A GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY II,
MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
By Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1996

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SPRING CREEK CEMETERY

Located .8 mile west of the junction of U.S. Highway 70-East and the Highway 152 (Medina Road), situated on the south side of the latter road behind several residences.

JOSEPH HENRY STEWART Born near Smyrna, Del. Feb. 22, 1823 Died Mar. 22, 1851 He was the last of his race. The only child of Thos. Stewart decd. of Del. & Ann Godwin decd. (This is a broken box vault tombstone.) ELIZA CROSTWAIT GODWIN Born Feb. 17, 1841 Died June 29, 1841 In Memory of Dr. WM. P. GODWIN Born in Kent Co. Del. July 4, 1802 Moved to Tenn. 1827 Died Aug. 12, 1848 WILLIAM POWELL GODWIN 1885-1886 JOHN BAXTER, MD Born Jan. 31, 1825 Died Spring Creek Mar. 1, 1870 (Masonic emblem) Double tombstone (front and back): Dr. ZOPHER JAYN Born Aug. 26, 1802 Died at Spring Creek Apr. 7, 1861 in his 59th yr. JANE wife of Dr. Z. JAYN Born May 23, 1816 Died Mar. 20, 1859 GREEN UTLEY Born Jan. 16, 1781 Died Dec. l, 1872 ELIZABETH M. UTLEY Born Jan. 6, 1801 Died May 18, 1874 JOHN B. UTLEY Born Dec. 1, 1838 Died Mar. 2, 1877 * * * Enclosed within an iron fence: AUGUSTUS V. ASKEW Son of D. W. & V. A. Askew Born Apr. 1, 1861 Died Aug. 23, 1873 VIRGINIA A. wife of J. C. THARP Born Oct. 27, 1833 Died July 20, 1895 * * *

In memory of LAVINIA ANN GODWIN 1st daughter of W. P. &M. M. B. Godwin Born Sept. 9, 1837 at the Wineyard Rutherford County Died July 13, 1843 MARY M. B. wife of Dr. W. P. Godwin and daughter of F. N. W. Burton Born Jan. 17, 1815 Died Jan. 9, 1858 Double tombstone: DAVID W., Apr. 24, 1873- Nov. 12, 1873 MARY L., May 14, 1871- Apr. 29, 1872 Ch. of J. C. & L. C. ASKEW ALLEN N. ROGERS Born Wake Co., N.C. Nov. 25, 1830 Died July 4, 1852 (a fallen stone) MARY C. wife of Dr. V. B. WOOLFOLK Born Dinwiddie Co., Va 1806. Married Mar. 13, 1831 Died at Spring Creek, Madison Co., Tenn., Nov. 11, 1879 CHARLOTTE wife of Wm. MAYS Born Sept. 16, 1804 Died June 9, 1877 CAREY ANN dau. of A. D. & M. A. WOODS Died Nov. 9, 1871 Aged 1 mo. 27 ds. To the memory of WASHINGTON Infant son of Eld. Duncan H. & L. E. SELPH Died June 18, 1856 The Lord giveth and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be His name forever. FLORA MAY dau. of Dr. J. C. & M. A. ROGERS Born Jan. 31, 1857 Died June 16, 1859 A. W. HASKINS, Father 1830-1897 MARY HASKINS, Mother wife of A. W. Haskins 1846-1879 MATTIE HASKINS wife of A. W. Haskins 1846-1882 Stepmother

 

Three tombstones the writer could not find on his visit to this cemetery, August 19, 1996 and on previous visits but were reported found there by William B. Elam years ago: (FAMILY FINDINGS, Mid-West Tenn. Genealogical Soc., Vol. 1. No. 1, 1974, pages 40-41:

NANNIE O. dau. of W. C. & M. E. KIZER Born Jan. 17, 1871 Died Oct. 15, 1871

JAMES H. son of G. W. & Emily C. WHITE Died Mar. 12, 1877 age 16 yr. 4 mo. 12 da.

 

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NINA dau. of J. & ___ Died Aug. 7, 188_ age 1 mo 27 da (broken tombstone)

 

In mid-November 1914 the remains and the slab tombstones of Samuel Dickins and his first wife were moved to Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. There is a large excavated hole on the southeast part of this old Spring Creek cemetery, having been begun as the Hazlewood plantation graveyard, which may have been the graves of this couple. The writer copied the date of birth (1781) and place of birth (Person Co., N.C.); date (1840) and place of death (Madison Co.) from Samuel Dickins' tombstone in Elmwood and the birthplace (Mecklenburg Co., Va.) and death date (Dec. 3, 1825) of Dickins' wife, Jane Vaughn Dickins from her tombstone in Elmwood. The cemetery is terraced on a gentle slope in its location near Spring Creek.

 

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