HOUSTON CEMETERY, (I-65, Exit 32, Globe Rd) - MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Two Revolutionary War Soldiers, Daniel Bills & Christopher Houston are buried here, including Archibald McConnell who was in the battle of New Orleans 1815. This is one of the oldest graveyards in Marshall County Tennessee.

Area Views: 7357/7358/7359/7360/7362/7377/7378/7397/7398/7399/7400/7436/7437/7438/7439/7464/7465/7466/7467/7468/7469/7470/7471/7472/7493/7494/7500/7501

BEASLEY, A. C., 1 May 1846 - 5 Dec 1899, Our Father. 7473/7476
BEASLEY, Mary E., 14 Dec 1847 - 2 Sep 1893, wife of A. C. Beasley.  7474/7475/7476
BEASLEY, A. C., 8 May 1893 - 20 Aug 1893, son of A. C. & M. E.. Beasley. 7477/7478
BEASLEY, Oscar, 22 Jan 1877 - 30 Dec 1890, son of A. C. & Mary E. Beasley.  7481C/7481/7482/7484/7483
BILLS, Daniel (Gersham), He was born 28 Sep 1740 A.D. - Died 18 Mar 1829 A.D. , Sgt.,  Connecticut Troops, Revolutionary War. (son of Gersham and Sarah Gardner Bills, born in Shrewsbury Monmouth County, New Jersey. 7379/7380/7380C/7382/footstone:7383
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BILLS, Deborah (Denman), She was born 28 Dec 1745 A.D. - Died 26 Jun 1819 A. D., "They lived in union 56 years.", Wife of Daniel Bills Rev War Soldier; daughter of Phillip Denman & Rachel Mitchell, born in Shrewsbury Monmouth County New Jersey,  He that feareth God & worketh righteousness is accepted with Him. 7380C/7380/7381/footstone:7383
BILLS, Jane (Wilkes), Born 28 Mar 1794 & departed this life 13 Jul 1825 A.D., wife of Jonathan D. Bills, Married 9 Apr 1812. In Memory of. She was civil and Counted . . . . . Careful & Industrious in all her habits, In life beloved and respected, In death regreted and lamented. 7387C/7387/Footstone: 7388
CUMMINGS, Elenor, 10 Apr 1772 - 14 Dec 1831. (name spelled as "Comings" on stone)  7445C/7445/7444/7446
DAVIS, Robert Loyd, 6 Dec 1891 - 29 Dec 1894, son of J. M. & B. J. Davis.  7495/7496
DAVIS, Infant Son of J. L. & Bessie Davis, 10 Jul 1917. (only date listed.) Gone too soon. 7497
ELLIOTT, Dawson B., 11 Sep 1820 - 16 Aug 1883.  7452
ELLIOTT, Sanford W., 21 Jan 1858 - 28 May 1888. 7463/7464
HOLLEY,  Martha E.,  14 Aug 1860 - 9 Oct 1862. daughter of William & S. M. Holley. 7355C/7355/7356
HOUSTON, Christopher, 18 Feb 1744 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 17 May 1837, Capt Christopher Houston, North Carolina Rangers, Revolutionary War. (son of Robert & Martha Houston) Now the God of peace be with you all Amen 7417/7414/7415/7416
HOUSTON, Sarah Mitchell, 1742 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 18 May 1821, wife of Christopher Houston, married 23 Apr 1767, daughter of John Mitchell & Cynthia Lillias Morton. 7414/7415/7416
HOUSTON, B. F., (Benjamin Franklin), 7 Oct 1805 - 16 Feb 1862, (born in Boubon County Kentucky, husband of Eunice Bell "Niccie" Ussery, married 19 Aug 1834.) 7449C/7449/7451
HOUSTON, (Eunice Bell), "Niccie B.", 14 Feb 1813 - 10 Nov 1878, wife of B. F. Houston, married 19 Aug 1834, daughter of Peter Ussery & Lively Liveret. 7450C/7450/7451
HOUSTON, Alfred M (Marshall)., 21 Aug 1833 - -- Sep 1861, (son of Benjamin Franklin and Eunice Bell Ussery Houston.) 7395/7396
HOUSTON, Infant Son of P. D. & M. A. Houston, Buried 16 Dec 1869. 7485C/7485
