GIBSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - OLD SHILOH BURYING Ground ============================================================================= 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Christi Watkins rn4kids@tyler.net ============================================================================= Submitted By: Christi Watkins from an old transcription of her grandmother's done more than 50 years ago. A LITTLE HISTORY (names listed below) This burying ground is located in one of the first communities of Gibson County called Shiloh. Around 1836, camp meetings were held on this site. The Shiloh church was established and the land was deeded by John Becton in 1836. Early trustees were: Henry Allison, James Sharp and Bill Becton. The first minister is believed to have been Rev. E. S. Campbell. According to the Register of Deeds for Gibson County, the Fruitland Presbyterian Church has the ownership of the Old Shiloh Burying Ground. The oldest marked grave at Old Shiloh is that of C. S. Parker, born May 11, 1821 died September 29, 1843. The last person known to have been buried here is Mrs. A. H. Barker b. June 23, 1875 d. March 10, 1956. Several early Gibson County families are listed as buried here. They are: the Colemans, the Cresaps, the Hayes, the Hazlewoods, the Loves, the Mayfields, the Parkers, the Sloans and the Warrens (and many others). One notable grave at Old Shiloh is that of Nathan Henry Dow, one of Gibson County’s first educators. Mr. Dow taught in one of the first schools, in the vicinity of Humboldt.There are many unmarked graves at this Old Shiloh site. It is known that Johnnie Alvis Shotts was buried there in July of 1930/31. She was a nurse from Memphis who drowned in the Mississippi River on the 4th of July. There have also been reports that there are unmarked graves of several negro slaves, located on the Eastern part of the property. (This history was received by my parents while visiting this site in 1997) CEMETERY LISTING BARKER, Alexander H. 1864- 1948 BARKER, Mrs. A. H. (metal marker) d. Mar 10, 1956 aged 80 yrs. 8m, 17d BARNETT, Theodosia E. b. Jun 3, 1856 d. Feb 13, 1900. BOON, William M. B. Mar 18, 1845 d. Apr 2, 1890 BLAIR, Mrs. M. J. wife of G. W. b. Jan 14, 1838 d. Nov 26, 1867 BLAIR, M. J. inf son b. Nov 7, 1867 d. Jan 26, 1868 (on same stone as Mrs. M. J. ) CAMPBELL, E. S. Jr. b. Oct 12, 1836 d. Jan 14, 1889 CAMPBELL, E. S. Rev. b. Oct 15, 1813 d. Jan 13, 1883 CAMPBELL, C. Ella dau. Of Rev. E. S. and E. J. b. Jul 21, 1859 d. Nov. 11, 1882 CAMPBELL, Margaret K. wife of Rev. E. S. born County Derry, Ireland, d. Jul 4, 1888. CAMPBELL, Lou I. L. Penn, wife of E. S. Campbell b. Oct 21, 1841, d. Apr 28, 1906 CARNE, Mary F. b. Dec 10, 1835 d. Jun 21, 1875 CARNE, Thomas son of J. E. and M. F. b. Aug 28, 1874 d. Dec 7 (?), 1874 CARNE, Inf son of J. E. and M. F. b and d. Nov 1870 CARNE, James Boyd son of J. E. and M. F. b. Jul 7, 1868 d. Mar 26, 1870 CLOUD, J. H. b. Mar 29, 1826 d. Jan 2, 1864(? Civil War Veteran) COLEMAN, A. R. b. Apr 29, 1829 d. Feb 8, 1882 