Jeffery Cemetery

	Jeffery Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	National Register of Historic Places plaque in the cemetery
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Nearest city	Mount Olive, Arkansas
Coordinates	36°1′9″N 92°5′16″W / 36.01917°N 92.08778°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1846
NRHP reference No.	99001261
Added to NRHP	November 5, 1999

The Jeffery Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located on a knoll overlooking the White River, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Mount Olive, and is less than one acre in size. It has sixteen marked burial sites, and another ten to twenty that have no marking. The earliest dated burial occurred in 1816, and the latest in 1908. The cemetery is located on land granted to Jehoiada Jeffery for his service in the War of 1812, and is the only surviving site associated with his life. Jeffery is the first known permanent white settler in north central Arkansas.^[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Jeffery Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-04.

External links

Jeffery Cemetery at Find a Grave

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Jeffery Cemetery". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-04.

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