Wesley Cemetery
Haywood County, Tennessee
Last Name |
First/Middle/Maiden |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Notes |
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One very heavy, three section tombstone fallen face-down, too heavy to raise; From JKT Smith Book |
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31 Dec 1904 |
top missing; "Behold the bridegroom cometh, I must go and light the lamp for myself"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Beard |
Richard Lee |
1924 |
1987 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Blair |
Mareta Liggins |
abt 1923 |
18 Jan 2005 |
age 82; w/o Robert Blair; d/o George & Dollie Ann Liggins |
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Blair |
Willie L. |
12 Jul 1942 |
18 Mar 1994 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Boles |
Bobbie Jean |
2 Sep 1946 |
29 Jul 1997 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Boyd |
Anna L. (Mrs.) |
1924 |
1987 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Boyd |
James |
1919 |
16 Dec 1986 |
age 67; h/o Annie Lou Holloway Boyd; From JKT Smith Book & obit |
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Brodnax |
Charles |
1 May 1851 |
7 Jul 1936 |
Double Marker W/Martha Brodnax; "father" "Farewell"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Brodnax |
Joe |
1886 |
1953 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Brodnax |
Martha |
24 Jun 1852 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Charles Brodnax; "mother" "Farewell"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Brodnax |
Mary Woods |
1888 |
1923 |
W/O Joe Brodnax; fallen stone; From JKT Smith Book |
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Burnette |
Lawrence |
1915 |
1983 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Cruz |
Jo Zell |
abt 1955 |
8 Jan 2003 |
age 48; d/o Izell Shepard Cruz White |
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Currie |
George |
1901 |
1941 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Currie |
Jennie L. |
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1938 - only date; From JKT Smith Book |
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Currie |
Jessie B. |
19 Aug 1929 |
6 Dec 1988 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Deberry |
Gussie Mae |
23 Jan 1930 |
10 Jul 1987 |
"In loving memory"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Delk |
Earline H. |
18 Aug 1920 |
10 Nov 1994 |
"Mom we love you"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Delk |
George L. |
22 Mar 1940 |
7 Oct 2003 |
age 63; h/o Emma J. Delk; s/o Zenar & Ida Delk |
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Delk |
John M. |
1874 |
1948 |
"At rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Delk |
Leslie Sr. |
abt 1919 |
23 Mar 2003 |
age 84; h/o Florence Sturdivant Delk |
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Delk |
Melvin |
abt 1955 |
27 Nov 2002 |
age 47 |
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Delk |
Thelma |
13 Sep 1949 |
17 Jan 1995 |
"loving sister"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Delk |
Willie M. |
18 Sep 1911 |
17 Sep 1988 |
"Dad we love you"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Ducksworth |
Ella S. |
1915 |
1981 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Dye |
Ella Mae Miller |
abt 1930 |
age 76 |
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Edwards |
R.E. |
No Date |
No Date |
Near 50 Years; S/O R. & M. Edwards; Double Marker W/T. Tyus; "Their memories blest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Fawcett |
Mary Beshires |
abt 1908 |
Jan 1997 |
age 89; widow of George Alton Fawcett |
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Fields |
Ethel Brodnax |
1890 |
1923 |
W/O Willie Fields; From JKT Smith Book |
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Foster |
Jack |
abt 1822 |
11 Sep 1887 |
Age 65; "Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Garrett |
Ruthy Liggins |
abt 1969 |
29 Jul 2006 |
age 37; w/o Jason Eric Garrett |
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Gilliam |
Lillie Jo |
12 Aug 1928 |
11 Jul 1990 |
"beloved mother"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Gilliam |
Lucile |
21 Aug 1906 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Will Gilliam; "Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Gilliam |
Will |
18 Oct 1896 |
5 Mar 1980 |
Double Marker W/Lucile Gilliam; "Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Gilliam |
Willie Cleveland |
8 Aug 1925 |
10 Oct 1998 |
age 73; h/o Lillie Jo Miller Gilliam; "beloved father"; From JKT Smith Book & obit |
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Gilliam |
Willie Mae Johnson |
25 Jun 1896 |
7 Mar 1930 |
no marker; from crgreenwood@yahoo.com |
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Goodman |
Marvin |
1943 |
1996 |
G. Jones FH marker; From JKT Smith Book |
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Grandberry |
Alberta |
1915 |
27 Sep 1993 |
FH marker; From JKT Smith Book |
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Green |
Alice |
16 Jan 1868 |
29 Sep 1909 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Green |
Athalia |
20 Oct 1921 |
10 Mar 1929 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Green |
Mary Hill |
25 Dec 1888 |
9 May 1973 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Green |
R.B. |
15 Dec 1875 |
3 Mar 1952 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Hicks |
Mary Angeline |
19 Mar 1851 |
1852 |
