Reporter Tom Dillard writing in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on December 18, 2022:

A deeper dive into our cemeteries

For readers who do not share my enthusiasm for cemeteries, please forgive this second-in-a-row foray into some of the burial grounds of Arkansas.

Every cemetery in the state has a story behind it. Every person buried in every cemetery has a story. Cemeteries help us recognize the outstanding among us and honor those who died in service to the United States. In addition to historical significance, cemeteries offer ever-elusive quiet time for a walk or a green space to sit and reflect not only on those dead and buried, but also on the times in which they lived.

Also, I simply have more to say about graveyards.

Arkansas is home to thousands of cemeteries, many of which have been lost to memory. This is especially true of family burial grounds, which were common throughout the antebellum era.

Among family cemeteries which still exist is the resting place of the pioneering Jacob Pyeatte family, who helped settle Crystal Hill along the Arkansas River upstream from Little Rock in 1812. Along with Jacob was a brother, John, as well as John Carnahan, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. Carnahan preached what is said to be the first Protestant sermon in Arkansas in 1812.

The Pyeatte-Mason family cemetery with its 10 graves is the only surviving remnant of historic Crystal Hill. Enclosed in a fence, it’s in Maumelle at the corner of Waterside and Lily streets.

Read more: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/dec/18/a-deeper-dive-into-our-cemeteries/