Poplar Hill Cemetery

POPLAR HILL CEMETERY, (Poplar Hill Rd), GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Area photos of the cemetery: 6716/6718/6719/6779/6780/6781/6782/6783/6784/GPS Reading:6785/6786/6787
Old Poplar Hill School Rd Sign: 6788

BLANKENSHIP, F., 1 Oct 1894 (Scratched on sand stone, can't tell if date is birth or death) 6776
CAMPBELL, A.M., 5 Jan 1846 - 15 Dec 1920. (Stone dug up from below ground) 6748/6749
CAMPBELL, W. (William) A., 6 Oct 1842 - 4 Apr 1930. 6761/6762
CAMPBELL, Adeline, 18 Jan 1837 - 23 Mar 1908. 6761/6762
CAMPBELL, Robert H., 22 Jun 1856 - 20 Dec 1919. Here is one that is sleeping in faith and love with hope that is treasured in Heaven above. 6733
CAMPBELL, Cornelia, wife of R. H. & C. Campbell, Died 15 Nov 1884. Age 36 Yrs 1 Mo. 3 Ds. The wife the friend the mother dear. . .. 6732
CAMPBELL, Infant daughter of R. H. & C. Campbell, B. & D. 8 Nov 1884. 6731
CAMPBELL, Infant daughter of R. H. & C. Campbell, B. & D. 20 Apr 1883. 6730
CAMPBELL, John P., (born ca 16 Feb 1813) - Died 27 Feb 1883. Age 70 years, 11 days. Nor pain nor grief nor anxious care await the peaceful sleeper here. 6763/6764
CAMPBELL, Mary, 8 Dec 1824 - 15 Jul 1901, wife of J. P. Campbell. 6765/6766
CAMPBELL, Margaret, 2 Nov 1852 - 26 May 1929. 6758/6759
CAMPBELL, Martin L., 1867 - 1940. 6760
CAMPBELL, Maybern M., 12 Dec 1878 - 14 Sep 1959. 6757
CAMPBELL, Ida S., 9 Feb 1880 - 15 Nov 1968. 6757
CAMPBELL, T. E., 3 Jun 1896 - 4 Apr 1923. At Rest 6738/6739
CAMPBELL, Thomas G., 10 Aug 1862 - 23 Aug 1940. 6741/6742
CAMPBELL, Lennie F., 4 Nov 1868 - 27 Oct 1906, wife of T. G. Campbell. 6740
GRIFFIN, Campbell, B&D 9 Jan 1933 (Scratched on a sandstone fieldrock) 6745
GRIFFIN, Ruth, B&D 19 Feb 1919 (Scratched on a sandstone fieldrock) 6746
GRIFFIN, Ruby Adea, 23 Apr 1917. (Scratched on a sandstone fieldrock) 6747
HERD, John B., 24 Jan 1882 - 9 Dec 1959. 6725
HERD, Lena M., 19 Mar 1889 - 14 Jun 1937. 6725
HUGHES, W. R., 9 Dec 1847 - 9 Dec 1912. A precious one from us has gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled. (Large cast concrete marker) 6727
LANDERS, A., 18 Feb 1834 - 12 Nov 1909. (stone not found 30 Oct 2010)
LANDERS, Emily T., 11 May 1841 - 5 Jun 1907, wife of Allen Landers. (stone not found 30 Oct 2010)
MYRICK, Infant of Mr. & Mrs D. M. & Bessie Myrick, 24 Jun 1912 - 30 Jun 1913. 6728
POOL, James F., 2 Mar 1831 - 1 Aug 1882. 6767/6768/footstone: 6769
RALPH, L. W. (Linsey Walton), 8 Mar 1842 - 8 Oct 1886. 6720
ROCHELL, Elizabeth, 11 Oct 1850 - 3 Oct 1921, wife of W. H. Rochell. She was the sunshine of our home. 6744
ROCHELL, Jennie, 15 Dec 1867 - 4 Feb 1927. She was a kind and affectionate wife, fond mother, and a friend to all. 6743
SPENCE, Caroline D., Died 29 Jan 1885, Age 23 Years, 7 Months & 20 days, wife of G. W. Spence. 6717
SPENCE, Horace, died about 29 Jan 1885 "Inscribed on Caroline D. Spence's stone "Our little Horace lies by her side. 6717
STANLEY, Henry, 15 Dec 1803- 22 Apr 1873. Age 60 Y, 4 M, 7 D. 6722/6723
STANLEY, Frances M., 23 Jan 1806 -13 Sep 1880. Age 74 Y 7 M & 20 D 6721
WALLACE, A. K., 22 Aug 1819 - 26 Dec 1894. Age 69 Y 3 M 4 D. 6756/6753
WALLACE, Candice, 26 Nov 1824 - 14 Nov 1894, wife of A. K. Wallace. Age 69 Y 11 M 18 D. 6755/6753
WALLACE, Sarah C., 4 Nov 1851 - 25 Apr 1889. 6754/6753

Sandstone Field rock marked E. S. T. 1873. 6724
Sandstone field rock marked M C. B. (no dates) 6736
Sandstone field rock marked E.T. (no dates) 6773
Field stones marking graves some standing some fallen: 6726/6729/6734/6735/6737/6750/6751/6752/6770/6771/6772/6774/6775/6777/6778

Considering the thickness of the brush in places I could have missed a stone or two if they fell on to the ground however I did find one that others missed in the past.

Visited & photographed 30 Oct 2010 by Wayne Austin. Initial typing by Faye Bradford. Added to this site 25 Aug 2012 by C. Wayne Austin. Also published in the book Giles County Cemeteries, Page 447 by the Historical Society, 1986. Presented on Findagrave.com with 12 listings as one cemetery for both black & white. There is more than 75 listings for both cemeteries. Severely incomplete.