Location: Bundrant Hollow of Indian Creek, adjacent the Bundrant Hollow Road.
McMillan, Elder John, 1766 – 20 July 1836 age 70. His gravestone indicates that he was from North Carolina. There is no mention of him anywhere else. Evidently, he accompanied his children when they migrated to Wayne County between 1830 and 1839.
McMillan, John L., 27 March 1846 – 1865, age 19, son of John and Sarah Lynn
McMillan, brother to Keren Happock McMillan. No record was found to connect to either side during the Civil War.
Melson, Infant, born and died 2 Nov 1866. twin brother of John Franklin Melson.
Lynn, Sarah Wade, 16 Jan 1842 – 25 Aug 1870, age 28, daughter of George and Temerance Kerwin Lynn.
Lynn, George, 14 Feb 1802 – 29 April 1872, age 70, husband of Temperance Kerwin Lynn. Both list their birthplace as North Carolina.
Bundrant, Tamar Cathryn, 9 Oct 1846 – 30 April 1872, age 26, wife of G. W.
Bundrant, daughter of George Lynn.
Bundrant, Juley T., 2 Jan 1872 – 28 March 1872, age 3 months, daughter of G. W. and Cathryn Lynn Bundrant.
Lynn, Temperance Kerwin, 20 March 1803 – 15 August 1875, age 72, wife of George Lynn and believed to be daughter of Andrew Kerwin.
McMullen, Elizabeth, 1836 – 18 Aug 1880, age 44, wife of Jacob McMillan
(McMullen)
Lynn, John C., 6 January 1833 – 30 August 1890, age 57, son of George Lynn, husband of Martha A. Lynn. Records indicate he may have served in Co. F, 6th Tennessee Cavalry, USA, along with John A. Melson.
Lynn, Zou E., 28 Aug 1868 – 15 November 1892, age 24, daughter of John C. and Martha Lynn. Name on census records was Zuella.
Lynn, Martha A., 2 Dec 1847 – 5 Jan 1897, age 50, wife of John C. Lynn.
Lynn, Herschel A., 4 Nov 1874 – 4 Nov 1898, age 24, son of John C. Lynn.
Bundrant, infant, born and died 5 October 1904.
Rutledge, Elizabeth, 25 October 1830 – 12 December 1908, age 78, daughter of George Lynn.
Walker, Frances, 26 May 1834 – 17 May 1909, age 75
Walker, G. W., 18 Feb 1836 – 11 Jan 1933, age 97, husband of Frances. Records indicate he may have served in Co. F, 6th Tennessee Cavalry, USA.
The Lynn Cemetery was more or less a family cemetery. Most, if not all, of those buried there were related to the Lynns. The list above reflects the order of their burial. It seems that the first one buried there, Elder John McMILLAN, was buried nearer the bottom of the slope and later burials were made moving up the rise. At some time during the 1960’s or 1970’s the cemetery was desecrated, the tombstones broken and even the graves were dug into.
In November 1995, a group of prisoners from the Clifton prison helped clear the cemetery and “recover” it from years of neglect. The stones are gradually being restored as best they can be. It should be remembered that the road system that we now enjoy did not always exist. Older generations depended upon creek beds and highland trails to travel on horseback and/or wagons. A study of the area by map shows that Mill Creek is not so far from Bundrant Hollow on Indian Creek. The McMILLANS lived very close to the cemetery if you look at a map of the area. In fact, there was a close proximity between Indian Creek, Mill Creek and Hog Creek. This explains how friendships, marriages and deaths were shared by our ancestors. Many fellowshipped in the same churches.
Enumerated May 1996 by Robert Rains who supplied additional information on each burial.