Cowan Cemetery Pope Co., AR
Pope County, Arkansas Cemeteries

Cowan Cemetery...also known as Sherman or Tag
Pope County, Arkansas

Thanks go to C. L. and Lina Boyd for their work on this cemetery information

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Take Highway 164 North from junction of Highway 27 at Scottsville fo 5.2 miles, turn left on Forest Service Road #1310 for 6 miles, turn left on Forest Service Road #1815, go .5 miles. Cemetery on left.




Bailey, Julia Myrtle      11 Oct 1911               29 Aug 1912
note: Courier Democrat article dated 24 Aug 1912 (death date questioned)
 
Boyd, Rev. C. L.   (Charles Lafayette)
B. 17 Jul 1854    Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas
D. 16 Jul 1925    Simpson, Pope County, Arkansas
Fa:  Charles Boyd born KY            Mo:  Levina Smith born AR
Sp:  Sarah Caroline Henderson        Md:    1872 Searcy Co. AR
Ch:  Gennetta Elizabeth PACK, Andrew James, Sallie Belle HOGAN,
     Sparlin, Cora Effie HAWK, Jacob Lawson, Martha, Mary Levina DARE,
     Frances Addie HARRIS, Letha Ruth MEADOWS, Charles David, 
     and Beulah FUQUA McCUSTION 
note:  He was a Primitive Baptist preacher.  
       Sarah C. Boyd is buried in Shannon Cemetery at Treat, Arkansas.
View picture of headstone, Item #11, Pope County, Arkansas Scrapbook 
 
Cowen, Infant             08 Aug 1888 Pope Co. AR   16 Aug 1888
 
Cowen, Earl Delmer        29 Mar 1898               10 Apr 1899
Fa:  William Wallace Cowen           Mo:  Rebecca Barnes
 
Cowen, Joseph H.          14 Oct 1844 Union Co SC   11 Apr 1919
Fa:  William Cowen                   Mo:  Letty
Sp:  Martha Ellen Harkins            Md:  1877
Ch:  Ollie Gay, Minnie Ella HELTON, William, Georgia May HELTON, 
     Harvy Monroe, Bryan, and Lula Martha KRAUS
note:  Co. E, 40 GA Inf. Civil War
 
Cowen, Martha Ellen        28 Mar 1850 GA           17 Apr 1914
Fa:             Harkins
Sp:  Joe H. Cowen
Courier Democrat article 24 Apr 1914
 
Cowen, Rebecca Ann                1861     
Fa:             Barnes
Sp:  William Wallace Cowen           Md:  17 Jul 1879  Book E page 320 Pope Co. AR
 
Cowen, S. Letitia             May 1820               after 1908      
No Marker
Sp:  William Cowen
Ch:  Adaline, William Wallace, Joseph H., Clerinda, Monroe, Leander, 
     Rhoda, and Sylvanus
note: Above information from Pope County History Book article written by David Bunton.
 
Cowen, William Wallace     06 Oct 1845 Union Co. SC
Fa:  William Cowen                  Mo:  S. Letitia
Sp:  Rebecca Barnes                 Md:  17 Jul 1879  Book E-320 Pope Co. AR
note:  Co. E., 40 GA Inf. Civil War
View picture of headstone, Item #10, Pope County, Arkansas Scrapbook 
 
Cowen, Zalon Prince        25 May 1880              25 Jul 1903
Fa:  William Wallace Cowen          Mo:  Rebecca Barnes
 
Dare, Mary Levina          07 Nov 1886                 Oct 1921
Fa:  C. L. Boyd                     Mo:  Sarah Caroline Henderson
Sp:  John Thomas Dare               Md:  18 Oct 1903 Book I-69 Pope Co. AR
Ch:  Opal NEWTON, Roy, Anna EUBANKS, J. T., Ellen NIXON, Guy, and Arnold
 
Denny, J. D.               05 Feb 1833              05 Sep 1891
Sp:  P. E.
View picture of headstone, Item #7, Pope County, Arkansas Scrapbook
 
Denny, P. E.                      1840              25 Mar 1917
Sp:  J. D. Denney
note:  Courier Democrat article dated 12 Apr 1917  
Daughter:  Mrs. Jane Freeman
View picture of headstone, Item #8, Pope County, Arkansas Scrapbook 

Galloway, Mrs. G. W.                                24 Jul 1928     
No marker
note:  Courier Democrat article dated 09 Aug 1928  Tag News?
 
Harris, Ben and Munroe          no dates        carved in rock
note:  This rock was uncovered in a cleanup in 2001 and was in pieces.
 
