COMMONS (Joseph) CEMETERY (Boonshill Rd.) LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE
Graveyard with no marked stones

Mapping the Location

Photo Views of Cemetery including unknown stones, some marking graves others from the fallen rock wall:2853/2854/2855/2856/2857/2858/
2859/2860/2861/2862/2863

COMMONS, Joseph, born about 1786 & died 26 Feb 1858, age about 72.(no marked stones found. This cemetery is considered unmarked, but past records tell us the Joseph Commons family at least some of them who lived here at least until the late 1850s are interred here.)

CENSUS of 6 Oct 1850, Sub Div #1, Lincoln County Tn, Family Number 616
COMMONS, Joseph     64 NC abt 1786 Blacksmith, Property Value: $3,560 (fairly well off - today's dollars about $300,000)
COMMONS, Elizabeth  50 NC abt 1800 Keeping house
COMMONS, John       30 TN abt 1820 Farmer
COMMONS, Hiram      28 TN abt 1822 Doctor
COMMONS, Henry      26 TN abt 1824 Farmer
COMMONS, Andrew J.  24 TN abt 1826 Farmer
COMMONS, Francis M. 15 TN abt 1835

No marked graves have ever been reported for this cemetery. Boulders cover graves. Piles of Rocks abound. Supposed to be a stone wall here, but if so it has fallen and no longer recognizable. I did not make photos of every plot I saw in this place but examined it to the extent that I am certain there are no visible marked stones.

Photographed on a sunny day 25 Oct 2014. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found or known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. Listed on page 44 of the book Lincoln County County Cemeteries by Tim & Helen Marsh, abt 1978. Added here 14 Mar 2015.