Dupriest Cemetery

Rose Bud, Arkansas

List updated June 20, 2004
Legal description: NE, SE, SE, Sect. 6, T7N, R10W
Earliest listed grave: 1859
Last listed grave: 1925
Arkansas Archeological Survey site #: 3WH0687

This cemetery is located at Range 10 West, Township 7 North and in Section 5 or 6. This property was the Dupriest Farm, which was owned by Paul Dupriest, when Margaret Frey prepared the first cemetery census in 1969. According to her report, "Both white and Negro are buried here without distinction as to race. There are a number of unmarked graves but a count was not made."

The cemetery was visited in April 2000 by White County Historical Society volunteer Kathy Moss, who reported, "The landowners have left an open access to the cemetery, which is in poor condition." Mrs. Moss talked to the landowner, who said he had been in contact with the Malcom family. She provided information on eight Malcom burials and five others, most of which were not in the 1969 report. (Malcom was spelled Malcome in the 1969 listing.)

Leroy Blair of the Historical Society reported the cemetery "in very poor condition" when he visited it March 6, 2001, with his wife Ellen. According to his report, "Mrs. Ennis, who owns the land around the cemetery, said a man over 100 years old visited the cemetery in the summer of 2000 and told her the cemetery was first started as a slave cemetery and that most of the graves marked with rocks or unmarked are those of slaves. He also told her that one night during the Civil War a soldier was brought to the cemetery and buried and his grave was marked with a large rock. I found a large rock with some letters on it but could not read much of it - looked like R O C. He did not say if the soldier was Confederate or Union."

Following are Blair’s directions to reach the cemetery: "From Highway 5, take Manning Road 1.6 miles to Nix Road and turn right on Nix Road. Go half a mile on Nix to Meadow Lane and turn left. Go about 200 yards to a T intersection. Turn left and go another 200 yards to the first right. The cemetery is on the right by the first house after you turn right."

If you have corrections or additions to this list, or have additional information on Dupriest Cemetery, please contact the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145.

Name	Birth	Death	Remarks
Adkisson, Henry D.	June 18, 1860	April 1864
Clements, Martha	no information
Dupriest, Larrar Lisabeth	May 17, 1859	died in infancy	Sarah Dupriest’s daughter
Dupriest, M.E.	1860	died in infancy	Sarah Dupriest’s daughter
Dupriest, R.	no information
Dupriest, Sarah Malcom		died 1864
Malcom, Barnett	September 23, 1805	January 31, 1859	rock covered grave on double stone with Nancy Malcom
Malcom, Charley E.	March 15, 1891	August 3, 1911	grave with a row of rocks around it.
Malcom, James William Burl	March 14, 1895	died fall of 1900	unmarked grave
Malcom, Mary F.	July 15, 1858	January 10, 1903	on double stone with Noel Malcom
Malcom, Nancy	March 1, 1805	October 10, 1880	buried beside Barnett Malcome
Malcom, Nancy A.,	June 16, 1883	September 9, 1893	daughter of Noel and M.F. Malcom
Malcom, Noel	March 13, 1847	January 12, 1925
Malcom, Sarah Ellen	1897	1900	unmarked grave
Morris, James	April 1, 1866	May 9, 1897
Nelson, Eleck	August 2, 1864	September 1885
Ruark, Minnie	1880	1882