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Lafayette County, Mississippi Cemetery Records & Burial Search

Search cemetery names, burial records, grave details, and local archive context for Lafayette County, Mississippi from one focused county hub.

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County archive snapshot

Lafayette County Overview

65

Cemeteries

15

Indexed Records

65

Mapped Cemetery Sites

Quick answer

How do I search Lafayette County cemetery and burial records?

Use this page as the county-level filter between the statewide archive and individual cemetery lookups. Start with the cemetery directory, compare the source mix and burial depth, then run a focused search for the exact cemetery or person name you need.

Research focus

Top Signal 65 active cemetery pages surfaced.
Best Next Step Review the cemetery directory or use the map below to isolate coordinates.

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Search by person name

Start with a full name when the county is already likely.

Compare cemetery pages

Review cemetery cards before opening a specific profile.

Use map context

Use mapped locations to understand the local cemetery spread.

Verify official details

Confirm sensitive burial, veteran, or grave-location details with official sources.

County overview

About Lafayette County Cemetery Records & Burial Search

Lafayette County, Mississippi contains 65 documented cemeteries including municipal grounds, church burial sites, and family plots spread across the county archive. This page connects 15 burial records with cemetery locations, grave detail, and military service context where available. Garden Of Memories is one of the strongest current archive entry points for this county, with record coverage reaching back to 1921 in the current dataset. Use the cemetery directory below to browse all locations, or move into the burial record section when you already know the surname or full name you need.

Use this county archive to move from broad Lafayette County cemetery research into specific cemetery locations, burial-record matches, source labels, and official verification paths.

Cemetery Pages Surfaced

65 Active

Active cemetery profile pages currently surfaced in the Lafayette County index.

Veteran-Linked Burial Records

15 Military

Burial records in this county currently carrying military branch or service-related context.

Source Rows Grouped

69 Indexed

Cemetery source rows currently grouped into public archive labels. Source-row counts may be higher than cemetery-page counts when multiple public-source rows point to the same county archive.

County map

Lafayette County map overview

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Lafayette Springs Cemetery Yellow Leaf Cemetery Abbeville Cemetery Bluff Springs Cemetery Bowles Cemetery Browning Cemetery Buford Cemetery Camp Ground Cemetery Cedar Grove Cemetery Church Grove Cemetery Clear Creek Cemetery College Hill Cemetery Confederate Cemetery Crocker Cemetery Cypress Cemetery Elijah Cemetery Free Springs Cemetery Fulmer Cemetery
LAFAYETTE COUNTY 18 highlighted cemetery pins from the live county archive.
65 mapped cemetery locations plotted where coordinates are available. Use pins to jump straight into individual cemetery pages.

County center reference: 32.2443, -83.9779

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Note: Map pins show cemetery-location context, not exact grave coordinates.

Source note

Cemetery locations and burial records are not the same

Lafayette County may have strong cemetery-location coverage even when person-level burial records are limited. Use this directory to find the likely cemetery first, then verify sensitive burial, veteran, or grave-location details with official cemetery, county, VA/NCA, or primary-source records.

County cemetery index

Lafayette County Cemetery Directory

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Note on spelling variations: Some cemetery names may appear in slightly different spellings across source datasets (e.g., "Oak Ridge" vs "Oakridge"). Verify the official name before relying on the record.

Garden Of Memories

VA

📍 OXFORD, MS

Burial records indexed: 10
Source label: VA
Map status: Needs verification
Era: 1921 - 2022 Open cemetery profile

Lafayette Springs Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Era: 1942 - 2021 Open cemetery profile

Oxford Memorial Cemetery

VA

📍 OXFORD, MS

Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: VA
Map status: Needs verification
Era: 1931 - 2021 Open cemetery profile

Pine Flatt

VA

📍 OXFORD, MS

Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: VA
Map status: Needs verification
Era: 1936 - 2022 Open cemetery profile

Yacona Cemetery

VA

📍 TAYLOR, MS

Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: VA
Map status: Needs verification
Era: 1948 - 2020 Open cemetery profile

Yellow Leaf Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Era: 1934 - 2021 Open cemetery profile

Abbeville Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Bluff Springs Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Bowles Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Browning Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Buford Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Camp Ground Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Cedar Grove Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Church Grove Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Clear Creek Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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College Hill Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Confederate Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Crocker Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Cypress Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Elijah Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Free Springs Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Fulmer Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Harmontown Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Open cemetery profile

Hipp Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Open cemetery profile

Burial record snapshot

Burial Records in Lafayette County, Mississippi

These person-level records can help when you already have a likely name, cemetery, date range, or military-service clue. Use them as starting points, then verify sensitive details with the cemetery, county office, veteran resource, or primary source.

David Benjamin Pullen

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1945-08-10 - 2022-03-29
Military branch: US NAVY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Ernest Robert Mueller

🪦 Pine Flatt

Lifespan: 1936-12-09 - 2022-01-15
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Dennis Ray Broome

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1948-08-16 - 2022-01-05
Military branch: US NAVY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Eldridge M Lewis

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1921-10-18 - 2021-12-03
Military branch: US NAVY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Chester Leo Roberts

🪦 Yellow Leaf Cemetery

Lifespan: 1934-11-22 - 2021-10-01
Military branch: US AIR FORCE
Note: Verify sensitive details
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David Gene Stepp

🪦 Lafayette Springs Cemetery

Lifespan: 1942-05-11 - 2021-09-28
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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David Winston Nunnery

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1951-05-04 - 2021-08-15
Military branch: US NAVY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Ellis C Cuevas

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1934-06-04 - 2021-07-13
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

Charles Edward Franklin

🪦 Oxford Memorial Cemetery

Lifespan: 1931-03-28 - 2021-05-09
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

Enoch Lewis King

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1939-08-26 - 2021-02-26
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

Earnest H Harris

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1946-01-22 - 2021-01-24
Military branch: US MARINE CORPS
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Charles Edgar Noble

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1940-11-14 - 2020-12-22
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Doyce Harrell Graham

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1943-02-20 - 2020-12-12
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Eugene Robinson

🪦 Yacona Cemetery

Lifespan: 1948-04-11 - 2020-08-30
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Floyd McDaniel

🪦 Garden Of Memories

Lifespan: 1927-06-14 - 2019-02-11
Military branch: US AIR FORCE, US ARMY, US NAVY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Best use: start with the cemetery card above when place context is still uncertain. Use these burial links when the person name is already likely tied to this county.

