DURHAM-SANDERS CEMETERY, WARREN CO., TN ************************************************** http://usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/tenn.html http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************** Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives by: Erick Montgomery (Erickdm@aol.com) | Last updated: 8/26/2000 Contributor Notes: Located on a hill overlooking the Dry Branch of Mountain Creek, on the west side of Bluff Springs Road, about a mile north of its' intersection with Highland Road, and about 5 miles north of McMinnville. I visited this family cemetery in about 1972, and again in about 1975. It was initially shown to me by Peyton Greene, who married Pauline Sanders, a sister of my grandmother, Nadine Sanders Simpson. Later, I went back with Alva Sanders, a son of my grandmother's half-brother, Will Sanders. James and Juliann (Durham) Sanders, who are buried here were grandparents to my grandmother, Nadine. James and Elizabeth Durham were the parents of Juliann (Durham) Sanders. The land surrounding the cemetery was originally the farm of James Durham, who left it to his daughter, Juliann at his death. Although the cemetery was uncared for when I visited in the 1970s, I have been told that it was in the path of a tornado probably in the early 1980s, and subsequent clean up unfortunately destroyed the cemetery. I have not gone back to inspect it myself, and I do not know if there are any tombstones left. I found the following fourteen graves marked when I copied the stones in the 1970s: Albert Furm Jun 21, 1880 Apr 12, 1882 Son of Wm. & Manerva Sanders Flora Etter Jun 14, 1864 Mar 1, 1866 Daughter of Wm. & Manerva Sanders James Sanders Dec 25, 1814 May 17, 1887 Unknown Sunken grave next to James, probably that of Juliann Durham Sanders wife of James Sanders, born 8/12/820, died 8/20/1894 according to Alva Sanders who visited the graves before John M. F____ Sep __ 1861 Feb 15, 1862 Partly broken stone | This was probably a Fuston child son of James & Louisa Sanders Fuston James Durham Jan 4, 1774 Mar. 27, 1855 Elizabeth Jul 27, 1851 wife of James Durham Rosanna A. Haynes Dec 24, 1844 Nov 8, 1881 Unknown ___ JMRA___, ___IPH WAS___, ___N SEP ___ | Stone badly deteriorated, these letters were on three lines of inscription Ervin F. Sanders Sep 2, 1847 Sep 28, 1847 Samantha Sanders Sep 28, 1848 Sep 12, 1851 Nancy Feb 11, 1863 Wife of Samuel Fuston | Age 69 years. Mary Sullivan Mar 7, 1837 Mar 11, 1849 Shares with G.M. G. M. Sullivan May 8, 1820 Aug 8, 1893 Shares with Mary