A similar view from across Broadway Street. What's left of the massive 'old oak tree' can be seen just to the left of the Indian mound. Note the stone-faced block column in the top photo and the bottom right of this one. These pier columns will anchor the period style aluminum-alloy fence that will be eventually installed around the perimeter of the cemetery. Concrete capstones - which were not present in this picture - on the four front (Broadway Street side) piers have now been installed

This view of the mound was taken from the northeast side of the cemetery, where gravestones are currently being excavated and restored. The "James Cemetery Mound Group" contains 2 mounds. The larger one shown here and a smaller one which can just be seen at the far left edge of this picture parallel to the base of the oak tree and larger Indian mound. These cemetery mounds are the only ancient mounds remaining in what once comprised a larger mound grouping that formed a 'triangular configuration' along East Broadway Street (once known as James Street) in the city of Jackson.

This picture was taken from the west side of the mound in order to hopefully give you a perspective of how large it is. The 2 flags on the right side of the mound decorate the graves of Major John James and his son-in-law, Daniel Hoffman. They were both veterans of the War of 1812. The tall obelisk is the gravesite of Major John & Nancy James daughter, Eliza James Long and her husband, Andrew Long

A similar view of the mound from the west side, but showing the remnants of the 'old oak tree'. The huge gravestone in the foreground is that of Major John & Nancy James' son, John Dennison James. That ca. 300 pound slab of granite will be lifted back onto it's base in the spring

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