CHAFFIN CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE-WILEY HOLLOW ROAD


WEATHERFORD, Mastin, 13 Jun 1798 - 11 Jul 1857. (Husband of Nancy Kerbey Weatherford) (Box tomb), Inscription: "Mastin Weatherford was born June the 13th, 1798 and departed this life July the 11th 1857." It is believed the grave without any markings beside Mastin's grave contains Nancy's remains.
Mastin Weatherford was born June 13, 1798 in Virginia, Lunenbury Co., and died June 11, 1857 in Maury County Tennessee, buried here in Chaffin Cem., Southport, Tenn.. He married NANCY KIRBY, daughter of BENNETT KIRBY and MARTHA SCOTT. She was born Abt. 1806 in N.C., and died Aft. 1880 in Tennessee.

Children of MASTIN WEATHERFORD and NANCY KIRBY are:
1. MARY ANN WEATHERFORD, b. Abt. 1832.
2. WILLIAM BRANSON "BILL" WEATHERFORD, b. Abt. 1835; d. August 09, 1864, Killed in Civil War in Mississippi.
3. MARTHA CAROLINE WEATHERFORD, b. January 09, 1838; d. November 29, 1920, buried at Hickman Cem., Lawrence Co., Tenn..
4. JESSE F. WEATHERFORD, b. Abt. 1840; d. March 03, 1863, drowned in Civil War, Whites Bayou, La..
5. JOEL JEFFERSON WEATHERFORD, b. October 03, 1843; d. December 22, 1843, buried at Chaffin Cem., Southport, Tenn..
6. JONAS G. WEATHERFORD, b. Abt. 1845.
7. JAMES EDMOND WEATHERFORD, b. March 30, 1848; d. March 07, 1850, buried at Chaffin Cem., Southport, Tenn..

When I first found this old graveyard and memorial stone back in 1988 there was a large but old & dying rose bush vine standing over the stone on the south side. It was so large and imposing it took significant cutting to eliminate enough of it to get near this tomb for photos. I estimate it could have been there over 100 years or longer as this graveyard was long abandoned and no houses were near. It was the old fashioned hardy variety that the pioneers grew and was quite large with a canopy of about 15 feet in diameter and a height of about 9 feet. I remember my Mom imported one of these from her home place in McCains, Maury County back about 1970 to her home and garden in the Old Brick Presbyterian Church Community, Colbert County, Alabama and planted it. Last time I checked that Rose bush was still there and growing. Wayne Austin Jan 15, 2008.