Location: On both sides of the hollow, south of Hoyt Johnson’s house on the Indian Creek Road. This church and cemetery were in existence between 1820 and 1910. According to Luther Lay and others, this was a large cemetery. Providence Church was one of the “mother churches” of the Indian Creek Baptist Association, founded in the 1830’s. About 1910, the church moved from this location to Memorial Church. It is not known what happened to the tombstones and markers in the cemetery. Only a few field stones now remain. Like many abandoned cemeteries in Wayne County, the stones were probably removed by the land owner for the purpose of cultivation of the land. The land here has been under cultivation since about 1920.

From available information, the following kust of burials is provided. It is possible that some of these may be buried in other cemeteries, but this is the best reconstruction available at this time.

Information submitted by Mr. and Mrs. Alf Scott.

Dickerson, David, ca. 1770 - after 1840.
Dickerson, Nancy (Oaks), ca. 1770-80 - after 1840.
Dickerson, Isom, 1810 - 1840-50.
Dickerson, Phebe (Parsons), died between 1870-1880.
Stanfield, Rev. William, 1778 - 1860 (Baptist minister).
Stanfield, Mary, 1779 - bef. 1860 (wife of William).
Moser, Daniel, 1798 - ca. 1870.
Moser, Elizabeth, 1794 - ca. 1880.
Chaney, Infant or small child, last person to be buried here, died about 1905.
Tackett, David, 1790 - Nov 1857.
Tackett, _____ (Reed), 1790 - 1844/6, wife of David.
Tackett, Sarah, 1808 - 1867.
Tackett, Wiley Blount, 1808 - 1846.
Banks, Mary Elizabeth Dickerson Tackett, 1806 - ca. 1875.
Grimes, Louise Catherine (Tackett), 1846 - 1873, dau. of Wiley B. and Elizabeth 
		Dickerson Tackett.
Gadberry, Delilah (Tackett), 1810 - 1843/7.
Tackett, Catherine (Copeland), 1822 - 1865.
Tackett, Warren A., 1846 - 1864, 8th Inf. USA, son of Phillip and Catherine Tackett.
Tackett, David, Jr., 1824 - 1845, son of David.
Tackett, David Thomas, no dates, son of John Q. and Mary S. Brewer Tackett.
Tackett, William Henry, 1846 - 1872/4, son of John Q. and Mary S. Brewer Tackett.
Tackett, John J., 1852 - bef. 1880, son of John Q. and Mary S. Brewer Tackett.
Tackett, James Harvey, 1859, died bef. 1880, brother of John J.
Tackett, Joseph Warren, 1828 - 2 Apr 1865, 2nd Tenn. Mtd. Inf. USA.
Tackett, Nancy Ann, 30 Dec 1861 - 21 Aug 1864, dau. of Joseph W. and Louiza Copeland Tackett.
Banks, Sarah Jane Tackett, no dates, dau. of David and Sarah, wife of James Banks.
Banks, Frances Catherine Tackett, sister to Sarah J. and 2nd wife of James Banks.
Tackett, infant daughter of David, died ca. 1835.
Tackett, infant daughter of David, died ca. 1835.
Tackett, infant daughter of David, died ca. 1835.
Tackett, infants died 1860-4, two children of Wiley B. and Jane Cypert Tackett.
Smith, Sarah Lee.
Smith, ______, husband of Nancy, died bef. 1828.
Akins, John
Lay, William, Rev. War Soldier.

Considering the size of this cemetery, there are many more graves than names listed here. It is impossible to determine who the ohter gaves are without additional help from church records, etc.