HALL AND KING CEMETERY

Submitted by
Linda J. Higgins, President
Hall and King Cemetery Trust Association, Inc.
361 Harts Bridge Rd.
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 427-6681
ljhiggins@charter.net

            The Hall and King Cemetery is located off the Steam Mill Ferry Road behind Madison Baptist Church in Madison County, Tennessee, about 4 miles from Jackson city limits out Riverside Drive, turn west on Steam Mill Ferry Road or 4 miles from U.S. 45 Hwy. through Bemis.

          The cemetery is managed by the Board of Directors of the Hall and King Cemetery Trust Association Inc.

Board of Directors
Linda J. Higgins, President
David E. Gibbons, Vice President
Rosalee J. Gibbons, Secretary-Treasurer
Allen Matthews, Director

[Jan 30, 2009 - Board of Directors updated per Linda J. Higgins]

 

History of Hall and King Cemetery

            For $10 H. C. Spurlock sold the land now known as the Hall and King Cemetery to J. D. Hall and J. H. King Dec. 5, 1885. The land had been known as the King Burying Ground. The transaction was registered by E. A. Clark, Clerk of Madison County on May 7, 1886. The deed is in Book 43, page 239 of the official records in Madison County Courthouse.
            The cemetery was left to the Hall and King's heirs, but soon became much more than just a small family cemetery. It became a community cemetery which is still managed by the Hall heirs. (The names of the Hall heirs who are buried in the cemetery are shown in bold type.)

 

Tombstones in Hall and King Cemetery

Known to be buried here without markers:

            Years ago when families could not afford a tombstone or there were none even available to buy in the territory, graves were marked with cedar trees. There are many cedar trees in the Hall and King Cemetery.

            It has been passed down by word of mouth that the following are buried in this cemetery in unmarked graves:

Parmelia Hall Jennings

Frances Hall Staten

John D. Hall

Levi and Eliza Hall

Lizzie King and Neely King

Frazier Collins

Clayton Collins

Grandpa Hunter

Two Collins infants (These Collins/Hunter family members are said to be buried on the back row next to L.L. Collins' tombs.)

Son of Lacy and Lois Donaldson Evans

Ella Morris Dunlap b. ca 1870 d. July 13, 1935

Louise Murphy b. ?? d. ca 1955 or 1956.

 

Those with tombstones or markers include:

James A. King b. Jan. 22, 1839 d. Oct. 23, 1902

Molly Hall Derry b. ca 1866 d. Mar. 3, 1910

George W. Derry b. ca 1890, d. Jan 2. 1908

Flo Derry b. May, 1901 d. Oct 28, 1901

Malissa Hall Matthews b. Oct. 1, 1854 d. Mar. 11, 1931

Otha Fred Layton b. Aug. 1, 1893 d. Sept. 6, 1949

Nettie Matthews Layton, b. Oct. 24, 1873 d. May 2, 1937

Nellie Bell Matthews Butler b. 1883 d. 1977

George C. Butler b. 1871 d. 1955

Elmer Lee Jones b. Jan. 20, 1911 d. April 19, 1974

Merrick Wilson b. 1869 d. 1934

Catherine Wilson b. 1869 d. 1934

Clarence E. Wilson b. Sept. 11, 1902 d. Nov. 23, 1984

Katy Mae Butler Wilson (deceased, but ashes not yet buried in this cemetery)

