BLACK (John) CEMETERY, MINOR HILL, GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Mapping the location      Old house - in Black family years ago

Old Spring House & Spring: 5288.  Old Barn believed to be as old as the 1860s: 5289/5290/5292

Wide area view of the old barn & hill where the cemetery is located. Arrow points to the place on the hill in the woods where the cemetery is located: 5292W

Area Views: 5217/5233/5234/5235/5236/5248/5249/5250/5251/5263/5264/5265/5270/5271/5272/5281/5282/5286/5287/5291/
5293/5294/5295/5296/5297/5297-

ALLEN, Thomas J., 25 Apr 1844 - 31 Jul 1852. "Son of T.J. & Ann E. Allen." (Son of T. J. and Ann E. Black Allen) 5252C/5252
APPLETON, Celestia A. A., (21 Mar 1857) - 22 Mar 1858. "Dau. of W.P. & W.A. Appleton.", "Age 1 Yr. 1 Day." (Daughter of William Parr and Winifred A. _ _ _ _ Appleton) 5257C/5257/5258
APPLETON, Isaac W. S., (ca. 1871 ) - 10 Jul 1881. "Son of W. P. & N.A. Appleton.", "Suffer little children to come unto me."  (Age 1 year 10 months & 10 Days.??; Son of William Parr and Nancy A. Smith Appleton.) 5255C/5255/5256
APPLETON, James M., (1855) - 14 Aug 1855. "Son of W.P. & W.A. Appleton.", "Age 6 M's. 15 D's." (Son of William Parr and Winifred A. _ _ _ _ _ Appleton) 5259C/5259
APPLETON, Winifred A., d. 18 Jul 1857. "Aged 23 Yrs. 7m's 20 D's.", "Wife of W.P. Appleton." (Wife of William Parr Appleton.) 5260C/5260
BLACK, Little  Ella, 4 Feb 1880 - 26 Aug 1881. "Daughter of J. F. & L.E. Black" (Daughter of John Franklin and Louisa E. Howard Black) 5225C/5225
BLACK, Erna, 6 Oct 1882 - 10 Aug 1883. "Our Little Erna", "Daughter of A.J. & U.G. Black." (Daughter of Andrew Jackson and Ursula "Sula" Petty Black) 5253C/5253
BLACK, Jerome, 16 Aug 1821 - 4 Oct 1852. (Husband of Elizabeth Ann Fogg; Son of Robert and Tabitha _ _ _ _ _ Black) 5219C/5219/5220
BLACK, Jerome, 18 May 1853 - 1 Dec 1859. "Son of Jerome and Elizabeth Ann (Fogg ) Black." 5221C/5221/5222
BLACK, John, 27 Mar 1819 - 20 Mar 1855. "A 35y. 11 m 23 D." (Husband of Helen Davenport married 4 Jan 1841; Son of Robert and Tabitha _ _ _ _ _ Black) 5224C/5224
BLACK, Mamie, 8 Nov 1877 -  4 Feb 1878. "Daughter of A.J. & U.G. Black"  (Daughter of Andrew Jackson and Ursula "Sula" Petty Black.) 5237C/5237/5239
BLACK, Martha T. (Tennessee), 7 Dec 1853 -  Sep 1860. "Daughter of John and Helen (Davenport) Black." 5223C/5223
BLACK, Prudence, died 18 Aug 1846. "Wife of Robert Black." (Daughter of _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ Beasley?) 5215C/5215
BLACK, Robert, (born died 1 Feb 1849. (Husband of [1]. Tabitha _ _ _ _ _ married 29 Aug 1803, Husband of [2]. Prudence Beasley?; Son of James and Eleanor Voyle Black) 5216C/5216
BLACK, Tabitha _ _ _ _ _, departed this life 7th Aug 1823. (1st w/o Robert Black, married 29 Aug 1803) - No tombstone exist - Records in family Bible.
BLACK, Tommy, 9 Nov 1878 - 1 Mar 1879. "Our Little Tommy.", "Son of A.J. & U G. Black." (Son of Andrew Jackson and Ursula "Sula" Petty Black.) 5254C/5254
DAVENPORT, Mrs. Fannie, d. 7 Jul 1859. "Consort of F.M. Deavenport.",  "In the 23rd year of her age." (Buried with Infant dau. and shares same stone; (Wife of F. M. Davenport; Daughter of _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _) 5261C/5261/5262
DAVENPORT, Balsora, 18 Jul 1858 - 17 Oct 1859 . "Also then infant Daughter Balsora". (Infant of F. M. and Fannie _ _ _ _ _ Davenport) 5261/5262
GARDNER, Harret U., 5 Jun 1817 - __ Oct 1889. "Our Mother." (Wife of James Gardner.) 5274/5275/5276
GARDNER, James, 13 Mar 1811 - 8 Jan 1858. "Our Father"  Footstone: "J. G." (Husband of Harret U. _ _ _ _ _.) 5279C/5279/5284/5273
GARDNER, Maury N., 26 Jul 1854 - 3 Feb 1865. "Our Brother." (Son of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and_ _ _ _ _ Gardner) 5277C/5277/5283/5285/5278 (footstone)
TARPLEY, Helen M., 19 Dec 1824 - 20 Sep 1890. Age 65 Yrs 9 Mo & 1 D. (Wife of [1]. John Black,)  "Wife of [2]. J. C. Tarpley." (Daughter of _ _ _ _ _ and_ _ _ _ _ Davenport) 5226C/5226/5227
TARPLEY, J. C., 21 Nov 1804 - 11 Aug 1895. "Age 90 yrs. 10 d."  Footstone: "J.C.T." (Husband of Helen M. Davenport.) 5228C/5228/5229/5230/5231
YARBROUGH, Every (Everette), 7 Dec 1874 - 18 Sep 1875. "Our Little Every.", "Son of R.H. & E.A. Yarbrough."  (Son of R. H. and Ann Elizabeth Black Yarbrough). 5238C/5238/5239
YARBROUGH, Maggie, 18 Aug 1873 - 31 Oct 1890. "Daut. of R.H. & A.E. Yarbrough." (Daughter of R. H. and Ann Elizabeth Black Yarbrough. Ts. off base and on ground.). 5245C/5245/5246/5247
YARBROUGH, R. H., 31 Dec 1846 - 24 Sep 1890. (Husband of Ann Elizabeth Black; From The Citizen Issue of September 25, 1890: Mr. Rufus Yarbrough, a highly respected citizen of Minor Hill, died of typhoid fever yesterday {Wednesday morning} at 6 o'clock.) 5242C/5242/5243/5244

