The following information recently reprinted in the March 16, 2024 issue of WEST PLAINS DAILY QUILL provides the following information that Josiah Carrico and his wife Jane Williams Carrico were buried in a small cemetery in the town of Pottersville and not at the current Homeland Cemetery that is located near Hwy 160 West and county road 6310, five miles west of West Plains or the Old Homeland cemetery located south of Hwy 160 West on county road 6920 at Spears farm.
(West Plains Gazette Number 16) West Plains GAZETTE ARCHIVES published information in a story on Pottersville and its pioneer families, pt.1, that states Josiah Carrico donated land for a small cemetery. The cemetery located just south of the Henry Garrett store, on land that E. V. Smith had sold to Josiah in 1859. Although the gravestones were removed many years ago, there are a few people who remember this cemetery. Not only was Joel L. Potter buried there, but it was the final resting place of Josiah Carrico (who died in the early 1870s), Jane Williams Carrico, and other early residents including several children.
The following information recently reprinted in the March 16, 2024 issue of WEST PLAINS DAILY QUILL provides the following information that Josiah Carrico and his wife Jane Williams Carrico were buried in a small cemetery in the town of Pottersville and not at the current Homeland Cemetery that is located near Hwy 160 West and county road 6310, five miles west of West Plains or the Old Homeland cemetery located south of Hwy 160 West on county road 6920 at Spears farm.
(West Plains Gazette Number 16) West Plains GAZETTE ARCHIVES published information in a story on Pottersville and its pioneer families, pt.1, that states Josiah Carrico donated land for a small cemetery. The cemetery located just south of the Henry Garrett store, on land that E. V. Smith had sold to Josiah in 1859. Although the gravestones were removed many years ago, there are a few people who remember this cemetery. Not only was Joel L. Potter buried there, but it was the final resting place of Josiah Carrico (who died in the early 1870s), Jane Williams Carrico, and other early residents including several children.
