Knox Cemetery

Searcy, Arkansas

Photos by Leroy Blair

This Cemetery is also known as: Dewberry Cemetery.

Legal description: NE, SE, NE, Sect. 3, T7N, R7W

GPS Location: 615296-3902691

Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: 3WH0496

Number of Marked Graves: None.

Number of Unmarked Graves: 20 or more.

The last complete survey of this cemetery was: October 4, 2000 By Leroy Blair.

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

Point of contact for cemetery. No know contact person.



This Cemetery although known, had not been listed when Leroy Blair of the White County Historical Society visited it October 4,

2000. He found it in a pasture about 100 yards behind the house at 1310 North Main in Searcy. Following is his report:

"I talked to Mrs. Alice Dillin, who owns the property. She said when her husband bought the property in 1963 the cemetery was

overgrown. She said her husband paid $100 to have it cleaned up. They bought the property from a Mrs. Johnson, who is now dead.

Mrs. Johnson told the Dillins that people by the name of Knox were in graves on the left under a large oak tree, and people by the

name of Dewberry were in graves on the right. The graves were only marked with rocks. Mrs. Dillin said that some time later they

let some other people use the land and they removed all the rocks and piled them under the large oak tree and cut the other tree

down. I found the stump from that tree. I found six rocks under the large oak tree and there is a large rock standing up that looks

like it might be a gravestone. It has grown into the large oak [see photo at left, above]. There are no signs of any of the locations

of the actual graves or how many were there."

The Alice Dillin who owns the land where the cemetery is located said at one time there was a row of the Knox family and a row of

the Dewberry family.

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 names of persons buried in this cemetery is unknown.

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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 on

the square in Searcy. WCHS P. O. Box 537 Searcy, Ark. 72145.

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.