--photos by Leroy Blair, 2003

Mason Cemetery

Hickory Flat, Arkansas

• List updated January 16, 2007
• Legal Description: NE,SW,NW, Sect. 32 T11N, R7W
• Earliest listed grave: 1851
• Last listed grave: Active
  
• GPS Listing: (link)
• Arkansas Archeological Survey site #3IN1383  

This cemetery was listed by Leroy Blair of the White County Historical Society, who visited it January 8, 2003. It is located in Independence County north of Hickory Flat, just across the county line. Part of the cemetery is clean and well maintained, however Blair reported seeing stones in an area that is so badly overgrown with briers and vines, "it is almost impossible to see what is there." He was able to read a single name "Mahulda" and a burial date of 1851on one of the stones in the overgrown area (see photo at left). He reported at least 10 graves that were covered with slabs of rock and several other graves that are marked by field rocks with no information on them ("It is overgrown so bad I cannot tell how many there are").

Blair provided the following directions to Mason Cemetery: "Take Hickory Flat Road north to Thomas Road and turn right; go to Armstrong Road then turn left (north). Armstrong Road will lead into Independence County. The road to the cemetery, I believe, is the first road that turns left after you cross the county line. The cemetery is located in back of a pump station. (There are so many small roads in that part of Independence County it is hard to give directions – would be best to ask some one who lives there how to get to the cemetery.)"

If you have corrections or additions to this list or additional information on this cemetery, contact the White County Historical Society, P.O. Box 537, Searcy, AR 72145.