CAMPBELL (Hugh) CEMETERY, Poplar Hill Road, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Photo Overviews of the Hugh Campbell Cemetery: 9376/9377/9378/9379/9380/9381/9375

BORELAND, Joseph Mason Borland, 2 May 1854 - 24 Sep 1868 9361/9362/9363
CAMPBELL, Hugh, 17 Mar 1782 - 14 Feb 1873 9353
CAMPBELL, Mary, 23 Dec 1785 - 22 May 1861 9351/9352
CAMPBELL, James F., 2 Jul 1846 - 7 Sep 1925 9355
CAMPBELL, Sarah Ann, 12 Mar 1846 - 8 Nov 1897 9355/original Stone:9354
CAMPBELL, Thomas J., 19 Jan 1821 - 16 Sep 1890 9349/9350
CAMPBELL, Mary J., 29 Mar 1826 - 16 Jul 1886 9349/9350
ELDER, Thomas, son of A.J. & T. A. Elder, 25 May 1901 - 25 May 1901 9364/9365
GUSTIN, James Gustin, son of James H. & Rebecca A. Curry, 19 Dec 1873 - 16 Nov 1880 9360
POWELL, Infant son of A.J. & F.E. Powell, B & D 12 Jan 1882 9359/9358
WALLACE, Mary E., wife of A. L. Wallace, 30 May 1869 - 11 Jan 1898 9356/footstone M.E.W.:9357

Believed to be buried here with no marker is AL Wallace, husband of Mary E. Wallace.)

Fieldstones set into the ground standing on end facing east & marking graves: 9366/9367/9368/9369/9370/9371/9372/9373/9374

At first I was looking for the Hugh Campbell Cemetery on the north side Elkton-Prospect road. My first guess was to ask a fellow in his driveway. He did not know, but referred me across the road to a house and there the fellow told me to see Fred Elder up Liberty Hill Road. He knows cemeteries. Fred lived in one of those old antebellum houses on the left up Liberty Hill Road about a mile. Sure enough Mr. Elder was home and he knew Robert Liles and where the Hugh Campbell Cemetery was located who owned the cemetery. Fred was having difficulty explaining where the house/cemetery was located so he agreed to accompany me to the cemetery. We backtracked to Elkton-Prospect road, went west then south down Poplar School Road and turned right on Poplar Hill Road. Afer about a 1/2 mile we tuned left into a long driveway and went to an old antebellum home founded by the Campbell's in about 1820. Out from their yard was the cemetery. Mr. Liles came to the door. Both him and Fred were related to the folks in that cemetery. Soon Mr. Liles's wife joined us and as I surveyed the cemetery I was accompanied by a reunion of folks and friends of the community. Mrs. Liles was a direct descendent of the cemetery and they said if you want to know what those folks looked like just glance at her.  Thankfully its more complex than that.

This publication culminated from various sources. First it is based on the photography of C. Wayne Austin 18 Jan 2017. It was also listed on page 69 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society about 1988.