About Mount Holly Cemetery
Mount Holly Cemetery is a cemetery near Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. It lies about 0.9 mi northwest of Little Rock. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 70000125). The grounds sit at about 351 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 57 notable people buried here, including John Gould Fletcher, David Pryor and Augustus Hill Garland. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 52299. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fraternal Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ruffin and Jarrett Funeral Home in Little Rock, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 84 cemeteries we list in Pulaski County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 84 listings in Pulaski County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Little Rock. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Holly Cemetery
Among them: 12 governors, 10 Civil War veterans, 9 US representatives, 8 US senators, 5 journalists, 5 writers, 3 Mexican-American War veterans, 3 War of 1812 veterans.
- John Gould Fletcher1886-1950American writer
- David Pryor1934-2024American politician
- Augustus Hill Garland1832-1899American politician
- Jeff Davis1862-1913American politician (1862-1913); governor of Arkansas
- Thomas James Churchill1824-190513th governor of Arkansas
- William S. Fulton1795-18444th governor of Arkansas Territory
- Ambrose H. Sevier1801-1848American politician
- Frank D. White1933-2003Governor of Arkansas from 1981 to 1983
- James Philip Eagle1837-1904American politician
- Robert Ward Johnson1814-1879American politician
- Simon P. Hughes Jr.1830-190615th governor of Arkansas
- William Read Miller1823-1887American politician, Arkansas
Show all 57 notable burials
- Chester Ashley1790-1848American politician
- Henry Massey Rector1816-18996th governor of Arkansas
- Elias Nelson Conway1812-1892American governor of Arkansas
- John N. Heiskell1872-1972American politician
- Albert Rust1818-1870American politician
- Samuel Adams1805-1850Arkansas politician
- Dale Alford1916-2000American politician
- David D. Terry1881-1963American politician
- George Izard1776-18282nd governor of Arkansas Territory
- James Fleming Fagan1828-1893Confederate States Army general
- W. Jasper Blackburn1820-1899American politician
- Allison Nelson1822-1862American politician
- Thomas Willoughby Newton1804-1853American politician
- Adolphine Fletcher Terry1882-1976American activist
- Bernard Smith1776-1835United States Congressional representative from New Jersey
- Daniel Ringo1803-1873American judge
- David Owen Dodd1846-1864American boy hanged as a spy in the American Civil War
- William E. Woodruff1795-1885Treasurer of Arkansas from 1836 to 1838
- William W. Wilshire1830-1888American politician
- Burrill Bunn Battle1838-1917Arkansas attorney and jurist
- Edward Washburn1831-1860American painter
- John Parks Almand1885-1969American architect
- Sandford C. Faulkner1803-1874American planter, raconteur and fiddler
- James Ancil Shipton1867-1926United States Army officer
- Thomas Fletcher1817-1880Arkansas politician
- Cephas Washburn1793-1860American missionary and educator
- Josie Frazee Cappleman1861-1936American poet
- Mary Eliza Feild Officer Knapp1825-1905American landowner, amateur archaeologist and collector
- Roswell Beebe1795-1856American businessman and politician
- William Conway1805-1852American judge
- William Lewis1767-1825American militia officer
- Absalom Fowler1806-1859Absalom Fowler was a prominent attorney and government official in early Arkansas. He was a leading figure in the transition of the area from territory to state, while also playing a major role in the development of Little Rock (Pulaski County). Absa
- Anne Yates1787-1855(1787 - 18 Jun 1855)
- Charlie May Hogue Simon1897-1977
- Elizabeth McConaughey Wassell1859-1923Political activist
- Frances Marion Harrow Hanger1856-1945American civic volunteer
- Grey Hodnett1935-2014Born:1935|died:2014-04-24|; Hodnett, Grey, 1935-
- James Anthony Dibrell Jr.1846-1904American physician (1846-1904); founder of the University of Arkansas Medical Department/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- James Newton Smithee1842-1902Journalist and founder of the Arkansas Democrat
- John D. Adams1827-1892Journalist and co-owner of the Arkansas Gazette
- Mary Ann Webster Loughborough1837-1887American writer
- Matthew Cunningham1782-1851American physician and politician
- Quatie Ross1791-1839First wife of Cherokee chief John Ross
- Sam C. Roane1793-1852American politician
- Sue Peay Worthen1881-1954
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Holly Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Mount Holly Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Fraternal CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery1.2 mi
- Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery ParkLittle Rock, ARCemetery1.3 mi
- Little Rock National CemeteryLittle Rock, ARNational cemetery1.5 mi
- Roselawn CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery1.6 mi
- Calvary CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery1.8 mi
- Elmlawn CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery3.5 mi
- Edgewood CemeteryNorth Little Rock, ARCemetery3.8 mi
- Haven of Rest Cemetery7102 West 12th Street, Little Rock, ARCemetery4.2 mi
- Dawson CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery4.2 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryLittle Rock, ARCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Holly Cemetery
- Ruffin and Jarrett Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 372-1305
- Premier Funeral Home Little Rock0.3 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 376-4800
- Robinson Mortuary0.6 miMortuary · Little Rock · (501) 371-0111
- Paradise Funeral Home of Little Rock0.8 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 372-2200
- Serenity Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Little Rock · (501) 374-5025
- Walton Gateway Funeral Chapel0.9 miFuneral chapel · Little Rock · (501) 376-7188
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