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Perry County, Tennessee

Bee Creek Cemetery analysis

 

 

Analysis contributed by:  Jan Monnin 09 Sept 2010
Photos contributed by:  Need photos of this cemetery.  Contact Jan Monnin, your county coordinator, if you can take digital photos and email them.  Thanks.

 

This cemetery is located in the Bee Creek watershed and is listed as Denton Cemetery on the U.S.G.S. Pope Quadrangle. There are over a dozen stacked stone burial cairns. There is a large area where natural, uncarved fieldstones clearly show graves. Only a small fraction of the graves have indications of who is buried in them. In 1987 the cemetery was kept clear of weeds, but pigs had heavily rooted in and damaged the area. In 1999 the cemetery was receiving regular grass cutting. In 2004 most of the trees shown in the 1999 photograph at left were gone and the grass was about 18 inched tall making some markers difficult to see. This cemetery may have been abandoned for most purposes before 1880, then come into use again during the depression. There are only five identified burials between 1878 and 1931. Markers for most burials in the 1930s were erected years later. Named the Denton Cemetery by the map compilers in 1949 (usually indicating the name with the oldest readable death date), only one Denton burial was identified in 1987. There were no new burials between 1987 and 1999. Total cemetery size probable is around 250-300.

            

There are a couple known transcriptions of this cemetery:

  • David and Leo Donahue recorded this cemetery on 27 Nov 1987.

  • David Donahue updated it 15 Apr 1999 and checked and updated it 17 Sept 2004;

  • This cemetery’s transcription was also published in the Bowen Cemetery book;

 

 

 

                                       

                                        Bee Creek Cemetery, April 1999

 

 

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 differences.

 

Burial ID

Grave ID

First Name

Middle Name

Other Name

Surname

Birth Date

Death Date

Other notes about this burial

Photo of this tombstone

Photo of this person or couple

123202

 

W.

G.

 

Bates

1830

1901

"& son Frank"

 

 

123203

 

Infant

Son

 

Bunch

12 May 1946

12 May 1946

 

 

 

123204

 

Jeanette

 

 

Bunch

28 Dec 1938

2 Feb 1939

 

 

 

123205

 

Margaret

Inez

 

Bunch

21 Jul 1943

15 Apr 1944

 

 

 

123206

 

W.

C.

 

Bunch

15 Jul 1935

15 Mar 1939

 

 

 

123207

 

Will

B.

 

Bunch

1912

1982

"Daddy Bunch, We Love You" [the temporary marker recorded in 1987 gave death date as Jan. 23, 1982]

 

 

123208

 

B.

J.

 

Davis

17 Mar 1872

8 Jan 1947

"Father" footstone

 

 

123209

 

James

 

 

Davis

-

-

no dates, "& Wife Emle" (carved on fieldstone)

 

 

123210

 

Minnie

E.

 

Davis

-

-

[see Hickerson, Minnie E. Davis Hickerson]

 

 

123211

 

January

Mikce(?)

 

Denton

-

-

(?), no dates p[recorded in 1987; not found in 2004]

 

 

123212

 

Frank

 

 

Farmer

-

19 Aug 1979

Aged 47 Y 2 M, WWII temporary marker recorded in 1987

 

 

123213

 

Mary

 

 

Ferguson

25 Nov 1853

29 Apr 1938

[replacement]

 

 

123214

 

Laura

Francis

 

Harden

30 Mar 1904

2 Jan 1937

[replacement; adjacent to marker for John A. Hardin]

 

 

123215

 

John

A.

 

Hardin

1888

1959

 

 

 

123216

 

Annie

 

 

Hickerson

-

18 Jul 1862

[recorded in 1987; not found in 2004]

 

 

123217

 

Belle

 

 

Hickerson

-

29 Mar 1877

"Wife of D. A. Hickerson"

 

 

123218

 

Brown

 

 

Hickerson

28 Nov 1903

15 Aug 1983

 
m-Aug 23 1925

"Dad" footstone

[shares tombstone with Nannie Hickerson]

 

 

123220

 

Coy

D.

 

Hickerson

3 Jan 1911

4 Aug 1935

 

 

 

123221

 

D.

A.

 

Hickerson

8 Apr 1855

16 Jan 1949

 

 

 

123222

 

J.

