The exact number of Yellow Fever deaths in Holly Springs is unknown. The following list is the most complete list of Yellow Fever victims available, using all known contemporary and primary sources, including mortuary lists. The list includes all confirmed victims of the Yellow Fever who died in Holly Springs. Citizens who died of Yellow Fever in other towns but are buried in Holly Springs are not included in this list of official victims.
The following list contains 304 names. Of these, 91 have a burial marker or monument in Hill Crest Cemetery. The remaining victims are likely buried in Hill Crest Cemetery, in unmarked graves or graves that were originally marked with wooden markers. The existence of a “Yellow Fever mass grave” is questionable, though “burial trenches” are mentioned in the historic record.
All Yellow Fever monuments and markers in Hill Crest Cemetery are in a gallery below the list of victims. `
The following sources were used to compile this list: A History of the Yellow Fever: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 in Memphis, Tenn, J. M. Keats (1879); The Epidemic of 1878 in Mississippi: Report of the Yellow Fever Relief Work, J. L. Power (1879) Holly Springs Occasional, (published every month during the Yellow Fever Epidemic, with lists of all Yellow Fever victims; 1878); Yellow Fever Days Now 50 Years Gone, South Reporter article, John Mickle (1928); Cemeteries of Marshall County, (2nd Edition), Bobby Mitchell (2002); Examination of Hill Crest Cemetery monuments, Robert Patterson, Bobby Mitchell and Phillip Knecht (2018).
August 25th:
Samuel L. Downs
Delia Lake
August 31st:
A. W. Goodrich
September 1st:
A. T. Wiltshire
September 2nd:
William Makin
James G. Chism
September 3rd:
Isaac Tandler
September 4th:
Garland Brown (child of A.F.)
Frank A. Ganter
Robert Waite McClain
September 5th:
Willie Bateman
James Fort
William Hogan
Louisa J. Knapp
Mrs. James Nuttall
Barton P. Oliver
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Thomas
September 6th:
Samuel Abernathy
John H. Chenowith
Adeline E. C. Leak
Samuel Crockett
Alexander Fox Moore
Benjamin Duke Nabers
Lemuel Augustus “Gus” Smith
Child of Herman Snider
William R. Todd
September 7th:
Dr. Charles Bonner
Samuel Wilson Bonner
Brodie S. Crump
Charles Glassy
James Nuttall
James Thomson Walker
Richard Watson
September 8th:
Unknown Woman (Mrs. Blank)
Henry Bateman
Martha L. Bateman
Julia Pryor Waite
September 9th:
R. G. Campbell
Thomas A. Falconer
Virginia Lynch
Ulysses H. Ross
George Wing
September 10th:
A. A. Armstrong
Harry F. Brinkley
Charles R. Chenowith
William Crump
Sarah Fannie Dougherty
Robert Wallace Fort
Hal Johnson
Wesley J. Marett
J. C. Potter
Annie F. Pryor
Clem Read
Corilla Record
Alex Seyple
Victor Smith
William C. Wooten
September 11th:
Maria S.V. Daniel
Joseph Richard Daniel
Clarissa Davis
Winfield S. Featherston Jr.
Father Antonio Anacleto Oberti
Charles Schneider
September 12th:
Henry Epps
Scott Epps
Minerva Lynch
Miss Read
September 13th:
Robert S. Brinkley
James Wesley Brannon
Hannah Hastings
Dina Ingram
Sam Kimball
Lizzie Lane
Mrs. John Potter
Edward Ward Upshaw
September 14th:
Mariah Anderson
September 15th:
George Johnson
George Kimball
Pat McGuire
September 16th:
Laura Demmey
Mr. Dunn
Lotta Ingraham
James M. Kean
Mrs. George Kimball
Angeline Quiggins
Lewis B. Thomson
Francis M. Fennell
September 17th:
Ben Boyd
Ben Hardy Cayce
Elizabeth McEwen Featherston
Margaret Miller
Mary Stewart
Caroline Washington
Amanda Melvina Watson
Peter Webber
September 18th:
Amelia Forman
Mrs. Martin Knable
Jane McGary
J. H. Stone
J. W. Webber
September 19th:
William Collins
Stephen Knapp
Child of Rebecca Lea
Lucinda Sims
Sarah B. Thomson
Harvey Washington Walter
September 20th:
Ephraim Thomas Brinkley
Lizzie Butler
Howard Falconer
John P. Fennell
Dr. T. D. Manning
September 21st:
Julia Stojowski
Hugh Winborn
September 22nd:
Henry Carter
Child of Mollie Cox
Jim Fowler
Mary Gholson
Charles Harris
Henry Harris
John Larouche
Eugene Leidy Jr.
