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Perry County, Tennessee

Beardstown Cemetery analysis

 

 

Analysis Contributed by:  Jan Monnin

Photos Contributed by:

09 July 2010
 

This is a very old cemetery a block off Old Beardstown Road in the community of Beardstown located on Old Hwy 13 at Beardstown. Turn west off new Hwy 13 one block north of Beardstown Church of Christ. Cemetery is about one block from turn, in back of an old house. At one time, there was a church located here.

There are two ruined rock cairns and many remaining fieldstones. There may be over one hundred unmarked or unidentified graves. In August 2004, the western part of the cemetery was well mown as part of an adjacent yard, the eastern part of the cemetery seemed to be getting cut 2-3 times a year, and part of the cemetery in the middle and along the southern border was overgrown. Four markers found in the past were not recorded in 2004; two are fallen markers now face down and one was a temporary marker.

 

There are a couple known transcriptions of this cemetery:

  • Mary (Stewart) Bowen and Melissa (Snyder) Bowen recorded the cemetery in 1992. Their record appears in Mary Bowen's Perry County, Tennessee Cemetery Records (Vol. I). This earlier record is referred to as Bowen in the notes below.

  • David Donahue recorded this cemetery on 11 March 2001;

  • David Donahue checked and updated it in 17 August 2004;

 

 

 

In the list below, I’ve started with what is recorded on the new searchable TnGenWeb site,

compared it to the other transcriptions and made a note of any difference.

 

 

Burial ID

Grave ID

First Name

Middle Name

Other Name

Surname

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes about this burial

Photo of the tombstone

Photo of this person or couple

128506

G3

Dan

 

 

Baars

1854

1927

[shares tombstone with Rutha Baars]

 

 

128510

G1

George

 

 

Baars

-

-

[shares tombstone with Lena Baars]

[from Donahue - my impression is that this is a 1960s marker placed on very old graves]

 

 

128508

G2

J.

N.

 

Baars

1853

1922

the Bowens include this note: "Jarrett Nathaniel Baars, son of George & Lena Baars, 1st wife, Sarah E. Cude, 2nd wife Dora Elizabeth Sharp O'Guin Baars"]

 

 

128509

G1

Lena

 

 

Baars

-

-

[shares tombstone with George Baars]

 

 

128507

G3

Rutha

 

 

Baars

1854

1940

[shares tombstone with Dan Baars]

 

 

128511

G4

Stanley

 

 

Baars

8 Oct 1899

13 Apr 1977

 

 

 

128512

E8

Everett

 

 

Bates

1888

22 Mar 1943

 

 

 

128515

E5

Jess

W.

 

Bates

14 Apr 1853

18 Sep 1925

[shares tombstone with Josie Bates]

 

 

128513

E6

John

H.

 

Bates

28 Feb (no year)

17 Dec 1918

"Pvt."; on back: "He left his home Sept. 5th 1918 in perfect health. He looked so young and brave. We little thought how soon he'd be laid in a soldier's grave."

 

 

128514

E5

Josie

 

 

Bates

11 Mar 1866

2 Apr 1946

[shares tombstone with Jess Bates]

 

 

128516

 

Nellie

 

 

Bates

-

-

[see Hinson, Nellie Bates]

 

 

128517

1

W.

B.

 

Beard

17 May 1810

13 Aug 1878

 

 

 

128518

 

Joe

 

 

Bell

-

-

no dates (homemade marker placed by a fieldstone on western side of cemetery)

 

 

128519

E2

Daisy

Octovine

 

Blackburn

16 Sep 1903

-

Aged 11 Ms, "Dau. of J. W. & Sallie Blackburn"

 

 

128520

E3

Maggie

 

 

Blackburn

-

24 Jan 1900

Aged 26 ys. 6 ms. & 29 ds., "Wife of W. A. Blackburn"

 

 

128521

6

George

 

 

Burns

15 Mar 1818

1 Nov 1878

 

 

 

128522

F3

E.

R.

 

Deason

11 Mar 1836

12 Jul 1897

 

 

 

128525

F2

Egbert

Wilson

 

Edwards

26 May 1851

6 Nov 1854

[tombstone shared by Nancy, Egbert and Gustavus Edwards]

 

 

128526

F2

Gustavus

Henry

 

Edwards

9 Apr 1853

7 Nov 1854

Age 1 y. 6 m. 29d. [died 1854] (damaged)

[tombstone shared by Nancy, Egbert and Gustavus Edwards]

 

 

128523

E9

Jackson

H.

