The Derryberry family has published a book with a lot of the information coming from Guy Derryberry. The person that did most of the work on the book is Bob Derryberry from Garland, Texas. Ruby

After reviewing replies to my earlier post for a cemetery lookup, I am now more confused. I know my ancestors (Gordon) died in Warren Co. in the mid-1800s, but they are not listed in any of the four Volume cemetery books. Is it possible the cemetery books didn't cover all Warren Co. cemeteries or graves? What does this mean if you can't find ancestors' graves? Did they climb out of their graves and walk away? Pardon my ignorance, but is it possible that their headstones may have worn away or that graves in Warren Co. were possibly bulldozed? Outside of buying a plane ticket to come and look for myself, does anybody have any advice on where else one can check for lost graves? Thanks, Tei A. Gordon

Sorry I can't help you, but I wanted to let you know you are not alone! I am having the same problem in Putnam Co. I know Ett/Ethan Martin died about 1900, most his family are in Cookeville City Cemetery, but he is not to be found anywhere! I have called the cemetery, and I was told by them that if he didn't have a stone, they would have no record of him. I really hope this is not true. If so, how do they know where not to dig graves now. I would hate for them to accidently dig up my gg-grandfather one day. Good Luck, kk ----- Original Message ----- From: "TAG" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:47 AM Subject: [TNWARREN] lost graves help > After reviewing replies to my earlier post for a cemetery lookup, I am now > more confused. I know my ancestors (Gordon) died in Warren Co. in the > mid-1800s, but they are not listed in any of the four Volume cemetery books. > Is it possible the cemetery books didn't cover all Warren Co. cemeteries or > graves? > > What does this mean if you can't find ancestors' graves? Did they climb out > of their graves and walk away? > > Pardon my ignorance, but is it possible that their headstones may have worn > away or that graves in Warren Co. were possibly bulldozed? > > Outside of buying a plane ticket to come and look for myself, does anybody > have any advice on where else one can check for lost graves? > > Thanks, Tei A. Gordon > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >

Tei In 1850 most people, that lived away from the Cities, were buried in the back yard. Most of the graves had a small slate rock to mark where grave was. Those deteriorated with time. When the farm changed owners the markers could be removed. In the 1920s we lived about a mile down a lane from the road. There was a cemetery to the back of our house the had 10 to 15 slate markers. In the 1980s I was copying cemeteries and went to this place and there no markers. The cemetery was just part the field of corn. One person told me of one that when she was small,about 1910, that had at least 30 graves or more in it. When I got there all that was left of it was a spot about 20ft by 20ft that had large trees in it. No markers. This was not in Warren County. I found many more like that. Most people that copies these cemeteries make a great effort to find these cemeteries and who might be buried there. Tennessee did not require Death Certificate until 1905. About 1913 they made a change i! n the forms that contained more information. You can't realized how isolated people were in 1850. They did what they could do at that time. Some, if they could afford it, did better than a marker in the back yard. The cemetery where my parents are buried was started when a church was built there about 1890. Many unmarked graves are there. If your family moved on west there is little hope in finding your ancestor. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: TAG To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:47 AM Subject: [TNWARREN] lost graves help After reviewing replies to my earlier post for a cemetery lookup, I am now more confused. I know my ancestors (Gordon) died in Warren Co. in the mid-1800s, but they are not listed in any of the four Volume cemetery books. Is it possible the cemetery books didn't cover all Warren Co. cemeteries or graves? What does this mean if you can't find ancestors' graves? Did they climb out of their graves and walk away? Pardon my ignorance, but is it possible that their headstones may have worn away or that graves in Warren Co. were possibly bulldozed? Outside of buying a plane ticket to come and look for myself, does anybody have any advice on where else one can check for lost graves? Thanks, Tei A. Gordon ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. No commercial activities are allowed on this list. Please see full list rules here: http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm ============================== 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