Date: 5/9/01
Cemetery: Hollingsworth Cemetery
Established: Early 1800's
Street:
Type: Road-public
City: Ocean Springs
Township:
County: Jackson
State: Mississippi
Nation:
Zip:
Nearby: I'll have to check on his and update it
Location: Suburban-developed
Land: Flat
Water: Yes
Features: Hurricane George has downed trees in the cemetery and
it hasn't been cleared up--can't get in there
Sign: No
Land Type:
Access:
Enclosure: None
Gate:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: 3-4
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones:
Buried gravestones: Unsure
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Unknown
Oldest grave: 1835
Newest grave: Unknown
Association: Unsure
Records: Yes
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Vandalized:
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Apathy
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Residential
Change: Smaller
Reason: Housing
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: No one yet
Other Information
One set of graves (Hollingsworth) has an iron fence around it. The
graves of William Starks, Nancy Ann Davis Starks, Samuel Starks,
Elizabeth Starks (brother and sister to William) are unmarked. I have
never seen the records, but understand the fire department in Gulf Park
Estates had the records. I just know the last time I went the condition
was deplorable and you could not get in there. Some of my relatives and
I were going to the VA to get a marker for William Starks' grave. He
also served as Justice of Orphans Court. He died as the result of wounds
from a duel fought over the boundary of Jackson and Harrison County.
Davis Bayou and Starks Bayou get their names from these people.
Support
Don't know how to get this information
Submitted by:
name: Julia Isabelle Starks McCann
Email: jimccann@netscape.net