 

Edwards

27 Apr 1871

17 Apr 1912

[Woodmen of the World memorial]

 

 

128524

F2

Nancy

Ann

 

Edwards

12 Sep 1830

17 Jul 1864

[tombstone shared by Nancy, Egbert and Gustavus Edwards]

 

 

128527

3

Ferby

 

 

Floyd

3 Feb 1878

4 Feb 1905

"Wife of S. W. Floyd"

 

 

128528

G11

Martha

 

 

Gill

-

(no day) Aug 1934

[not found in 2001 or 2004; reported by Bowen]

 

 

128529

G10

Pricilla

 

 

Gill

-

-

no dates, temporary marker, 2nd of two south of the marker for Maggie Blackburn [only "Priscilla" readable in 2004; surname reported by Bowen]

 

 

128557

G8

Doss

 

 

Harris

-

-

Per Bowen: Iron fence with letters DLH-MWA 1428C (Doss Harris, son of Van and Eliza Harris)

 

 

128530

G9

Eliza

 

 

Harris

-

1917

[shares tombstone with Van Harris]

 

 

128531

G9

Van

 

 

Harris

-

1943

[shares tombstone with Eliza Harris]

 

 

128532

E7

Nellie

Bates

 

Hinson

14 Dec 1894

12 Jul 1931

 

 

 

128533

G6

Bernice

 

 

Hughes

1917

1918

 

 

 

128537

G7

Coffa

 

 

Hughes

1872

1960

[shares tombstone with Will Hughes]

 

 

128534

G5

Ralph

 

 

Hughes

1920

1921

 

 

 

128535

 

Sallie

 

 

Hughes

-

-

[see King, Sallie Hughes]

 

 

128536

G7

Will

 

 

Hughes

1861

1928

[shares tombstone with Coffa Hughes]

 

 

128538

A5

Arabella

 

 

Humphrey

18 Mar 1826

8 Jan 1851

"Wife of Wm. D. Humphrey" (broken) [death date buried in 2001; death date from Bowen]

 

 

128539

E4

Sally

 

 

Hunt

14 Sep 1926

14 Sep 1926

 

 

 

128540

G12

Elizabeth

 

 

Keith

1840

10 Jan 1910

 

 

 

128542

 

Herman

 

 

King

10 Jan 1900

-

unplaced "Father" footstone [shares tombstone with Sallie Hughes King]

 

 

128541

 

Sallie

Hughes

 

King

14 Jan 1901

19 Jul 1932

"Mother" footstone [shares tombstone with Herman King]

 

 

128543

4

Luvica

 

 

Lynn

1870

1893

 

 

 

128544

E1

Roby

 

 

Norton

19 Oct 1904

2 Oct 1905

"Son of M. S. & M. J. Norton" (near the northeast corner of the cemetery, this marker is so lichen encrusted that it is unreadable even when chalked) [information from Bowen]

 

 

128545

2

George

B.

 

Pettigrew

13 Jun 1805

29 Oct 1859

(cast-iron fence around grave)

 

 

128546

F1

Darcy

Paul

 

Poore

9 Sep 1898

24 Sep 1898

"Son of P. W. & Ida Poore" Age 15 days  (fallen)

 

 

128547

5

Jennie

 

 

Reeves

1895

1919

 

 

 

128548

A1

Alonzo

 

 

Scaggs

16 Sep 1911

7 Nov 1911

"Son of T. M. & Cora Scaggs"

 

 

128550

A3

Bessie

J.

 

Scaggs

1892

1979

[shares tombstone with Mart Scaggs]

 

 

128549

A3

Mart

F.

 

Scaggs

1880

1937

"Father" footstone [shares tombstone with Bessie Scaggs]

 

 

128551

C1

Sallie

 

 

Scaggs

-

30 Aug 1885

Aged about 49 ys

 

 

128552

A4

William

R.

 

Scaggs

7 May 1924

4 Mar 1953

military marker "Missouri Tec 5 862 Engr Avn Bn World War II" (lichen encrusted)

 

 

128553

7

Shad

 

 

Stanley

25 Jun 1878

25 Dec 1899

Age 2lyr 6mo 0da.

"Wife of J. H. Stanley" (fallen)

 

 

128554

H1

Juan

 

 

Sweeney

14 Nov 1857

15 Apr 1942

"Wife of M. A. Sweeney"

 

 

128555

H2

M.

A.

 

Sweeney

27 Dec 1853

6 Feb 1934

 

 

 

128556

 

 

 

 

Unknown

1884

1905

(birth and death years on otherwise unreadable marker)

 

 

 

A2

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

fieldstone

 

 

 

B1

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

2 fieldstones

 

 

 

C1

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

4 fieldstones

 

 

 

D1-D7

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

fieldstones

 

 

 

E3

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

3 fieldstones

 

 

 

E8

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

3 fieldstones

 

 

 

F1

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

3 fieldstones

 

 

 

G1

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

2 fieldstones

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

2 broken stone crypts

 

 

 

 

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