Polk County

Location & Information South and East of Wickes on Highway No. 4 EastE/2, E/2, Section 3, Township 6 South, Range 31 WestParcel # 8989 and 8991-0025 Allen, Dora Savannah – 8/8/1891 – 1/31/1962 Allen, Jerry J – 1951 – 1970 Allen, Jewell – 1926 – 1965 Allen, Mary Allie – 6/13/1894 – 11/14/1944 Attaberry, Lou A – 2/5/1884 – 7/9/1951 Baker, Ada – 7/20/1885 – 5/1/1927 Baker, Albert D. – 12/14/1884 – 12/4/1957 Baker, Anna Bell – 1896 – 1971 Baker, Bennie Dale – 3/27/1891 – 9/14/1904 (son of E. J. & L. K.) Baker, D D – 5/19/1879 – … Read more

Location & Information Two Miles North of Hatfield, Arkansas, on Highway 71Section 13, Township 3 South, Range 32 WestParcel # 0000-10460-0000 The first people to settle on the land where the cemetery is located were the Floyds, who moved to Polk County from Georgia. Mr. Floyd was the great grandfather of Mrs. Joe Anders of Hatfield, Arkansas. There were already several graves here when the Floyds arrived. Many of these earlier graves were covered by small house-like structures. In later years a Baptist Church was built near the cemetery. The Old Line Road was near the Church house. Although there … Read more

Location & Information The directions and information pertaining to this cemetery was given by Mary Lee Aleshire Andrews and Charley Aleshire of Cove, Arkansas. Because the two graves, located on the old homestead of J. S. Aleshire, are not marked some specific directions have been given for the purpose of preserving a record of this cemetery’s location. On the land that J. S. Aleshire homesteaded in the middle 1800’s.Section 7, Township 4 South, Range 28 WestNot Listed on the Polk County Arkansas Tax Roll From Mena follow Highway 8 East to Highway 375; turn onto Highway 375 and follow it … Read more

Location Nine and one-half miles East of Mena on Highway 8, behind the Primitive Baptist Church on the South Side of the highway. NW, Section 33, Township 2 South, Range 29 West County records reflect this as New Prospect Cemetery Parcel #2548 ? History Mr. W. A. Miller, grandfather of Marcus Miller and Mrs. Ella Graf, gave the first land to be used as a “Public Burial Ground”. Additional land was given by Luther Perry and Rilland B. Miller. Then later, Mr. Perry sold some land to the Community’s Cemetery Committee. Approximately two hundred unnamed graves have been marked with … Read more