Bear Creek Cemetery, Putnam County
This cemetery was included in the original Overton County TNGenWeb Project, so it remains a part of this site.
Recorded by the Overton County Historical Society.
Note: One of the earliest graves has a burial date of 1857. This cemetery includes some “tent” graves (sometimes called “grave houses”).
List of Burials
| Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes |
| Boatman | Beulah | September 7, 1896 | August 6, 1901 | dau of Ellie and John Bowman |
| Boatman | Ellie Harp | July 27, 1860 | October 22, 1914 | dau of Wm Marion Harp |
| Brown | Faney Louminey Urnistine | January 26, 1872 | November 12, 1876 | |
| Brown | Winnie L. | January 27, 1875 | October 11, 1896 | |
| Craft | S. A. | March 4, 1840 | August 9, 1873 | |
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| Gillem | Jane | August 4, 1828 | May 31, 1873 | |
| Gilliam | James M. | May 11, 1852 | October 12, 1881 | |
| Gilliam | Marvin W. | June 29, 1886 | August 26, 1887 | |
| Green | Cass | August 30, 1882 | June 6, 1962 | |
| Green | Lou Annie | March 30, 1885 | July 22, 1952 | |
| Greenwood | Baby | No Dates | ||
| Greenwood | R. D. | Dcember 2, 1881 | May 11, 1917 | |
| Harp | Dora Stockton | December 17, 1883 | November 24, 1954 | 2nd wife of Marion Harp – dau of Bethel and Kate Stockton |
| Harp | Linnie May | February 10, 1912 | July 9, 1912 | dau of Z. R. and A. M. Harp |
| Harp | Marion | August 15, 1874 | July 15, 1937 | |
| Harp | Mary Stockton | January 20, 1878 | August 18, 1903 | 1st wife of Marion Harp – dau of Bethel and Kate Stockton |
| Harp | Mirty Clara | June 23, 1894 | August 18, 1902 | Drowned in Bear Creek on her way home from school during a flash flood |
| Harp | Rosy | December 1, 1904 | January 14, 1908 | |
| Judd | Ben | No Dates | Veteran of the Civil War | |
| Judd | Burris | July 15, 1897 | July 20, 1955 | Carver Funeral Home records state that he was born September 15, 1897 and died July 20, 1953 – son of Jeff and Margrite Alice Craft Judd |
| Judd | Elba | July 31, 1896 | May 26, 1913 | dau of J. D. and M. D. Judd |
| Judd | Jackson B. | October 27, 1925 | October 2, 1952 | Carver Funeral Home Records: son of Burris and Nellie Poston Judd |
| Judd | Jeff Davis | July 1, 1862 | February 4, 1942 | |
| Judd | Joe | August 4, 1904 | February 28, 1983 | |
| Judd | Margaret Ollie Craft | June 4, 1864 | October 6, 1927 | |
| Judd | Myrtle Webb | June 17, 1920 | August 13, 2001 | Myrtle Orbiss, dau of Sammie and Chancie Mae Peterman Webb – wife of Joe Judd |
| Judd | Nellie | December 30, 1896 | No Death Date | |
| Judd | Patsy | No Dates | ||
| Norris | Lowery D. | January 7, 1875 | July 11, 1950 | |
| Norris | Scytha E. Stockton | January 6, 1888 | February 7, 1973 | dau of Bethel and Kate Stockton |
| Peek | Wm. Cook | February 21, 1859 | October 3, 1860 | |
| Randolph | Joseph Winchester | October 7, 1885 | January 8, 1951 | Carver Funeral Home records have date of death as January 8, 1950, son of Gilbert and Rebecca Jane Conley Randolph |
| Randolph | Nola Judd | May 1, 1900 | March 8, 1963 | |
| Read | Catherine | April 3, 1818 | October 15, 1904 | wife of Rev. W. J. Read |
| Read | W. J. , Rev. | March 9, 1820 | February 18, 1862 | |
| Smith | G. T. | May 3, 1868 | May 1, 1887 | |
| Stockton | A. O. | October 22, 1822 | November 22, 1914 | |
| Stockton | B. C. Bethel | May 9, 1826 | November 7, 1894 | |
| Stockton | Judie Catherine Kate | June 11, 1840 | October 21, 1921 | |
| Thompson | Bob | March 22, 1905 | No Death Date | |
| Thompson | Clara B. | October 3, 1909 | July 25, 1976 | |
| Waites | Fannie E. Wells | November 29, 1846 | November 6, 1933 | |
| Waites | John R. | January 15, 1841 | July 10, 1912 | |
| Waites | Sarah Hyder | August 13, 1838 | September 30, 1861 | Married November 29, 1860 |
| Welch | J. H. | June 8, 1837 | May 6, 1874 | Age 36 yrs 11 mo |
| Welch | Lorinna | January 2, 1905 | February 27, 1905 | |
| Welch | Nancy Hyder | March 7, 1807 | January 2, 1878 | age 70 yr 10 mo 14 dys |
| Welch | Poshie | No Dates | ||
| Welch | S. D. (or J. D. ) | No Dates | ||
| Welch | Samuel | October 4, 1802 | October 10, 1874 | age 72 yr 6 dys |
| Welch | Sarah Hyder | May 13, 1834 | April 18, 1875 | Age 40 yrs 11 mo 5 dys |
| Williams | Catherine | September 28, 1828 | October 18, 1857 | age 29 yr 20 dys |
| Wilmouth | John R. | November 26, 1904 | February 8, 1905 | Was the father of 11 children: Robert, Sarah, Martha, George, John Lafayette, Jeramiah Marion, Isaac Franklin Frank, Samuel A. , Nancy Ann, William Dillon Dock, Jacob Lavender – He lived about 1 mile to the north of this cemetery, near where Bear Creek runs into Spring Creek |
| Wilmouth | W. E. | February 1, 1884 | August 26, 1884 | |
| Wright | Lebert Paul | March 20, 1909 | July 30, 1910 | son of R. C. and F. L. Wright |