Do you know an approximate location for the Presley cemetery? Denise -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Lee [mailto:ihunt4kin@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 5:51 PM To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TNHENDER] GNIS is of limited help David, Can you please tell me more about this Presley Cemetery that no longer exists? Sandra >From: David Donahue <ddonahue@netease.net> >Reply-To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNHENDER] GNIS is of limited help >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:44:19 -0600 > >For most counties, GNIS will only have 1/3 to 1/5 of all cemeteries. Small >cemeteries like the Dodd cemeteries usually do not appear, though you will >never know without looking. Neither Granny Austin nor Prospect appear. > >GNIS does not show any of the major cemeteries in Middleburg (Smith Chapel, >Crowell, Oak Grove, Judson, each with more than 100 burials), but does show >the Powers Cemetery which has maybe four markers, and Presley Cemetery >which no longer exists. > >Some moderately large Henderson Co. cemeteries not shown are Grandsire >Holmes, Maple Springs, Parker's Crossroads, Pleasant Hill (black), Scotts >Hill Methodist, and Sand Ridge. Pleasant Grove cemetery appears but you >have to know the cemetery's other name. {I only know one person who knows >the other name.) > >The locations also can be wrong. Chumney Cemetery is shown at the location >of Flat Creek Cemetery. > >David > >David > > > >==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to >TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar - includes FREE pop-up blocking! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ ==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com

David I found the site and yes as I thought it is one of yours .Remarkable work you've put on here .Thanks again for anyone else seeking Austins or others check it out at http://www.henderson-lea.hc.k12tn.net/donahue/gene2.htm

David thank you for the url for the Granny Austin Cemetery they are my Austins .I remember seeing something/article on the Austins of Scotts Hill,Tennessee sometime ago .Then I had computer problems had to replace my computer .So I'm still searching for it again I'll find it eventually .For all I know it may well have been one of your url's it was listed with a whole page on different lines if I remember correctly .But was an amazing article of the Austins in that area .Now I keep journals of all my url's like this one on the cemetery so if I lose something I can just go look it up in my journal .You have done a fanastic job with all your hard work and dedication on these cemeteries and other things you do .Thank you for giving so freely of your time to all researchers looking for their family descendeants . Tela

http://www.tngenweb.org/records/henderson/cemeteries/granny.htm

David, Can you please tell me more about this Presley Cemetery that no longer exists? Sandra >From: David Donahue <ddonahue@netease.net> >Reply-To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNHENDER] GNIS is of limited help >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:44:19 -0600 > >For most counties, GNIS will only have 1/3 to 1/5 of all cemeteries. Small >cemeteries like the Dodd cemeteries usually do not appear, though you will >never know without looking. Neither Granny Austin nor Prospect appear. > >GNIS does not show any of the major cemeteries in Middleburg (Smith Chapel, >Crowell, Oak Grove, Judson, each with more than 100 burials), but does show >the Powers Cemetery which has maybe four markers, and Presley Cemetery >which no longer exists. > >Some moderately large Henderson Co. cemeteries not shown are Grandsire >Holmes, Maple Springs, Parker's Crossroads, Pleasant Hill (black), Scotts >Hill Methodist, and Sand Ridge. Pleasant Grove cemetery appears but you >have to know the cemetery's other name. {I only know one person who knows >the other name.) > >The locations also can be wrong. Chumney Cemetery is shown at the location >of Flat Creek Cemetery. > >David > >David > > > >==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to >TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar – includes FREE pop-up blocking! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/