(white) D/O John H. & Mary C. Hicks; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hicks |
R.C. |
5 May 1855 |
13 Apr 1856 |
(white) S/O John H. & Mary C. Hicks; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hicks |
R.G. |
5 May 18__ |
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s/o John A. & Mary Hicks |
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Hill |
Abraham |
1899 |
1959 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Hill |
Albert |
2 Jan 1862 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Lucy Hill; "father" "At rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hill |
Albert Slay |
16 Jul 1899 |
28 May 1914 |
s/o W.W. Hill |
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Hill |
Annie M. Burnett |
1921 |
9 Mar 2007 |
age 86; w/o Fred Hill; Double Marker W/Fred H. Hill; "At rest"; From JKT Smith Book & obit |
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Hill |
Ethel L. (Miss) |
11 May 1895 |
30 Mar 1914 |
Age 19; D/O A.W. Hill; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hill |
Flossie |
1896 |
1995 |
Double Marker W/Prentis Hill; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hill |
Fred H. |
1914 |
1994 |
Double Marker W/Annie M. Hill; "At rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hill |
Lucy |
7 Aug 1868 |
4 May 1945 |
Double Marker W/Albert Hill; "mother" "At rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hill |
Mary Ageline |
19 May 185_ |
17 ___ 18__ |
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Hill |
Mary Lou |
14 Jan 1903 |
20 Nov 1990 |
From JKT Smith Book; death date 21 Nov? |
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Hill |
Prentis |
1885 |
1961 |
Double Marker W/Flossie Hill; From JKT Smith Book |
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Hill |
Rufus |
15 Jul 1863 |
14 Dec 1937 |
Double Marker W/Virgen Hill; From JKT Smith Book; death date 11 Feb 1937? |
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Hill |
Ulysses |
1 May 1890 |
10 June 1957 |
From JKT Smith Book; death date 10 Jul? |
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Hill |
Virgen (Vinegar/Virginia) |
1863 |
26 Nov 1937 |
Double Marker W/Rufus Hill; From JKT Smith Book; birth date 13 Jan 1883? |
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Holmes |
Percy L. |
1907 |
1981 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Howard |
Will |
1907 |
1998 |
F. Jones FH marker; From JKT Smith Book |
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Jackson |
Lillie M. |
1914 |
1991 |
"In loving memory"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Johnson |
Ella Mae (Mrs.) |
abt 1935 |
14 Aug 1991 |
Age 56; Stephenson-Shaw FH marker; From JKT Smith Book |
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Johnson |
James (Mr.) |
19 Jan 1925 |
2 Jan 1989 |
FH marker; From JKT Smith Book |
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Johnson |
Leslie L. (I?) |
15 Mar 1907 |
18 Sep 1968 |
Fenced in; double marker W/Odessa T. Johnson; From JKT Smith Book; birth date 5 May? |
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Johnson |
Morris M. |
1 Sep 1969 |
23 Jun 1986 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Johnson |
Ocie |
24 Dec 1940 |
29 Mar 1949 |
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Johnson |
Odessa T. |
16 Dec 1911 |
1 Jul 1983 |
Fenced in; double marker W/Leslie L. Johnson; From JKT Smith Book; w/o Leslie I. Johnson, death year 1968? |
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Johnson |
Robert E. |
1959 |
1989 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Johnson |
Will H. |
1 Jun 1919 |
8 Jun 1987 |
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Johnson |
Willard Fred |
12 Nov 1952 |
29 Nov 1985 |
"Always remember, we love you"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Johnson |
Willard L. |
4 Sep 1932 |
24 Jul 1983 |
"Love you, wife and children"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Johnson |
Willie (Mr.) |
1910 |
1985 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Jones |
Bob |
abt 1839 |
17 Jun 1919 |
age 80 |
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Jones |
Paul |
25 Sep 1888 |
9 Mar 1956 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Jones |
Rella Marie Nelson |
abt 1916 |
22 Nov 2002 |
age 86 |
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Jones |
Robert L. |
1953 |
1998 |
G. Jones FH marker; From JKT Smith Book |
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Koonce |
Rosa |
No Date |
10 Dec 1924 |
Living Circle 3039 (1039?); From JKT Smith Book |
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Liggins |
Dixie Jr. |
No Date |
20 Nov 1988 |
And Children, Alma, Jean, Fredrick, Lamont, Michelle, died in house fire near Stanton; From JKT Smith Book |
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Liggins |
Dixie Sr. |
11 May 1911 |
5 Mar 1989 |
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Liggons |
Ida Mae |
1932 |
1998 |
"Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Liggons |
Sanford (Mr.) |
1909 |
1998 |
"Gone but not forgotten"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Macklin |
Francis |
abt 1891 |
25 Mar 1919 |
age 28 |
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Macklin |
Katie Hill |
abt 1907 |
17 Apr 2003 |
age 96; w/o Sam Willie Macklin |
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Maclin |
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name on base, top of tombstone missing completely; from JKT Smith book |
