TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES
IN CARROLL COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Compiled by Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2000

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OAK HILL CEMETERY

Located in Huntingdon, Tennessee, off East Main Street (U.S. Highway 70). The black section of this very old town cemetery is located in the west side of the cemetery; several years ago the hedgerow dividing the black and white sections from one another was removed. The former lane leading into the black section, linking it with East Main Street, has been eliminated. Although no black burials have been made as yet in the former all-white section, blacks have every right to be buried there and are likely to be so in the years to come.

 

GUSS son of J. & M. L. BOWDEN Born July 9, 1881 Died March 27, 1902 Guss we miss thee everywhere NORA SCATES JONES October ____ FH marker ANDY WADE 1894-1932 Rev. JAMES EDWARDS 1851-1931 OAKFORD ALLEN Born November 30, 1849 Died March 13, 1904 He was a Christian, Honourable , honest , truthful & virtious /This single grave is enclosed within a wrought iron fence./

G. H. RANDLE 1852-1924 Gone to a better land (Masonic emblem) CLARA WALLICK 1900-1926 TOMMIE W. SCATES January 18, 1901-December 1, 1923 O. WADE 1859-1922 (a fallen tombstone) COUNTS: WILL, 1874-1914 Age 40 BETTY, 1890-1931 Age 41 ROSA, Mother, 1854-1914 Age 60 ELLA GRAVES, 1882-1922 Age 40 JENNIE V. GRAVES, 1913-1924 Age 11 JAMES, Father, 1847-1937 Age 90 JENNIE, 1882-1943 Age 61

 

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OAKFORD ALLEN was living near Clarksburg, Tennessee in 1870, working on the Rothrock farm; in 1880 he was in the employ of William Johnson. A single man, he was subsequently employed by the prosperous Huntingdon merchant, Joe McCracken on whose homeplace he was living in 1900. In a last will executed March 10, 1904, Allen appointed his employer as his executor, to maintain a support from his estate for his sister, Elvina Dixon of Perry County, Tennessee; he also left $50 each to his nieces Nancy, Martha, Ruby, Katy, Frankie and Omar Hunter; the remainder of his estate was left to Joe McCracken, Jr. The will was probated March 16, 1904. (Carroll County Will Book B, pages 573-574)

In an unmarked grave in Oak Hill Cemetery is buried JIM NORMAN who died July 28, 1940, paternal great-grandfather of Mr. Clarence Norman (born 1934), Huntingdon city councilman. The 1900 U.S. census gives Jim Norman's birthdate as January 1854; his Cox Funeral Home record gives his parents as Greg Bigham and Everline Scobie.

Death certificates indicate burial here:
ANTHONY COLEMAN died July 27, 1925 aged 60 years
JAMES BELL, September 12, 1862-November 1, 1925
VIOLA JOHNSON, Mayl5, 1846-June 4, 1921
NELLIE GRIZZARD died June 16, 1921
PHILEMON JONES died October 13, 1921 aged about 50 years
ONDER WADE, male, November 5, 1864-November 20, 1922
LEVY SCATES, July 3, 1865-March 13, 1923
SAM McDONALD, 1851-October 7, 1923
BETTIE BELL died May 1, 1924 aged about 100 years
G. H. RANDLE, February 27, 1852-November 7, 1924; son of Harry Randle
ADLINE BELL died February 23, 1921 aged about 68 years
COLEMAN CROWEL, March 10, 1833-August 5, 1916
ELIZA HUDSON died January 2, 1918 aged about 48 years; dau of Joe Harris
ED GILKEY died July 14, 1918 aged about 77 years
JOSSIE MOORE died February 14, 1920 aged about 45 years
DOLLIE DALTON died February 21, 1920 aged about 78 years; dau of Porter and Lucindy Bledsoe
MARY HARRIS died August 13, 1922 aged 75 years; dau of Bill Eley
SAVANAH HENDERSON, September 10, 1872-March 3, 1921; dau of Lemuel Bridges

Cox Funeral Home indicates burials:
HENCE WALLICK died May 18, 1934 aged 65 years; son of Jorden Wallick
WILLIS WALLICK died February 28, 1937 aged 70 years
EMMA SCATES died July 13, 1934 aged 65 years
BERTHA ALEXANDER died December 3, 1947 aged 42 years
AZZIE McCAIN ALGEE died August 14, 1946 aged 43 years
RACHEL BARNHILL died December 31, 1941 aged 74 years
ANGELINE BOYD died October 24, 1944 aged 84 years
NATHANIEL PEARSON died January 15, 1935 aged 86 years; son of Aaron Pearson
 

Grave of Oakford Allen

 

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