Hufstedler Cemetery Perry Co

Analysis contributed by: Jan Monnin	14 August 2009
Photos contributed by: Elizabeth Dawson
This cemetery is located in the Hurricane Creek section of the Buffalo River Watershed, East Side. The cemetery is located on private property, but is reached driving south and west on Whitwell Cemetery Road. A gravel driveway with a sign indicating Pinkney's Tomb joins at an acute angle on the south. The drive climbs steeply to the top of the bluff. The main feature of Hufstedler Cemetery is a very large grave house, called Pinkney's tomb, which stands on a bluff overlooking the Buffalo River. This started as a walled cemetery but later was roofed. The cut limestone wall is 26 feet 3 inches square and almost 5 feet high. Massive support beams were laid atop the east and west walls and a roof was built over the entire area. There is a door in the north gable. Steep steps climb up the wall and down into the grave house. In 2004 some of the east wall had fallen and the northeast corner which supports one of the massive beams had cracked away from the north wall and was beginning to lean outward. The plot inside looks as though it could contain spaces for ten or twelve to be buried there. There are eight known burials, so there are probably other unmarked burials. This cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
There are a couple known transcriptions of this cemetery: Mrs. Sidney Kirby and Billy Grimm recorded their transcriptions and notes in April 1972 and published their results in "River Counties" published in July 1977; David Donahue recorded this cemetery on September 2004; This cemetery’s transcription was also published in the Bowen Cemetery book, which is also online at http://www.tngenweb.org/records/perry/cemeteries/bowen2.txt

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.

Grave ID	Grave Location	First Name	Middle Name	Other Name	Surname	Birth Date	Death Date	Any other notes about this burial	Photo of the tombstone	Photo of the person or couple
130614	In the Grave House	Louisa	Jane	Randel	Hufstedler	30 Aug 1831	26 Jan 1923	no tombstone exists today of this burial; Per granddaughter Kyle Largent, there were no more spaces inside the tomb at 1923 when Louisa Jane died, so she was buried as though standing.
130613	In the Grave House	Pinkney			Hufstedler	1 Jul 1814	3 (no month) 1895	no tombstone exists today of this burial		(photo courtesy of Glenn & Diana Hufstedler)
130616	In the Grave House	Malinda	Mahalia	Markham	Randel	12 May 1813	6 Oct 1889	no tombstone exists today of this burial
130615	In the Grave House	Nathaniel		Moses	Randel	1 Jan 1809	2 Nov 1887	no tombstone exists today of this burial
130612	In the Grave House	Josephine			Whitwell	11 Nov 1861	15 Jul 1901	"In memory of Josephene Whitwell daughter of
130617	Outside the Grave House	Pauline			Armstrong	30 May 1914	14 Jul 1915	no tombstone exists today of this burial
130618	Outside the Grave House	Margaret		J.	Penahouse	6 Jun 1873	20 Jan 1932	no tombstone exists today of this burial
130619	Outside the Grave House	Lula	May		Pevahouse			no tombstone exists today of this burial