J.W. Darnell Grave

LOCATION: Exact location not known. Buried somewhere in the block bounded by 2nd and 3rd Avenue and Tennessee St. and Park St.

According to testimony given by Mrs. Harmon (Hiram) Lakey in Chancery Court case #1086 entitled, “Lonnie Tilley, et. al. vs., The Tenn. Valley Iron and R.R. Company”. Mr. J.W. Darnell, “a Bushwacker” was found dead one morning at the Lakey gate on the old Waynesboro-Florence Road. Because they feared retribution from other bushwackers they buried Mr. Darnell on the south side of the road. His date of death was 1864-5.

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