EAST CYRUSTON CEMETERY, Hwy 273, LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Attempts to make overviews among the brush - no useful information: 4917/4918/4919/4920/4921
A view of the cemetery in the distance from the Highway after turning into the driveway: 4483
Views of nearby historic looking homes on Swan Creek Road: 4485/4486/4487/4488/4494/Cyruston Church of Christ:4496

Believed to be (more recent) African American graves
ASKINS, Frank, Nov 30, 1886 - Mar 20, 1947. 4913/4915
BONNER, Elbert, Jun 5, 1929 (only date) Tennessee, Pvt 154 Depot Brigade (WWI?) 4903/4905C/4905/4906
DYER, Loma, Mar 4, 1915 - Feb 4, 1930. 4897/Dyer family headstone back side: 4894/front side Dyer Family Headstone: 4896
DYER, Oscar, Jul 16, 1913 - Nov 14, 1956. 4899/Dyer family headstone back side: 4894/front side Dyer Family Headstone: 4896
DYER, Robert, Sep 12, 1895 - Oct 9, 1957 or Robert 1887 - 1957. "SLEDGE" Funeral Marker? 4895. Possibly two people?:4900/Dyer family headstone back side: 4894/front side Dyer Family Headstone: 4896
DYER, Annie, Dec 24, 1891 - Aug 17, 1963. 4901/Dyer family headstone back side: 4894/front side Dyer Family Headstone: 4896
HALL, L.L., 1869 - 1926. 4908/4909
HALL, Cora L., 1877 - 19(XX) (Death date left off)4908/4909
HALL, Georgia Knox, daughter of L.L. & Coral Hall, May 30, 1896 - Aug 22, 1898. 4912/4910/4911
LEATHERWOOD, William, Jan 4, 1867 - May 18, 1932. Father. (Concrete Marker)4890/4891/4892
LEATERWOOD, Maggie, Jan 1, 1882 - no death date. Mother  (wife of and shares stone with William. However Maggie may be buried in the nearby Antioch Cemetery under the funeral marker - D. Leatherwood 1882-1957.)4889/4888
OWENS, Addie, 1886 - 1971. (funeral marker)4916
PALMER, Taffy L., 1899 - 1951. 4893
PALMER, Earnest, 1890 - no death date. 4893

Footmarker E.C.B.? May belong to Elbert Bonner: 4907
Unreadable stone b. 1886 - 1935. I could have chalked and read it, but the buzzard smell from the nearby Buzzard Roost was so strong I could not hang around. (Ugh! The hazards of reading cemeteries.) 4885/4886/4887
This may have been the cemetery for (black) Antioch Church in earlier times, but a new cemetery has been opened there today and is well cared for.

Old White graves - possibly here from earlier times:
MILLIKEN, John Milliken, (I), 1751 - Dec. 26, 1814, East Cyruston, Lincoln Co.,Tn.
MILLIKEN, Isabella Doak, 1766 , Greensville County, Va. - Jan 26, 1803, Lincoln Co., Tn. d/o Samuel Doak II and Jane America Mitchell. I'm not certain of actual year of birth. (Terry Magyar, 2015)

Also could be interred here is the family of John Milliken (II)b. 1791 who is also missing according to Terry Magyar.

Commentary page by Terry Magyar & Wayne Austin
 

This presentation is based on the photography of C. Wayne Austin 6 May 2015.  No historical presentation was followed or compared to above except the Millikens' on findgrave.com