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Maclin |
Ada |
No Date |
No Date |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Maclin |
D.A. |
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no dates |
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Maclin |
Goodlar |
1849 |
26 Apr 1917 |
age 68 |
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Maclin |
Sam Willie |
1891 |
1973 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Maclin |
Will Elma |
5 Mar 1930 |
23 Jan 1948 |
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Malone |
J.C. Jr. |
20 Mar 1946 |
22 Nov 1963 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Mason |
Walter |
11 Oct 1911 |
13 June 1947 |
"husband"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Maxwell |
Bryant |
No Date |
No Date |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Middlebrook |
Ellen |
abt 1832 |
20 Dec 1917 |
Age 85; "Asleep in Jesus"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Middlebrook |
Mattie Sue |
Aug 1900 |
Dec 1917 |
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Middlebrook |
Monroe |
abt 1870 |
25 Dec 1915 |
Age 45; From JKT Smith Book |
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Middlebrook |
Robert |
1874 |
1942 |
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Middlebrook |
Sandy |
1839/1840 |
6 Aug 1929 |
3 gr grandfather of crgreenwood@yahoo.com |
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Miller |
Lucille |
4 Nov 1928 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Percy L. Miller Sr.; From JKT Smith Book |
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Miller |
Lucy Mae |
12 Nov 1922 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Philip Miller; From JKT Smith Book |
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Miller |
Percy L. Sr. |
6 Jan 1925 |
28 May 1988 |
Double Marker W/Lucille Miller; From JKT Smith Book |
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Miller |
Phillip |
2 Aug 1922 |
20 Mar 1987 |
Double Marker W/Lucy Mae Miller; From JKT Smith Book |
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Nelson |
Archie |
1850 |
1923 |
"Come Ye Blessed"; From JKT Smith Book; death year 1926? |
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Nelson |
George |
1880 |
1945 |
"At rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Nelson |
John |
abt 1844 |
Jun 1914 |
age 70 |
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Nelson |
Lou Willie |
13 Oct 1894 |
10 Oct 1991 |
96 yr 11 mo |
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Nelson |
Roberta |
1929 |
1981 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Noel |
Darlene Sangster |
15 Aug 1933 |
12 Apr 1969 |
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Owen |
Bert |
1886 |
1977 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Owen |
Robert |
1886 |
1977 |
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Owen |
Tennessee S. |
23 Aug 1899 |
20 Feb 1975 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Peete |
Alice Ware |
24 Aug 1892 |
23 Apr 1992 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Peete |
James M. |
1916 |
1932 |
From JKT Smith Book; death year 1982? |
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Peete |
Mariah |
19 Sep 1868 |
16 Mar 1945 |
From JKT Smith Book; birth year 1869? |
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Peete |
Orange |
abt 1853 |
5 May 1918 |
Age 65; From JKT Smith Book |
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Perry |
Pearl Broadnax |
23 Jun 1897 |
4 Jul 1988 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Raine |
Robert L. |
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1941 |
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Rivers |
Sam |
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no dates |
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Robertson |
Alice |
1888 |
1935 |
"mother" "At rest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Sanders |
Albert |
12 Jan 1902 |
15 Mar 1947 |
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Sanders |
Cora W. (M?) |
1878 |
1978 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Sanders |
Junus |
1881 |
1963 |
Double Marker W/Minnie Sanders; From JKT Smith Book |
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Sanders |
Minnie |
1892 |
1966 |
Double Marker w/Junus Sanders; From JKT Smith Book |
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Sanders |
Willie |
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25 Feb 1969 - Only Date On Stone; From JKT Smith Book |
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Sangster |
Lucy |
1 Jan 1899 |
10 Nov 1989 |
age 90; FH marker |
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Sangster |
Sula Mae Williams |
abt 1925 |
23 Dec 2005 |
age 80; w/o Louis Sangster |
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Savage |
Carrie Sue Leavy |
abt 1937 |
14 Aug 2006 |
age 69; w/o Thomas Savage |
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Sellers |
Rilla |
16 May 1886 |
15 Apr 1971 |
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Shepard |
Israel Jr. |
4 Feb 1931 |
24 June 1963 |
TN SP3 US Army; From JKT Smith Book |
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Shepard |
Naomi H. |
18 Jan 1897 |
18 Dec 1988 |
"In loving memory"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Smith |
John Thomas |
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17 Oct 1939 |
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Starkes |
Charlie |
4 Mar 1919 |
Aug 1991 |
