Scott County, Tennessee
Wright Cemetery - Winfield

This page was updated 24 Feb 2008


Located on Angel Valley Farm, Angel Valley Road, Winfield, Scott Co, Tennessee.  Transcribed by Peggy Pennell on 18 Jul 2001.   According to Cemeteries of Scott County, Tennessee, by Robert Bailey, directions to the cemetery are as follows:  From the junction of Highway 27 and Pleasant Grove Road in Winfield, travel on Pleasant Grove Road (which becomes Gum Fork Road) for about 8.9 miles and continue straight about another 1.0 miles to the Cecil-Angel Farm.  Continue past the house about 0.1 mile and bear right.  Continue of the road for about 0.2 miles to the cemetery.  This cemetery is located on the right side of the road .

There are also approximately 160 +/- rock grave markers with no inscriptions.  Peggy would appreciate anyone helping her fill in more names.  She is told by a few people, plus it is documented, that Archibald Angel (1771 –  July 14, 1847) and wife Nancy (1784-1829) are buried there).

Name Birth Date Death Date Headstone Inscription Peggy Pennell Notes
Angel, Albert 21 Sep 1897 3 Oct 1910 son of Thomas & Isabel Angel
We can safely leave our boy, our darling, in thy trust
Died of appendicitis
Angel, Alford 20 Aug 1894 21 Aug 1894 son of Thomas & Isabel Angel
At Rest
Son of Thomas Angel & Isabel King Angel
Angel, Archibald 19 Apr 1841 11 Jul 1901 PVT Co. G 49th KY Inf Has 2 stones, original stone and Military stone. Son of James Angel and Sarah King Angel.  Married Mary King Angel (also buried here).
Angel, Elizabeth 20 Nov 1871 8 Apr 1884 Daughter of William & Nancy Angel
We will meet again
Daughter of William Angel and Nancy Meadors Angel
Angel, Freeman 8 Oct 1890 4 Nov 1895 Son of NR
At rest
son of Nimrod Angel and Lucinda Lay Angel
Angel, Hannah   28 May 1848 age 66  
Angel, Isabel 8 Jan 1869 9 Jun 1943 Children follow me for The Lord is My Shepherd I Shall Not Want Wife of Thomas Angel.
Daughter of William Ozias King, Jr. and Nancy Ann Roberts King.
Angel, James 24 Jul 1875 9 Jul 1876 Son of William & Nancy Angel
Asleep in heaven
Son of William Angel and Nancy Meadors Angel
Angel, Joseph H. 29 Sep 1900 29 Sep 1900 son of C.C. and Ellen Angel
At Rest
son of Calvin Cornelius (the "CC") Angel and Amanda Ellen "Mandy" Taylor Angel
Angel, L. L. 25 Feb 1867 22 Dec 1911 Father Louis Leonard Angel, son of William Angel and Nancy Ann Meadors Angel.
Married Elizabeth "Betty" Chitwood on 17 March 1896
Angel, Mary 25 Feb 1842 10 Jul 1920 My God shall supply all your need daughter of Enos King and Nancy Angel, married Archibald Angel
Angel, Nancy 12 Dec 1835 4 Apr 1909 Wife of William
Gone but not forgotten
Married William Angel 28 Aug 1856.
Daughter of Reuben Meadors & Jane Campbell Meadors
Angel, Nimrod 18 Apr 1845 6 Jul 1882 PVT Co. G 49th KY INF Has 2 stones, original stone and Military stone. Son of James Angel and Sarah Elizabeth King Angel.
Married Salena Abbott 15 Feb 1866
Angel, Sarah 16 Apr 1846 29 Jan 1921 At rest
Wife of D.A. King and James Roberts
Daughter of James Angel and Sarah Elizabeth King Angel (also buried here).  Married D. A. King 24 Nov 1866 and James Washington Roberts on 19 Apr 1883.
Angel, Sarah Elisabeth 15 Sep 18?? 13 Apr 1875   Lev ____ and Sarah Elisabeth Angel are buried next to each other.  Can't read Sarah's birth year and Lev's full first name name - no last name on stone.  Daughter of Thomas King and Mary Cox. Married James Angel in 1831 and then later divorced 13 Dec 1866.  Sarah Elizabeth was born in 1813. 
Angel, Thomas 21 Oct 1859 24 Oct 1924 Son of W.M. and Nancy Angel
Our father is gone. Cold cold death has visited our home. We hope to meet our father that's gone
Married Isabel King December 19, 1886.  Son of William Angel and Nancy Meadors Angel
Angel, William 5 Dec 1836 18 Aug 1917 Our father at rest William M. Angel.  Son of James Angel and Sarah Elizabeth King Angel.  Married Nancy Meadors 28 Aug 1856, daughter of Reuben Meadors and Jane Campbell.
Angel, William R. 5 Dec 1869 7 Jan 1872 son of William & Nancy Angel
At Rest
Middle name Roscoe. Mother is Nancy Meadors Angel
Bolling, Elizabeth 1778 24 Jun 1889   The "N's" are all written backward.  Mother of Viana Lucinda Bowling.  Viana married Dennis Trammel Apr 1873.
