HAMILTON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - ndergriff 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: Tim Stowell ==================================================================== Vandergriff Cemetery The Vandergriff Cemetery is located thirteen miles northwest of Chattanooga. Follow highway # 27 to Falling Water Bridge until reaching the Falling Water Baptist Church. The land was given by Mr Joseph Vandergriff, his grave being the oldest with a marker, 1866. There are seventy five unmarked graves, some being very old. Additional information shown in ( Grave #, Comments) - 5/17/97. Vandergriff, Joseph - May 3, 1799 - Jan 17, 1866 - (B249 - May 8, 1799 - Father of Dicie Vandergriff m. F A Jackson) Vandergriff, Nancy A - Wife of Jos. Vandergriff - Mar 12, 1890 - Age 87 yrs - (C110 - b. 1803) Father - Barker, Joel W - Nov 6, 1842 - Apr 5, 1918 - (C109) Mother - Barker, Lucrettia - Apr 10, 1844 - Died 1924 - (C108 - Apr 15, 1844) Preswood, Romes - Died May 13, 1935 - Age 35 yrs Hale, William M - Son of W C and Myra Hale - June 17, 1867 - Jan 12, 1876 - 'Death is the crown of life.' - (C213) Jackson, Hallie - Sept 30, 1908 - May 27, 1909 - (B322 - May 2, 1909) Jackson, Virginia - May 27, 1900 - Mar 8, 1910 - (B323 - Mar 8, 1911) Carden, W F - May 20, 1852 - Nov 9, 1908 - (A129) Barker, Walter F - July 8, 1889 - Apr 28, 1923 - US Army - (A110) Barker, James Lincoln - Apr 30, 1912 - May 13, 1912 Shannon, W C - June 6, 1849 - May 28, 1900 - (C335) Shannon, J A - Died Mar 18, 1890 - Age 84 yrs Phillips, S F - July 18, 1875 - Mar 19, 1896 Selcer, William H - Nov 22, 1842 - Mar 14, 1866 - (Nov ?, ?49 - Stone not at gravesite) Selcer, George W - Oct 5, 1849 - May 31, 1874 - (Stone not at gravesite) Selcer, A - Apr 20, 1812 - Sept 8, 1881 - (C221) Selcer, Willie E - Daughter of A F Selcer - Dec 2, 1892 - Sept 29, 1893 - (C127 - Little Dau. of A F & M J Selcer) Selcer, Arlena E - Aug 16, 1819 - Dec 20, 1891 Neely, Nannie Cleo - July 6, 1886 - Aug 18, 1933 - (D113) Jackson, Frank Woody, G W - Sept 3, 1855 - Feb 11, 1908 - Age 52 yrs 5 mos 8 days (Erected by his mother Lucy E Hixon) Sutton, Buck - Co A - 6th Tenn MTD Inf. - (C135) Barker, John H - Dec 25, 1805 - Dec 1, 1878 - Age 72 yrs 11 mos 16 days - (C239 - Father of Joel Barker) Barker, Nancy Easterly - Wife of John H Barker - Feb 16, 1815 - Aug 11, 1876 - Age 61 yrs 5 mos 25 days - (C240) Additions not listed in 1938 DAR survey: Adams, Carl H - A143 - Feb 29, 1916 - Aug 10, 1916 Adams, Lula J - A242 - Oct 8, 1895 - July 1, 1916 Alloway, Paul Richard - B105 - Aug 28, 1933 - Sept 13, 1935 Barker, Amanda Hicks - A116 - May 4, 1862 - Jan 8, 1939 - Wife of John L Barker Barker, Infant - A110 Barker, John Lincoln - A117 - May 7, 1863 - ? - Son of Joel Barker Childs, Emmaline - D104 - 1876 - 1957 - Wife of John H Childs Childs, John H - D103 - 1874 - 1935 Gipson, Brenda F - B320 - Mar 1, 1946 - Mar 27, 1988 - Minor Gipson, Charlie A - A354 - Dec 23, 1893 - Jan 21, 1952 Gipson, Frank - A308 - 1910 - 1969 Green, Nettie - A420 - ? - Aug 10, ? - Age 69 yrs. Grissom, Irvin E - D209 - July 31, 1867 - Apr 30, 1924 Grissom, Leona S - D208 - May 20, 1873 - Feb 19, 1922 Jackson, Andrew - B126 - Sept 15, 1868 - Dec 28, 1940 Jackson, Ephraim - B230 - Dec 25, 1860 - Dec 17, 1931 Jackson, Flora G - A140 - Mar 1, 1872 - Mar 9, 1947 - Wife of James F Jackson Jackson, J Edgar - A243 - Sept 15, 1892 - Apr 12, 1908 Jackson, James F - A141 - July 27, 1861 - Dec 20, 1930 Jackson, Ray, Jr. - B121 - Aug 6, 1923 - June 11, 1925 Jackson, Thomas Newton - A139 - Dec 15, 1893 - Nov 30, 1932 Jackson, W Hayes - A142 - July 19, 1900 - May 22, 1919 Jackson, William Powell - A138 - Oct 4, 1889 - Oct 24, 1963 Jackson, Winnie E - B127 - June 15, 1868 - Jan 8, 1943 Johnson, Elizabeth - B124 - June 2, 1875 - Oct 25, 1951 - Wife of Franklin Johnson Johnson, Franklin - B123 - May 13, 1876 - Mar 13, 1962 Johnson, Joe - B118 - 1877 - 1939 Johnson, Joise - B117 - 1877 - 1954 Johnson, Purdie - B125 - Aug 25, 1901 - Oct 28, 1910 Miller, Maude J - A137 - Sept 21, 1885 - April 7, 1964 Moody, G W - C244 - Sept 3, 1855 - Feb 11, 1908 Moody, Sarah E - C245 - July 27, 1853 - Sept 27, 1934 Neeley, William J - D114 - Dec 20, 1876 - Dec 13, 1940 Pickett, Jaems E - B103 - Mar 21, 1875 - Mar 20, 1946 Pickett, James E - A342 - Mar 18, 1921 - July 12, 1944 - Tenn Private 329th Infantry WWII Pickett, Maude - B101 - July 30, 1881 - May 2, 1971 Pickett, Minerva J - B108 - April 28, 1899 - Sept 2, 1974 Selcer, Orlena E - C220 - Aug 16, 1819 - Dec 20, 1891 Sullivan, Carol Sue - B128 - Dec 2, 1939 - July 19, 1941 Wilson, N R - A353 - 1924 - 1949