BRENTS CEMETERY, Twitty Rd., MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location            Chestnut Ridge Cousins Convention 2-4 Nov 2017

Other photos of the cemetery:0709/0711/0712/0713

BRENTS, Jane Margurett �Jenny� McWhorter, 6 Jan 1786 � 12 Jan 1842 0707C/0707/0708
Jane Brents was born Jan 6th AD 1786 and departed this life Jan 12th AD 1842
BRENTS, Thomas, Sr., 3 Sep 1773 � 12 Jul 1841 0705/0706C/0706
Thomas Brents was born Sept. 3rd A.D. 1773 and departed this life July the 12th A.D. 1841
NORMAN, Mary Emmaline, 12 Sep 1854 � 2 May 1885 0703/0704C/0704
MARY EMMALINE NORMAN Born Sept. 12, 1854 Died May 2, 1885.In life beloved, in death lamented.
 
A Fieldstone marking a grave. According to Marsh Book there were 10+ of these: 0710

The two known Brents graves were covered by large stones that may have been a stack rock tomb at one time which has now fallen.

Photographed on Friday 3 Nov 2017 in the company of the Chestnut Ridge Cousins, group ancestral tour.  Bobby Prosser & Dennis Brooks & Wayne Austin all weathered the brush to visit here. Many others were present in support 67 yards to the west on Twitty Road. Interred here are Thomas & Jane Brents the parents of Dr T.W. Brents a prominent Christian Church minister in his time. This publication culminated from various sources. Listed on page 234 of the book Marshall County County Cemeteries by Tim & Helen Marsh, abt 1978. Added here 8 Nov 2017. Also found on Findagrave.com mostly by Sherrie Sorrells Finchum who has visited here a couple of times and was also present that day. You will find family links there.