Griffin Family Cemetery

Plainview, Arkansas

Photo by Leroy Blair

This Cemetery is also known as: None known.

Legal description:

SW, SE, SE, Sect. 24, T8N, R7W

GPS Location: 618313-3906693

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #:

3WH0746

Number of Marked Graves: About None.

Number of Unmarked Graves: Unknown.

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: February 18, 2005 By Leroy Blair.

Current status of cemetery: This cemetery is no longer in use.

Point of contact for cemetery. No contact person kn



This cemetery was recorded for the first time by Leroy Blair of the White County Historical Society following a visit in March 2002.

The graves of Billy Griffin, two wives and three children are believed to be buried here, according to property owner Donnie

Stevens.

Blair prepared the following report: "To get to the cemetery from Plainview, take Cedar Corner Road west to Moccasin Bend Road.

Go down Moccasin Bend Road about 200 yards to a gate on the right of the road that leads into a pasture field. As you go through

the gate, look straight back in the field about 100 yards and you will see a clump of trees. The cemetery is located in this grove of

trees.

"There is a ring of rocks about 8 by 25 feet, and inside the ring are some other field rocks marking the graves. Donnie Stevens said

that those buried here are Billy Griffin, two of his wives and three of his children. He was not sure of the dates when they died but

from records on his property, he estimates it is between 1856 and 1912. The cemetery is fairly clean."

Leroy Blair visited the site again on February 18, 2005, and reported, "Since my last visit, several tree limbs have fallen on the

graves."

If you have corrections or additions to this list or other information on this Cemetery, Contact the White County Historical Society,

P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145. Or phone 501- 278- 5010

Following is a list of known burials in this cemetery.

The graves of Billy Griffin, two wives and three children are believed to be buried here, according to property owner Donnie

Stevens.

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Legend: Copyright-Aug.23, 2016-Paul V. Isbell-Webmaster:

Most of the cemetery information listed was collected by Leroy “Lee” Blair Former member of the White

County Historical Society Board of Directors. Now working at the White County Historical Society office

If you have any additions or corrections to the burial listing please contact the Historical Society. Phone 501-

278-5010 or Email me at

lblblair74@gmail.com

or wchs1962@gmail.com



I will be posting more burials later. The Searcy Daily Citizen donated all their Micro Film and Ledgers dating

back to 1953. After reviewing them, if I find a death of a person that we do not have I will to add to the

cemetery listings.

There are some graves listed as unmarked that may have had a tombstone set since the listing was made.

I may have missed some graves when I prepared the listing. Some cemeteries are very hard to get an

accurate listing due to how some graves are scattered

The following Abbreviations are used in the listings

.

FM-Funeral home marker DS-Double tombstone TS-Triple tombstone

(Obit)-means that the Historical Society has, or has access to the Obituary for this person.