age 72; FH marker |
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Taylor |
John Lewis |
abt 1941 |
13 Jul 2005 |
age 64 |
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Taylor |
Lonnie A. |
8 Jan 1938 |
7 May 1994 |
"husband, father"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Taylor |
Willie |
30 Aug 1920 |
13 Jun 1948 |
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Taylor |
Willie B. |
30 Sep 1880 |
13 Jul 1945 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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Taylor |
Willie B. |
30 Sep 1920 |
15 Jul 1943 |
"In memory by mother"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Terry |
Pete |
22 Aug 1915 |
3 Sep 1951 |
IL S1 USNR WW II; From JKT Smith Book |
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Thomas |
John |
No Date |
17 Oct 1939 |
fallen stone; From JKT Smith Book |
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Thrower |
Ella |
1881 |
1928 |
Double Marker W/Joe Thrower; From JKT Smith Book |
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Thrower |
Joe |
1811 |
1886 |
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Thrower |
Joe |
1877 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Ella Thrower; From JKT Smith Book |
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Thurman |
Beatrice Adams |
2 Sep 1957 |
26 Dec 1997 |
Double Marker W/Paul Thurman; "bel. Mother" "mother of Yolanda, Candra, La Marcus, Andre, Shayla,Briana"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Thurman |
Paul |
15 Feb 1956 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Beatrice Adams Thurman; From JKT Smith Book |
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Tipton |
Barbara Johnson |
26 Sep 1967 |
13 Jun 1987 |
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Truesdale |
Reuben |
27 May 1892 |
31 May 1971 |
GA PVT 51 Co 153(2?) Depot Brig WW I; From JKT Smith Book |
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Tursdeal |
Cora M. |
1899 |
1997 |
G. Jones FH marker; From JKT Smith Book |
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Tyus |
T. (I?) |
No Date |
No Date |
Near 45 Years; S/O T. & M. Tyus; Double Marker W/R.E. Edwards; "Their memories blest"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Ware |
Dora |
13 Oct 1883 |
16 May 1940 |
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Ware |
George |
1857 |
1937 |
From JKT Smith Book |
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White |
Andrew |
1899 |
1984 |
FH marker |
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White |
Bertha Mae Peete |
abt 1932 |
20 Mar 2006 |
age 74; w/o T. J. White Sr.; d/o Aubrey & Alice Peete |
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White |
Bettie Sue |
Jan 1903 |
Jan 1936 |
Fenced in; "Emanul Marlin Johnson"; From JKT Smith Book |
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White |
Chevalier (Val) |
6 Sep 1964 |
3 Sep 1987 |
"Seventh son of T.J. and Bertha"; From JKT Smith Book |
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White |
David Louis |
1925 |
26 Oct 1981 |
From JKT Smith Book; birth date 7 Oct 1927? |
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White |
Ella B. |
5 Feb 1921 |
4 Mar 1991 |
"beloved wife"; From JKT Smith Book |
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White |
Gregory |
abt 1959 |
5 Aug 2004 |
age 45; s/o Mr. & Mrs. T. J. White |
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White |
Izell C. |
22 Aug 1926 |
28 Jan 1996 |
"loving mother"; From JKT Smith Book |
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White |
James (Babbie) |
7 Jul 1951 |
14 Nov 1992 |
"Jesus was there all the time"; From JKT Smith Book |
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White |
T. J. Sr. |
abt 1928 |
24 Aug 2004 |
age 76; h/o Bertha Peete |
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Williams |
Douthell (Dauthela?) |
1870 |
No Date |
Double Marker W/Willie Williams; "Father & Mother"; From JKT Smith Book; died 1900? |
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Williams |
Mary M. |
Nov 1890 |
13 Feb 1961 |
"In memory by daughter"; From JKT Smith Book |
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Williams |
Willie |
1867 |
1942 |
Double Marker W/Douthell Williams; "Father & Mother"; From JKT Smith Book |
Directions: Located on the east side of Wesley Road about a mile northwest of Stanton (from JKT Smith book). [35 28’ 18” N & 89 25’ 7” W]
Source: Obituaries and “Tombstone Inscriptions From Black Cemeteries In Haywood County, Tennessee,” by Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1998 (Used with permission).
This is a large burial ground with many unmarked graves. Also called Old Wesley Cemetery. (from JKT Smith book)
Town of Wesley, named for John Wesley, was laid off NW of its Methodist Church in 1829 on Samuel Ashe property. Samuel Ash was a son and grandson of NC Governors. The town was moved and renamed Stanton for Joseph R. Stanton with the coming of the railroad. The cemetery remains with settlers buried in the east part and their slaves in the west.
From WPA cemetery survey (20 Apr 1939):
Name: Wesley Graveyard (Colored)
Location: 1 mile N.W. of Stanton on Covington road. Stanton is 12 miles W. of Brownsville, Tenn.
Established 60 years ago by Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Colored); in use
500 graves; 3 Acres; very well kept
This cemetery was a white one until about 50 years ago when the white citizens moved into Stanton establishing the Stanton Cemetery.
30 Oct 2008