Unknown soul/souls for graves likely marked by fieldstones:5218/5232/5240/5241/5266/5267/5268/5269/5280
Other Black family research - Descendents of Robert Black

Betty, Slave of John Black departed this life April the 14th 1849 according to the family Bible posted on Lawrence Co Archives web site: <http://home.lorettotel.net/~lcarchives/blackbible.html>

For more members of the Jerome Black family see Beasley-Fogg Cemetery. Others with the surname Black on this site can be found in the following cemeteries: BLACK (Alexander) CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - BLACK (John) CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - CAMPBELLSVILLE CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - LYNNWOOD CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - MT. MORIAH CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - NEW HOPE CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - OLD CITY CEMETERY, Pulaski, TN, Giles Co Tn - PHELPS CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - PROSPECT CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - STELLA CEMETERY, Giles Co Tn - BLACK (Alexander) CEMETERY, Limestone Co Al - BLACK (Isaiah Washington) CEMETERY, Limestone Co Al - NELSON CEMETERY, Limestone Co Al - NEW GARDEN CEMETERY(MainSection), Limestone Co Al - SYLONE CEMETERY, Limestone Co Al - MARS HILL (OLD) CEMETERY, Marshall Co Tn - PISGAH CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - POLK MEMORIAL GARDENS, Maury Co Tn - ROSE HILL CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - ARLINGTON CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - BLACK (JAMES) CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - CONCORD CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - DERRYBERRY-HARDISON (J.) CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - JACKSON (ROBERT) CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - JACKSON CEMETERY (Leftwich), Maury Co Tn - JOHNSON CHAPEL CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn - JONES CEMETERY, Maury Co Tn

Added here 1st on the 31 Jan 2010 by C. Wayne Austin. The original John Black Cemetery transcription provided by unnamed contributors who knew this area & genealogy well. Updated 20 Jul 2010 again based on the photography & a site visit which occurred on 8 Mar 2010. Mary Bob McClain Richardson took those photos and compiled a comparative transcription of the resulting photos on 20 Jun 2010.