NIP AND TUCK CEMETERY

Location: Harmony Hill Community, 2-1/2 miles southwest of Tatum

Number of graves: 30-40

Number of identifiable graves: 5

Number of non-identifiable graves: 10-15

Earliest known grave: 1877

Latest known grave: 1894

Race count: All black

Located on fairly level ground between two streams in moderate
woodland. Only five graves were identifiable, all of which were good
distances apart, indicating a good-sized cemetery. Most of these had
broken markers, making identification difficult.

This cemetery is called "Nip and Tuck" after Harmony Hill's nickname of the mid 
1800's. Harmony Hill, now a ghost town for the most part, was an important trade 
center known as Nip and Tuck in 1850. Bypassed by the railroads, the town declined and 
in 1906 a storm destroyed many buildings. A few old homes and a large, well-kept 
cemetery are all that remain. Harmony Hill Cemetery, which is only about 1/2 mile 
south of this location, is undoubtedly the forerunner of Nip and Tuck Cemetery which 
was probably begun after the Civil War.

Identifiable graves:

Austin, Roline (?)
D 1889 - age 65 yrs

Bates, Laura - wife of Charles Bates
B ?
D Nov 20, 1887

Bradley, guss - son of Allic & Harriet Bradley
B ?
D May 12, 1887

Menefee, Mandy - wife of Isaiah Menefee
D June 17, 1900 - age 40 yrs

Reese, Hanna
D Aug 30, 1889 - age 35 yrs

Non-identifiable graves:

(?) , Sarah
D 1894 - age 75 yrs
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Submitted by: Bonnie Palmer (bpalmer@bihs.net)

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