Ira Chester Matthews b. May 18, 1890 d. Feb. 7, 1958

Joe Willie Matthews b. 1882 d. 1960

Florence Rumley Hall b. 1883 d. 1960

George W. Hall b. July 2, 1870 d. Nov. 30, 1945

Andy Brown Hall b. Nov. 23, 1917 d. Oct. 13, 2000

Kathleen Hall b. Dec. 7, 1920 d. March 17, 2002

Will T. Hall b. 1861 d. 1949

Thomas Corren b. July 4, 1834 d. Sept. 12, 1909

Elmer F. Weaver b. July 17, 1901 d. Sept. 14, 1984

Louvenia Jennings Weaver b. Feb. 16, 1905 d. July 18, 1997

Charles Martin b. May, 1920 d. Nov. 27, 1996

Levi A Jennings b. April 25, 1863 d. Dec. 15, 1939

Ellen E. Jennings b. Oct. 27, 1861 d. July 15, 1931

Harry Levi Jennings b. Nov. 28, 1902 d. March 7, 1903

Norris Marvin Matthews Sr., b. Nov. 25, 1911 d. Nov. 30, 1976

Pauline Harris Matthews b. Oct. 8, 1919 d. Jan. 15, 1990

Martin Joe Matthews b. June 13, 1963 d. Dec. 13, 1978

Matthew Meredith (Matt) Jennings b. Sept 27, 1860 March 23, 1938

Ortna Lee Baxter Glynn Jennings b. May 30, 1869 d. May 1, 1952

Lucia Glynn Wagner b. March 20, 1893 d. Jan.15, 1970

Malcolm Lee Jennings b. June 11, 1910 d. Feb.13, 1992

Ora E. Glynn Evans b. June 11, 1891 d. Mar. 2, 1935

Luther L. Evans b. Dec. 6, 1889 d. May 6, 1946

Robert Baxter Evans, Sr. b. July, 28, 1921 d. May 14, 1977

Ione Louise Hunsacker, b. Nov. 18, 1930 d. Nov. 24 1995

Lacy Richard Evans b. Aug. 7, 1913 d. Jan. 29, 1981

D. (Daniel) A. Evans b. Jan. 2, 1863 d. Aug. 1, 1946

Mary J. Evans b. Aug. 8, 1869 d. July 31, 1951

James H. Garey b. Mar. 11, 1878 d. Mar. 7, 1967

Florence J. Garey b. Aug. 3, 1883 d. Sept. 15, 1984

Gervase A. Jones b. Sept 6, 1901; d. July 3,1971

Henrietta L. Jones b. 1863 d. 1931

Ella Turner Hundley b. Nov. 8, 1864 d. June 11, 1941

Ben N. Hundley, Sr. b. July 31, 1862 d. Sept. 26, 1941

Bessie Tomlin Hundley b. 1900 d. 1944

Charles H. Hundley b. 1891 d. 1974

Sgt. Cecil Turner Hundley b. April 14, 1922 d. Aug. 6, 1948

Infant son of Mrs. Herman V. (Odessa) Williams b. Nov. 13, 1936 d. Nov. 14, 1936

Bessie Mae Tomlin Carnell b. 1891 d. 1975

George B. Tomlin b. 1862 d. 1940

James Curry Tomlin b. Nov. 24, 1920 d. Jan. 1, 2002

William Matt Tomlin b. Feb. 6, 1897 d. Aug. 29, l972

Ethel H. Tomlin b. Feb. 6, 1897 d. Oct. 25, 1979

Timothy Cornelius Williams b. May 8, 1858 d. May 26, 1943

Nancy Jane Williams b. Mar. 3, 1860 d. Jan. 3, 1935

Andrew Leroy Williams b. May 24, 1898 d. Jan. 3, 1981

Claribel Robinson Williams b. Dec. 24, 1895 d. Dec. 16, 1977

James Otha Manley b. June 14, 1915 d. Oct. 16, 1981

Effie Irene Collins Manley b. April 9, 1917 d. Dec. 30, 2001

V. Rudell Manley Evans Glover b. Aug. 8, 1923 d. July 18, 1997

Lynn Thomas "Tommy" Glover b. June 29, 1938 d. April 18, 1998

Clyde Martin b. March 17, 1917 d. April 27, 1982

Sarah Edwards Martin b. July 8, 1918 d. Oct. 27, 2000

Mickie Darrell Martin b. April 5, 1953, d. Mar. 27, 1993

Horace W. Hall b. 1909 d. 1957

Thelma Hall b. Sept. 6, 1918; d. Feb. 1, 1999

Mary Vickery b. July 25, 1876 d. June 27, 1960 (mother of Mrs. W. H. Steed)

William Robert Steed b. May 16, 1942 d. March 7, 1968

Mrs. W. H. Steed b. Sept 12, 1914 d. Oct. 29, 1968

Willis H. Steed b. Nov. 29, 1913 d. June 14, 1985

Lucille Burks Steed b. Aug. 27, 1927 d. Nov. 24, 1988

Fonda Steed Jetton b. 1956 d. March 13, 1992

Otis Vickery

Joseph A. Hinkle b. Aug. 11, 1880 d. Feb. 11, 1966

Laura Black Maroney b. Nov. 26, 1869 d. Jan. 1941

Emily Dee Landers b. April 1, 1958 d. May 11, 1968

James Anthony Eaton b. June 4, 1960 d. May 30, 1961

Marie Delilah Havner b. Mar 12, 1896 d. Jan. 16, 1934

John William Havner b. May 15, 1927 d. Oct. 2, 1976

Mary Jane Neisler Reed b. Mar. 29, 1873 d. May 5, 1954

Elmer Neisler b. Nov. 14, 1895 d. Jan. 27, 1976

Bessie Edna Hall Neisler b. Dec. 5, 1901 d. July 8, 1942

Lena Bell Neisler b. Feb. 6, 1932 d. Feb. 15, 1990

L. L. (Lofton) Collins b. Jan 1891 d. Mar. 17, 1927

Ruby Elmer Hunter Collins Byrum b. 1896 d. 1946

Mary Ann Beatty b. July 5 1871 d. July 2, 1938

Joseph (Jodie) Collins b. 1918 d. 1941

Mary Louise Collins Weathers b. May 2, 1926 d. Jan. 10, 2001