Directions: From Cove, Arkansas travel Hwy #71 South approx. ½ mile, turn left on Polk 288 (Old Hwy # 71), go about ¾ mile and turn left on Polk 21 (Mt Clair Road), go 2 ½ mile then turn right on Polk 31 for ¼ mile. Cemetery is on Left (off road approx 500 ft)
There are many unmarked or marked with stones gravesites in this cemetery. If anyone knows of any additions/corrections Please contact the Foote Cemetery Association, 107 Peebles Lane; Cove, Ar. 71937 or KDMILAM@aol.com
Blanche T. Gardner erected this Plaque near the grave of John Towry.
Early settlers buried in this pioneer cemetery; esp. my great, great grandfather, John Towry (1781–1861) in the above grave; also his wife, Mary Martin Towry (1786-1851) buried in Tennessee. In 1856 John Towry, with sons Silas, John Benjamin, Giles, Wm., and daughters, Eliza Carper, Mary Ann Odell & families came by wagon train from Hamilton Co., Tenn. To Polk County, Ark. Towry School consolidated in 1929, was located nearby
BILLINGS, JIMMY E. B/D 03-01-1958
BILLINGS, BISHOP C, 04-11-1894 – 03-23-1975 (Pvt US Army WW 1)
BRANCH, AMPARO COLOMA 10-30-1897 – 07-25-1985
BRANCH, DICKEY L. 10-04-1898 – 02-03-1985
BRANCH, CHARLES 01-1855 – 04-1949
BRANCH, NANNIE PARLEE (HAMITER) 04-1867 – 03-1919
CARGILL, CHARLIE
CARGILL, MARTHA S. (THOMAS) 01-01-1861 – 01-11-1927
CARPER, ALXANDER S. (Z) 03-19-1817 – 08-17-1898
CARPER, ELIZA (TOWRY) 07-25-1821 – 11-16-1898 (Wife of Alxander)
CARPER, ELIZA D. 04-18-1848 – 08-22-1926 (dau of Alxander)
CARPER, GILES M. 1851 – 1935 (son of Alxander)
CARPER, M. E. 1861 – 1894 (wife of Giles)
CARPER, MARTHA K. 02-18-1858 – 07-18-1939 (dau of Alxander)
CARPER, MARY JANE 09-1843 – 09 07-1861
CARPER, NANCY ANN 04-23-1846 – 04-06-1932 (dau of Alxander)
CARPER, SARAH 02-09-1855 – 08-31-1861
CHAMBERS, REBECCA D. (HOLDEN) 11-18-1883 – 07-08-1919(Dau of W.A. & Polly)
CHAMBERS, ORA LAWTON 02-09-1917 – 01-27-1983 (Son of Rebecca D.)
CHAMBERS, INFANT B/D 07-22-1943 (Son of Ora Lawton & Meatus Smedley)
CHOTE, JESSE ELLIS 11-05-1885 – 11-08-1973
CHOTE, SANDERS E. (REV) 1850 - 1906
CHRISTOPHER, J. O.
CRUMP, VIRGIL 12-16-1910 – 01-19-1911
CURETON, DERREL LANE B/D 06-28-1941(Twin of Donald Wayne & Son of G.H.“Chig”& OMA)
CURETON, WM. LESTER B/D 10-18-1942 (Son of G.H. & OMA)
DOAN, EDGAR C. 1869 - 1951
DOAN, FLORENCE 1854 - 1938
DOBSON, BETTY (HAMITER) 1871 – 1895
EVANS, INFANT
GRAVES, O. T. 01-06-1893 – 06-11-1896
GRAVES, FRANCIS CLEE 08-14-1888 – 04-21-1964 (Private 241 Escort Co ASC WW I)
GRAVES, HENDRIX LEE 11-02-1886 – 10-04-1918 (SGT 16 Inf 1 div Ark)
GRAVES, JOHN W. 11-21-1848 – 07-13-1896
GRAVES, SARAH A. “Aunt Shade” (KEETON) 02-01-1868 – 12-13-1942 (Wife of John C.)
