Brownlee Family Cemetery
Located on Pickensville Road (Hwy. 69) at Golding Road near New Hope, Lowndes Co., MS
Mississippi State Historical Landmark located at cemetery has the following inscription.
Brownlee Family Cemetery - 1825
Estab. in 1825 on the corner of a 1400 acre plantation owned by
James Brownlee Sr. and his wife Mary. Three brothers who lost their
lives in the service of the Confederate States of America lie buried here.
Miss. Dept. of Archives and History 1977
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James B. Brownlee
Born 8/1/1831
Died 6/28/1862
John R. Brownlee
Died 4/24/1862
Aged 21 years, 11 months
Anna B. Brownlee
Died 3/8/1862
17 years 5 months 14 days old
James Brownlee
Died 8/14/1853
48 years 4 months old
James Brownlee
Died 5/19/1825
50 years old
Mary Brownlee
Died 6/12/1832
52 years old
Mrs. Sally Davis
Consort of Nimrod Davis
Died 8/12/1844
44 years old
Col. Nimrod Davis
Died 1/12/1862
63 years old
Eveline A. Brownlee
Died 4/3/1840
21 years 4 months old
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SJB
Aged 8 months
Mary Ann
Wife of Lewis Green
Born 7/16/1824
Died 7/1/1840
MEG
2 months old
David F. Brownlee
5/5/1850
could not read the rest
Rebecca A. Lacey
Wife of Samuel W. Lacey
Died 12/31/1851
Infant
Son of
SW & RA Lacey
Drusilla E. Taggart
Born 12/26/1818
Died 1/22/1851
Alexander Brownlee
Born 5/19/1807
Died 2/25/1886
EFB
Age 1 year
Mary Taggart
Died 7/25/1858
Emma Brown
Born 1837
Died 11/18/1906
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Also in this cemetery were seven small markers made of cement and it appears that the names were written in the wet cement.