COLEMAN, Sarah E. dau of A. R. and N. M. b. Sep 21, 1867 d. Sep 20, 1876 COLEMAN, N. A. 1831 - 1917 (on double rock with wife Ann) COLEMAN, Ann Eliza 1839 - 1901 COLEMAN, N. A. Jr. 1877 - 1898 COLEMAN, James C. b. Jan 30, 1836 d. Dec 14, 1858 aged 23 yrs. COLEMAN, Robert S. born Cumberland Co. VA (?) stone broken here. b. Jan 17, 1793 d. Dec 29, 1858 CRESAP, Nelson A. 1841 - 1935 (on double rock with Alice Love Cresap) CRESAP, Alice Love 1853 - 1900 CRESAP, Fannie Hess dau of N. A. and Alice M. b. Nov 24, 1877 d. Jun 23, 1879 CRESAP, Alexander H. Sr. b. Jan 12, 1805 d. Sep 2, 1892 (on double rock with Nancy A.) CRESAP, Nancy A. wife of A, H. b. Oct 14, 1800 d. Mar 4, 1854 CRESAP, Nannie H. dau of A. H. and L. J. b. Dec. 24, 1855 d. Sep 25, 1856 CRESAP, Louisa J. wife of A. H. b. Sep 22, 1825 d. Jan 3, 1859 CRANK, E. S. b. Apr 8, 1826 d. ? stone broken age 5 mo. 18d DAY, William W. b. Oct 1, 1803 d. Dec 8, 1858 DAY, Julia wife of Wm M. b. Sep 22, 1807 d. Sep 23, 1864 DESMOND, G. D. d. Nov 28, 1871 aged 2 yrs 1 mon. DESMOND, J. T. d. Nov 24, 1886 aged 10 yrs, 10 mo. (G. D. and J. T. Desmond are one the back Julia Day’s stone listed above)DESMOND, Jerry b. Dec 12, 1832 d. Mar 12, 1900 (on double rock with Sarah Jane) DESMOND, Sarah Jane Day Desmond wife Jerry, b. Sep 1, 1838 d. Feb 26, 1919 DOW, Nathan Henry b. Sep 9, 1813 d. Mar 8, 1854 DUNCAN, Inf son of J. A. and Mattie J. b. Jun 7, 1886 d. Jun 8, 1886 DUNCAN, Charlie Ross b. Nov 9, 1876 d. Oct 6, 1877 FANN, John Lee 1849 - 1910 FANN, Nora Lee 1861 - 1910 GAY, John b. Jun 22, 1798 d. Sep 7, 1886(?) GAY, Maria A. b. Oct 24, 1808 d. Oct 17, 1850 GAY, Nancy M. dau of J. and M. b. Oct 17, 1850 d. Jul 13, 1851 GEORGE, Pairalea dau of W. H and Amanda b. Jul 30, 1851 d. Sep 16, 1865 HAYES, Alice b. Jul 2, 1914 d. Oct 15, 1931 HAYES, Guy son of D. W. and L. L. b. Aug 27, 1912, d. Jan 22, 1913 HAYES, Alvan son of D. W. and L. L. b. Nov 18, 1906 d. Jun 1, 1908 HAYES, G. W. son of A. A. and I. S. b. Sep 21, 1877, d. Sep 15, 1898 HAYES, R. A. b. 1897 d. 1950 (death date should be 1949 according to living wife at the time of this reading) HAYES, Carrie b. 1899 wife of R. A. (alive at this reading) HAYES, Eva Ann dau. Of A. A. and I. S. b. Cannon Co., TN Jun 20, 1881 d. Nov 11, 1897 HAYS, A. A. b. Jun 15, 1884 d. Mar 11, 1911 HAYS, Walter b. Feb 9, 1900 d. Dec 23, 1910 HAYS, Alvan and Alice son and dau of B. M and A. R. b. and d. Jan 12, 1899 HAZLEWOOD, Margaret S. wife of Benj. F. b. Aug 15, 1830 married Jul 17, 1850, d. Jun 18, 1859 HAZLEWOOD, E. B. Sharp wife of B. F. b. Jan 4, 1828 d. Nov 29, 1889 HENRY, Josephine P. dau of J. P. an M. E. d. Sep 19, 1851 aged 4y 10m, 20d HINSON, Jerome Bonaparte son of Dr. J. B. and L. A. d. Jan 30, 1859 aged 8 d HELTON, Nancy L. dau of A. F. and M. A. b. Nov 29, 1905 d. Jul 29, 1906 LANGFORD, John son of J. W. and Alice b. Mar 11, 1896 d. Apr 13, 1896 LOGAN, Catherine dau of J. J. and N. C. b. Apr 18, 1862 d. May 4, 1870 LOVE, Rev Allen Rucker b. Jun 26, 1816 d. Mar 28, 1881 LOVE, Fannie H. b. Feb 1823 d. Jan 17, 1892 LOVE, Lawson J. son of T. B. and F. H. b. Jan 1, 1860 d. Apr 2, 1856 LOVE, Thomas B. 1823 - 1917 LOVE, Nancy A. consort of A. R. LOVE b. Jun (?) 