TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES IN MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, compiled by Jonathan K. T. Smith

COPYRIGHT, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1995

Special thanks go to Jonathan K. T. Smith for his work to preserve and share this information about black cemeteries in Madison County and for giving permission to convert this work to web pages.

LESTER CHAPEL ROAD CEMETERY

            Located about 31/2 miles east of present Jackson, Tennessee city limits via Harts Bridge Road. The cemetery is situated on the east side of Lester Chapel Road about .5 mile north of the juncture of this road and Harts Bridge Road. Several unmarked graves in this small cemetery.

 

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VIRGINIA CROOM, Jan. 7, 1950-Feb. 27, 1956

Double tombstone: LUVENIA E.HAMPTON. Died 1962\JOHN HAMPTON. Died 1953

LETTIE LONG. Aug. 29, 1899-Jan. 20, 1957

RUBY WILSON, Nov.10, 1910-Apr. 13, 1970

 

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