BROOKS-MELTON CEMETERY,  Old Stage Coach Rd, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Photo Views of the Brookes-Melton Cem:9228/9229/9230/9231/9232/9233/9234/9250/9255/9256/9257/9258/9259/9260/9261/9261W/9262
Labeled view of the tombstones inside the rock wall. 9261W-L

BROOKS, John, Nov 7, 1796 - Oct 27, 1830 9249/9245/9246/9248/9250
BROOKS, Sarah Paine, Feb 13, 1775 - Jul 8, 1835 9252C/9252/9251/9254
MELTON, Elizabeth M. Consort of Henry Melton, Jan 27, 1798 - Jan 20, 1822 9226C/9225/9226/9227
MELTON, Infant Son  of Henry M. & Joannah M. Melton, no dates given 9238C/9238/9239
MELTON, Sarah A. Daughter of Henry & E. M. Melton, Dec 29, 1821 - Jun 17, 1822 9236C/9236/9237
WILSON, Infant daughter of John & Susan Wilson, no dates given. 9242C/9242/9243

This very old cemetery has the uniqueness of mentioning or listing at least three generations of the William B. Brooks family. Sarah Brooks wife of William B. Brooks who is the oldest has a gravestone mentioning her husband Wm. B. Brooks. John Brooks a son is buried here though there is no mention of his wife. His stone was donated by his son J.W. Brooks and by that we know one from the third generation. Elizabeth Melton is likely Elizabeth Brooks Melton daughter of Wm B. & Sarah Paine Brooks. OK enough graveyard genealogy.

Photographed on a wet & rainy day 13 Dec 2016. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found or known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. Listed on page 55 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society about 1988. Added here 19 Apr 2012. This cemetery is listed also on Findagrave.com, but I corrected a minor error or two.