26, 1816 d. Apr 2, 1856 McFARLAND, Addie White wife of J. E. McFarland b. Apr 10, 1852, d. Apr 28, 1915 McGEE, Ben E. b. Sep 20, 1835 d. Jul 13, 1859 McGEE, Margaret wife of H. b. Nov 27, 1809 d. Sep 4, 1854 McGEE, Sarah wife of H. b. Mar 28, 1805 d. Sep 24, 1845 McKNIGHT, Mary J. consort of D. M. McKnight b. Jun 3, 1825 d. Mar 30, 1861 MANGUM, H. C. d. Jul 22, 1887 aged 85 yrs 6 mon. MAYFIELD, Dee 1877 - 1931 MAYFIELD, J. N. b. Mar 12, 1834 d. Feb 4, 1913 MAYFIELD, S. L. b. Sept 5, 1840 d. Nov. 25, 1893 MITCHELL, Mark son of Thos C. and S. M. d. Oct 28, 1845 aged 21yrs 1m 10d. MITCHELL, Mary L. dau of Thom. C. and S. M Aug 10, 1844 aged 19yrs 10m 22d NORMAN, S. C. wife of N. P. 1828 - 1877 PARKER, Vanleer S. wife of (?) F. b. Mar 29, 1834 d. Sep 12, 1877 PARKER, John C. son of M. F. and V. S. b. Oct 13, 1867 d. Jul 24, 1868 PARKER, Virginia A. b. Aug 29, 1857 d. May 25, 1876 PARKER, Mary B. dau of M. F. and V. S. b. Aug 20, 1869 d. Aug 21, 1870 PARKER, E. A. b. Dec. 8, 1818 d. Apr 19, 1863 PARKS, John M. b. Nov 23, 1798 d. Jan 26, 1862 PARKS, Hilcy Tucker wife of John M. b. Jan 8, 1805 d. Feb 2, 1862 PENN, Ella wfie of B. J. b. Jan 25, 1855 d. Aug 2, 1873 PENN, Martha wife of G. D. b. May 12, 1808 d. Oct 6, 1868 PRICE, In memory of inf son and dau of Wm and M. L. Luticia d. May 20, 1851 and James d. Nov 11, 1847 REINEY, In memory of J. S. M. inf son of G. S. and M. Jul 20, 1850 aged 1yr 1mo 25d REINEY, Wilson d. Aug 26, 1863 aged 67yrs 5mo. REINEY, J. W. In memory of (small stone no dates) RUST, Lucy wife of G.B b. Dec 9, 1868 aged 61yrs SANDEFORD, Nathan D. son of B. H. and R. J b. Mar 21, 1857 d. Oct 7, 1858 SANDERS, T. J. d. Mar 16, 1866 aged 50 years 11mo 1d SIMPSON, James W. son of R. W. and E. C. b. Feb 19, 1880 d. Jul 19, 1886 SLOAN, S. A. b. Aug 17, 1834 d. Jan 26, 1898 (on double rock with A. B.) SLOAN, A. B. b. Jun 11, 1831 d. Mar 22, 1888 SLOAN, Harriett, A. b. Aug 15, 1815 d. Mar 25, 1895 (on double rock with James D. ) SLOAN, James D. b. Nov 25, 1804 d. Sep 8, 1882 SLOAN, John B. b. Jan 21, 1805 d. Apr 29, 1868 SLOAN, Margarett J. wife of B. W. b. Oct 3, 1856 d. Aug 27, 1899 SLOAN, Cecil son of B. P. and M. E. b. Oct 11, 1886 d. Dec 28, 1896 SMITH, Mary M. M. wife of J. F. b. Jul 6, 1825 d. Nov 24, 1881 STEEL, John A. b. Jun 23, 1833 d. Oct 20, 1871 STEWART, James b. Jan 14, 1812 d. Sep 8, 1873 TAYLOR, James A. b. Mar 26, 1882 d. Feb 28, 1883 TAYLOR, Mattie M. b. Feb 2, 1879 d. Jun 8, 1882 WARREN, William J. b. Dec 3, 1843 d. Feb 15, 1866 WARREN, Gamilus (or Camilus) E. b. Jul 3, 1847 d. Dec 20, 1862 WARREN, Mary Jane dau of N. C. and Susan b. Jul 4, 1858 d. Apr 27, 1859 WARREN, Mary Elizabeth dau of N. C. and S. G. d. Nov 27, 1855 WEBB, Willie E. inf son of J. P. and M.A. b. Oct 22, 1852 d. Apr 5, 1859 WEBB, A. J. b. Dec 7, 1824 d. Jan 13, 1870 WEDDINGTON, Robert C. b. Nov 27, 1804 d. Feb 13, 1861 WILES, Louisa J. dau of W. A. and M. V. b. Sep 23, 1856 d. Aug 27, 1859