Surname index

Surname Index for Lafayette County

These surname links surface recurring family names already present in the county burial archive. They are useful when the cemetery is still unknown but the last name is likely tied to this county.

Surnames are generated from currently indexed burial records and may not represent every family name connected to this county.

Pullen (1) Mueller (1) Broome (1) Lewis (1) Roberts (1) Stepp (1) Nunnery (1) Cuevas (1) Franklin (1) King (1) Harris (1) Noble (1) Graham (1) Robinson (1) Mcdaniel (1)

Veteran burial records

Veteran-Linked Burial Records in Lafayette County, Mississippi

This block shows burial records that currently include military branch or service-context fields in the archive. Use these entries as research leads and verify official veteran burial details with the appropriate VA/NCA, cemetery, or primary record source.

David Benjamin Pullen

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US NAVY

1945-08-10 - 2022-03-29 Rank: BT2

Ernest Robert Mueller

🪦 Pine Flatt

US ARMY

1936-12-09 - 2022-01-15 Rank: SP4

Dennis Ray Broome

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US NAVY

1948-08-16 - 2022-01-05 Rank: EM2

Eldridge M Lewis

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US NAVY

1921-10-18 - 2021-12-03 Rank: SM2

Chester Leo Roberts

🪦 Yellow Leaf Cemetery

US AIR FORCE

1934-11-22 - 2021-10-01

David Gene Stepp

🪦 Lafayette Springs Cemetery

US ARMY

1942-05-11 - 2021-09-28 Rank: SP5

David Winston Nunnery

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US NAVY

1951-05-04 - 2021-08-15 Rank: CTRSN

Ellis C Cuevas

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US ARMY

1934-06-04 - 2021-07-13

Charles Edward Franklin

🪦 Oxford Memorial Cemetery

US ARMY

1931-03-28 - 2021-05-09 Rank: CPL

Enoch Lewis King

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US ARMY

1939-08-26 - 2021-02-26 Rank: SP4

Earnest H Harris

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US MARINE CORPS

1946-01-22 - 2021-01-24 Rank: PVT

Charles Edgar Noble

🪦 Garden Of Memories

US ARMY

1940-11-14 - 2020-12-22 Rank: CSM

Official lookup guides

Official Source Verification Paths for Lafayette County

Use these verification paths when a cemetery name, map location, or veteran-linked burial record needs confirmation from a stronger official or institutional source.

Official cemetery source

Use the USGS guide for Lafayette County

Open the official USGS lookup guide with this county context to validate cemetery place names and mapped locations before drilling deeper.

Official burial source

Use the VA burial guide for Lafayette County

Use the official VA locator guide when this county archive surfaces veteran-linked burial rows and service-related details.

Continue browsing

Best Next Clicks From Lafayette County

Use these next-step links when you want to continue from Lafayette County into the most relevant cemetery, person-name, statewide, or official-source path.

Top cemetery page

Garden Of Memories

10 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.

Top cemetery page

Lafayette Springs Cemetery

1 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.

Person-name search

Search Lafayette County burial records

Use a full name plus Lafayette County to separate likely matches before expanding into statewide results.

Broaden scope

Return to Mississippi archive

Move up one level when you need nearby counties, more cemetery options, or broader genealogy search context.

How to research this county

How to Find Cemetery Information in Lafayette County

Lafayette County works best as a narrowing layer. Instead of trying to search all records at once, move from county overview into cemetery names and then into individual burial records when the archive shows person-level matches.

01

Review cemetery density before searching names

  1. Start with the top cemetery list on this page to see which locations have the clearest burial-record coverage.
  2. Compare source labels such as USGS or VA before deciding where to search deeper.
  3. Use the county map and cemetery cards together to avoid broad, low-context searching.

02

Run focused person searches after choosing the likely cemetery

  1. Search a full first and last name once you have a likely cemetery or county context.
  2. Use military branch hints and date ranges to separate close name matches.
  3. Return to the Mississippi archive if you need to compare this county with neighboring areas.

Frequently asked

Lafayette County Archive FAQs

This county FAQ section is designed to answer common archive questions before users widen their search into nearby counties or move down into specific cemetery pages.

How do I search cemetery records in Lafayette County?

Start with the cemetery directory on this page, compare the cemetery count, record depth, and veterans tags, then move into the individual cemetery page once you find the strongest match.

How many cemeteries are mapped in Lafayette County?

65 cemetery locations are currently mapped in Lafayette County, Mississippi, with 65 carrying latitude and longitude context.

Does Lafayette County include burial records as well as cemetery names?

Yes. This county archive combines cemetery counts with burial record coverage where source datasets include person-level information.

Are Lafayette County burial records free to access?

Yes. Cemetery Finders presents county, cemetery, and burial-detail pages from public-source archive data without requiring an account or paid lookup.

How many Lafayette County burial records include military branch context?

15 burial records in this county currently include military branch or service-context fields where the source archive provides them. This should be treated as veteran-linked archive context, not a complete official count of all veterans buried in Lafayette County.