This cemetery is located in Dyer County, just South of Dyersburg, Tennessee. Take Highway 51 South out of Dyersburg, go 1 mile from the City Limits to Drew Road (Dr. Pepper Plant on left side of road). Turn right on Drew Road and go .2 of a mile to Pierce Road, turn left. There is a field to your left, at the edge of the field in a clump of woods sits the cemetery. During the summer months, crops in the field could hide the cemetery from view. This cemetery is located in District 12.
There is an 1860 Census with R N (Reuben Nelson) and Mary J listed and their children. It gave middle initials for Ophelia A. and Mary E. The B at the end of her name stands for Butterworth as it's on the base of the headstone. Reuben Nelson Butterworth served in the 20th Tennessee Cavalry during the Civil War and found there was a Butterworth School House located in Dyersburg.
View Butterworth Cemetery Photos: photo 1, photo 2
| Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Picture(s) | Remarks |
| Butterworth | Alice Elnora | 21 Oct 1872 | Nov 11 1872 | photo 1, photo 2 | s/s as Lucy Butterworth; d/o R. T. & L. J. Butterworth |
| Butterworth | John T. | 23 Feb 1863 | Apr 10 1863 | photo 1, photo 2 | s/s as Mary J. Butterworth; s/o R. N. & M. J. Butterworth |
| Butterworth | Lucy | 15 May 1883 | Aug 26 1884 | photo 1, photo 2 | s/s as Alice Elnora Butterworth; d/o R. T. & L. J. Butterworth |
| Butterworth | Lucy J. | 17 Nov 1851 | Sep 4 1892 | photo 1, photo 2 |
w/o R. T. Butterworth |
| Butterworth | Mary J. | ----- | Jul 26 1866 | photo 1, photo 2 | s/s as John T. Butterworth; w/o R. N. Butterworth; Aged 38yrs 2mos 16days |
| Butterworth | Ophelia | 1854 | 1918 | headstone | [Funeral home record states b: 15 Apr 1851, d: 30 Aug 1918, d/o Ruben Butterworth] |
| Butterworth | R. N. | Apr 2 1824 | Jan 13 1899 | photo 1, photo 2 | Married Nov 5 1850 to Mary J. Brockman |
| Long | Mary Ella B. | Jan 27 1858 | May 19 1907 | photo 1, photo 2 | |
| Newman | George R. | 1863 | 1934 | headstone | s/s as Wilo V. Newman [Funeral home record states b: 30 Mar 1863, d: 27 Sep 1934, s/o Jessie S. Newman & Bell R. Cole] |
| Newman | Wilo V. | 1878 | 19-- | headstone | s/s as George R. Newman |
| Smith | Fetie Hester | 17 Sep 1880 | August 21 1887 | headstone | s/s as John William Smith |
| Smith | John William | Feb 29 1884 | Oct 15 1884 | headstone | s/s as Fetie Hester Smith |
| Smith | Pennie | Jul 4 1860 | Mar 21 1898 | headstone | w/o Wad L. Smith |
| Smith | Wad L. | 1850 | 1930 | headstone | [Funeral home record states d: 11 Apr 1930] |
| Swearengen | Ida B. | 6 Oct 1858 | Aug 1887 | headstone | w/o James Swearengen |
| Talley | Lucy W. | 6 Jun 1855 | Aug 17 1876 | headstone |
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