RODES-CLIFTON PLACE CEMETERY, Annie Wade Lane, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Overview Photo of the Rodes-Clifton Place Cemetry:9846

BUTLER, M., Apr 1882 - Only date
RIVERS, John Harper, 23 Mar 1802 - 11 Jun 1836 (Boxtomb) 9831
RODES, Tyree, 23 Dec 1771 - 17 Jul 1827, h/o Cynthia Holland Rodes, s/o ________ & ________ Rodes.  married Cynthia Holland on 5 Apr 1811, Maury Co. (Boxtomb) 9832C/9832
RODES, Ben Carter, 17 Oct 18__ - 22 Jul 18__ (Stone no longer visible today)
RODES, James Holland, 01 Jun 1814 - 19 Apr 1824, s/o Tyree & Cynthia Holland Rodes 9834/9833/Footstone J.H.R.: 9835
RODES, Sophia Selina, 26 Oct 1818 - 24 Oct 1829, d/o Tyree & Cynthia Holland  Rodes (Only the footstone survives w/initials S.S.R.) 9836
 

Tyree Rodes employed 46 slaves as shown in the 1820 census and his family was 6 members. He married Cynthia Holland when he was nearly 40 years old or during 1811. Was there an earlier marriage? I am told Tyree Rodes built the Clifton Place home. The brick were probably fired from local clays
The most recent owner/occupants of the Clifton Place Farm is the Owens Family. They have chosen to repair this cemetery and expand the plots for their family use. It is then known as the Owens-Clifton Place Cemetery. In the future Mr. Owens informed me it is to be renamed the Owens Cemetery.
Due to privacy rights by request of Mr. Owens I am unable to display the Owens Cemetery on this site. His wife and Mother-in-law are buried there and he deserves our respect for his wishes.

Visited 24 Apr 2017. Added to this site 28 Apr 2017 by C. Wayne Austin. Also found on page 467 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society. This is a gated & secure farm. Without advance permission you will be unable to get past the giant gates.