HOUSTON, James, 1775 - 1840,  born Iredell County, North Carolina.  7412/7413
HOUSTON, Patience Bills, 2 Jul 1780 in Sirra County, North Carolina - 1859, wife of James Houston, married 12 Sep 1797, (daughter of Daniel Gersham and Deborah [Denman] Bills.) 7412
JACKSON, I. P., Born 20 Jun 1801 Surry Co., N. Carolina - Died 22 Mar 1881.  7503C/7503/7502
JACKSON, M. A., Born 22 Mar 1807 in South Carolina, Pendleton Co. - Died 6 Oct 1895.  7505C/7505/7504/7502
JACKSON, James, 3 Apr 1767 - 3 Sep 1851, Age 84 years. 7440C/7440/7443
JACKSON, Rachel (Bills), 27 Jan 1778 in Surry County, North Carolina - (no date, died 26 Feb 1850), wife of James Jackson, daughter of Daniel Gersham and Deborah Denman Bills.  7441/7442
McCONNELL, Archibald, 29 Jan 1795 in Bourbon County, Kentucky - 15 Mar 1847, "He was in the War of 1812 & in the Battle of New Orleans 8 Jan 1815, (son of Samuel McConnell & Mary Procter) 7393C/7393/7394/7396
McCONNELL, W. J. (William Jasper), 17 Oct 1846 - 10 Sep 1904. 7459C/7459/7460/7461/7462
McCONNELL, Eliza M. (Marshall)., 31 Aug 1799 - 14 Jan 1884, wife of Archibald McConnell. 7392C/7392/7396
McCONNELL, Archibald, 26 Jul 1880 - 24 Aug 1880, son of W. J. & P. J. McConnell. 7453/7454/7458
McCONNELL, William B., 26 Jul 1880 - 22 Apr 1881, son of W. J. & P. J. McConnell.  7455/7458
McCONNELL, Infant Son (Peter T.) of W. J. & P. J. McConnell, 19 Jun 1887 - 16 Apr 1888.  7456/7458
McCONNELL, Clyde E., 3 Jan 1890 - 6 Jun 1895, son of W. J. & P. J. McConnell.  7457/7458
MEADOWS, Claudius, 2 Oct 1870 - 11 Oct 1870, son of J. K. P. & Josie Meadows.  7486/7487
MEADOWS, James K. Polk, 22 Oct 1843 - 30 Sep 1899. Mason. 7489C/7489/7490/7492
MEADOWS, Josephene (Rosena), 6 Feb 1848 - 30 Jul 1871, wife of J. K. P. Meadows. (stone missed or not there 2 Nov 2011)
MEADOWS, S. L. (Solomon Lloyd), 4 Aug 1878 - 30 Sep 1899.  7488/7492
MEADOWS, Patience O. (Olivia), 25 May 1841 - 14 Sep 1900, wife of J. K. P. Meadows.  7491/7492/7494
PERKINS, Henry, 2 Jul 1780 - Dec 1859. F-A-G#82813789. (No stone found 2011. If Henry is in an unmarked grave it would be likely that other members of this family are here too, but also without marked graves.)
PERKINS, Sue B., 21 Sep 1861 - 12 Dec 1880, daughter of E. B. & P. O. Perkins.  7479C/7479/7480/7483
RAYEL, Ada E. (Meadows), 25 Sep 1875 - 15 Jan 1928, (daughter of J. K. P. & P. O. Meadows.) 7498/7499

Old stone, style used in the 1815-1840, hand inscription is there but now unreadable: 7406C/7406
Unknown - Grave lined with boulders. Might be a fallen box tomb - where is the top if so? 7361
Unknown graves - marked with fieldstones usually standing on edge facing east and buried half way into the ground:7363/7364/7365/7366/7367/7368/7369/7370/7371/7372/7373/7374/7375/7376/7377/7384/7385/7386/7389/7390/7391/7401/7402/7403/7404/7405/7407/
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Visited & photographed 2 Nov 2011 by C. Wayne Austin. Initial typing by Faye Bradford. Added to this site 24 Aug 2012 by C. Wayne Austin. Also published in the book Marshall County Cemeteries, Page 129 by Tim & Helen Marsh & Ralph Whitesell, 1986. Presented on Findagrave.com with 26 of the 40+ listings which means the contributors there have not attempted to present the complete cemetery.