and contains numerous unmarked graves of slaves and former slaves, many of whom worked on the nearby Knight-Weir plantation, known as Weir Springs (originally Wier Springs), and their descendants who worked on the neighboring Perry, Rosamond, Mayhew, and Williams plantations. The majority of the marked and legible graves are those of their descendants who lived in this vicinity from the 1870s-1940s.
Many call it Perry Cemetery or Perry-Weir Springs Cemetery and it is shown on county maps as one of three Perry cemeteries on this road. It is on the edge of the Brown cemetery at the end of Wildlife League Rd. where there are more than 200 graves.
This cemetery was begun before the Civil War and contains numerous unmarked graves of slaves and former slaves, many of whom worked on the nearby Knight-Weir plantation, known as Weir Springs (originally Wier Springs), and their descendants who worked on the neighboring Perry, Rosamond, Mayhew, and Williams plantations. The majority of the marked and legible graves are those of their descendants who lived in this vicinity from the 1870s-1940s.
Many call it Perry Cemetery or Perry-Weir Springs Cemetery and it is shown on county maps as one of three Perry cemeteries on this road. It is on the edge of the Brown cemetery at the end of Wildlife League Rd. where there are more than 200 graves.
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- Added: 17 Oct 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2516531
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