HAYES CEMETERY
This cemetery is located on the Darden-Christian Chapel Road about three miles north of Darden. It seems to be primarily a family cemetery for the family of James Hays. In 1992 it was not being maintained although brush had been removed recently. David Donahue recorded this cemetery February 13, 1991 and rechecked it May 3, 1992. There seem to be at least a dozen fieldstones. This cemetery was recorded circa 1975 by Mayrene Kennedy. However, in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (R. H. Harris, Memphis, 1976), Vol. III, p. 576, she only reports on three of the markers and notes "several unmarked graves."
Anders, Eliza Cottrell, Sept. 3, 1835-Apr. 6, 1906
Bledsaw, Harriet A., 1852-Dec. 10, 1896
Carrington, D. H., May 8, 1863-Aug. 5, 1892, "Wife of J. J. Carrington"
Cottrell, Eliza [see Anders, Eliza Cottrell]
Crews, Martha J., Oct. 16, 1836-Nov. 5, 1857, "Wife of B. Crews"
Hamm, Eula M., Oct. 15, 1917-1918
Hays, Aba, Dec. 25, 1816-Nov. 17, 1871, "Wife of ______ Hays" (broken)
Hays, Delila, d. Dec. 23, 186?, "Aged 51 y'rs 10 mo's 15 d's" "Wife of James Hays" (broken)
Hays, Elizabeth, d. Oct. 11, 1900, "Aged 49 Ys 2 Ms & 1 Da" "Wife of Z. T. Hays" "Mother"
Hays, Elizabeth, Dec. 12, 1860-Mar. 30, 1876, "Dau. of M. M. & J. J. Hays"
Hays, Henry, no dates, military marker, "Corpl." "Co. A. 7 Tenn. Cav."
Hays, Infant, b. Oct. 3, 1874, "Infant son of Dr. W. H. & Jane Hays" (fallen)
Hays, James, Jan. 14, 1809-May 6, 1879
Hays, Janey, Mar. 12, 1844-Mar. 18, 1898, "Wife of Dr. W. H. Hays" "Mother"
Hays, Katie C., Aug. 17, 1872-Apr. 4, 1890
Hays, Malinda P., d. Oct. 12, 1900, "Aged about 67 Yrs"
Hays, Martha, Feb. 19, 1870-Sept. 1870
Hays, Mattie F., Aug. 8, 1878-Sept. 12, 1880
Hays, Sally, July 7, 1842-Aug. 24, 1852, "Daughter of J. & D. Hays"
Hays, Samuel L., d 3, 28/1882, "Aged 54 Y'rs & 26 D'ys" (broken, fallen)
Hays, Sarah E., Jan. 7, 1867-Apr. 4, 1897, "Wife of L. G. Hays"
Hays, Viola, Jan. 11, 1884-Feb. 5, 1885
Hays, William, no dates, "Aged 3 Ys" "Son of Z. T. Hays"
Hays, ______, May 8, 1884-Mar. 29, 188?, "Son of W. M. & V. G. Hays" (broken, fragment)
Melton, Infant, 1925, "Infant of Ike & Myrtle Melton"
Reeves, Infants, d. Feb. 4, 1888, "Three infant sons of R. G. & U. G. Reeves"
Reeves, L. F., Oct. 28, 1862-Aug. 26, 1915, [Woodmen of the World Memorial]
Reeves, Willie, d. Oct. 31, 1890, "Aged 4 Ms. 10 Ds." "Son of R. G. & U. G. Reeves"
Shipman, Nancy Parilee [see Smith, Nancy Parilee Shipman]
Smith, Nancy Parilee Shipman, May 12, 1841-Jan. 8, 1898, "Wife of Robert Henry Smith" [replacement]
Smith, Robert Henry, Sept. 18, 1836-Feb. 22, 1918, military marker, "Tennessee Pvt Co F 27 Regt Tenn Inf Confederate States Army" [replacement]
Other People Known To Be Buried Here
Alsey Jane Hays (3 12, 1844-Mar. 18, 1898), daughter of Asa Nelson Hays and Abigale Shipman, wife of William Henry Harrison Hays
Zachary Taylor Hays (ca. 1848-ca. 1928), son of James Hays and Delila Eads