Annette: Found the following in the MARSHALL COUNTY CEMETERY book. This particular cemetery is close to the Bedford - Marshall County line so that's why I found him buried in Marshall County not Bedford County. Hope it helps Cindy Stephenson Robertson Cemetery Records of Marshall County Tennessee by Tim and Helen Marsh and Ralph Whitesell Page 62, Swanson Cemetery Farmington Area Located a short distance south of Chapel Hill, just east of U.S. Highway 31-A. The cemetery was originally used by the Patterson family as a family burial ground. In memory of John Bruce Born June 20, 1805 and departed this life May 24,1 853 Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth, wife of John P. Bruce May 26, 1808 June 28, 1873 Livona, dau of J.P. & Elizabeth Bruce Nov 3, 1849 Nov 1, 1858 In Memory of James Bruce Who was born in the year of 1768 and departed this life March 1, 1822 Sacred to the memory of Lucy C. Bruce Who was born in the year 1769 and departed this life Oct the 9, 1834 In memory of Mary Bruce who was born 29th day of May, 1830 and departed this life on the 13th day of Sept 1832. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Hopkins" <kathopkins@yahoo.com> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 3:46 PM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Re: BRUCE Cemetery Lookup > Hi Annette, > > Unfortunately, there are no listings for BRUCE in the Bedford County > Cemetery book. I did find the following listing: > > Bedford County Tennessee Wills & Vital Records form Newspapers > Compiled by Helen c. & Timothy R. Marsh > Published by Southern Historical Press, 1996 > > page 268 > Old Time Officials Here > ...The First Lawyer to locate here permanently was named Bruce. > Bruce who died in the 26th year of the last century <1826>... > - The Shelbyville Gazette, Apr 8, 1909 > > If anyone else on the list can help, please copy Annette directly as > she is not subscribed to the list. > > Thanks, > Kathryn > > <snip> > I am back to a John Bruce born in Virginia, ( I think) in 1740 or > 1741 and died March 8, 1822 in Bedford County Tennessee. He was > married to a Mary Smith. > <snip> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >