DeBerry, Panola County
Served by the early Kinlock post office, this farming region was settled by pioneer families who shared this community cemetery. The earliest marked grave is that of Beulah P. Hough (1839-1850). Several Confederate veterans are also buried here. Z.T.P. Hill deeded the five-acre burial ground to Bell-Fountain Baptist Church, founded before the Civil War (1861-1865). When the church building burned in 1880, the congregation was disbanded. Descendants of early settlers fenced the plot and erected a tabernacle where the original church stood. (1978) SUPPLEMENTAL PLATE: The earliest identified grave in Bell Fountain Cemetery is that of John P. Hill (April 13, 1845 - August 7, 1865).