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BLACK (John) CEMETERY, MINOR HILL, GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Mapping the location      Old house - in Black family years ago

Old Spring House & Spring: 5288.  Old Barn believed to be as old as the 1860s: 5289/5290/5292

Wide area view of the old barn & hill where the cemetery is located. Arrow points to the place on the hill in the woods where the cemetery is located: 5292W

Area Views: 5217/5233/5234/5235/5236/5248/5249/5250/5251/5263/5264/5265/5270/5271/5272/5281/5282/5286/5287/5291/
5293/5294/5295/5296/5297/5297-

ALLEN, Thomas J., 25 Apr 1844 - 31 Jul 1852. "Son of T.J. & Ann E. Allen." (Son of T. J. and Ann E. Black Allen) 5252C/5252
APPLETON, Celestia A. A., (21 Mar 1857) - 22 Mar 1858. "Dau. of W.P. & W.A. Appleton.", "Age 1 Yr. 1 Day." (Daughter of William Parr and Winifred A. _ _ _ _ Appleton) 5257C/5257/5258
APPLETON, Isaac W. S., (ca. 1871 ) - 10 Jul 1881. "Son of W. P. & N.A. Appleton.", "Suffer little children to come unto me."  (Age 1 year 10 months & 10 Days.??; Son of William Parr and Nancy A. Smith Appleton.) 5255C/5255/5256
APPLETON, James M., (1855) - 14 Aug 1855. "Son of W.P. & W.A. Appleton.", "Age 6 M's. 15 D's." (Son of William Parr and Winifred A. _ _ _ _ _ Appleton) 5259C/5259
APPLETON, Winifred A., d. 18 Jul 1857. "Aged 23 Yrs. 7m's 20 D's.", "Wife of W.P. Appleton." (Wife of William Parr Appleton.) 5260C/5260
BLACK, Little  Ella, 4 Feb 1880 - 26 Aug 1881. "Daughter of J. F. & L.E. Black" (Daughter of John Franklin and Louisa E. Howard Black) 5225C/5225
BLACK, Erna, 6 Oct 1882 - 10 Aug 1883. "Our Little Erna", "Daughter of A.J. & U.G. Black." (Daughter of Andrew Jackson and Ursula "Sula" Petty Black) 5253C/5253
BLACK, Jerome, 16 Aug 1821 - 4 Oct 1852. (Husband of Elizabeth Ann Fogg; Son of Robert and Tabitha _ _ _ _ _ Black) 5219C/5219/5220
BLACK, Jerome, 18 May 1853 - 1 Dec 1859. "Son of Jerome and Elizabeth Ann (Fogg ) Black." 5221C/5221/5222
BLACK, John, 27 Mar 1819 - 20 Mar 1855. "A 35y. 11 m 23 D." (Husband of Helen Davenport; Son of Robert and Tabitha _ _ _ _ _ Black) 5224C/5224
BLACK, Mamie, 8 Nov 1877 -  4 Feb 1878. "Daughter of A.J. & U.G. Black"  (Daughter of Andrew Jackson and Ursula "Sula" Petty Black.) 5237C/5237/5239
BLACK, Martha T., 7 Dec 1853 -  Sep 1860. "Daughter of John and Helen (Davenport) Black." 5223C/5223
BLACK, Prudence, died 18 Aug 1846. "Wife of Robert Black." (Daughter of _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ Beasley?) 5215C/5215
BLACK, Robert, died 1 Feb 1849. (Husband of [1]. Tabitha _ _ _ _ _ Husband of [2]. Prudence Beasley?; Son of James and Eleanor Voyle Black) 5216C/5216
BLACK, Tommy, 9 Nov 1878 - 1 Mar 1879. "Our Little Tommy.", "Son of A.J. & U G. Black." (Son of Andrew Jackson and Ursula "Sula" Petty Black.) 5254C/5254
DAVENPORT, Mrs. Fannie, d. 7 Jul 1859. "Consort of F.M. Deavenport.",  "In the 23rd year of her age." (Buried with Infant dau. and shares same stone; (Wife of F. M. Davenport; Daughter of _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _) 5261C/5261/5262
DAVENPORT, Balsora, 18 Jul 1858 - 17 Oct 1859 . "Also then infant Daughter Balsora". (Infant of F. M. and Fannie _ _ _ _ _ Davenport) 5261/5262
GARDNER, Harret U., 5 Jun 1817 - __ Oct 1889. "Our Mother." (Wife of James Gardner.) 5274/5275/5276
GARDNER, James, 13 Mar 1811 - 8 Jan 1858. "Our Father"  Footstone: "J. G." (Husband of Harret U. _ _ _ _ _.) 5279C/5279/5284/5273
GARDNER, Maury N., 26 Jul 1854 - 3 Feb 1865. "Our Brother." (Son of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and_ _ _ _ _ Gardner) 5277C/5277/5283/5285/5278 (footstone)
TARPLEY, Helen M., 19 Dec 1824 - 20 Sep 1890. Age 65 Yrs 9 Mo & 1 D. (Wife of [1]. John Black,)  "Wife of [2]. J. C. Tarpley." (Daughter of _ _ _ _ _ and_ _ _ _ _ Davenport) 5226C/5226/5227
TARPLEY, J. C., 21 Nov 1804 - 11 Aug 1895. "Age 90 yrs. 10 d."  Footstone: "J.C.T." (Husband of Helen M. Davenport.) 5228C/5228/5229/5230/5231
YARBROUGH, Every (Everette), 7 Dec 1874 - 18 Sep 1875. "Our Little Every.", "Son of R.H. & E.A. Yarbrough."  (Son of R. H. and Ann Elizabeth Black Yarbrough). 5238C/5238/5239
YARBROUGH, Maggie, 18 Aug 1873 - 31 Oct 1890. "Daut. of R.H. & A.E. Yarbrough." (Daughter of R. H. and Ann Elizabeth Black Yarbrough. Ts. off base and on ground.). 5245C/5245/5246/5247
YARBROUGH, R. H., 31 Dec 1846 - 24 Sep 1890. (Husband of Ann Elizabeth Black; From The Citizen Issue of September 25, 1890: Mr. Rufus Yarbrough, a highly respected citizen of Minor Hill, died of typhoid fever yesterday {Wednesday morning} at 6 o'clock.) 5242C/5242/5243/5244

Unknown soul/souls for graves likely marked by fieldstones:5218/5232/5240/5241/5266/5267/5268/5269/5280

For more members of this Jerome Black family see Beasley-Fogg Cemetery.

Added here 1st on the 31 Jan 2010 by Wayne Austin. The original John Black Cemetery transcription provided by unnamed contributors who knew this area & genealogy well. Updated 20 Jul 2010 again based on the photography & a site visit which occurred on 8 Mar 2010. Mary Bob McClain Richardson took those photos and compiled a comparative transcription of the resulting photos on 20 Jun 2010.