MCMURRY CEMETERY

            This family cemetery off McMurry Road, overgrown for many years, was cleaned off in late 2001 and its access drive is now marked. It is interesting because it retains much of a nineteenth century appearance, with mated fieldstones marking the head and foot of many graves. There are 17 fieldstone-marked graves and perhaps 4-6 unmarked graves. David Donahue recorded this cemetery February 17, 2002.

            Bobbie Bartholomew and Margarett Alexander recorded this cemetery on April 12, 1976. Their record appears in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records published by the Captain Daniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, pp. 333-334. They noted "21 unmarked graves."

 

Carrington, John J., Nov. 18, 1827-Sept. 11, 1887

Carrington, Lular, Aug. 26, 1886-June 25, 1887, "Dau. of J. J. & M. A. Carrington"

Carrington, Thomas, Jan. 1, 1865-Jan. 14, 1886

Harris, Charlotty L., June 16, 1835-Mar. 12, 1916, "Wife of S. G. Harris" [shares double marker with Frances E. McMurry]

McMurry, Abraham Lincoln, Sept. 24, 1888-Feb. 23, 1910, "Son of Travis & M. C. McMurry" (eroded)

McMurry, C. Eudora, Nov. 23, 1872-____

McMurry, Demetra Ann, Nov. 27, 1867-Mar. 24, 1952 [replacement]

McMurry, Demetria, Nov. 27, 1867-Mar. 24, 1952

McMurry, Frances E., Dec. 18, 1828-Aug. 5, 1910 [shares double marker with Charlotty L. Harris]

McMurry, Gilly E., May 14, 1900-May 20, 1900, "Dau. of Travis & M. C. McMurry"

McMurry, Gilly E., May 4, 1833-Sept. 23, 1900
McMurry, William, Jan. 8, 1827-Mar. 1879, "Aged about 52 Y'rs 2 M's"

McMurry, Gilly, Apr. 17, 1790-Aug. 28, 1870, "Wife of James McMurry" "Our father and mother are gone..."

McMurry, James, June 10, 1794-May 26, 1872, "Husband of Gilly McMurry" "Our father and mother are gone..."

McMurry, John, Mar. 6, 1825-Jan. 31, 1870

McMurry, Josephine, May 2, 1868-Sept. 18, 1870, "Dau. of J. & M. A. McMurry"

McMurry, Mary C., 1867-1912, "Wife of Travis McMurry"

McMurry, R. Marta, June 5, 1863-Oct. 1, 1930 [replacement]

McMurry, S. C., Apr. 22, 1901-Apr. 24, 1901, "Son of Travis & M. C. McMurry"

McMurry, Sophronia, Mar. 3, 1835-Aug. 14, 1897
McMurry, Thomas, Nov. 5, 1830-Oct. 28, 1889

McMurry, W. B., Sept. 21, 1905-June 11, 1906, "Son of Travis & M. C. McMurry"

McMurry, W. C., Nov. 29, 1892-May 25, 1896, "Son of Travis & M. C. McMurry"

 

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