Sister Stanislaus Morrissey
Avant Walter
September 23rd:
Darthula Allen
Liza Allen
Nancy Allen
Kinloch Falconer
Henry Morton
Albert Rollins
Mrs. Stone
September 24th:
Willie Castello
John W. Fennell
Son of Mrs. Gaitley
Margaret Glassey
Child of Thomas Henderson
Amelia Maughan
September 25th:
Jacob Berry
Parker Hebdon
Elizabeth Williams Hutchinson
Dan Phillips
John Power
Annie Stewart
September 26th:
Allen Goulden
Mrs. Harrington
Son of Hempton
James R. L. Hunt
Dr. Lewis
J. M. Lumpkin
Mrs. Jeff McGowan
Sister Stella Fitzgerald
Frank Walter
James Walter
James Madison Wells
Child of William Yancy
Mrs. Yancy
Gordan D. H. “Guy” Allen
September 27th:
John Banks
Glenn Fant
Mr. Gholston
John W. Hastings
Mr. Johnston
Kate O’Gray
Cowan Roxy
Mrs. Archie Straws
Elizabeth Wells
September 28th:
Unknown African-American Child
Lizzie Georgia Featherston
Lucy Fort
Alex Hohenwart
Mrs. McGhery
Mrs. Crown McGuire
Austin Saunders
Sister Margarette Kelly
Martin Thomas
Mollie Virginia
Thomas Wade
Eli Walker
September 29th:
Eli Chew
John German
Mrs. McDermott
Dr. W. O. McKinney
Dan J. Oliver
L. P. Parish
John Pearson
Unknown Person
Unknown White Female
C. H. Walker
William Washington
September 30th:
Flora Anderson
Smith Baker
Christina Carlson
Henry Elliott
Infant child of Joseph Herr
Rufus Howard
Randall Moore
James McKean
Doctor Raymond
Sister Corinthia Mahoney
Infant of Strauss
D. Jeffries
October 1st:
Henry Cowan
A. C. Henderson
Joseph Herr
Mrs. Joseph Herr
Haywood McKissack
Mrs. Parish
Mike Tiernan
October 2nd:
Augustus Bowman
Joseph C. Hess
Jane Hill
Martin Knable
Child of Maughhan
H. J. McKeogh
Julia Roberts
Peter Stineman
Amanda Sutton
Martha Walker
Child of Webber
October 3rd:
William Compton
Selden Fant
Thomas Gilbert
Daniel Gray
Child of Hal Johnson
Lizzie Malsi
Mrs. B. A. Myers
Stanley Wells
October 4th:
Edward Hull Crump
Mr. Daily
James V. Henry
October 5th:
Lucius Boxley
Child of Millie Bradford
Isaac J. Diller
Henry Edmondson
John Hawkins
Mr. Miller
Sister Victoria Stafford
October 6th:
Priscilla Allen
Jacob Malsi
George Strather
October 7th:
Jane Craft (Wife of Dow)
October 8th:
James G. Adams
Allen Brogden
October 9th:
James McHugh
George Parks
October 10th:
Mrs. Haley
October 11th:
Child of Charles Harris
Jeff McGowan
Sister Laurentia Harrison
October 12th:
Ida McGowan
Mrs. James Miller
G. Thomas
October 13th:
Jacob Krouse
Alsey Lea
October 14th:
Edward Brim
Mrs. Lane
Willie Price
Milly Shotwell
October 15th:
Paton Edmondson
Son of Skoesburg
October 16th:
John Ellis
Joshua Watson
October 17th:
Child of Paton Edmondson
Charity Gaines
October 18th:
Joseph (Joel) Lackey
Dennis Lane
October 19th:
James Calvin
Burton Connington
Edwin Willis (Willis Edwards)
October 20th:
Rachael Cochran
Polly Martin
Henry Vandive
October 21st:
Robert King
Lula Lesseur
Mr. Mooney
Jesse Mercer Yowell
October 22nd:
Mrs. Compton
Son of Peter Gealor
Thomas Dresler
Amelia Martin
Al Rogers
October 23rd:
Harriett Moseley
October 24th:
John Kimbrough
Josephine Martin
John Tiernan
October 25th:
Dennis Gaitwood
Mrs. Peter Gheelan
William J. L. Holland
Mrs. Dr. McKinney
October 26th:
Mrs. Byers
Mrs. Gutheries
October 28th:
Mrs. Sam Coftin
Henry Gowan
October 29th:
Cora McWilliams
October 30th:
Ted Nellums
November 1st:
Twins of Mrs. R. A. McWilliams
November 2nd:
Child of Mrs. Henry Armstead
Thomas Hebdon Jr.
November 5th:
Robert Adams
Eugene Cochran
November 14th:
Child of W. T. Barry
November 15th:
James Donohue
November 18th:
J. E. Tobin
November 24th:
Mollie McDermott
Yellow Fever Monuments and Markers
Hill Crest Cemetery
Yellow Fever Martyrs Museum 