Ratcliffe Cemetery
Location: 10th District; on farm north of old Gideon Ratcliffe place formerly owned by Dr. James Gamble. This cemetery is behind the house lived in now by Joe Martin, Jr., known as the W. C. King Farm. Information by Mrs. Joe Bowman and Mrs. Joe M. Marlin.
Transcriptions
LEDBETTER, Elizabeth G.; Wife of Rev. Rufus Ledbetter; B. Nov. 7, 1804; D. Mar. 20, 1873
LEDBETTER, Rev. Rufus; B. Mar. 6, 1800; D. June 27, 1864; (He was from his youth a member of the Methodist E. Church and for more than forty years a minister of the gospel of Christ)
RATCLIFFE, Francis G.; B. May 20, 1818; D. Sept. 7, 1884.
RATCLIFFE, Gideon B. in James City Co., Va., Nov. 1, 1781; D. Mar. 3, 1854.
RATCLIFFE, James Robert; Son of F. G. and M. P. Ratcliffe; B. Nov. 6, 1849; D. July 31, 1853.
RATCLIFFE, Leah Jamina; 3rd wife of Francis G. Ratcliffe; B. Sept. 7, 1827; Married Dec. 31st, 1873; D. Feb. 6, 1906.
RATCLIFFE, Martha P. Reams; 1st wife of Francis G. Ratcliffe; B. Nov. 3, 1818; M: Aug. 22, 1842; D. Nov. 9, 1861.
RATCLIFFE, Mary C. (Cowles) B.; April 6, 1786; D. — 1861.
RATCLIFFE, Thomas Walter; Son of J. W. and S. F. Ratcliffe; B. —; D. July 1862; Age 15 yrs. 10 mons.; This child was son of J. W. Ratcliffe and Sarah Francis Reams, sister of Martha Reams Ratcliffe.
RATCLIFFE, Wm. Henry; Son of F. G. and Martha P. Ratcliffe; Confederate Soldier “B” Co. Holman’s Ba,; B. Sept 18, 1845; D. Nov. 24, 1889.
SCALES, Mary Ratcliffe; Wife of P. D. Scales; B. March 14, 1852; D. Nov., 18, 1887.
SCALES, Pleasant D.; Confederate Soldier in Co. D 24th Tenn. Regiment; B. Oct.1, 1839; Married Mary Ratcliffe May 24, 1876; D, Sept. 19, 1917; Father of Mrs. Shearer Irvin, Sr.
Submitted by Melissa Ratcliffe Crow, great, great grandfather of Gideon Ratcliffe. He came to Williamson County in 1827 and died there in 1854
From Williamson County, Tennessee’s Directory of BURIALS, Volume I, Williamson County Preservation of Records.