Lat: 35° 03¢ 12² N, Lon: 87° 41¢ 28² W

Additional Information: Mt. Bethel Methodist Church was established at this location in 1836. The church continued in existence until 1892 when the congregation split. One group joined the Pleasant Point (Whitten’s Crossroads) Methodist Church about 2½ miles to the north while the remainder of the congregation moved south about 2½ miles and founded Pleasant Springs (Railroad) Methodist Church. The old log church building stood for many years and was last used as a barn. A cemetery trust fund for the care of this cemetery was established in 1986. (information from Edgar D. Byler, III)

Contributed by David Leon Montgomery, 16 Feb 2004 [dmont1734@comcast.net].

Total records = 31

To reach the Whitten’s Chapel Cemetery from Collinwood, Tennessee, travel Tennessee Highway 13 south for approximately 11 miles. Turn right (west) onto Wilson Road and travel about .6 miles. There is a Whitten’s Chapel Cemetery sign on the side of the road. Turn right (north) on a narrow dirt road into the woods and go about 75 yards to the cemetery.

It is in a wooded area. The cemetery has at least 47 graves marked only with fieldstone. One grave is marked with a large stack of rocks. It has an inscription on one rock but it is near impossible to read. This cemetery has large trees grown up in it. One stone is leaning due to a tree growing beside it. Mr. C.E. “Jeff” Whitten, who lives near, told me that there was once a church nearby. It was built of logs with no windows, only shutters to open or close over the openings. It decayed away many years ago.

The following information was recorded from head stones and is current. I completed this survey 16 February 2009.

David Leon Montgomery

Burns, Jerry; b. 1820, d. 1894                                                                           Burnes, Carline; b. 1850, d. 1934                                                                      Donnelly, James; no dates, Co. “B” 2 TN Mtd. Inf. USA                                 Fowler, Elizabeth; b. 14 Feb 1854, d. 02 Oct 1895. Wife of Columbus            Fowler, Emeline M.; b. 21 Mar 1887, d. 16 Jul 1887, daughter of C.& E.               Fox, Leander; b. 31 Aug 1873, d. 17 Nov 1899                                         Haddock, Acenah; b. 21 Nov 1796, d. 28 Jan 1862, wife of J.                   Haddock, Acenith Permelia; b. Oct 1839, d. 19 Apr 1889, wife of Ira N. Haddock, Homer H.; b. 04 Jan 1898, d. 31 Jul 1899, son of W.R. & S.A. Haddock, I.N.; b. 11 May 1839, d. 17 Jul 1916                                         Haddock, infant; b. 23 Aug 1900, d. 15 Sep 1900, son of W.R. & S.A.     Haddock, James; b. 02 Feb 1795, d. 13 Jul 1873, married 21 Nov 1816    Haddock, Soville A.; b. 26 Dec 1869, d. 23 Aug 1900                              Haddock, W.G.; b. 29 Oct 1884, d. 23 May 1886, child of W.A. & N.M.     Kelley, Mary C.; b. 08 Aug 1842, d. 12 Jul 1877, wife of S.S.                    Linville, Lodaskey Whitten; b. 16 Jan 1816 [should be1846], d. 07 Nov 1885, wife of G.W.                                                                                                Lovelady, S.L.; b. 02 Dec 1800, d. 06 May 1885                                         Phillips, F. C., died 1852, age 4 years                                                            Phillips, Jane (Welch); b. 1817, d. 24 Jun 1857                                                  Phillips, M.S.P.; d. 1851, aged 2 years                                                           Phillips, Margaret Alice; b. 19 Jul 1860, d. 19 Jun 1862                                 Plyler, E.S.; b. Oct 1813, d. 04 Jan 1894                                                         Plyler, Elizebeth; b. Mar 1819, d. 04 Aug 1885                                                   Stults, C.D.; b. 01 Sep 1871, d. 07 Feb 1915                                                   Stults, Nancy; b. 15 Jun 1885, d. 13 Jun 1929, wife of Oscar                         Stults, Noah; b. 17 Oct 1850, d. 19 Jan 1925                                                       Stults, Rebecca; b. 1840, d. 1929                                                                 Whitten, J. died age 50 years [died before 1840]                                            Whitten, Elisabeth; d. 04 Aug 1853, age 65 years, wife of George             Whitten, George; b. 22 Jan 1787, d. 26 Apr 1856, husband of Elisabeth          Whitten, Jonathan M. Rev.; b. 17 Feb 1819, d. 20 Jan 1882                        Whitten, Mary C.; b. 14 Jul 1862, d. 27 Aug 1883, wife of M.W.               Whitten, Oscar R.; b. 06 Aug 1869, d. 16 May 1873, son of D.H. & N.J.    

Graves listed from an earlier enumeration:

Lovelady, _______(Elizabeth?) wife of S.                                                 Lovelady, b. 9 Dec 1800, d. 6 Mar 1885                                                        Haddock, N. M. , b. 5 Mar 1844, d.7 Aug 1878 (fieldstone, difficult to read) Haddock, W. J., b. 18 Jan 1818, d. 7 Mar 1880                                             Haddock, F., b. 18 Oct 1813, d. 18 Jun 1880                                                     Haddock, C. C., b. 28 Mar 182_, d. 24 Nov 1888                                         Phillips, Luiza M., no dates readable

Also buried here with only fieldstone markers:                                               Stults, Alexander “Sandy” Wesley, b. about 1815, d. 1883                              Stults, Mary “Polly” (Baskin), b. about 1815, d. 1885                                      Stults, George, b. 1783, d. between 1850 and 1860                                                 Stults, Hannah (Forkum), b. 1790, d. between 1860 and 1870.                      Whitten, Charles, b. about 1750-60, d. about 1840-50, Revolutionary War Soldier from South Carolina                                                                                                 Whitten, Mrs. Charles (given name unknown) b. ca. 1760, died between 1850 and 1860.