N.

 

Hickerson

23 Mar 1906

26 Nov 1939

 

 

 

123223

 

Laura

 

 

Hickerson

-

-

[see Kelley, Laura Hickerson]

 

 

123224

 

Lois

I.

 

Hickerson

24 Aug 1932

24 Aug 1932

 

 

 

123225

 

Melba

C.

 

Hickerson

11 Jun 1931

24 Oct 1931

 

 

 

123227

 

Minnie

E.

Davis

Hickerson

1881

1950

"His Wife" "Mother" footstone

[shares tombstone with Robert  M Hickerson]

 

 

123219

 

Nannie

 

 

Hickerson

18 Feb 1907

-

"Mom" footstone, "Married August 23, 1925"

[shares tombstone with Brown Hickerson]

 

 

123226

 

Robert

M.

 

Hickerson

1881

1968

"Father" footstone

[shares tombstone with Minnie Hickerson]

 

 

 

 

Patrick

 

 

Hughes

 

 

Buried in a crypt. – A copy of Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives contains this info on a hand-written note

 

 

 

 

Malinda

 

 

Hughes

 

 

Buried in a crypt. (dau. of Joe & Jane Kelly) – A copy of Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives contains this info on a hand-written note

 

 

123236

 

Carrie

L.

 

Kelley

20 Jan 1902

5 Sep 1982

[shares tombstone with Willie Kelley]

 

 

123229

 

Earnest

L.

 

Kelley

12 Mar 1924

4 Feb 1961

military marker "Tennessee Cpl 382 AAA AW BN CAC World War II"

 

 

123228

 

Ellen

 

 

Kelley

15 Sep 1868

19 Sep 1946

 

 

 

 

 

Fanny

Bell

 

Kelley

06 May 1910

July 1910

Buried in a crypt.  – A copy of Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives contains this info on a hand-written note

 

 

123230

 

J.

B.

 

Kelley

1 Sep 1871

19 Mar 1921

 

 

 

 

 

Jane

 

 

Kelley

 

 

Buried in a crypt. First wife of  James Kelley.   – A copy of Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives contains this info on a hand-written note

 

 

123231

 

Joe

 

 

Kelley

29 Mar 1802

30 Sep 1878

 

 

 

123232

 

Laura

Hickerson

 

Kelley

3 Jun 1888

15 Nov 1974

"Mother"

 

 

123233

 

Martha

E.

 

Kelley

25 Apr 1836

15 Jun 1925

 

 

 

123234

 

Mary

E.

 

Kelley

23 Nov 1877

3 Feb 1909

"Wife of J. D. Kelley" "Mother"

 

 

 

 

Matt

Holder

 

Kelley

1887

May 1910

2nd wife of J. D. Kelley

– A copy of Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives contains this info on a hand-written note

 

 

123235

 

Willie

L.

 

Kelley

2 Aug 1894

19 Aug 1965

[shares tombstone with Carrie Kelley]

 

 

 

 

Peter

Akin

 

Kirk

1809/1810

1860/1870

Buried in a crypt.  – A copy of Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives contains this info on a hand-written note

 

 

123237

 

Bridget

 

 

Landers

-

11 Nov 1972

 
Age 1 mo

 temporary marker read in 1987

 

 

123238

 

J.

W.

 

McMackw(?)

-

12 Sep 1873

(homemade) [read in 1987; not found in 2004]

 

 

123239

 

John

W.

 

Mitchell

7 Nov 1879

29 Sep 1883

[not found in 1989 or 2004; from Bowen]

 

 

123240

 

William

A.

 

Mitchell

31 Jul 1881

10 Jan 1898

"Son of J. J. and L. A. Mitchell"

 

 

123241

 

Rita

 

 

Moore

1952

2001

temporary marker, McDonald Funeral Home, 5 feet south of marker for Will B. Bunch

 

 

123242

 

I.

J.

 

Treece

5 Feb 1874

31 Jul 1874

"Dau. of J. P. & N. C. Treece"

 

 

123243

 

J.

T.

 

Tufard (?)

-

5 Jan 1911

[or 1919?]

 (homemade) [read in 1987; not found in 2004]

 

 

 

 

 

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