*CEMETERY ENTRANCE
Scatterville Cemetery
Clay County, Arkansas

Scatterville Cemetery
Rector
Clay County
Arkansas USA

This early settlement, located on the military road which connected
Chalk Bluff and Gainesville, is said to have acquired its name because
stores and houses were "scattered" over the area. Civil War skirmishes
were fought here August 3, 1862 and March 28, 1863. The cemetery is
the burial place of the pioneers of Clay County. Clay County in Rector (on the old military road which connected Chalk Bluff with
Gainesville)
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