DAVIDSON CEMETERY - JACKSONVILLE AR-PULASKI CO.

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                               DAVIDSON CEMETERY
                         JACKSONVILLE AR - PULASKI CO.

        Researched by David V. Brannon - Aug. 26, 2000

	This Cemetery no longer exist.  It's present day location is the northwest corner
	of Main Street and Harris Rd., in Jacksonville.  The GPS location is N 34.52.274 W
	092.09.456.  It is not shown on the Rand McNally Little Rock and Vicinity Street
	Finder Page 42.

	It was a small family cemetery containing members of the Davidson family and
	their kin.  It was on what is called the Old Davidson Farm.  This cemetery was
	destroyed by the construction firm of Ford Bacon and Davis in late 1941 or 1942.
	There is a house and a lake on the location where the cemetery once stood.

	The graves were not relocated, but were bulldozed and covered up.  This resulted
	in a law suit filed by the Garvin family (A part of the Davidson family) against
	Ford Bacon and Davis and also the Federal Government  Ford Bacon and Davis was the
	contractor and operator hired by the United States Government to build and operate
	the Arkansas Ordinance Plant during W.W.II.

	In 1955 the Federal Government put in the Little Rock Air Force Base which covered
	most of the Old Arkansas property. but it did not take in this area.  Some time in
	the 1960s housing was built on the site.

	At a later date (approx. 1965) a tombstone was found in the area by a young man,
	Later he reported it to the authorities and tried to find the stone again, but
	could not.  It was reported that the stone had the name of Esther (McCool) Davidson.

	The sources for the information about this cemetery is Charlie T. Smith who first
	told me about the location of the cemetery.  Also Nellie May (Garvin) Matowitz
	who verified the location of the cemetery and told me the history of the cemetery
	being destroyed.  Nellie is the granddaughter of Sallie (Davidson) Garvin.  Mary
	Miller, a Davidson descendant and family researcher relayed the story about the
	tombstone being found.

	It is not known at this time, how many, and who the people that were buried there.
	It is now suspected that Esther (McCool) Davidson and her husband George Davidson
	were there.

	David V. Brannon (8-26-2000)

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Researched by David V. Brannon Aug. 26, 2000.
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