RAWLS CEMETERY, Red Hill Road, LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE
Mapping the Location

Photo overviews of the Rawls Cemetery: 4385/4386/4387/4388/4389/4403/4417/4425/4426/4427/4428/4429/4430/4431
Mr. Boxer Bulldog in the distance was barking, now observing- His thinking perhaps?: "Hmm should I attack this invader or not? Nay! I've made enough effort, best not"  4420D/4420

GRIFFIS, Thomas, Sep. 5, 1749 - Jun. 12, 1808 (unmarked grave, before the advent of tombstones in this area. Listed from someone's knowledge of family history)
GRIFFIS, Son of T.D. & M.E. Griffis, b.& d. 1 Feb 1874, Our Baby. 4392/footstone G.: 4393
GRIFFIS, Marie E. (Johnson), wife of T.D. Griffis, 9 Aug 1846 - 2 Feb 1888 (1st wife of Capt. Thomas D. Griffis, 1840 - 1899. After Marie E. died T.D. married Emma Legg and he & Emma lived in and are interred in the Athens City Cemetery, Athens, Limestone Co., AL. 4390/4391
GRIFFIS, W. R., (Dates unknown) 4407/4408
GRIFFIS, Doily, 1784 - 1862.* 4410/4411/4412
GRIFFIS, Nancy (Ramsey), (Jan. 4, 1809) - death date unknown. (Wife of Doily Griffis) 4409
RAWLS, Elizabeth, wife of J. J. Rawls, 18 Oct 1840 - 9 Dec 1867. The Lord gave & the Lord  hathTaken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. 4405/4406
RAWLS, J.W. (James Withington), (27 Nov 1840) - 28 Jul 1896, age 56 yrs. 4396/4398/4399/footstone J.W.R.: 4395
RAWLS, Susan Griffis, wife of J. W. Rawls, (15 Jan 1845) - 16 Oct 1879, age 34 yrs.. 4397/4398/4399/footstone S.R.:4394
RAWLS, J.E., 1 Mar 1873 - 16 Apr 1874. 4400/4402
RAWLS, A.F., 18 Apr 1871 - 14 Jun 1872. 4401/4402
SMITH, Elbert B., 1 Oct 1855 - 21 Aug 1857. 4414/4415/footstone E.B.S.: 4416
TATE, Michael Gene, 25 Aug 1961 - 22 Dec 2014. (No tombstone found this visit.) Obituary
TATE, Patricia L. (Mosher), 20 Feb 1937 - 14 Sep 2001. 4418/4419

Fieldstone Marked grave: 4404/4421/4422/4423/4424

*Past transcribers have found this to be Dolly but it is clearly Doily a male name.

Photographed on a sunny Friday afternoon of 14 Apr 2015. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found or known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. Listed on page 480 of the book Lincoln County County Cemeteries by Tim & Helen Marsh, abt 1978. Added here 31 May 2015.