LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT ABSTRACTS 1855-1862;
OTHER SELECTIVE PUBLIC RECORDS
OF MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, 1995

TOMBSTONES OF PEOPLE WHO MADE WILLS 1855-1862

 

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IN MEMORY OF
SAMUEL LANCASTER
SON OF
JOHN & DRUSILLA LANCASTER
OF CUMBERLAND CO.VA.
BORN
APRIL 13, 1799
DIED
MARCH 24, 1859
RIVERSIDE CEM.

ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
JOHN McELWEE
DIED
DEC. 29, 1858
AGED
70 YEARS
ARARAT CEM.

 

Double tombstone:
JAMES BLYTHE
BORN
FEB . 21, 1802
DIED
July 12, 1856
Aged 54 YRS.
40 MO. & 21 DS
(Shares tombstone with wife, LIEURENIA L. BLYTHE. 1813-1869)
DENMARK PRESBYTERIAN CEM.

THOMAS BUCHANAN
BORN
IN VA.FEB.18, 1792
DIED
IN MADISON CO.,TENN.
SEP.6, 1855
THIS IS THE LAST TOUCHING MEMORIAL
WHICH IS LEFT TO ENDURE WHEN ALL FRIENDS HAVE FORGOTTEN A ONCE FOND, DEVOTED FATHER AND HUSBAND.
J. White, Memphis
OLD EBENEZER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEM.

A terribly broken tombstone of Sarah H.Buchanan, wife of Thomas Buchanan, records that she was born Nov. 22, 1786 and died Feb. 24, 1860.

DAVID REID, JR.
BORN
MAR . 12, 1808
DIED
AUG.28, 1858
L. H.& J. B. Fuller
St .Louis
DENMARK PRESBYTERIAN CEM.

JOHN CURLIN
BORN
JULY 6, 1785
DIED
JULY 2, 1858
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD,WHICH DIE
IN THE LORD, FROM HENCEFORTH
YEA SAITH THE SPIRIT, THAT THEY
REST FROM THEIR LABOURS,AND
THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.
OLD EBENEZER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEM.

 

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ALEXANDER GREER
BORN IN
MECLENBURG CO.N.C.
MAR . 21, 1788
DIED
SEPT. 9,1858
AGED
70 YRS 5 MO.& 18 DAYS
OLD SALEM CEMETERY

ELIEL ELSTON
BORN
DEC. 5, 1805
DIED
AUG.18, 1860
SHADY GROVE CEM.

 

JOHN EXUM
BORN
JULY 4TH 1784
DIED
JUNE 26, 1858
HOLLYWOOD CEM.

TO THE MEMORY OF
J. R.GRAVES
BORN IN
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, S.C.
SEPT. 3, 1791
DIED
MAY 22, 1859
Pledge, Moore Co.
Grand Junction, Tenn.
COBB CEMETERY

 

IN MEMORY OF
STEPHEN SYPERT
BORN IN
______CO., N.C.
JUNE 13,1793
DIED
JAN. 22, 1862
AGED
68 ys 7 ms 9 ds
RIVERSIDE CEM.

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARTIN KEY
BORN
OCT. 16th 1780
DIED
DEC. l7th 1851
KEY CEMETERY

 

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SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FREDERICK REPLOGLE
BORN
AUG .15, 1782
DIED
SEPT.16, 1857
OLD BETHLEHEM CEMETERY

ALLEN L.PATTERSON
BORN
MAR. 8, 1792
(portion in ground)
DIED
SEPT. 29, 1857
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

 

JAMES D.
McCLELLAN
BORN
OCT. 16, 1808
DIED
FEB. 18, 1852
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
ANDREW GUTHRIE
WHO DIED
FEB. 25, 1856
IN THE
44th YEAR OF HIS AGE
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

 

J. McDONALD MORRILL
BORN
APR. 21, 1827
DIED
SEPT. 30, 1862
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

ISABELLA C.
WIFE OF
J. D. McCLELLAN, ESQ.
DIED
OCT 23, 1857
"MEET AGAIN"
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

 

NANCY,
THIRD WIFE OF
ADAM HUNTSMAN
BORN
A.D. 1789
DIED
DEC. 4, 1858
AGED 69 YEARS
OLD SALEM CEMETERY

 

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FRANCIS MERIWETHER
BORN
NOV. 7, 1794
DIED
MAR. 31, 1857
JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH HE SAID, WETHER WE LIVE WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD AND WITHER WE DIE WE DIE UNTO THE LORD; WITHER WE LIVE THEREFORE OR DIE WE ARE THE LORDS."
J. White, Memphis
DENMARK METHODIST CEMETERY

JOSIAH H. DYSON
BORN IN
YORK DISTRICT, S.C.
DEC. 7, 1821
DIED
MAY 13, 1855
AGED
33 YRS.5 MOS.6 DAYS

On south side:
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF A BROTHER BY HIS SISTERS MELINDA M.ANTHONY & MARY E. INGRAM
DENMARK PRESBYTERIAN CEM.

 

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