Gibson County, Tennessee - CROCKER CEMETERY
( probably once known as Newell Cemetery)

Located:  From Bradford at intersection of Hwy 54 and Hwy 45 E By-pass, turn
south (toward Milan),go 5.2 miles to Reynolds Rd.  Turn left on Reynolds Rd.  Go
.1 mile.  Cemetery is located on a hill to left of road between body shop and
white house.  Cemetery surrounded by chain link fence.

Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Patti Simmons - fawn@iswt.com


NAME                     BIRTH            DEATH            COMMENTS
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SMITH, Elizabeth         Oct. 24, 1861    Jan 8, 1898      wife of W. L., d. at Webb MS
                                                           37 yrs., 4 m. 14 days

GILLILAND, Nancy         Feb. 3, 1840     Dec. 29, 1872    wife of J. W.
GILLILAND, J. W.         Apr. 26, 1830    June 4, 1907

WALDROP, Jemima          Oct. 18, 1876                     Age 85 yrs. - wife of John
                                                           rock broken and put back together,
                                                           DOB missing.
   Flat rock on her grave with following:
            JAMIMA ATTAWAY
         wife of John WALDROP
       born 1791 in North Carolina
    Married May 11, 1821 Todd Co. KY
    died Oct. 18, 1876 Gibson Co. TN
           Lived Gibson Co.
      Moved to Smith Co., TX 1857
          John born NC 1789
      died Tyler TX June 9, 1859
   Buried Waldrop Cemetery Panola Co TX
          Jamima returned to
         Gibson Co in sixties
               Children
   William L.             Martha Ann
   James Calvin           John Wesley
   Married Lucretia Harris
   Wiley A.               Esther Ellen
   Married Julia Ann Pounds
   Elizabeth Ann          Harley Pressley
   Eliza Jane             Morgan Chesley
                 Louisa
     Dedicated by their descendants
                  1975

MILLER, Urby             July 6, 1884     Feb. 8, 1895
Baby                     Mar. 6, 1885                      children of J. F. & M. A. MILLE

MILLER, E. W.            Dec. 8, 1855     Nov. 15, 1878    wife of J. F.

VICK, Simon              Dec. 15, 1880    Jan. 14, 1882    son of J. H. & J. L.

THETFORD, James J.       Sept. 11, 1860   Sept. 15, 1868   son of Joseph R. & H. L.

__________ A.                             Dec. 18, 1871    daugh. of J. R. & H. L.
                                                           (rock repaired, DOB missing and
                                                           name unreadable)

WALDROP, Lola            Feb. 24, 1882    Aug. 3, 1882     daugh. of T. W. & Mollie

WALDROP, Mrs. Julia A.                    July 30, 1896    Aged about 67 yrs.

   Flat rock on her grave with following:
              JULIA ANN POUNDS
                  wife of
              Wiley A. WALDROP
                born 1829 NC
            Married Jan. 8, 1846
               Gibson Co., TN
             died July 30, 1896
                  children
                   John
  James H. married Tennessee Casey Marsh
 Missouri Jane married Daniel Henry Bryant
     Tennessee married Johnathan S. Bryant
            (They were brothers)
Thomas Winfield married Mollie Alice Jackson
          Log house over grave built
          by Thomas Winfield Waldrop
         and her nephew, Luther Pounds
           Dedicated by her kin and
               descendants 1976

   Rock with following:

              Wiley A. WALDROP
         born KY June 5, 1823.  Came
      to Gibson Co. with parents John &
      Jamima Attaway Waldrop.  Married
  Julia Ann Pounds Jan. 8, 1846.  Constable
 of 15th Civil District.  Died Sept. 28, 1855.
       To his memory by Gr-son Gilbert
      Coleman Waldrop, son of Thomas W.
           Waldrop Nov. 14, 1977.


HERNDON, Thomas D.       Dec. 5, 1860     Jan. 24, 1888

HERNDON, R. J.           Sept. 8, 1854    Dec. 28, 1877    son of T. D. & S. L.

LLOYD, James H.          Oct. 27, 1901    July 5, 1903     son of S. W. & S. A.

Rock with initials J. C. L.

Rock with initials J. T. J.

ARNOLD, Malinda          Feb. 29, 1800    July 1, 1884     Aged 84 yrs. 4 mos.

WILLIAMS, Martha L.      Nov. 30, 1834    July 24, 1898    wife of John

JOHNSON, Jamima G.       Oct. 17, 1816    Jun. 6, 1885     wife of J. T.
JOHNSON, Joseph T.       Feb. 23, 1818    July 19, 1889    (on same rock with above)

PRESSON, Z. T.           May 28, 1819     Mar. 11, 1881    husband of R. L.

PRESSON, ___________     July _______     July 30, 1879    (rock unreadable, probably R. L.)

Many unmarked graves and sandstones.  Also 14 plain white crosses placed at graves
throughout the cemetery.

Transcribed by Patti Simmons 5/2/98.  I apologize for any errors as many rocks were
very hard to read.

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