Vandergriff Cemeterey


The Vandergriff Cemetery is located thirteen miles northwest of Chattanooga. Follow highway # 27 to Falling Water Bridge until reaching the Falling Water Baptist Church. The land was given by Mr Joseph Vandergriff, his grave being the oldest with a marker, 1866. There are seventy five unmarked graves, some being very old.

Additional information shown in ( Grave #, Comments) - 5/17/97.


Vandergriff, Joseph - May 3, 1799 - Jan 17, 1866 - (B249 - May 8, 1799 - Father of Dicie Vandergriff m. F A Jackson)
Vandergriff, Nancy A - Wife of Jos. Vandergriff - Mar 12, 1890 - Age 87 yrs - (C110 - b. 1803)
Father - Barker, Joel W - Nov 6, 1842 - Apr 5, 1918 - (C109)
Mother - Barker, Lucrettia - Apr 10, 1844 - Died 1924 - (C108 - Apr 15, 1844)
Preswood, Romes - Died May 13, 1935 - Age 35 yrs
Hale, William M - Son of W C and Myra Hale - June 17, 1867 - Jan 12, 1876 - 'Death is the crown of life.' - (C213)
Jackson, Hallie - Sept 30, 1908 - May 27, 1909 - (B322 - May 2, 1909)
Jackson, Virginia - May 27, 1900 - Mar 8, 1910 - (B323 - Mar 8, 1911)
Carden, W F - May 20, 1852 - Nov 9, 1908 - (A129)
Barker, Walter F - July 8, 1889 - Apr 28, 1923 - US Army - (A110)
Barker, James Lincoln - Apr 30, 1912 - May 13, 1912
Shannon, W C - June 6, 1849 - May 28, 1900 - (C335)
Shannon, J A - Died Mar 18, 1890 - Age 84 yrs
Phillips, S F - July 18, 1875 - Mar 19, 1896
Selcer, William H - Nov 22, 1842 - Mar 14, 1866 - (Nov ?, ?49 - Stone not at gravesite)
Selcer, George W - Oct 5, 1849 - May 31, 1874 - (Stone not at gravesite)
Selcer, A - Apr 20, 1812 - Sept 8, 1881 - (C221)
Selcer, Willie E - Daughter of A F Selcer - Dec 2, 1892 - Sept 29, 1893 - (C127 - Little Dau. of A F & M J Selcer)
Selcer, Arlena E - Aug 16, 1819 - Dec 20, 1891
Neely, Nannie Cleo - July 6, 1886 - Aug 18, 1933 - (D113)
Jackson, Frank
Woody, G W - Sept 3, 1855 - Feb 11, 1908 - Age 52 yrs 5 mos 8 days (Erected by his mother Lucy E Hixon)
Sutton, Buck - Co A - 6th Tenn MTD Inf. - (C135)
Barker, John H - Dec 25, 1805 - Dec 1, 1878 - Age 72 yrs 11 mos 16 days - (C239 - Father of Joel Barker)
Barker, Nancy Easterly - Wife of John H Barker - Feb 16, 1815 - Aug 11, 1876 - Age 61 yrs 5 mos 25 days - (C240)
Additions not listed in 1938 DAR survey:

Adams, Carl H - A143 - Feb 29, 1916 - Aug 10, 1916
Adams, Lula J - A242 - Oct 8, 1895 - July 1, 1916
Alloway, Paul Richard - B105 - Aug 28, 1933 - Sept 13, 1935

Barker, Amanda Hicks - A116 - May 4, 1862 - Jan 8, 1939 - Wife of John L Barker
Barker, Infant - A110
Barker, John Lincoln - A117 - May 7, 1863 - ? - Son of Joel Barker

Childs, Emmaline - D104 - 1876 - 1957 - Wife of John H Childs
Childs, John H - D103 - 1874 - 1935

Gipson, Brenda F - B320 - Mar 1, 1946 - Mar 27, 1988 - Minor
Gipson, Charlie A - A354 - Dec 23, 1893 - Jan 21, 1952
Gipson, Frank - A308 - 1910 - 1969
Green, Nettie - A420 - ? - Aug 10, ? - Age 69 yrs.
Grissom, Irvin E - D209 - July 31, 1867 - Apr 30, 1924
Grissom, Leona S - D208 - May 20, 1873 - Feb 19, 1922

Jackson, Andrew - B126 - Sept 15, 1868 - Dec 28, 1940
Jackson, Ephraim - B230 - Dec 25, 1860 - Dec 17, 1931
Jackson, Flora G - A140 - Mar 1, 1872 - Mar 9, 1947 - Wife of James F Jackson
Jackson, J Edgar - A243 - Sept 15, 1892 - Apr 12, 1908
Jackson, James F - A141 - July 27, 1861 - Dec 20, 1930
Jackson, Ray, Jr. - B121 - Aug 6, 1923 - June 11, 1925
Jackson, Thomas Newton - A139 - Dec 15, 1893 - Nov 30, 1932
Jackson, W Hayes - A142 - July 19, 1900 - May 22, 1919
Jackson, William Powell - A138 - Oct 4, 1889 - Oct 24, 1963
Jackson, Winnie E - B127 - June 15, 1868 - Jan 8, 1943
Johnson, Elizabeth - B124 - June 2, 1875 - Oct 25, 1951 - Wife of Franklin Johnson
Johnson, Franklin - B123 - May 13, 1876 - Mar 13, 1962
Johnson, Joe - B118 - 1877 - 1939
Johnson, Joise - B117 - 1877 - 1954
Johnson, Purdie - B125 - Aug 25, 1901 - Oct 28, 1910

Miller, Maude J - A137 - Sept 21, 1885 - April 7, 1964
Moody, G W - C244 - Sept 3, 1855 - Feb 11, 1908
Moody, Sarah E - C245 - July 27, 1853 - Sept 27, 1934

Neeley, William J - D114 - Dec 20, 1876 - Dec 13, 1940

Pickett, Jaems E - B103 - Mar 21, 1875 - Mar 20, 1946
Pickett, James E - A342 - Mar 18, 1921 - July 12, 1944 - Tenn Private 329th Infantry WWII
Pickett, Maude - B101 - July 30, 1881 - May 2, 1971
Pickett, Minerva J - B108 - April 28, 1899 - Sept 2, 1974

Selcer, Orlena E - C220 - Aug 16, 1819 - Dec 20, 1891
Sullivan, Carol Sue - B128 - Dec 2, 1939 - July 19, 1941

Wilson, N R - A353 - 1924 - 1949


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