OLD BEAR CREEK CEMETERY, MAURY COUNTY 1807-1836, MARSHALL COUNTY Aft. 1836.

The John Kirkland died Jan 1862, age 23. (could this be a civil war casualty?) 
 
John Kirkand. 

KIRKLAND, John, died 5 Jan 1862. "Age about 25 yrs., In the hope of an immortality."
Photo, commentary and transcription by Wayne Austin, 26 Feb 2008.