Tennessee Records Repository

Decatur Co. TN

Decatur Co. TN Cemetery Records

These cemetery surveys were compiled by David Donahue from his personal research as well as other sources. These records have been moved to the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database and are no longer being updated. These pages are maintainted in their legacy state in memory and honor of David.

Table of Contents

Black Cemeteries (1995-present)

Clay (Parsons Negro) (2003)
Decaturville (2003)
Jeanette (2003)
Lowery, Jonathan K. T. Smith (1995)
Mt. Carmel (mixed race) (2004)
New Hope (Smith Bottom) (2004)
Parsons (mixed race) (2003)
Perryville (mixed race) (2003)
Pettigrew (2003)
Sardis Ridge (black burial) (2003)
Union (2003)
"White" Cemeteries with Unidentified Black Burials:
Bunches Chapel (slave burials)
Campground (possible black burials)
Hanes (mixed race) (2003)
New Hope (Garrett Community) (possible black burials)
Red Walnut (possible black burials)
Rushing Creek (black burials)
Rushing Grove (unidentified black burials)

(Mostly) White Cemeteries (1990-present)

Adkisson [see Pleasant Hill]
Apostolic (2002)
Averett (1992)
Baker (2003)
Barnett (2004)
Bath Springs Baptist Church (2003)
Battleground (2003)
Bawcum (2003)
Bear Creek (2003)
Bethel (2002)
Bible Hill (2003)
Bowman, Belinda Bowman (1999)
Box (2003)
Brasher (2001)
Brigance (2003)
Butler, Jerry and Linda Butler (2000)
Campground (2003)
Channell (2003)
Bunches Chapel (2002)
Concord (2003)
Corinth (2003)
Crawford (2003)
Crossroads (2003)
Cub Creek Hall (2003)
Davis (1990)
Decatur County Memorial Gardens (2004)
Decaturville City (2003)
Flatwoods (Benton Co.) (2004)
Frank's Chapel (2003)
Gardner (2003)
Gibson (2003)
Gray's Chapel (2004)
Hanes (mixed race) (2003)
Hartley (2003)
Hawkes (2004)
Hendrix (Hill Cem. Road) (2003)
Hendrix (Myracletown Road) (2004)
Hill-Johnson (Smith) (2004), with additional information from William (Bill) Chumney
Holladay (Benton Co.) (2004)
Hopewell (2002)
Houston (Beacon Road) [see Lowry and Young Family]
Houston (McKenzie Road) (2004)
Houston (Rockcrusher Road) (2004)
Iron Hill (2003)
Ivey (2003)
Jeanette (see Salem)
Johnston (1996)
Keeton (2003)
Kelley (2003)
Lafferty (2001)
Liberty (2002)
Lone Chestnut (2003)
Lowry (Destroyed in 2003) (2004)
Lunsford (2003)
Martin Family (2001)
McMurry (2002)
Montgomery Family [see Pleasant Hill]
Mt. Carmel (mixed race) (2004)
Mt. Lebanon (2004)
Mt. Tabor (2003)
Mt. Zion (2002)
Myracle (1991)
New Hope (1990)
Oak Grove (2003)
Old Center (2004)
Parsons (2003)
Peace Chapel (2002)
Perryville (2002)
Pleasant Hill (2002)
Pratt (1991)
Prospect (2002)
Red House (2003)
Red Walnut (2003)
Rosson (2003)
Salem (Jeanette) (2002)
Sardis Ridge (2003)
Scotts Hill Pentecostal (Temple) (2001)
Shannon (TN 69) (2003)
Simmons (1996)
Slater (2003)
Southside (2003)
Spence (2003)
Suttles Chapel (2003)
Still (Horney Head Creek Road) (2002)
Still (McMurry Road) (1997)
Taylor (1996)
Trinity (2002)
Tucker (1996)
Walker (Dodson) (2002)
Wesson's Chapel (Sugar Tree) (2003)
Wilson (or Cox) Cemetery (1998)
Yarbro (Joe Yarbro Road) (2003)
Yellow Springs (2002)
Young Family (1992)

1976-1982 Cemetery Survey

The following cemeteries are transcribed from Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records published by the Nathaniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, which owns the copyright to this material. The format has been altered to match than used for the most recent resurveys above to allow future merger into a new cemetery book. These cemeteries are reproduced here with permission.

Adair
Altom
Arnold (mixed race)
Aunt Mimia
Bailey
Barnett
Lee Bawcum
Bowman-Miller
Brewer
Bluff Chapel (see Morgan)
Brownsport Furnace (mixed race)
Chaney
Cheney
Conder
County Farm
Cox
Crawley
Curry
Dixon
Dixon Chapel (black)
Dodd
Joe Duke
Eason
Billie Fisher
Fisher (Fisher's Landing)
Fisher (Mt. Carmel)
Fisher (Mt. Lebanon)
Gates
Graves
Grindstaff
Gulledge
Haynes
Hardin
Harrington
Haynes
Hays
Hendrix
Hendrix
Henry
Herndon
Hickory Stand (black)
Horn
Jennings
Jennings
Jennings
Johnson
Johnston
Keen (mixed race)
Lain
Laster
Lewis
Lindsey
Long
Luton
Magers
Mayes
Mayo
Mays (off Hwy. 114)
Mays (off Davis Mill Rd.)
McClanahan
McMurry-Wallace-Blackenridge
Minie
Morgan
Murphy
Murphy
Mt. Zion (in the Coalings)
Newsom (Henderson Co)
Old Price
Pace (black)
Patterson
Pearson
Pettigrew (black)
Powers (Henderson Co.)
Quinn
Shannon (black)
Shannon
Slave (black)
Smith (Roby Inman farm)
Smith (Rocky Springs community)
Strawn
Sykes
Thomas (Henderson Co.)
Tims Springs (black?)
Tolley
Unnamed Cemeteries
Walker
Water Tank Hill (Parsons)
White
White's Chapel (black)
Wilkins
Williams (Henderson Co.)
Wood
Wyatt
Yarbro (Decaturville)
Yarbro (Mt. Lebanon)

Henderson County Cemeteries

(which serve Decatur County or were included in the UDC cemetery book)

Cedar Hill (2003)
Doe Creek (2001)
Duke's Chapel (2003)
Flat Creek (2003)
Grandsire Holmes (2001)
Gulledge (2003)
Hendrex (2004)
Myracle (2002)
Mt. Ararat (2003)
Pafford-Scotts Hill (2001)
Prospect (Presley Ridge Rd.) (2001)
Scotts Hill Methodist (2001)
Smith Chapel (1997)