GRAVES, DEORAH 12-30-1891 10-23-1914 (Wife of W.F. Moore)
GREEN, MARTHA A. (CHOTE) 1865 - 1950
HAMITER, ANNA E. (REED) 01-27-1886 – 11-01-1958
HAMITER, JENNETTE (ASHBY) 11-1836 – 06-13-1913
HAMITER, JOHN F. (Co G 12 la Inf CSA)
HAMITER, PAULINE 07-29-1917 – 10-04-1918
HAMITER, ROBERT M. 01-16-1876 – 02-12-1958
HAMITER, WOODROW
HARVEY, ELI M. 01-28-1845 – 01-16-1947
HOLDEN, JAMES C. 08-06-1878 – 10-16-1916 (Son of W. A. & Polly)
HOLDEN, MARY ANN ”Auntie” 01-03-1881 – 05-28-1972 (Dau of W. A. & Polly)
HOLDEN, POLLY CATHARINE (TOWRY) 10-04-1851 – 04-28-1905 (Wife of W. A.)
HOLDEN, WILLIAM A 02-13-1848 – 01-05-1923
HOLDEN, WILLIAM H.”Hamp” 01-16-1886 – 06-18-1907 (Son of W.A. & Polly)
JACOBS,
JACOBS, LIZZIE (WILLIAMS) 01-09-1875 – 04-03-1901
JACOBS, SAM
KEETON, EDMUND 03-31-1834 – 10-22-1906 (Pvt Co E 19 Ark Inf CSA)
KEETON, INFANT
KEETON, MATILDA JANE (SHULTS/McDaniel) 05-01-1834 - 1897
(first white girl born in what is now Polk County)
KINE, MR
LACKEY, EFFIE
LACKEY FLORENCE 01-23-1896 – 08-29-1898
LACKEY, HATTIE G. (SMITH) 03-07-1878 – 08-23-1960
LACKEY, JEWELL
LACKEY, WILLIAM abt 1913
LACKEY, WILLIAM J. 10-16-1872 – 03-14-1951
MATTHEWS, BIRDIE N. 09-23-1887 – 11-18-1899(Dau of J.H. & S.E,)
MATTHEWS, WILLIAM A. 02-18-1885 – 11-13-1899(Son of J.H. & S.E.)
MILLER, C. M.
MILLER, GEORGE (J.M.) D: 09-01-1918
MILLER, MARGARET (CARPER) 12-27-1841 – 06-27-1921 (dau of Alxander)
MISNER, DAN 1910 (We believe death date)
MOORE, DEORAH (GRAVES) 12-30-1891 – 10-23-1914 (Wife of W.F. Moore) wed 03/02/1913
MORGAN, PERNEICA D. 1867 - 1957
MORGAN, WILLIAM LARKIN 1859 - 1942
PEARL, ANITA GAYLE 08-06-1946 – 11-17-1946 (dau of Juanita Morgan Pearl)
PEDEN, D. J. 02-23-1882 -
PERRYMAN, JOHN FERGUSON MARSHALL 12-11-1826 – 09-26-1899(Co D 22 Ark inf CSA)
PRICE, ALBERTA J. (BRANCH) 10-13-1900 – 01-04-1951
REED, DELILAH S. 07-25-1855 – 09-18-1929
REED, JOSEPH 1851 - 1916
REED, WILL 1880 - 1940
RUSSELL, AUSTON A. 03-31-1865 – 10-20-1967
SAMPLE,
SEXTON, MR. B: 1910
SMITH, J. E. 11-18-1869 – 04-16-1950
STARKS, MRS. NETTIE
SUMMER,
TILLEY, IVIE E. 08-20-1897 – 02-12-1899(Dau of A. M. & P.K.
TILLEY, J. M. 1837 - 1857
TILLEY, PERLIA (KEETON) 08-23-1877 – 03-19-1902 (Wife of A. M.)
TOWRY, ARMINDA ANN 1875 - 1904
TOWRY, ELIZA (STAMPS) 03-08-1830 – 01-19-1898
TOWRY, GEORGE WASHINGTON 1860 - 1861
TOWRY, GILES C. 01-12-1825 – 09-30-1905 (Pvt Co D Newton’s Ark. Inf CSA)
TOWRY, GRACIE A. 07-22-1895 – 09-04-1918 (dau of J.C. & Mary)
TOWRY, INFANTS of J.C. & M. E.
TOWRY, JOHN (PLAQUE) 01-23-1781 – 11-01-1861
TOWRY, JOHN C. 08-20-1866 – 04-14-1948
TOWRY, MARY E. (KEETON) 08-13-1869 – 10-28-1949
TOWRY, NANCY 12-09-1869 – 11-05-1959
TOWRY, REBECCA 12-05-1886 – 06-01-1893 (Dau of J. D. & P.P.)
TOWRY, REBECCA JANE 10-05-1854 – 02-23-1871
WEBSTER, EMEY
WHITE,
YOUNG, JAMES 11-11-1897 – 06-17-1899