WESTVILLE HISTORICAL CEMETERY

This Cemetery is located on Old Westville Road near Pinola Ms. It's location is well marked by signs from all directions. This is all that remains of the town of Westville, that was the county seat of Simpson County until 1906. The 1850 census listed 5 Sawmills, 4 Gristmills, 3 Cotton Gins, 2 Tanneries and 2 Saddlery shops. When the Railroad was built the town was abandoned as the people move towards Mendenhall.
 

Ainsworth	Mary	Aug 28 1825	Sep 11 1864	w/o J.B d/o Green&E.C. Fenn
Alexander	Isaac	???????	Jul 9 1880	age 39
Belk	S. H.	Sep 22 1829	Apr 13 1895
Belk	Sarah A.	Nov 11 1838	Oct. 26 1826
Burnham	George O.	Feb 16 1892	Jul 4 1892	s/o G.M. & M. E.
Burnham	Paul Hardin	Dec 21 1895	Feb 10 1896	s/o G.M. & M. E.
Covington	Larkin P.	Feb 14 1884	Mar 25 1885
Covington	Matilda Berilla	Dec 16 1873	Aug 13 1874	d/o J. A, & C. L.
Covington	Virginia Anna	Jan 15 1872	Sep 29 1873	d/o J. A, & C. L.
Dent	infant	Aug 3 1905		s/o A.W. & L. U.
Durr	E. A.	Mar 6 1840	Nov 12 1879
Durr	Emma Brent	Sep 9 1854	Jun 12 1921	w/o E. A, Durr
Farmer	Carl C.	1891	1927
Farmer	Grover C.	1893	1917
Farmer	Maggie King	Mar 27 1857	Oct 9 1907	w/o Rev H. K.
Farmer	Maud Estell	Jul 16 1896	Oct 6 1898	d/o H. K.& Maggie
Farmer	Rev. H. K.	Oct 29 1854	Jul 16 1926
Fenn	Elizabeth C.	Jul 1 1779	Dec 26 1873	w/o Green Fenn
Fenn	Green	Oct 19 1801	Nov 29 1883
Fenn	William S.	Mar 10 1833	Jul 11 1840
Fenn	Elizabeth P.	Feb 24 1827	Mar 12 1853
Fenn*	Green G.	May 28 1835	Apr 3 1845	son of Green & E. C
Fenn*	William B.	Jan 20 1826	Apr 3 1845	son of W.& E Fenn
Freeman	John	?????	Apr 24 1855
Freeman	Nath.	Jul 11 1772	Jul 18 1842
Giles	Annie Emeline	Aug 11 1900	May 3 1913	dau of L. W. & Mary C.
Giles	Dora Weathesby	Nov 20 1864	Nov 7 1921
Giles	infant	Jan 10 1906	Jan 10 1906	dau of D. O. & Mary
Giles	Le Neville	1903	1939
Giles	Le W.	1870	1948
Giles	Mary M.	1872	1954
Giles	U. Emiline	Feb 10 1838	Jul 12 1894	wife of Dr. William dau of Green & Elizabeth Fenn
Giles	William	Oct 29 1827	Jul 8 1899
Hampton	Emma L.	Dec 3 1889	Dec 27 1890	d/o H. L. & M. L
Hampton	Mattie L.	Mar 6 1885	Mar 13 1902
Hampton	Wilder L.	Sep 8 1881	Jul 22 1892	s/o H. L. & M. L.
Lagan	Julia O.	Aug 11 1852	Sep 28 1852	d/o M & M J
Legan	John R.		Jun 7 1860	age 1 year & 13 days,s/o M & M. J.
Legett	Dr S.	Feb 28 1833	Aug 13 1881
Legett	infant	Jul 15 1879		s/o Dr. s. & Sallie
Legett	Wallace E.	Feb 25 1881	Jun 21 1882	s/o Dr. s. & Sallie
Lockhart	Alice G.	Mar 17 1864	Dec 19 1899	dau of J.J.& E.C.
Lockhart	James J.	May 10 1828	Feb 22 1899
Lockhart	Letia Fenn	Jul 21 1840	Apr 8 1923	wife of James J.
Loftin	infant	Aug 19 1901		d/o W.M. & Emma
Mendenhall	infant	May 28 1858		s/o T. L. & L.
Mendenhall	Laura E.	Jul 6 1859	Jul 15 1860	d/o T. L. & L.
Mendenhall	Lenicy Brent	Jan 14 1839	Apr 4 1903	w/o T. L.
Mendenhall	Thomas L.	Aug 19 1832	Jan 21 1895
Rhodes	Mary Emily	Feb 24 1852	Mar 7 1879	w/oR.E. d/o J.B.& Mary Ainsworth
Sinclair	Corae	Mar 3 1855	3yrs,4mo,28d dau of D.L.&M.J.
Sinclair	Duncan L.	Apr 28 1817	Nov 22 1888
Sinclair	infant	Aug 7 1853		son of D. L. & M. J
Sinclair	Martha J.	Mar 25 1830	Oct 3 1892	wife of Duncan dau of Green & Elizabeth Fenn
Spikes	Mary F.	Aug 11 1849	Feb 3 1874	w/o willis, dau of D.L.& M.J. sinclair
Thames	Nattie Durr	Aug 1 1872	Sep 2 1898	w/o K. Thames
Weathersby	infant	Oct 27 1880		dau of M.A & J
Weathersby	L. D.	Nov 19 1883	Jul 6 1884	son of J. & M. L.
Weathersby	Mary L.	Mar 8 1861	Sep 4 1884	wife of Jackson
Williams	J. B.	Sep 29 1837	Dec 10 1887
Williamson	C. W.			McCollums Co. 3rd Miss Regt CSA

Last Updated on 4/25/98
By RICHARD NEELY
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