Thanks, David, We all know you are the "cemetery expert"! ;o) So far, I've had good success with it. However, I did notice last year when searching for Union Hill Cemetery that it was not listed, so I did a search for the Union Hill Baptist Church and found it that way. So in some instances, if the cemetery is not listed, you can do a search for the church if it is church cemetery you are looking for. Sandra >From: David Donahue <ddonahue@netease.net> >Reply-To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNHENDER] GNIS is of limited help >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:44:19 -0600 > >For most counties, GNIS will only have 1/3 to 1/5 of all cemeteries. Small >cemeteries like the Dodd cemeteries usually do not appear, though you will >never know without looking. Neither Granny Austin nor Prospect appear. > >GNIS does not show any of the major cemeteries in Middleburg (Smith Chapel, >Crowell, Oak Grove, Judson, each with more than 100 burials), but does show >the Powers Cemetery which has maybe four markers, and Presley Cemetery >which no longer exists. > >Some moderately large Henderson Co. cemeteries not shown are Grandsire >Holmes, Maple Springs, Parker's Crossroads, Pleasant Hill (black), Scotts >Hill Methodist, and Sand Ridge. Pleasant Grove cemetery appears but you >have to know the cemetery's other name. {I only know one person who knows >the other name.) > >The locations also can be wrong. Chumney Cemetery is shown at the location >of Flat Creek Cemetery. > >David > >David > > > >==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to >TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get business advice and resources to improve your work life, from bCentral. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/loudclear.armx

David what url is granny Austin cemetery located at as I'm reearching the Austin lineage ? Thank you , Tela

For most counties, GNIS will only have 1/3 to 1/5 of all cemeteries. Small cemeteries like the Dodd cemeteries usually do not appear, though you will never know without looking. Neither Granny Austin nor Prospect appear. GNIS does not show any of the major cemeteries in Middleburg (Smith Chapel, Crowell, Oak Grove, Judson, each with more than 100 burials), but does show the Powers Cemetery which has maybe four markers, and Presley Cemetery which no longer exists. Some moderately large Henderson Co. cemeteries not shown are Grandsire Holmes, Maple Springs, Parker's Crossroads, Pleasant Hill (black), Scotts Hill Methodist, and Sand Ridge. Pleasant Grove cemetery appears but you have to know the cemetery's other name. {I only know one person who knows the other name.) The locations also can be wrong. Chumney Cemetery is shown at the location of Flat Creek Cemetery. David David

Hi Karen, Whenever I want to find the location of a cemetery (especially a country one), I use the GNIS mapping site. In fact, on one of my trips to neighboring McNairy Co once in my search of a cemetery, I ended up using this site to find it because the locals could not give me directions. I mapped it and drove right to it! The website is: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Let me know if you need help with anything. Sandra PS I love this site because it is also excellent for finding creeks and other natural landmarks. I've used it for finding location of land based on land deed descriptions. >From: Rachelle65@aol.com >Reply-To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNHENDER] Directions to cemetary in Henderson co. Tn >Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:57:48 EST > >Could someone give me directions to Granny Austin Cemetary, Prospect >Cemetary, and to the Dodd cemetary. Any information would be greatly >appreciated. I >plan on being in Sardis in about 6 days or so and I want to take pictures >of >some stones and visit those that I never knew. Thank You. Karen > > >==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to >TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Frustrated with dial-up? Lightning-fast Internet access for as low as $29.95/month. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/

Rachel, for directions to cemeteries, you might try calling one of the funeral directors in Lexington, TN, the one I know about is Pafford. Also, companies that make grave markers, monuments, might be of some assistance. To find telephone numbers, try an Internet yellow pages, I use www.switchboard.com.. Also, in the Henderson Co. TN Courthouse, downstairs in Tax Assessors office, most cemeteries in Henderson Co. TN are shown on large sheets of paper, the sheets are about the size of blueprints that are done for buildings or a bit bigger. These sheets might be called surveyor maps. I don't know the technical term for them but they are huge. Maybe worth a visit if all else fails. My suggestion, take a pair of boots in case the ground is soggy. Linda

Could someone give me directions to Granny Austin Cemetary, Prospect Cemetary, and to the Dodd cemetary. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I plan on being in Sardis in about 6 days or so and I want to take pictures of some stones and visit those that I never knew. Thank You. Karen

