CHESTNUT GROVE CEMETERY, (S. of Gimlet Rd) - GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
(An African American Cemetery)
Mapping the Location

Some listings with common given name might be duplicates of tombstones with photos.

Chestnut Grove Cemetery signage: 8324
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Area Views: 8354/8355/8376/Proving the GPS with green marker: 8377


BENFORD, Emma, no dates.
BLACK, Thomas Roy, 19 Feb 1955 - 22 Feb 1983. Is this the same as: Roy Black, 1954 - 1981. Queen Ann Funeral Home Marker. 8332
BLACK, Charlie W., 16 Jan 1938 - 13 Mar 2009. Photo - him picking guitar. 8337/8338
BLACK, Solon,  1934 - 1995. Jordan Funeral Home Marker. 8340
BLACK, Lee A., 1929 - 1992. Jordan Funeral Home Marker. 8341
BLACK, Joe Leslie,  1940-1992. Jordan Funeral Home Marker. 8342
BUCHANAN, D.F., 24 Dec 1847 - 12 Oct 1923.Father  8371
BUCHANAN, Sophire, 26 Mar 1848 - no other date. Likely died after D.F. or 1923. Mother. 8371
CARTER, Almedia, no dates.
CARTER, Waymon, 1880 - 1948..  8358
CARTER, Madgie, 1880 - 1966.  8358
CARTER, Mack B.,  16 Sep 1917 - 8 Jan 1988. PFC US Army WW II. 8357
CLACK, Agnes McClain, 5 Oct 1920 - 11 May 1941. 8361
COFFEY, 1885 - 7 Mar 1981, age 96 years.
COVEY, Mary, 1931 - 1998. Funeral Marker. 8339
COVEY, Katherine, 1965 - 1990.  Queen Ann Funeral Home Marker. 8343
EWING, Mattie Mae Black, 17 Aug 1935 - 16 Nov 1984. Queen Ann Funeral Home Marker. 8344
EWING, Charlie, E., 1968 -  1993. Queen Ann Funeral Home Marker. 8331/8335
HOBSON, Cicearo, no dates.
HOBSON, George, no dates.
HOBSON, Hannable H., 1859 - 28 Dec 1919. Has two stones.  8372/8373
HOBSON, Elizia S., 1860 - 1951. Honor thy Father and Mother. 8372
HOBSON, Martha, died 4 Dec 1905, Age about 78 years. 8375
HOBSON, Joe, no dates.
HOBSON, Lou Ella, no dates.
HOBSON, Rena, no dates.
HOBSON, Sallie Will, 1895 - 1956. 8365
HOLT, Katherine, 1933 - 2000, Jordan Funeral Marker. 8327
HOWARD, Annie Pearl, no dates.
HOWARD, Bud, no dates.
HOWARD, Charlie W., 1948 - 1970. 8350hc.
HOWARD, Cindy, no dates.
HOWARD, Clarence, no dates.
HOWARD, Flourney, no dates.
HOWARD, Giles, 1886 - 26 Sep 1970. (Tombstone says birth date 1866. I think that is an error and the book has 1886) 8350 
HOWARD, Joe Sephus., 11 Jun 1913 - 7 Oct 1967.  8351
HOWARD, (John) Wesley, 29 Oct 1886 - 22 Feb 1958. 8353
HOWARD, Eugenia Scott, 18 Mar 1887 - 30 Apr 1983. 8353/8354
HOWARD, John W. Jr. "Bab", 19 Mar 1919 - 10 May 1964. 8352
HOWARD, Peter, 24 Aug 1831 - 24 May 1903. 8366
HOWARD, Ellen, 20 Jul 1840 - no other date. 8366
HOWARD, June F. , no dates.
HOWARD, Mae Jane, no dates.
HOWARD, Nan (or Man), 20 Jun 1889 - 25 Jun 1907. 8368
HOWARD, Otto, no dates.
HOWARD, Ozero, no dates.
HOWARD, Ozro, no dates.
HOWARD, Richard (Dick), no dates.
HOWARD, Sam, no dates.
HOWARD, Ted, no dates.
