Pauticfau Cemetery - Kemper County, MS

For the past year, I have been on a journey that has made me appreciate past family members. Learning about family who has long been forgotten and trying to keep their story alive has brought a new perspective. Last weekend Brian and I went on one of my crazy genealogy trips through Kemper County in search of MANY family members whom are buried at Blackwater Cemetery, Liberty Baptist Cemetery, and Pawticfaw (Pauticfau) Cemetery. Pauticfau Cemetery was a wonderful surprise! About a 1/4 mile walk down a windy dirt road led Brian and I to a small field in the middle of the woods. There we saw an old rusted iron fence with a small wooden sign. Carved out of the wood was the Cemetery name. This Cemetery was definitely old and many headstones were missing. We walked around and finally made it to the White plot, which is on my Dad's side of the family. There were about nine headstones in this one plot. None of the original headstones were there, but were replaced with newer stones.  Two of the headstones that stood out were my Great Great Great Grandparents, Dorset and Margaret White. What an exciting find this was!!!