MOUNT ZION CEMETERY
Mt. Zion Cemetery lies on the north side of Mt. Zion Cemetery Road on the west side of Pine Lake in southern Henderson County. Someone mows regularly around the Beecham and Brittain markers but the remainder of the cemetery may get only one cutting each year. In addition to the identified burials, six graves are marked with fieldstone, one grave is marked with a concrete block, three graves are marked with bricks, and one grave has a marker so broken up and eroded that nothing remains readable.
David Donahue recorded this cemetery October 21, 2002. Anith Webb, Alicia Adcox, and Mr. Elbert Beecham recorded this cemetery circa 1976. Their record appears in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (R. H. Harris, Memphis, 1976), pp. 223-224. This is referred to as Webb et al. in notes below.
Bailey, Infant, Feb. 16, 1934-Mar. 19, 1934, "Infant son of Max & Exie Bailey"
Beecham, Florence, 1900-1941, "Mama" footstone
Beecham, Jess, 1891-1974, "Daddy" footstoneBeecham, Golden, Sept. 15, 1926-July 1945
Beecham, Juanita, Feb. 1935-Aug. 1936 [replacement]
Beecham, Katie, Jan. 17, 1934-June 16, 1935, "Dau. of Charlie & Patra" [replacement]
Brittain, Avis, May 20, 1923-Nov. 20, 1923
Brittain, Iley, 1854-1924 [Masonic symbol]
Brittain, Isaac, 1869-1923, "Father" footstone
Brittain, Arbie, 1880-1974, "Mother" footstoneCrowe, Larry Don, May 18, 1944-Nov. 28, 1945
Hart, Nancy C., Apr. 16, 1851-Sept. 14, 1939 [replacement]
Johnson, Eli, Sept. 8, 1837-May 20, 1914, "Hus. of E. A. Johnson"
Johnson, E. A., Nov. 11, 1856-June 4, 1937, "Wife of Eli Johnson" fallenJohnson, Emily Rodgers, d. Aug. 10, 1893, Aged about 85 Ys, "Wife of S. M. Johnson"
Johnson, Josephine, d. Feb. 3, 1863, Aged 12 Y'rs & 8 D's, "Daughter of _____ Johnson" (broken)
Johnson, M. E., Jan. 16, 1849-Mar. 3, 1879, "Wife of Eli Johnson" broken
Johnson, R., Dec. 17, 1871-Jan. 28, 1877, "Son of M. E. & Eli Johnson" broken
Johnson, S. M., d. May 15, 1864, Aged 50 Years (broken) [death date unreadable in 2003 and is that reported by Webb et al.]
Johnson, S. M., Dec. 9, 1874-Jan. 30, 1877, "Son of M. E. & Eli Johnson
Johnson, W. B., July 19, 1878-June 15, 1877, "Son of M. E. & Eli Johnson"
Jordon, Melvina, ______, "Wife of R. M. Jordan" (broken) [cannot find fragment with dates in 2003; Webb et al. give partial date Jan. 1879, which would suggest she died from complications in the birth of her daughter Melvina]
Jordon, Melvina, Jan. 27, 1879-Feb. 1, 1879, "Dau. of R.M. Jordan"
Jordon, T. W., Nov. 13, 1876-Nov. 15, 1876, "Son of R. M. Jordan"
Phillips, John, 1849-1941 [not found in 2003; reported by Webb et al.]
Rodgers, Emily [see Johnson, Emily Rodgers]
Scott, Hester E., May 3, 1898-June 4, 1916, "Dau. of John & Ella Scott"
Scott, Homer C., Nov. 17, 1901-Jan. 17, 1908, "Son of J. T. & D. E. Scott"
Scott, J. O., Apr. 29, 1886-Jan. 18, 1905, "Son of J. R. & L. T. Johnson"
Scott, Jesse L., Dec. 30, 1895-Sept. 19, 1916, "Son of John & Ella Scott"
Scott, John T., 1870-1933
Scott, Louella, 1876-1956Scott, Lavina T., Jan. 18, 1848-May 5, 1928
Scott, Jesse R., Nov. 8, 1843-July 3, 1898 [replacement]Scott, M. I., Dec. 20, 1889-Jan. 26, 1890, "Dau. of J. R. & L. T. Scott" middle initial damaged
Scott, Rite, Aug. 1, 1877-Sept. 2, 1877, "Son of J. R. & L. T. Scott"
Thomas, Anna, Sept. 25, 1812-Apr. 15, 1872 (broken) [adjacent to marker for Rev. Stephen Thomas]
Thomas, J. R., Apr. 4, 1842-Apr. 12, 1863, "Son of Rev. S. & A. Thomas"
Thomas, John, July 24, 1786-July 15, 1860
Thomas, Martha J. D., May 2, 1870-May 7, 1871, "Daughter of J. H. & N. J. Thomas"
Thomas, Martha L., May 2, 1870-Mar. 7, 1871, "Daughter of J. H. & N. F. Thomas" note: there seem to be two markers for her, about 6 feet apart]
Thomas, Minerva Ann, May 2, 1847-Aug. 10, 1861, "Dau. of Rev. S. & A. Thomas"
Thomas, S. F., Sept. 20, 1878-Sept. 12, 1879, "Dau. of M. L. & Caldona Thomas"
Thomas, Stephen, Dec. 13, 1816-Apr. 13, 1872, Rev. (broken) [death year is unreadable in 2003 and is that reported by Webb et al.]
Tidwell, Jodie, 1900-1910 [replacement]
Tidwell, Roy, 1910-1910 [replacement]
Wise, Infant, b. Feb. 5, 1871, "Infant son of John & C. M. Wise"