Blankenship, Camilla     rock marker Buried in an unmarked grave beside Ewell Blankenship
Blankenship, Ewell 28 Sep 1848 31 Aug 1897   Son of Camilla Blankenship, who never married.  Married to Jane Lovett, daughter of Sarah Ann Blankenship and James Marion Lovett.  Also married Lucinda Long on 16 Dec 1877.
Braden, Christine 1930's 1930's Infant
Rest in Peace
2 of 3 in a row
daughter of George Millard Braden and Flossie Wright Braden
Braden, Eveline 1930's 1930's Infant
Rest in Peace
1 of 3 in a row
daughter of George Millard Braden and Flossie Wright Braden
Braden, Irene 1930's 1930's Infant
Rest in Peace
3 of 3 in a row
daughter of George Millard Braden and Flossie Wright Braden
Chitwood, W. M. 16 Feb 1787 26 Jun 1871   Son of James Chitwood and Martha White Chitwood. Married Rachel ???
Ellis, Ida 20 Apr 1888 9 Jul 1912 Mother
May she rest in peace
Ida Elizabeth Angel.  Daughter of Thomas Angel and Isabel King Angel.  Married to (1) Pete Roberts and (2) George Ellis
[Ellis?], Okla Olen 12 Feb 1934 1 Jul 1934 son of Truman and Roberta Ellis
Budded on earth to bloom in heaven
Infant son of Truman Ellis and Roberta Duncan Ellis, grandson of Ida Ellis
Lev Dec 1868 5 Sep 1873   Lev ____ and Sarah Elisabeth Angel are buried next to each other.  Can't read Sarah's birth year and Lev's full first name name - no last name on stone.  Possibly the son of Archibald Angel and Mary Poly King Angel, name is possibly Lewis, stone is unreadable
Lovett, J. M. 24 Oct 1849 23 Dec 1917 A loved one from us is gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home which can never be filled James Marion Lovett, married (1) Sarah Ann Blankenship 28 Mar 1875 and (2) Rheuminta Jane Trammel in 1896
Lovett, Sarah Ann 21 Jul 1855 13 Sep 1893 Again, we hope to meet thee, when the day of life is fled.  And in Heaven with Joy to greet thee. Where no farewell tears are shed Daughter of Canada Blankenship and Malenda Trammel Blankenship. Married James Marion Lovett 28 Mar 1875
Lovett, Sterling S. 21 Jan 1886 2 Oct 1909 Dearest brother, thou has left us here. Thy loss we deeply feel but tis God that hath bereft us. He can all our sorrows heal Son of James Marion Lovett and Sarah Ann Blankenship Lovett
M R   DC 25 Oct 1858 Age 64  
Nad   DT '28 1929   A very small but carved stone in front of a collapsed vault. Vault is large enough for at least  2 people.  Nad was a nickname
Neal, Martha 10 Jul 1892 25 Dec 1921 Wife of Aaron Neal
Remember friends as you pass by as you are now so once was I am now, you all must prepare for death and follow me
Daughter of Thomas Angel and Isabel King Angel.  Died giving birth to daughter Violet
Trammel, James 1774 11 Jan 1826   Son of Dennis Trammel and Elizabeth Brassfield Trammel.  Married Rachel Holt.
Webb, Andrew AD 1809 4 Jun 1891 Our Father  
Webb, Elizabeth 1 Feb 1856 10 Feb 1906 We will meet again 4th wife of Thomas Angel, married 29 Dec 1894.  Father is possibly Andrew Webb
Wright, Alice 1 Jul 1930 22 Sep 1930   1 of 4 in a row
original rock marker later replaced with with infant stones with lambs on top.  Daughter of Lewis Wright
Wright, Claude 9 Mar 1918 20 Aug 1918   4 of 4 in a row
original rock marker later replaced with with infant stones with lambs on top
Twin brother to Velma Wright, Son of Lewis Wright
Wright, Dennis 25 Dec 1858 29 May 1925 Gone but not forgotten Buried in this order: Dennis, Richard (in the middle), then Lucinda. Each have a footstone with W.   Son of Pharoah Wright and Nancy Blankenship.  Married Lucinda Angel on 16 Jul 1877.
Wright, Dennis 25 Apr 1929 2 Aug 1929   2 of 4 in a row
original rock marker later replaced with with infant stones with lambs on top.  Son of Lewis Wright
Wright, Lucinda 12 Apr 1858 27 Sep 1925 Wife of Dennis C. Wright
Gone but not forgotten
Daughter of William Angel and Nancy Ann Meadors Angel.  Married Dennis C. Wright 16 Jul 1877
Wright, Richard N. 4 Oct 1899 14 Sep 1923 Gone but not forgotten Buried in this order: Dennis, Richard (in the middle), then Lucinda. Each have a footstone with W.  Son of Dennis C. Wright and Lucinda Angel Wright
Wright, Velma 9 Mar 1918 25 Nov 1918   3 of 4 in a row
original rock marker later replaced with with infant stones with lambs on top.  Daughter of Lewis Wright. Twin sister to Claude Wright

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