James Fitzgerald Cemetery
2003
Located behind the house at 154 Elizabeth Ave., Gray TN. It is near I-26 in a clump of cedar trees. No other graves could be found.
GPS location: 36° 24.47N 082° 29.04W Elevation: 1517 ft.
Fitzgerald, James b. 1787, d. 1865 Landons Co. Tenn. Militia War of 1812
Additional information:
From Washington County Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872 by Goldene Burgner, p.70:
James Fitzgerald September 6, 1854
In the sum of $10,000 I bind my Executors to make a good lawful title to the lands adjoining John F. Gresham, Joseph & Henry Hale, John Ford, Jonathan Ford & Joseph Martin containing 400 acres unto: James H., Alfred J., Mary Elizabeth, John W. and Henry N. Milburn to have and to hold forever. Wit.: Nathan Shipley, James R. Shipley, John Goforth, Signed: James Fitzgerald
I James Fitzgerald give to my black people Sal, Jack, Ham, Sal, Fan, Joe, Clary, Milly, James & Madison – 100 acres adjoining Joseph Walker old tract, to hold unto them forever. Proven January Term, 1866. Nathan Shipley, Administrator. Signed: James Fitzgerald.
FromWashington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870, by Goldene F. Burgner:
p. 102 James Fitzgerald – Susannah Millburn – md. 22 February 1855 by William Ellis, J.P.
p. 117 James Fitzgerald – Rhoda Ford – md. 8 November 1858 by William Ellis, J.P.
1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee
1782/1819 James Fitzgearld 56 b. TN $13,000; Jane 56 b. VA, Harriet 22, Mary 20, Cintha 18, Greenberry 24, Martha 21
1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee
#503 Fitzgerald, James; Ford, Rhoda 44; Fitzgerald, Jackson 13, Elizabeth 11, John W.