Thanks to our good friend from Noxubee county for this piece of info: >From the TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF NOXUBEE COUNTY, I find James Gillespie - native of Georgia 30 Sept. 1708 - 17 Oct. 1837. Noxubee County was organized in December 1834. >From DANCING RABBIT, BY Broox Sledge. The Original Land Purchasers of Noxubee County: Region Nine, Township 13 North, Range 17 East. Section 3. All of the section and some land in 4. James Gillespie, whose body occupies the oldest grave in the Mohegan Cemetery, his death date listed as 1837. Section 9. William Hurst and James Gillespie. The Noxubee County Tax Assessment Roll, 1848 (the oldest tax roll on file) Township 13, Range 17, Estate of James Gillespie I did not find a J. O. Gillespie. Hope this one is the same. Mohegan Bluff where the cemetery is located is a few miles NE of present town of Shuqualak, Ms. When Noxubee County was settled, there were little towns or settlement all along the river about 5 miles apart. Believed to be oldest trading post and church built in county. This cemetery is all that is left and it is still being used today by the Card family, a family member having been buried there last year. Janelle Floore Craig, Brooksville, Ms. There could be other information that I overlooked. Under the 1840 census I found a C. Glimpse