Sources
Citations on this site such as [S3, p. 285] refer to the numbered sources below. Every source was consulted on November 11, 2026. Volunteer genealogy and memorial websites (S5–S11 (including S6, S7, S8, S9, and S10), S19) are valuable finding aids, but they are compiled by volunteers and contain errors. This site cites them by name and does not treat them as official records.
S1. Juanita C. Hays and Otis E. Hays Jr., National Register of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination Form: Jolly Mill, Newton County, Missouri. Form dated September 30, 1980 (PDF p. 4). National Register reference 83004021; the listing date of October 13, 1983 comes from S16 and S17. Missouri State Parks copy: https://mostateparks.com/sites/g/files/zuston361/files/media/pdf/2025/02/jolly-mill.pdf. Page numbers on this site are PDF page numbers.
S2. State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Encyclopedia, "Jolly Mill / Jollification" (published March 27, 2024; updated May 1, 2024). https://missouriencyclopedia.org/places/jolly-mill-jollification
S3. Goodspeed Publishing Co., History of Newton, Lawrence, Barry and McDonald Counties, Missouri (Chicago, 1888). Digitized by Missouri Digital Heritage. Pages cited and direct links:
- p. 223: https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/50659
- p. 282 (scan "282a"): https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/50720
- p. 285: https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/50725
- p. 310: https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/50750
- p. 391: https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/50831
- p. 824: https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/51268
- p. 1029: https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/51473
S5. Find a Grave, "Jolly Bethel Cemetery," Barry County, Missouri (cemetery ID 559872). https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/559872/jolly-bethel-cemetery
S6. MOGenWeb Project, Barry County, Jolly Bethel Cemetery, Surnames G–H (volunteer transcription by Phyllis Long, Donna Cooper, Ted Roller, Jack Delmar and others). https://mogenweb.org/barry/cemetery/jolly/indexGH.htm
S7. MOGenWeb Project, Barry County, Jolly Bethel Cemetery, Surnames I–K. https://mogenweb.org/barry/cemetery/jolly/indexIK.htm
S8. MOGenWeb Project, Barry County, Jolly Bethel Cemetery, Surnames C–D. https://mogenweb.org/barry/cemetery/jolly/indexCD.htm
S9. Rachel Cummins Nipp, family memoir (1980), transcribed by Jack Delmar, Lawrence County MOGenWeb (Rootsweb), "Cummins Genealogy." https://sites.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/bio/Cummins.htm
S10. Rocky Macy, "Rootbound in the Hills" column no. 150 (August 7, 1990), reposted online. http://rootboundinthehills.blogspot.com/2008/06/rootbound-in-hills-150-7-aug-1990.html
S11. Barry County MOGenWeb (Rootsweb), "Bethel Church, Jolly Cemetery." https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/cemetery/jolly/jollybethel.htm
S12. "Pat Chapman" (obituary), Lawrence County Record, August 21, 2026. https://www.lawrencecountyrecord.com/content/pat-chapman
S13. Candid (GuideStar), nonprofit profile for Jolly Mill Park Foundation, EIN 43-1303485. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/43-1303485
S14. State Historical Society of Missouri, Ramsay Place Names File, Newton County (archived copy, January 23, 2017). https://web.archive.org/web/20170123074901/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_newton.html
S16. Wikipedia, "Jolly Mill" (NRHP infobox coordinates). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_Mill
S17. Leisure and Sport Review, "Jolly Mill Park." http://lasr.net/attraction/jolly-mill-park-pierce-city-missouri/
S18. The Accidental Ozarkian, "A Visit to Jolly Mill." https://www.ozarkian.com/a-visit-to-jolly-mill/
S19. Find a Grave, memorial for Elizabeth Rochelle Hisaw (ID 90551156). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90551156/elizabeth-hisaw
Source numbers S4 and S15 are used only in the project's internal research notes.