HOWARD, Waymon, 5 May 1910 - 24 Apr 1978.
HOWARD, Will, no dates.
HOWARD, Willie, no dates.
INMAN, Charles Tom, no dates.
INMAN, Eddie Mae, no dates.
INMAN, Fred, no dates.
INMAN, Georgia Ella, no dates.
INMAN, Woodroe, no dates.
JONES, Jack, 20 Jun 1888 - 15 Jan 1954. 8346
JONES, Emma Tidwell, 27 Nov 1891 - 27 Nov 1980.  8346
JONES, Lela, wife of Jackson Jones, 25 Feb 1895 - 24 Nov 1919. Mother. 8374
JONES, John O., 12 Mar 1926 - 26 Jan 2009. 8347
JONES, Jack, 1939- 1981. Howard Funeral Home Marker. 8345
LINDSAY, Leura Lee Laird, 24 Jan 1910 - 11 Feb 1942. 8362
MALLORY, Rhemus, 1901 - 7 Mar 1981, age 80 years.
MARTIN, Owen, no dates.
MCCLAIN, Agnus, no dates.
MCCLAIN, Anville, 3 Aug 1882 - 23 Feb 1977, age 94 years. 8329
MCCLAIN, Harry, no dates.
MCCLAIN, Virginia, no dates.
MCCLAIN, Willis, 1872 - 1958. Jordan Funeral Home Marker. 8364
PULLEN, Tadley, no dates.
POTTER, Osby, no dates. 1906? - 1950. Funeral Marker not clear given name may be Cosby. 8369
REYNOLDS, Ophelia, no dates.
REYNOLDS Robert, no dates.
REYNOLDS, J., 1838 - 18 Mar 1895. 8370
REYNOLDS, Flonnoy V., 26 Jun 1888 - 25 Jun 1963. 8367
SMITH, Ann, no dates.
SMITH, Bennie, 1 Feb 1889 - 7 Mar 1963.  8328
SMITH, Ethel, died 1968. Funeral Marker no other info present. 8336
SMITH, Floyd, 20 Oct 1887 - 22 Sep 1957 Husband. 8330
SMITH, James Boyd, Jr. , 3 Jul 1900 - 12 Feb 1982.
SMITH, Minnie Upshaw, d. 12 Nov 1973, (wife).
SMITH, Jackson, 20 May 1869 - 16 Nov 1891.  8326
SMITH, Jefferson, no dates.
SMITH, Mary Elizabeth, no dates.
SMITH, Mary Emma, no dates.
SMITH, Mack (Clifford), (20 Nov) 1897 - (2 May 1980). 8360
SMITH, Bessie, 1890 - 1937. 8360
SMITH, Perry, Jr., no dates.
SMITH, Priscilla J., no dates.
SMITH, J.M., 13 Mar 1857 - 3 Sep 1923. 8359
SMITH, Elizabeth Petty, 23 Dec 1859 - 14 Jul 1950 (death date not on the stone). Funeral marker next to stone :"Mrs Betty Smith died 7 - 14 - 1950, Age 90". 8359/8359C
SUTTLES, Clint, no dates.
SUTTLES, Jewel, no dates.
SUTTLES, Lula, no dates.
SUTTLES, Quinton, no dates.
TARPLEY, Mattie L. Smith, (1 Sep) 1904 - (3 Mar) 1980. Queen Ann Funeral Home Marker. 8334
TARPLEY, Oren B., 5 Nov 1893 - 2 Apr 1946. Tennessee, Pvt 1CL, 522 Ser Bn Eng Corps. 8333
TARPLEY, Wesley, died 29 May 1890. 8325
TIDWELL, Laura Kate, 19 Jan 1875 - 13 Aug 1953. 8349
TIDWELL, Samuel, 29 Nov 1868 - 13 Jan 1949. 8348
WILKINSON, Thomas, 1892 - 1925. 8363
WILKINSON, Laura Kate Smith, 25 Mar 1894 - 22 Jul 1981, (sister). 8363
WITT, Sallie, no dates.

Unknown rusty funeral marker: 8356

Visited & photographed 20 Dec 2010 by C. Wayne Austin. Initial typing by Faye Bradford. Added to this site 30 Jul 2012 by C. Wayne Austin. Also published in the book Giles County Cemeteries, Page 78-79 by the Historical Society about 1986. Presented a map on Findagrave.com with no listings thus far.