CHAFFIN (Coleman) CEMETERY, SOUTHPORT TN, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE

Directions: From Southport, go west toward Scott's Mill for 1 and 1/2 miles. Enter the farm lane on right and go 1/2 mile to the farm house at end of the lane. The graveyard is in grove nearby, 1988 instructions & Locator Map

CHAFFIN, Coleman, 1 Mar 1783 - 10 Oct 1844. 61-07-09, (believed to be the father of Caledonia Chaffin), son of Thomas & Elizabeth (____) Chaffin.
CHAFFIN, Susanna (Weatherford), 5 Nov 1788 - 8 Jul 1844. 55-08-03. (believed to be the mother of Caledonia Chaffin)

Coleman had at least two other brothers known as Rowland & Moses. Both of these gentleman were early inhabitants and founders of Columbia Tennessee. Moses Chaffin was a Flat Boat owner and operator who died in a storm on the Mississippi River while traveling to New Orleans Louisiana.   

Commentary in 1988 by Fred Hawkins:
These were once large box tombs but the tops are now flat on the ground and almost hidden in the dirt. A couple of large trees mark the spot of these graves. In fact, one of them has enclosed a good part of one of the slabs.

Source information:
They Passed This Way, Page A-178, 1965, Marise P. Lightfoot, Evelyn B. Shackleford. 
Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries by Fred Hawkins, Page 618, Surveyed March 3, 1988
Compilation, Photos, and visits during 2005 and 2006 by Wayne Austin in attempting to 
find this old ancestral grave yard.