PUTNAM COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES -  Ditty Cemetery
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Ditty Cemetery
Vicki Moore is the transcriber.

Francis Fergus
Wagoner
Jameson's Regt.
PA Troops
Rev War
1841
[On October 12, 1941, a marker was dedicated by the Daughters of American
Revolution to the memory of Francis Fergus as a Revolutionary War soldier.  The
dedicatory service was held in the old Ditty Cemetery, about one-fourth mile
from Ditty, on the left of the road leading from Ditty to Baxter, Tennessee.
This place is not far from the town of Sparta. The program included the Pledge
of Allegiance, "America", the ritual by the Rock House Chapter, D.A.R., and the
unveiling of the marker by Miss Lorraine Mitchell, a descendant of Francis
Fergus.  Also there was a Tribute to Francis Fergus written by Morris Fergus and
read by Miss Opal Allison, a descendant.]


Jincy Ditty          A B Ditty
Born Feb l 1789      Born Jan l 1789
Died Oct 14 1855     Died Dec27 1869
[Jincy FERGUS,       [Jincy's husband,
daughter of          Abraham B. Ditty]
Francis Fergus]

John Ditty
Born Feb 12 1792
Died Aug 10 1861
God Gave. He Took. He will Restoreth.
He doeth all things well.
[brother of Abraham B. Ditty]


Elizabeth Farley    Jesse Farley
Born Jan 2 1813     Born March 15 1787
Died April 15 1880  Died Oct 5 1862
[mother and father of Martha Ferges]

Martha Ferges [surname mis-spelled on tombstone, should be Fergus]
Born March 26 1833
Died Dec 25 1868
Sleep mother, sleep till Judgement Day,
til we meet you there.
[Martha Ann Farley wife of William M. Fergus]


This cemetery is in a little stand of trees on a hill on the farm of a Mr.
Lillard Maxwell at Ditty Corners, TN.
[The cemetery is in disrepair as cattle roam over the gravesites and have broken
many stones.  There will be a Ditty Cemetery Restoration Project beginning in
April, 2000 to repair the tombstones, fence the area, and hopefully establish a
trust for the cemetery to be cared for in perpetuity.  Contact either Vickie
Moore or Cynthia Russell for information.]