These cemetery surveys were compiled by David Donahue from his personal research as well as other sources. These records have been moved to the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database and are no longer being updated. These pages are maintainted in their legacy state in memory and honor of David.
Resurveyed Cemeteries 1999-Present
Black Cemeteries (and other cemeteries where blacks are buried)
Craig (Lick Creek),
Dixon (Barber, Howard Bottom) (Perryville Bottom/Spring Creek) (2004),
Hill Street (Linden) (2004),
Horner (Cedar Creek) (1999),
Unnamed (Whiteoak Creek) (1989)
Buffalo River Watershed, East Side
Northeast Corner:
Bone Springs (2004),
Cunningham-Baker (2004),
May (2004)
Lost Creek:
Tate (2004)
Russell Creek:
Dailey (2004),
Gilmer (2004),
Greer (2004),
Gunter (2004)
Lagoon Branch and Burns Ridge:
Burns Hill (2004),
Byler (2004),
Curry (2004),
Gola Warren (2004)
Cane Creek:
Doyle (2004),
Hinson (2004),
Shepard (2004),
Warren (2004),
Yoder (2004)
Brush Creek:*
Eli Duncan (2004),
Godwin (2004),
Kittrell (2004),
Lower Brush Creek (2004),
Qualls (2004),
J. C. Qualls (2004),
Stephens (2004),
Warren (2004)
Coon Creek:
Barber (Duncan) (2004),
Barber and Qualls (2004),
Chestnut Grove (2004),
Dowdy-Sanders (2004),
Hinson (Upper Coon Creek) (2004),
Jackson (2004),
Poplin Hollow (Hinson) (2004),
Trull (2004)
Short Creek:
Duncan (2004),
Tucker (2004)
Hurricane Creek:
Alberson (2004),
Hickerson (2004),
Holt (2004),
Hufstedler (2004),
Whitwell (2004)
Rockhouse Creek:
Harder (2004),
Becky Tharp Grave (2001),
Warren (2004)
Sinking Creek:
Ary, by Will Ary (2000),
Ary (2004),
Graves (2004),
Greenwood-Garcia (2004),
Kittrell (2004),
Sharp (2001)
Flatwoods Area:*
Armstrong (2004),
Bromley (2004),
Flatwoods (2004)
Buffalo River Watershed, West Side
Lobelville Area:
Cotham (2004),
Dodson (2000),
Leeper (2004),
Robin/Hester (2004)
Beardstown and DePriest Bend Area:
Barham (2004),
Beardstown (2004),
Burns (Murray) (2004),
Cude (1999),
DePriest Bend (2004),
Sanders (date unknown),
Westside-DePriest (2004)
Linden Area (including Bethel):
Bethel (2004),
Craig (2004),
Hill Street (Black) (2004),
Kirk (actually on east side of river) (2004),
Ledbetter (2004),
Rainey (2004),
Taylor (1999),
Town (2001),
Webb (2004)
South of Bethel:
Dean (2004),
Hill (2004),
Mt. Olive (2004)
Tennessee River Watershed
Crooked Creek:
Crooked Creek Church (2004),
Northern (2004),
Warner (2004)
Roan Creek:
Britt's Chapel (2001),
Nix (2004)
Tom's Creek:
Bell and Roberson (2004),
Clayborne (relocated) (2004),
Coble (2004),
Danielsburg (2004),
Denson's Landing (2004),
Pineview (Pace, Horner) (2004),
Roberts and Barnett (2004),
Smith (2004),
Tinin (2004)
Deer Creek and Bunker Hill:*
Bible Hill (2004),
Standing Rock (2004)
Lick Creek:
Craig (Mixed Race) (2004),
Strickland (2004),
Tanner (2001),
Young (Ledbetter) (2004)
Parrish Branch:*
Parrish (2004)
Spring Creek:*
Dixon (Barber, Howard Bottom) (Black) (2004),
Hunt Hill (2004),
Ledbetter (2004),
Spring Creek Holiness Church (2004),
Weems (2004)
Cypress Creek:*
Ayers (2004),
Bussell (2004),
Choat (1999),
Howard United Methodist Church (2004),
Kunkel (2004),
Tootsie Lomax Grave (2004),
Richardson (2004),
Simmons (2004),
Starbuck (2004),
Fannie Turner Grave (1999)
Marsh Creek:*
Gobelet (2004),
Roberts (Whitwell Chapel) (2004),
Sutton (2004)
Cedar Creek:*
Armstrong (2004),
Broadaway (2004),
Anderson Bunch (2004),
W. R. Bunch (destroyed) (1988),
Craig (2004),
Flowers (1999),
Fluty (1999),
Groom (2004),
Harder (2004),
Holder (2004),
Horner (1999),
Moore (2004),
Randel (Randle) (1988),
Ward-Peace (Campbell) (2004),
Woods-Treadgill (Bunch) (2004)
Bee Creek:*
Bee Creek (Denton) (2004)
Whiteoak Creek:*
Crossnoe (1987),
Culp Family (2004),
Howell (2004),
Unnamed (Black) (1989),
Walker (2004),
Waters (2004)
Powell Branch:*
Culp's Chapel (Mt. Auburn) (2004),
Lafferty (1987),
Matthews (1989),
Unnamed (1989)
*Includes all cemeteries in watershed/area shown on USGS quadrangle maps or the Tennessee Department of Transportation's 1990 Perry County map. Note that several cemeteries do not appear on either.
1992-1994 Cemetery Survey
Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records (Volume 1), compiled by Mary (Stewart) Bowen and Melissa (Snyder) Bowen (1992)
Perry County Tennessee Cemetery Records (Volume II), compiled by Mary N. Bowen and Lisa Dublin Bowen (1994)
Forgotten Cemeteries of Perry County, Tennessee, from The Perry County Quarterly 3(2), June 1997, pp. 1-2
Cemetery Books for Purchase
Bowen, Mary, Route 2 Box 213A, Linden, TN 37096 has the following books for sale:
Perry County Cemetery Records 2001 - $40.00
Cemetery Records Vol. II (1994), also contains birth and death 1908-1912, - $20.00 plus $2.50 S&H
The Perry County TNGenWeb Page lists other Perry County books for sale.
