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Est. ca 1847
This cemetery is located on the Old Champagnolle
plantation, Northeast of
El Dorado.
This canvass was done by Ralph O. & Violet Weldon on January
25, 1986. Submitted
for posting by Janice Holzer, April 10, 2004.
FYI…..there are three Newton Cemeteries in Union
County, more
details of this at the end of listing.
Posted: Feb 2014
Refreshed April 2019 < JCSH432@gmail.com >
*This is not an update of this cemetery, but a posting
of my old one on the RootsWeb site.
This cemetery is on private property. At the end of
this listing are more
concise directions for finding this old cemetery.
Todd Owens, a descendant of some of those buried in
this cemetery, has done a
more recent survey of the cemetery(2009).
If you have an interest in those buried here, you
might wish to try & contact him.
In 2009 his email address was TOwens@ruston.org
JOHN C. DUNAWAY 1822 AL to
6-18-1847 AR
*A
native of Autauga Co., Alabama
*S/of Timothy C.
Dunaway(1786-1868) & Mary Davis Dunaway(1787-1840)
TIMOTHY C. DUNAWAY
4-28-1785 GA to
2-5-1868 AR
*Timothy born in Wilkes County, Georgia
*S/of William Dunaway
(1751-1830)
*Spouses: *1st Mary "Polly" Davis (1787-1840) *Md:3//5/1806 Wilkes Co., GA
*Mary Davis is enumerated in Rev. Davis's will, recorded Feb 1835; She is not mentioned
in her stepmother; Sarah Perkins Davis
will, dated Oct 1835. Mary is most likely buried
at the Davis
Plantation Cemetery in Autaugaville, Alabama.
*2nd Penelope Davis Silmon Hicks (1792-1856)
*Md: Penleope
Hicks by Jan 1845-in a ceremony in Union Co., AR
*Wives, Mary &
Penelope Davis were sisters.
*D's/ of, Rev. Lewis
Cookson Davis(1756-1835)
& 1st
wife, Sarah
Sally Anderson
Davis of Wilkes County, Georgia.
Rev. Lewis Cookson
Davis
died at his residence in Autauga Co., AL on Feb 3, 1835.
*Died at age 79. He
was a native of Hanover County, VA. He left his plantation, land, slaves,
household belongings, & several containers of whiskey
to his 2nd wife, Sarah Perkins &
heirs. Lewis md: Sarah Perkins
in 1798. He fathered 16 children, eight
with each wife.
*1st
wife, Sarah
Sally Anderson was buried in Wilkes Co. GA (? Anderson's Mill or Fishing
Creek) Sarah
Perkins Davis' will dated Oct 1835....only mentions her
children & not any of her stepchildren. Se died between 1835-1843.
*Speculation is she is buried in the Davis
Plantation Cemetery
next to her
young son, William
J. Dunaway (1812 GA-1836). There
were no other cemeteries
in the area at the time. He was the son of Timothy C.
Dunaway & *1st
wife, Mary
"Polly" Davis
(1787-1840) William has above-ground tomb.
*William died at age 23, before his father migrated west to
southern Arkansas.
There is no grave marker for her in this old cemetery.
*Rev. Lewis C. Davis was buried at the Davis Plantation Cemetery, Autaugaville,
Autauga County, AL.
Located on Private property, in a field.
*PENELOPE DAVIS SILMON HICKS DUNAWAY
12-18-1792 GA to
6-5-1856 AR
*D/of Sarah
Sally Anderson & Rev. Lewis Cookson Davis, RS(1756-1835)
of Wilkes Co., GA *Spouses: *1st Peter W. Silmon *2nd James Hicks from Autauga, AL;
*3rd Timothy C.
Dunaway who she is buried next to.
