Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 16 - History, Humanities and Arts
Part 3 - Historic Preservation Division
Chapter 6 - Criteria for the Certification of Historical Significance of Abandoned Cemeteries under the Provisions of House Bill No. 780 Laws of Mississippi, 1971
Rule 16-3-6.2 - In determining whether or not to issue a certificate of historical significance, the Board of Trustees will consider

A. Cemeteries which contain the graves of persons who have contributed significantly to the history of the nation, the state, or the local region.

B. Cemeteries which are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the nation, the state, or the local region.

C. Cemeteries which are associated with properties entered on The National Register of Historic Places.

D. Cemeteries which are associated with State Archeological Landmarks, as provided for in the Antiquities Law of the State of Mississippi.

E. Cemeteries which are located on land belonging to the State of Mississippi, to a county or municipality, or to any political subdivision of the State.

F. Cemeteries containing the graves of veterans of any of the nations wars.

G. Cemeteries containing statuary, vaults, markers, and monuments of sufficient architectural and artistic value to merit their protection and preservation.

H. Cemeteries which, by their preservation, would contribute in turn to the preservation of the earlier historical image of a locality.

I. Cemeteries containing 18th century burials.

J. American Indian burial ground, officially identified by professional archaeologists.