Location: On the south side of Beech Creek, just west of Highway 228.
There is evidence here of a cemetery, but no stones have been found that would tell the number of graves. No other information available.
Information from J.Erving and Ermadine Riley.
LOCATION: Rayborn and Indian Creek.
Nowlin, S. J., 11 May 1835 - 2 May 1904
Nowlin, Elizabeth E., 20 Sep 1839 - 25 Dec 1929, wife of S.J. Nowlin
Nowlin, B. G., 21 Feb 1859 - 12 Mar 1906, son of S.J. and E.E.
LOCATION: Prater Hollow or sometimes called Boyd Hollow of Beech Creek.
Prater, Ning, 1831-1885 Prater, Mealy, 1840-?? [She was a Battles. She was wife of Nink Prater and said to have had 18 children.] Turnbo, Hugh Franklin, 1894, infant son of Wm. & Annie Turnbo, William Allen, 1897-1903, son of Wm. & Annie Turnbo, John I., 1847-1919 [Bgir. F Co., 6th Cav. USA, Civil War. Was the father of Wm., Annie DAVIS, Ray and Mary Elizabeth Molly Newborn.] Turnbo, Mary Elizabeth [Ray], 1847-1935, wife of John I. Ray, Annie [Rachel Ann], 1875-1907, [She first married Marion Thomas Davis. He died and she then married John RAY.] Ray, Nina, 1897-1898 Ray, Mary, 1900-1919, dau. of Annie & John Ray, Dortha, 1925-1926, infant of Alvin & Sally RAY Ray, Marlon, 1914-1914, infant of Alvin & Sally RAY Forshee, Ella, 1875-1908 Forshee, Mary, 1907-1909, dau. of Sol & Ella Overton, Nancy P.K., 1880-1905, wife of Zackey Ray, Eaton, 1849-1939 Ray, Mary [Rose], 1866-1927 Ray, Bob K., 1896-1919 Ray, K.L., 1910-1910 Ray, Roosevelt, 1902-1902 Ray, James S., 1931-1932 Ray, Infant son of Fred & Eva, 1933 Phillips, Jewel, 1923-1923 Boyd, Jessie, 1895-1899 Prater, John, no dates, son of Ning Prater, Pricilla Halford, no dates, wife of John Boyd, Jane Ricketts, 1832-1910 Boyd, Infant of Henry & Annie, 1917 Boyd, Zula Mae, 1925-1930 Boyd, Wes, no dates Boyd, Haley [Ricketts], no dates, wife of Wes Boyd, Martha Ann Overton, 1899-1972 Boyd, Henry C., 1892-1979 Anderson, G.M., 1901-1905 Boyd, Johnson, 7 Dec 1890?? How, Lealer, 1901?? - 17 Feb 1904? Prater, Basie, no dates Turnbo, Cook, died 24 Aug 1896, born 189?? Prater, Nore, cannot read dates Prater, Rachel, 13 Dec 1873 - 1900/06?
Enumerated by J. Erving & Ermadine Riley.
LOCATION: On Lane Branch, one-and-a-half miles east of Praters Chapel.
Sanderson, Ruth L. Overton, 1870-1953
Sanderson, Joseph H., 1860-1941
Newborn, R. M., 1874-1916
Newborn, Fannie, 1904-1946
Overton, W. A., 1840-1927
Overton, Susan R., 1837-1888
Overton, Minnie B., 1887-1899, dau. of C.R. & T.
Overton, S. J., 1876-1887
Overton, L. F. J., 1866-1897
Overton, J. T., 1860-1879
Pulley, Naoma, 1912-1912, infant of Susan & Johnnie B.
There are more OVERTONs buried here, also NEWBORNs. There are 10 or 12 fieldstones with no markings. R.M. NEWBORN’s father and mother were buried here, his father was Francis J. NEWBORN, PVT, Co. F, 6th CAV, USA (Civil War).
Enumerated by J. Erving and Ermadine Riley.
LOCATION: On the hill behind the old Heard farm on Roanoak Creek. Mrs. Grace Holt remembers as a child seeing tombstone by the side of the old road. Attempts to locate this cemetery in the past few years have not been fruitful.
According to family those buried in this cemetery might have been: Heard, James born August 1847 in Alabama, died 3 Aug 1909 in Roanoak Creek, Wayne, Tennessee
Heard, Mary Gilchrist born 1855 in Wayne County, Tennessee, USA died About 1894 in Wayne County, Tennessee, USA, the daughter of John and Mary Helton Gilchrist
By Betty Griggs Peacock, great, great grand daughter of James and Mary Gilchrist Heard.
Location: on the hill south of the Culp Cemetery (#242), and on the north side of the road.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Erving Riley reported that there was evidence of a cemetery at this location as indicated on the map, but that there were no stones to indicate the number of graves. Depressions in the area indicate the side of four graves.
Location: on the hill south of the Culp Cemetery (#242), and on the north side of the road.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Erving Riley reported that there was evidence of a cemetery at this location as indicated on the map, but that there were no stones to indicate the number of graves. Depressions in the area indicate the side of four graves.
An old cemetery located on land owned by Floyd Hayes. The cemetery is behind the home of Floyd’s parents on Hayes Branch. There are several graves all with fieldstone markers, no identification.
Information submitted by Mrs. Grace Wright Carver
Location: On the Harrison Rich land, near Piney Grove Chuch there is an old cemetery. Henson family and relatives are supposed to be buried here. No other information available.
Information submitted by Mrs. Grace Wright Carver.
LOCATION: Just a short distance below the Warren Cemetery on the lower end of what is known as the Old Throgmorton place upon a bluff was found some old walled up graves that had been torn into. The stones were in disarray. No names available of the people buried here.
Enumerated by J. Erving and Ermadine Riley