Old St. John Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Haywood County, Tennessee
Last Name |
First/Middle/Maiden |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Notes |
|
Archbell |
Dave |
27 May 1851 |
17 Mar 1925 |
"Weep not he is at rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Campbell |
Albert |
20 Dec 1832 |
8 Jan 1897 |
"He is not dead but sleepeth"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Carney |
Geneva |
1916 |
1941 |
"Gone but not forgotten"; a fallen stone; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Jones |
Jane |
abt 1849 |
Easter 1919 |
Age 70; "Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Jones |
Orange |
abt 1842 |
5 Apr 1919 |
Age 77; "Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Maben |
Edmon |
4 Jul 1827 |
6 Oct 1899 |
"Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Maben |
Edmon W. |
10 Aug 1878 |
22 Feb 1908 |
"Heaven is my hope"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Maben |
Fannie |
1 Nov 1872 |
30 Apr 1902 |
"There is no parting in heaven"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Maben |
Louis |
16 Oct 1869 |
27 Jul 1893 |
W/O Walter Maben; "Christ is my hope"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Maben |
Nannie J. |
17 Jun 1875 |
18 Jun 1905 |
"She died as she lived,trusting in God"; a fallen stone; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Maben |
Walter |
26 Mar 1866 |
29 Apr 1893 |
"Only sleeping"; a broken stone; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Newsom |
George W. |
29 May 1886 |
29 Jun 1913 |
From JKT Smith Book |
|
Shaw |
Sallie |
12 Mar 1864 |
22 Aug 1899 |
"Weep not he is at rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Shaw |
Willie |
No Date |
10 Jun 1935 |
TN Pvt 368 Inf 92 Div; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Sweet |
Marion |
|
|
buried in unmarked grave per Mr. Hazel Boyd; from JKT Smith book |
|
Thomas |
Alice |
3 May 1860 |
14 Jul 1922 |
"She was too good, too gentle and fair to dwell in this cold world of care"; inside a wire fence; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Thomas |
Joe |
1887 |
1938 |
"Father" "We miss you"; inside a wire fence; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Thomas |
John |
1868 |
1940 |
"We will meet again"; a fallen stone; inside a wire fence; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Thomas |
John Henry |
17 Sep 1912 |
14 Jun 1954 |
TN PFC 589 QM Laundry Co WW II; inside a wire fence; From JKT Smith Book |
|
Thomas |
W.M.(Martro) |
17 Aug 1896 |
7 Aug 1918 |
S/O John W. & Alice Thomas; Dancyville Chapel CME Church; "Gone but not forgotten"; inside a wire fence; From JKT Smith Book |
Directions: Located in Dancyville, Tennessee; situated on a sloping hill about 0.1 mile west of the United Methodist Church (dating to 1837) (from JKT Smith book).
Source: “Tombstone Inscriptions From Black Cemeteries In Haywood County, Tennessee,” by Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1998 (Used with permission).
Note: Once the site of Old St. John Missionary Baptist Church, this cemetery served as a community black burial ground for generations although it has now been abandoned for burials. Judging from the many evident graves and sandstone markers, there are hundreds of unmarked graves here. Having been informed by her contacts of the existence of this cemetery, Ms Reese Moses there upon alerted the compiler about the same and he read the tombstones here in mid-November 2000. (from JKT Smith book)
From WPA cemetery survey (20 Apr 1939):
Name: St. Johns’ (Old) Graveyard (Colored)
Location: 12 miles S.W. of Brownsville on Randolph-Bolivar road about 2-3/4 miles N.E. of Dancyville, Tenn.
Established 100 years ago by St. John’s Baptist Church; abandoned
500 graves; 3 Acres; poor condition
14 Sep 2008