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Cemetery Resource Guide
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This guide contains a selection of resources available at the Arkansas State Archives pertaining to cemetery research. This is not a comprehensive guide, but provides a starting point for research.
Probate, Samuel Cupples
Arkansas Territory
This probate includes a receipt for the coffin-maker and sale advertisement pertaining to the death and estate of Samuel Cupples. The receipt from Matthew McReynolds lists the cost of making a coffin and placing the coffin in the grave for the deceased, Samuel Cupples; it is addressed to William Looney who served as administrator for the estate. The second item is a receipt for James Kuykendall for "crying the sale" which involved going around to the community and telling them about the upcoming estate sale.