Watts Cemetery at Rumley

Searcy County, Arkansas


Directions to cemetery:
From junction of Highways 65 and 66 in Leslie, go east on 66 for 1.4 miles to County Road # 78 and go 3.2 miles to pasture gate on left with the name Simmons on it. Go across pasture for .9 mile. Located on the back of the farm on a ridge on the Hershell Simmons farm. This cemetery was grown up and impossible to count all burials when C. L. Boyd went to it about 1994. At least 25-30 unmarked graves.

Submitted by
C. L. and Lina Boyd

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Jewel 
    No last name
    Killed in Tornado
    Probably a granddaughter
    Marker has no info except name

Benjamin J. G. Watts               July 25, 1833                       No death date
    Son of John Watts and Jensie 
    Husband of Mary Ann Denton
    Married May 17, 1857 Searcy County, Arkansas
    Co M 3rd Ark Cavalry, Civil War
Mary Ann 'Polly' Watts           August 17, 1838                        July 1, 1929 
    Daughter of Christopher Denton and Elizabeth Holmes
    Her stone is off base
    Wife of Benjamin Watts

John Watts                                  1799                    February 4, 1865
    Born Virginia
    Died Rumley, Searcy County, Arkansas 
    He was married three times:
    Unknown wife, about 1820 
    Second wife: Jensie, about 1830
    Third wife: Christina 'Tina' Whitmore, about 1859
Jensie Watts                                         No Dates
    Same stone as John Watts
    Second wife of John Watts

Mary Watts                          May 29, 1870                    October 15, 1870

William R. Watts                   March 4, 1866                    January 15, 1906
    Son of Benjamin G. Watts and Mary Ann Denton
    Husband of Martha E. Massey
    Married 11 Sep 1887 Book C, page 152 Searcy County, Arkansas

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