FAYETTE COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Gwynn Cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Clark ==================================================================== GWYNN CEMETERY GWYNN CEMETERY IS LOCATED AT THE END OF THOMPSON DR OFF HWY 76 BETWEEN 1 AND 2 MILES NORTH OF HWY 57 NEAR SPRINGHILL CHURCH. THE OLD SOMERVILLE-MOSCOW ROAD RAN ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE CEMETERIES. THERE IS A BLACK CEMETERY BETWEEN IT AND THE CHURCH. IT IS ON TOP OF THE HILL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BLACK CEMETERY. A BARBED WIRE FENCE SEPERATES THE CEMETERIES. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS. THE LATEST DATE ON A MARKER IS 1926. MANY OF THE MARKERS ARE BROKEN. THREE OF THE MARKERS THAT HAD BEEN FOUND SOME YEARS EARLIER MAY BE COVERED WITH LEAVES. I FOUND FOOT MARKERS WITH INITIALS THAT MATCH TWO MISSING MARKERS AND ONE THAT DID NOT MATCH ANY KNOWN GRAVE, "DAEB". THE ONLY MARKER THAT WAS LISTED BEOFRE THAT I DID NOT FIND IS THAT OF ADA BELLA GWYNN. I FOUND PART OF A MARKER THAT WAS BROKEN OFF THE TOP THAT MUST HAVE BEEN PART OF ONE OF THE MISSING MARKERS. ONE MARKER IS DOWN AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PLACED BY A TREE THAT IS NOW GROWING AROUND THE MARKER. SOME OF THE MARKERS THAT I FOUND HAD NOT BEEN IN THE EARLIER LISTINGS. SOME MARKERS ARE COVERED WITH MOSS AND ARE HARD TO READ. I HAD TO CLEAN THEM TO READ THE DATES. THE CEMETERY APPEARS TO BE PART OF A PASTURE AND THE BONES OF A COW WERE REMOVED. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE CEMETERY IS IN A PASTURE, IT IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. IT IS WOODED AND THE GROUND IS COVERED WITH LEAVES. THE ONLY THING GROWING ON THE GROUND IS HONEY SUCKLE SPROUTS. I WILL REMOVE THEM BEFORE SUMMER IS OVER. THE CEMETERY WAS READ MARCH 25, 2000, AND VERIFIED APRIL 1, 2000. ALLEN, ADDISON NOV 27, 1876-AUG 3, 1877 SON OF R B & SUSAN ALLEN ALLEN, ROBERT BURTON OCT 19, 1824-JULY 7, 1889 ALLEN, SUSAN F DEC 8, 1848-FEB 7, 1879 ALLEN, WM PHILLIP FEB 14, 1875-JAN 5, 1881 SON OF R B & S F ALLEN BOBBITT, GREEN W JAN 8, 1811-MAY 5, 1860 BOBBITT, SARAH A (PLANT) MAY 8, 1828-MAY 25, 1859 2ND WIFE OF GREEN W BOBBITT MARRIED 1845 BREWSTER, LUCY ANN DIED MAY 25, 1845 AGE 9Y 6M 8D DAU OF J D & S H BREWSTER BREWSTER, RICHARD H MAR 3, 1831-MAY 20, 1862 SON OF J D & SARAH H BREWSTER BREWSTER, SARAH H FEB 18, 1814-MAR 28, 1858 WIFE OF J D BREWSTER BREWSTER, WALTER D NOV 28, 1838-FEB 11, 1875 SON OF J D & S H BREWSTER BURNETT, INFANT AUG 9, 1876-SEPT 30, 1876 CHILD OF N D & M A BURNETT BURNETT, MARYANA DEC 11, 1856-AUG 18, 1876 APPARENTLY DUE TO CHILD BIRTH PROBLEMS EAGIN, PERMARLY F DIED JUNE 20, 1861 AGE 10 YRS 10 MO DAU OF JOHN J & PEARLINE EAGIN GWYNN, ADA BELLA FEB 1, 1886-SEPT 12, 1898 GWYNN, H C JULY 2, 1843-JULY 12, 1926 GWYNN HUMPHREY K JUNE 14, 1833-AUG 3, 1860 SON OF SEABORN J & NANCY GWYNN GWYNN, JIMMIE GERTRUDE FEB 19, 1875-JULY 11, 1917 GWYNN, MARTHA DIED MAY 11, 1842 AGE 3 YRS 2 MO 17 DAYS DAU OF SEABORN J & NANCY GWYNN GWYNN, MARY E JULY 29, 1854-1855 DAU OF J & ISABELLA C GWYNN GWYNN, NANCY A E BROKEN- UNREADABLE DAU OF J & ISABELLA C GWYNN GWYNN, NANCY P DEC 16, 1814-OCT 26, 1861 WIFE OF SEABORN J GWYNN GWYNN, SEABORN J JR APR 2, 1837-MAY 18, 1869 GWYNN, STELLA MAE JUNE 28, 1881-SEPT 12, 1882 GWYNN, SUSAN ANN ROBERTS AUG 17, 1845-JAN 30, 1912 WIFE OF H C GWYNN GWYNN, THEODORE Q OCT 22, 1845-FEB 1, 1856 SON OF SEABORN J & NANCY GWYNN JONES, CLAYTON JULY 28, 1839-SEPT 10, 1859 SON OF O F & J A JONES JONES, JULIAN AUGUST APR 5, 1850-SEPT 4, 1851 LIGHTLE, VIRGINIA OCT 5, 1851-AUG 9, 1874 WIFE OF J E LIGHTLE MORRIS, JAMES W NOV 28, 1818-APR 28, 1867 MORRIS, PAULINE H JULY 10, 1818-JAN 7, 1857 WIFE OF JAMES W MORRIS ROBERTS, A L NOV 6, 1818-OCT 1, 1899 ROBERTS, CHARLES R JAN 28, 1843-MAY 18, 1862 CSA (DIED IN THE WAR) ROBERTS, JOHN W NOV 24, 1847-JULY 20, 1926 ROBERTS, R M JUNE 18, 1820-DEC 9, 1892 SIMS, JOHN C DIED JUNE 17, 1842 AGE 17 YRS 10 MO THORTON, GEORGE F NOV 22, 1845-SEPT 27, 1861 THORTON, MARY J FEB 29, 1810-JULY 21, 1848 WIFE OF WILLIAM THORTON WM H THORNTON APR 19, 1802-1864