FLOURNOY CEMETERY, Locust Hill, Beechwood Farm Rd., GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
Mapping the Location
Overview photos of the Flournoy Cem:
8438/8439/8440/8441/8442/8443/8444/8445/8446/8447/8448/8449
Distant views of the cemetery:
8416/8450
CANNON, Sarah M., 182_,
sister of Martha Cannon Flournoy, d/o William and Sarah Mosby Cannon.
(Unmarked grave)
FLOURNOY, Eliza, 28 Jan 1829 - 09 Oct 1829, d/o Alfred and Martha
Moore Flournoy, Age 8 mos. 11 days 8422C/8422/8423
SACRED to the Memory of ELIZA FLOURNOY
Infant daughter of Alfred & Martha Flournoy who departed this life
October 9th 1829 aged 8 Months & 11 Days
FLOURNOY, Infant, 08 Aug 1829 - 10 Aug 1829, 2 days, s/o William and
Martha Camp Flournoy 8435C/8435/8434/8436
(See inscription for John Henry Flournoy)
FLOURNOY, John Henry, 04 Sep 1832 - 05 Dec 1833, s/o William and
Martha Camp Flournoy 8435C/8435/8434/8436
SACRED to the memory of JOHN HENRY FLOURNOY,
son of William C (or F) & Martha C. Flournoy, born 4th of Sept, 1832
& died 5th Decr 1833 and their Infant son who died 10 August 1829,
Aged 2 days. So fades the lovely blooming flower. . . . .of the
fleeting hour. . . and pleasures only bloom to die.
FLOURNOY, Martha [Moore], 25 Dec 1803 - 13 Sep 1834, w/o Alfred Flournoy, d/o Somerset Moore "She was a Baptist"
8425/8426/8427
SACRED To The Memory of MARTHA M. wife of
Alfred Flournoy. She was born Decr 25, 1803 & Departed this life the
13th of Sept 1834. She was a dutiful and affectionate Wife and
Mother, A kind and faithful friend, a member of the Baptist Church
and died in the belief of a happy immortality. Why do we mourn
for dying friends, or shake at death's alarms. Tis but the voice
that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
FLOURNOY, Silas, 04 Jun 1774 - 18 May 1822, h/o Martha Cannon Flournoy,
s/o Samuel Flournoy 8417C/8417/8418/Silas Flournoy tomb crushed (by a
hackberry tree)
8424
SACRED to the Memory of SILAS FLOURNOY who
was born the 24th of June 1774 and died the 18th of May 1822
FLOURNOY, William C., 05 Apr 1800 - 23 Sep 1838, h/o Martha Ann Ward
Camp Flournoy, s/o Silas and Martha Cannon Flournoy, Broken stone**
HARRIS, Alfred Moore, 01 Oct 1789 - 21 Feb 1828, h/o Eliza Flournoy
Harris, s/o Tyree H. and Susannah Swift Harris, Fieldstone marked grave.
Family History/8438L
HARRIS, Eliza [Flournoy], 18 Nov 1794 - 16 Apr
1829, w/o Judge Alfred Moore Harris s/o Silas and Martha Cannon Flournoy,
Fieldstone marked grave
Family History/8438L
RHEA, Margaret Y. Flournoy, 30 Sep 1812 - 25 Jun 1833, w/o Joseph C.
Rhea, d/o Silas and Martha Cannon Flournoy
8431/8432/8433
SACRED to the Memory of MARGARET Y.
(Consort of JOSEPH C. RHEA), Born 30th of September 1812 Died 25
June 1833.
TROTTER, Martha C. Flournoy, 16 Jan 1802 - 25 May 1822, w/o Joseph
Trotter, d/o Silas and Martha Cannon Flournoy
8428/8429/8430/8433
SACRED to the Memory of MARTHA C. TROTTER,
wife of Joseph Trotter, who departed this life May 25, 1822,
Aged 20 years, 4 months & 9 days. Still lives the memory of
the departed worth The tear is holy that bedews the soil. . . . .
.
TROTTER, William Alexander, 25 Mar 1822 - 19 Aug 1822, s/o Joseph and
Martha Cannon Trotter (4 mos. 25 days) (stone not found)
Unknown tombstone but likely one of the missing
ones above. It is an adult tomb with an fallen extension and the top
turned upside down:
8419/8420/8421
Scrap of a box tomb has "FLOUR(NOY)" and "00".
This is probably the remains of the William C. Flournoy monument because we
can make out Flournoy and perhaps the scrap of a year birth date
18(00)** 8437
Though the cemetery is in bad shape most of this was caused by a visiting vandal (an idiot thinking he was going to find treasure) in years past, but sometime after the black & white photo on Findagrave (1950s?) and also damage by invasive and falling trees rooting up the tombs and sending large trunks and limbs smashing down in storms. Most of these stones could be set back up with the right equipment, interest and time. Obviously there are two more inscriptions available to be read by turning the stones with the inscriptions face up. I think one of those is for William C. Flournoy (large stand up) & perhaps the other one was for William Alexander Trotter. Box tomb on the right?
Listings in green italics reflect my effort to duplicate the inscription of the listing above.
Photographed on a fair Monday 6 Jun 2016 about 1 PM. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found against historical records known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. First it was compiled by Jean earlier with exceptions to the historical records. Listed on page 134 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society about 1985. Added here 12 Jun 2016.