Old Rushing Cemetery, Pope Co, AR

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Submitted by: Lina Owens Boyd <lina jane boyd@hotmail.com>
Date: 13 Dec 2007
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Same directions as to Rushing Cemetery.  This cemetery is loced approximately
175 yards northwest of the north fence of Rushing Cemetery.  There is a cattle
feeding path to the right just before arriving at Rusing Cemetery. It goes
around the edge of the hill and across the branch and back up the hill. This
cemetery is on the left about 75 yeards above the branch, in the trees.
Approximately 45 to 50 graves with none of them marked.  It was the fist
cemetery used by the Rushing and Hays families when they arrived in Pope county,
prior to the Civil War.

I have been told that since we copied this cemetery the landowner had completely
destroyed all the rocks and cleared off this cemetery.

The information given here is taken from various histories in the Pope County
History Book, plus infromation from Pope County Census.

Lydia Hendrix                1879              1905
Born and died at Rusing Pope County, Arkansas
daughter of Lewis Hendrix and Aunt Joan Hendrix Humphrey
Lewis and Aunt Joan were slaves of the Rushing family.

David Rushing               1785               1845
He was born in North Carolina
He died at Rushing, Pope County, Arkansas
Children:  George, David Jr., Burrell, William, Dennis, and Nancy Anne McFadden.

Mary Rushing                25 Oct 1815      May 1850
She died at Rushing, Pope County, Arkansas
daughter of John Hays and Sarah Wilson
wife of Burrell Rushing
married 12 Jan 1843 Pope County, Arkansas Book A pge 57
Children:  John D., Sally L. Brown, James Anderson