Arrants Cemetery
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Location: About 1.25 miles east of 19E in Piney Flats
Description: Originally annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown. Reading by Vandy Mauk May 8, 1989. There are many broken, incomplete markers and many too worn to read. Additional information submitted by Rick Redman.
[UPDATE] On 23 Mar 2007, we found that the cemetery had been cleared and the stones uprighted. We counted 22 graves marked by fieldstones and at least one unmarked grave. Three 'head and shoulder' type tombstones are now illegible.
Burial records: 24
Recorder: transcribed 26 Jul 2002 by Donna Briggs and Bob Shell.
USGS Map: Bluff City
GPS Location: 36.429272, -82.287079
Elevation: 1509 ft.
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Marker Photos by Lori Russell and her two children, Amber and Caleb of Piney Flats, Tennessee (provided by Pat Hawkins.)
A little Arrants history provided by Pat Hawkins & Pat Arrants
We do not know where their journey started but the indenture paper that says “Julian Arnst” and refers to her son of 3 or 4, “Johannes.” At this point of the paper, she had agreed to work an extra length of time (8 years) so that Johannes could be taken care of. We have never found where she was before this time — which was in 1723. Nor can we find her later. She was indentured to a Francis Mauldin. After the date of the indenture paper, where did she go?
After Johannes’ indenture time was completed, he was a very industrious man and became quite prosperous. The Maryland Society made better provisions than most of the other colonies for indentured servants upon fulfillment of the contracts. Customarily the servant was given a full suit of clothes, fifty acres of land, an ax, two hoes and three barrels of corn. For an enterprising person this was sufficient for him to establish himself as a farmer and enterprising person, and take his place in community affairs. Apparently Johannes used all of these conditions to his best advantage.
- Johannes first married Sarah PHILLIPS and they had 3 sons, Harmon, Nathan and William ARRANTS.
- Harmon ARRANTS and Francina Price had 7 children: Richard, Julia, Polly, Elizabeth, Sarah, Harmon, and Nathan.
- RICHARD married Sarah Ann McKINLEY and had 8 children: Hyram, Isaac, Julia Ann, John B., Elizabeth, Nancy Jane, Manda Malinda and Eliza ARRANTS.
- ELIZA married Solomon SMITH and they had 10 children: Josie, Julia, Sara, John Wright, Martha, Granville, Nancy Jane, James and Sammie SMITH. Eliza is buried with her husband Solomon in Poplar Ridge Cemetery.
- GRANVILLE married Sarah Catherine BARR and had 8 children: Ada, Fannie, Robert E., Flora, Montie, Harriet, Blanche and Errette Murphy SMITH.
The following is a table of photos available for your viewing (not copying): NOTE: this is not a listing of all headstones – see burials above
|
NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS |
| Arrants, infant son | 24 May 1891 | 24 May 1891 | Son of J. N. & B. C. Arrants (F= James N. Arrants, the son of Isaac Arrants & Nancy E.; M= Bettie C. Hughes.) |
| Arrants, John H. | 20 Feb 1832 | 9 Jan 1897 | |
| Arrants, Julia Crumley | 8 Aug 1850 | 30 Dec 1926 | Wife of R. J. Arrants (F= George Crumley; M= Louisa Jones; H= Richard J. Arrants) |
| Arrants, Manda M. | No date | 31 May 1844 | Aged 9Y 9m & 29d |
| Arrants, Mary Ann Mottern | 9 Jan 1820 | 12 May 1892 | Wife of Nathan Arrants |
| Arrants, Mary L. | 28 Feb 1877 | 15 Jul 1937 | |
| Arrants, Mary Nell | No date | 19 Dec ? | Daug. Of J. N. & B. C. Arrants (Stone is broken and almost illegible) |
| Arrants, Nancy E. | 6 Jun 1824 | 19 Mar 1868 | Aged 47 yrs. 9 mos. & 13 days (H= Isaac Arrants, per 1860 census) |
| Arrants, Nathan M. | 24 Jun 1838 | 30 Apr 1899 | (F= William Arrants; M= Rebecca; W= Nancy C.) |
| Arrants, R. J. (Richard J.) | 6 Jan 1847 | 12 Nov 1907 | Father (F=Nathan M. Arrants; M=Mary Ann Mottern; W=Julia Crumley) |
| Arrants, Sarah A. | No date | 17 Jan 1845 | Aged 50y, 10m & 7d |
| Arrants, Sarah Agnes | 18 Feb 1862 | 6 Apr 1863 | Aged 1yr., 2mo. 18ds Footstone |
| Arrants, William H. | 1 Mar 1836 | 17 Jun 1901 | (F=Harmon Arrants; (1st) W=Mary Margaret Ann Giesler) |
| Crumley, Bush F. | No date | 16 Oct 1893 | Son of A. M. & J. C. Crumley Aged 8m 12d (F=Adam M. Crumley; M=Julia Catharine Arrants) |
| Crumley, Julia C.(Catharine) | No date | 2 Aug 1896 | Wife of A. M. Crumley [Stone is almost illegible] (F=Nathan Arrants; M= Mary Ann Mottern; H=Adam M. Crumley) |
| Roberts, McKinley Arrants | 22 Jun 1865 | 12 Feb 1890 | Wife of E. W. Roberts; Aged 24 Yrs 7m 20dys Photo |
| Woods, Mary Alice | No date | 8 Feb 1877 | Dau of D. J. & F. Woods Aged 2 Y 11 m 24 d |
I brought my mother, and my brother to this cemetary in September, 2017. Thank you so much for all of this information, as my mother is an Arrants, and has many of these people written in the original family Bible. We took many photos. 🙂
My name is John Edward Arrants 111 from Bristol Tennessee. I’ve often wondered if these people are related to me. Is their anyone I could talk to to find out?
My name is John Edward Arrants 111 from Bristol Tennessee. I’ve often wondered if these people are related to me. Is their anyone I could talk to to find out?