Oakwood (black) Cemetery
Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee
|
Surname |
Given Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ballard |
Lue Ella |
1905 |
1975 |
From JKT Smith Book |
|
Batchelor |
Amanda |
5/10/1858 |
2/2/1940 |
"In Loving Memory of our Grandmother" |
|
Batchelor |
Henderson Jr. (Colonel) |
8 Apr 1878 |
13 Dec 1915 |
"Though lost to sight to memory dear"; from JKT Smith book |
|
Brooks |
John |
1859 |
1 Jun 1917 |
"A crown of life for those who love him"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Brooks |
Lucy |
2 Nov 1898 |
18 Sep 1979 |
From JKT Smith Book |
|
Brooks |
Susan |
1862 |
1940 |
From JKT Smith Book |
|
Cherry |
Mansel W. |
abt 1851 |
26 Feb 1889 |
age 38 yrs; s/o W.P. & H.A. Cherry; broken stone in black section; from JKT Smith book |
|
Claiborn |
Alexander |
10 Mar 1836 |
3 Oct 1906 |
"Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Claiborn |
Lizzie |
1848 |
9 Jan 1916 |
"A sister of charity" "At rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Cook |
Emma S. |
1867 |
1946 |
From JKT Smith Book |
|
Cook |
Rivers H. |
No Date |
7 Sep 1937 |
TN PVT 6 Pioneer Inf.; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Cumil |
Ed |
|
|
only date given is 26 Mar 1927; from JKT Smith book |
|
Cumil |
Tommy |
1913 |
1919 |
age 4, from JKT Smith book |
|
Davis |
Lula |
1875 |
1953 |
buried in same lot with John & Frances Hawkins; from JKT Smith book |
|
Dickie |
Josephine |
abt 1850 |
2 May 1884 |
age 34; w/o Ed Dickie; from JKT Smith book |
|
Hawkins |
Charlie |
1866 |
1926 |
buried in same lot with John & Frances Hawkins; from JKT Smith book |
|
Hawkins |
Frances |
1847 |
1925 |
double marker w/John Hawkins Sr.; from JKT Smith book |
|
Hawkins |
George |
1860 |
1922 |
buried in same lot with John & Frances Hawkins; from JKT Smith book |
|
Hawkins |
John Jr. |
1871 |
1950 |
buried in same lot with John & Frances Hawkins; from JKT Smith book |
|
Hawkins |
John Sr. |
1845 |
1926 |
double marker w/Frances Hawkins; from JKT Smith book |
|
Lee |
Emma |
1845 |
1925 |
from JKT Smith book |
|
Lewis |
Jane |
No Date |
No Date |
Age 64; W/O Henry Lewis; a fallen stone; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Loving |
Charlie |
29 Mar 1847 |
6 Jun 1906 |
double marker w/Kittie Loving; "Too good for earth God called him"; from JKT Smith book |
|
Loving |
Kittie |
abt 1851 |
11/29/1886 |
age 35; double marker w/Charlie Loving; "wife" "Gone but not forgotten"; from JKT Smith book |
|
Parker |
Emma |
22 Aug 1887 |
22 Sep 1905 |
"She is not dead, sleeping"; a fallen stone; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Parker |
Katherine |
20 May 1900 |
3 Sep 1906 |
"Gone from our home but not from our heart"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Peeples |
Frank |
12/3/1888 |
2/4/1970 |
PVT US Army WW I; died 19 Feb?; from JKT Smith book |
|
Peters |
Tom |
abt 1865 |
17 May 1874 |
Age 9 Yrs.; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Reed |
H. Logan |
7/21/1864 |
1/9/1912 |
"Remember me day by day, remember me when you may in the grave when I am dead remember these words I said"; from JKT Smith book |
|
Ryon |
Henry (Esq.) (Rev.) |
12/25/1839 |
2/15/1909 |
"Left Our Hearts Broken" |
|
Sadler |
Ann Mann |
1925 |
1945 |
|
|
Smith |
Elizabeth |
10 Mar 1872 |
12 Oct 1874 |
D/O H. & J. Smith; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Smith |
Jane |
abt 1849 |
8 Jan 1889 |
Age 40; W/O Rev. H. (Harden) Smith; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Smith |
Mary M. |
26 Oct 1867 |
8 Nov 1868 |
D/O H. & J. Smith; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Taylor |
Ollie Reed |
9/15/1899 |
11/5/1952 |
"Gone But Not Forgotten"; from JKT Smith book |
|
Taylor |
Tommie |
No Date |
No Date |
Dates Missing; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Tucker |
Douglass |
abt 1860 |
15 Dec 1918 |
"Gone but not forgotten"; Age 58; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Wills |
Andrew |
1850 |
1920 |
"We'll meet again"; from JKT Smith book |
Directions: Located on Margin Street in Brownsville just a few blocks from the square. [35 35’ 26” N & 89 16’ 5” W]
Source: “Tombstone Inscriptions From Black Cemeteries In Haywood County, Tennessee,” by Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1998 (Used with permission).
Notes:
According to the JKT Smith book the black section was located on the south side of the cemetery.
There are several funeral home markers with their information panels missing, supposedly among them marking the graves of several Reeds (from JKT Smith book).
20 Nov 2008