COX CEMETERY,
(Junction of Charity Rd. & Shields Hollow Rd.), MOORE COUNTY TENNESSEE
Mapping the Location
Area overviews of the cemetery:
0389/0388/2447/2448/2471/2472/2473
Road sign to and distant views of the cemetery:
0390/2446C/2446
COX, J. L., 1830 - 1894.
Father. 2451/2452/2454
COX, Sallie, 1826 - 1906. Mother. 2453/2454
COX, G. W., 1844 - 1928. Uncle. Gone but not forgotten
2449/2450
COX, A. W., 1855 - 1921. Brother. 2455
COX, Dave, 1858 - 1934.
(concrete Marker)
2474
COX, Joseph W., 1861 - 1929. Brother. At Rest
2456
COX, Thomas J., 1868 - 1932. Brother.
(Concrete marker.) 2457
COX, N. L., 4 Oct 1857 - 25 Aug 1933. 2458
RENEGAR, Jacob, Born about 1791 - Died 14 Oct 1881, Aged about 90 years.
2460/2461/2463
RENEGAR, P. C., Born about 1791 - Died 6 Feb 1876, Aged about 85
years. (This stone is broken and on the ground)
2462/2463
Several graves - unmarked*. 2459/2464/2465/2466/2467/2468/2469/2470
* It appears a professional
level survey of this cemetery was done within the last 5 years to determine where all graves
are. Maybe ground radar or other means
was applied to find the unmarked graves. On the north side and scattered
about the graveyard are about 10 wooden stakes that mark graves that
were found as not having tombstone. These stakes will succumb to age in
several years, so these photos will become valuable in determining the
total number & location of the graves in this cemetery. This number is
about 20 including these stakes. Just about every graveyard has unmarked
graves, if you ponder your ancestor as having died in this area study
this and the Census data.
I can say for sure my ancestors with lost graves, Drewy Austin (d. 1831)
& Betsy Gurley Austin (d. aft 1831 but before 1840) lived here in the
headwaters area of the West Fork of Mulberry Creek. However in my case I
have been unable to pinpoint within a 3 miles radius the location of
their land. As you notice none of these marked graves are older than
1876, so before that all the graves here were unmarked, if this cemetery
existed prior to 1876. CWA.
Transcribed by Wayne Austin from Photos taken 14 Feb 2011.
Typing by Faye Bradford. Added here 25 Oct 2011 by Wayne Austin. This cemetery
is also presented in the book Moore County Tennessee Cemeteries by Tim & Helen
(Crawford) Marsh, Page 13, 1976.