Hillcrest Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, US}}
{{about||the cemetery in Canada|Hillcrest Cemetery (Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Hillcrest Cemetery
| nrhp_type =
| image = Confederate markers, Hillcrest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi.jpg
| caption = Graves of Confederate States Army soldiers
| location = Center Street, Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
| coordinates = {{coord|34|45|46|N|89|26|47|W|display=inline, title}}
| locmapin = Mississippi#USA
| built = 1837
| architect OR builder =
| architecture =
| added = June 28, 1982
| area = {{convert|24|acre}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000411|title=Holly Springs MRA}}
| refnum = 82003108{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Hillcrest Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States. Established in 1837, it is known as the "Little Arlington of the South". It contains the graves of a U.S. Senator{{which?|date=November 2024}} and five Confederate generals.
Location
The cemetery is located on Center Street in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi.{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/82003108 |title= Hillcrest Cemetery | website = National Park Service |access-date= September 5, 2015}}{{cite book |last=Kempe |first=Helen Kerr |date=1977 |title=The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Columbus and the North |location=Gretna, Louisiana |publisher=Pelican Publishing Company |pages=87–88 }}
History
The cemetery was established in 1837, when William S. Randolph, an early settler of Holly Springs, donated the land.{{cite web |url=https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/22331.pdf |first= Pamela C. | last= Guren | title= Hillcrest Cemetery: Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS: Historic Resources of Holly Springs| website = Mississippi Department of Archives and History |access-date= September 5, 2015}} The railings were designed by the Jones, McElwain and Company Iron Foundry prior to the Civil War.
It is known as the "Little Arlington of the South" in allusion to the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Notable burials include five generals of the Confederate States Army: Samuel Benton, Winfield S. Featherston, Daniel Govan, Edward Walthall, and Absolom M. West. Other notable burials include Wall Doxey, Benjamin D. Nabers, Hiram Rhodes Revels, and James F. Trotter. Also buried there are painter Kate Freeman Clark,{{cite web|url=http://www.katefreemanclark.org/biography2.html|title=Biography|publisher=katefreemanclark.org|accessdate=26 April 2015}} the wife and son of Alamo defender Micajah Autry, and architect Spires Boling.{{cite web|url=https://www.southreporter.com/news/spires-boling-gets-monument|title=Spires Boling gets monument|date=18 April 2018|publisher=}}
Heritage significance
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 28, 1982.
References
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Category:Buildings and structures in Holly Springs, Mississippi
Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
Category:1837 establishments in Mississippi
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Mississippi