TIMOTHY ISAAC LAMAR 1-23-1835 AL to
9-14-1889 AR
*S/of John Newton (1805-1851) * Penelope G. Dunaway Newton Lamar (1813-1875)
GREEN
TAYLOR NEWTON 7-28-1848 AR to 8-5-1852 AR
*S/of John Newton(1805-1851) & Penelope G. Dunaway Newton Lamar(1813-1875)
JAMES
NEWTON 5-18-1838 AL to
June 1862 LA died at Shiloh
*S/of John Newton(1805-1851) * Penelope G. Dunaway Newton Lamar(1813-1875)
*Capt. Co A 1st Ark Inf CSA *James is listed in 2 cemeteries: I don't
believe he
is buried in either
one, since he died of injuries sustained on the battlefield at Shiloh.
*Some info given by
descendants assert he died in Monroe, Union Parish, LA
Newton-Dunaway
Cemetery & Curtis Grove Cemetery, Union Co., AR
*Inscription on the
headstone "An early sacrifice upon
the altar of his country"
JOHN
NEWTON 1-15-1805 GA to 11-3-1851 AR
*1st
husband of Penelope
G. Dunaway Lamar(1813-1875)
Mrs.
PENELOPE G. DUNAWAY NEWTON LAMAR
10-13-1813 GA to
7-29-1875 AR
"D/of Timothy C.
Dunaway (1786-1868) & Mary Davis
Dunaway (1787-1834)
*1st husband was John
Newton(1895-1851) *2nd
husband was Obadiah Lamar
"A Devoted
Christian Mother"
WILLIAM P. NEWTON 5-20-1846
to 5-4-1850
*S/of John Newton(1805-1851) * Penelope G. Dunaway Newton Lamar(1813-1875)
"Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not
for of such is the kingdom of God"
JAMES
NEWTON WRIGHT 9-2-1861
to 4-1-1862
*S/of John Crowell
Wright(1835-1915) & Mary A. Newton Wright
(1841-1903)
*Note: There were three cemeteries in Union County,
referred
to as "The Newton Cemetery".
(1.) This one was located southeast of El Dorado,
off the south side of
Hwy. 82 east, about a mile & a half from the
intersection of Hwy 167 S.
Dunbar Lane runs along the SE side of the property, with a
Jehovah’s
Witness church on the corner of Hwy. 82 & Dunbar
Lane. This
cemetery was destroyed in 2005-06, with the three
remaining tombstones
moved to Woodlawn Cemetery. For
more details see
the article posted
here "The Destruction of the
Harrell Newton Family Cemetery"
*There are
before & after pictures, some history, & an interview given by a
a former
slave, Zenia
(*nee unk) Culp,
given in January 1938. The "Billy" she
fondly
refers to, was the late William Baker Newton, son of Harrell Newton.
The tombstones were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery, in El
Dorado.
For more details, see the listing of the Harrell Newton
Family Cemetery.
(aka the Harrell
Newton Family Cemetery) ★
(2.) The
Green Newton Cemetery located
on private property in the woods.
An old logging road (dirt road) that runs off of South
Hillsboro Road will get
you to it. It is
several miles down Hillsboro Road, closer to the Louisiana
state line.
Traveling east on Hwy. 82 (aka Strong Hwy.) turn onto
Hillsboro Road & continue south for about 5 or 6
miles.
(aka the Green Newton Cemetery) ★
(3.) The
Newton-Dunaway Cemetery
located on private land, in the woods,
off of Champagnolle Road. (aka the Dunaway-Newton
Cemetery) ★
Drive east from El Dorado on
Champagnolle Road past Quinn Road.
Drive past two clear cuts (for
pipelines and highlines) and
turn left on dirt road 750.
Go to the end & park in the
grassy circle in the middle of the shack houses.
Cut through the brush walking
due westward into the highline clearcut.
Turn slightly left to go just southward
of the nearest pylon.
Continue westward along a faint dirt
road (past the no trespassing sign).
Follow this road westward and slightly northward until you reach
the small cemetery enclosed by a cable on the right, in the trees.