Since you will be in Sardis I will write directions beginning there. Drive north on TN 201 toward Scotts Hill. After about two miles you will reach the intersection with Presley Ridge Road. Turn right on Presley Ridge Road and drive about a mile to Prospect Cemetery. Return to TN 201. Turn right or north on 201, continuing toward Scotts Hill. After about 2 miles look for Grice Road on the left. Turn left on Grice Road. In 1995 there was a sign marking the cemetery access drive. The sign was left over from the Austin Reunion in 1964. The Dodd cemeteries will not be easy to find. The one listed on p. 545 of the cemetery book may be on Taylor Town Road, possible in the woods in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Taylortown Road and Poplar Springs School Road. I recorded a single large marker here (I think it was here), back in 2001 but it is one of the cemeteries lost in the server crash. You will have to get a Henderson County map to find the intersection of Poplar Springs School Road and Taylortown Road. There is no way to describe how to get there. The Dodd Cemetery on page 26 of the cemetery book I haven't a clue. It is not in the park. What you can do is go by the Everett Horn Library in Lexington on Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday morning and ask Linda in the Tennessee Room to show you the county road map with cemeteries identified. It might have the Dodd cemeteries identified. David

Sometimes when sorting in Word it only partially works and I have to sort a second time. Sometimes I make typos in the item that the first person who opens the file is going to read. I did both with Oak Grove. I just uploaded a corrected, resorted copy. I have been doing too many cemeteries. I still want to get updates of Barren Springs and Independence done this year. David

Nixons are not buried in Decatur or Henderson counties. Between both counties there are only two occurrances of Nixon as a last name and a single appearance of Nixon as a middle name. At Perryville Cemetery (Decatur Co.): Nixon, Martha Cordelia, June 27, 1850-Nov. 20, 1851 (broken, fallen, out of place) [in 2002 this marker was sitting atop the James M. Pettigrew vault] At Old Jack'S Creek (Henderson Co.) Nixon, Dolores, Mar. 3, 1924-Sept. 28, 1958 David

I am researching the NIXON family of Hickman-Lawrence-Lewis-Maury-Wayne Counties, Tenn., and believe that some may have ventured into Henderson and/or Decatur Counties following the Mexican War around 1848 or so. Specifically, I am looking for information on John P. Nixon. Thanks, Jason Goodrich Lawrenceburg, Tenn. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.614 / Virus Database: 393 - Release Date: 3/5/2004

Yes, thank you, David! I use the search often. Because of the difficulty of identifying Henderson Co, TN, females due to the lack of early marriage records, I often use this search feature as a tool. For example, when I don't know what happened to a particular female, I enter her given name in the cemetery searches for possible clues to who she may have married. So far, this has never really helped me prove anything, but it has given me several leads. Of course, this doesn't work very well if you are searching for a commonly used name such as Mary. Sandra From: David Donahue <ddonahue@netease.net> >Reply-To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNHENDER] Cemetery Search >Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:06:37 -0600 > >Added Search, though it is not a very good one. TNGenWeb updates the search >once a month so cemeteries added in the past month may not show up. > >David > > > > >==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to >TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar – includes FREE pop-up blocking! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/

Thanks so much... it helps tremendously! Lanita www.lanitasloft.com Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!

Added Search, though it is not a very good one. TNGenWeb updates the search once a month so cemeteries added in the past month may not show up. David

Thanks so much for doing this. Is there a way that you can provide a place where a person could do a surname search for all the cemeteries? Lanita www.lanitasloft.com Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!

http://www.tngenweb.org/records/henderson/cemeteries/index.html Newly uploaded: Six year update of Rock Springs Cemetery, separating black and white burials in the listing. Berry Olive Graveyard, Jonathan K. T. Smith's 1956 record of a small cemetery off Flake Cemetery Road not listed in the 1976 cemetery book. JOnathan K. T. Smith's undated record of the Dr. Dudley H. Williams cemetery. This cemetery really has not been available before. There is a botched record on page 118 of the 1976 cemetery book, though the cemetery is not listed in the table of contents.