Harris, Clerrinda                                         1923?    
No Marker
Fa:  William Cowen                 Mo:  S. Letitia
Sp:  William M. Harris             Md: 24 Nov 1866 Hall Co. Georgia
Ch:  Mary Ann, Caldonia STAFFORD STANDRIDGE, William Thomas, 
     Anna May CASEY, James Fletcher, Boss, Mary Lou Patricia ROBERTS, 
     Rebecca Vada PETERS, and Letitia.
note: Information from Pope County History Book article written by David Bunton.
 
Harris, Oma May           08 Jul 1915               08 Nov 1919     
No Marker
Fa:  Boss Harris                   Mo:  Mattie Ella Robert
note: Information from Pope County History Book article written by David Bunton.
 
Hickey, James                                       03 Oct 1913 age 12  
No marker
note:  Courier Democrat article dated 16 Oct 1913
 
Johnson, J. W.                   1885               31 Mar 1923
 
Jones, Irma Bernice       28 Jan 1923               28 Feb 1908
 
Keeling, Angeline         08 Mar 1837               15 Aug 1908
Sp: A. F. Keeling
 
Laymon, Infant Daughter   22 Jan 1935               22 Jan 1935
Fa:  Johnathon Laymon              Mo:  Loise Hogan
 
Laymon, Loise             03 Feb 1918               23 Jan 1935
Fa:  George Washington Hogan       Mo:  Sallie Belle Boyd
Sp:  Johnathon Laymon               

Ledford, Infant                                        Oct 1876
Fa:  J. F. Ledford born NC         Mo:  Nancy C. born AR
 
Ledford, Mrs. I. L.          Sep 1883   
 
Ledford, Joseph F.                                  26 Jun 1922  
No Marker
note:  Co. G, 39 Georgia Inf. discharged 16 Jul 1865 
       (from pension papers found in Pope Counth Courthouse)
 
Ledford, M. E.                                      02 Oct 1975
 
Newport, Daniel Parker    04 Mar 1890               10 Feb 1937
Sp:  Augy Hogan                    Md: 04 Aug 1907 Book I-599 Pope Co. AR
 
Newport, Clara D.                                      Sep 1921 age 11
 
Page, William Henry        born South Carolina             187?
Sp:  Celia Taylor
Ch:  Asia WHITEHEAD, Thomas G., William, Mary L. YOUNG, Min PARTRIDGE, 
     Willis Ben F., Elizabeth JONES, Robert G., Nehemiah Scott, Theopholis Dan.
note:  Celia Page is buried in Shannon Cemetery at Treat, AR. They moved to 
       Pope Co. in 1868 from Neshoba Co. Mississippi.
 
Reed, Infant Son                                    02 Oct 1924
Fa:  R. R. Reed                    Mo:  Annie
 
Roberts, Aubie  (twin)    11 Apr 1899
Fa:  James Monroe Roberts          Mo:  Sarah Fannie Dora West
 
Roberts, Claudia (twin)   11 Apr 1899                      1918
Fa:  James Monroe Roberts          Mo:  Sarah Fannie Dora West
 
Sherman, Easter                  1891
Fa:      Wooten
Sp:  T. K. Sherman                 Md:  05 Jun 1910 Book J-321 Pope Co AR
 
Sherman, George W.              1836?    
Sp:  1. Unknown
     2.  Caledonia  ?              Md:  ?  14 Apr 1881 Book E-478 Pope Co. AR
note: Co. F., 36 GA Inf. CSA    
      There are no dates on his stone.
View picture of headstone, Item #12, Pope County, Arkansas Scrapbook 
 
Weatherman, Mollie        07 Mar 1884               06 Dec 1902
Fa:  William J. Weatherman         Mo:  Mary J. Younger
 
Weatherman, William J. (Jasper)  1848  
Sp:  Mary J. Younger               Md:  27 Jul 1876 Book E-76 Pope Co. AR
Ch:  Nevada C. HARRIS
note:  Co. A., 11 MO Cav. Civil War
View picture of headstone, Item #9, Pope County, Arkansas Scrapbook 

Wells, Cora               20 Apr 1883               06 Spe 1908
Fa:  James Monroe Roberts          Mo:  Sarah Fannie Dora West
Sp:  Joe T. Wells                  Md:  26 Apr 1903 Book H-628 Pope Co. AR



The above data was compiled and furnished by: C. L. and Lina Boyd P. O. Box 222 Dover, AR 72837-0222

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