SHULER-PARKER CEMETERY, Shuler Branch Rd., GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location       Peter Shuler and the Coleman Scouts

Area view photos of the Shuler-Parker Cemetery: 0825/0836/0837/0838/0841/0843/0844/0845/0846/0847/0849

PARKER, Dewitt Clinton, 19 Aug 1879 - 3 Aug 1899 0841L (headstone not found this survey. Perhaps shown is his footstone)
SHULER, Peter, 2 Sep 1806 - 21 Oct 1894 0828/0829/0832/footstone P.S.:0842
SHULER, Martha M. Rushing, daughter of J. Rushing, w/o Peter Shuler, 14 Jun 1815 - 18 Jun 1881 0830/0831/0832/footstone M.M.S.:0840
SHULER, Abraham, (Grandfather of Peter Jr., Abt 57 years of age in 1830 Census. Deceased before 1850 Census. Came here from Rowan Co. NC & is believed to lie here)*
SHULER, Peter, Sr., (father of Peter Jr.) Migrated to here and believed to lie here, d. before 1840)*
SHULER, William M., 1833 - 18 Feb 1862, s/o Peter Shuler & Martha Rushing Shuler. Enlisted in Confederate States Army, Co. D, 3rd Tenn Volunteer Infantry, organized at Lynnville, TN on May 16, 1861. Killed during Battle of Fort Donelson, buried under large oak tree, never returned to family in Shuler Hollow.** Fort Donelson Map
WHARTON, Baby, infant of Nomra & Ben Wharton, No Marker, no dates

Seven fieldstones marking graves:(1)0827/two stones, two graves:(2,3)0826/(4)0833/(5)0834/same stone as in 0834:(5)0835/(6)0839/(7)0848

*See Giles County Tennessee Historical Society Bulletin Oct 2013, Volume XXXIX, Pages 12-15
**Agrees with federal Census data & Article which mentioned his death date in battle. This is a memorial not a grave listing.

Visited & photographed 18 Nov 2017 by C. Wayne Austin. Added to this site 27 Nov 2017 by C. Wayne Austin. Presented on page 489 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society, about 1979. Also mentioned in the Giles County Tennessee Historical Society Bulletin Oct 2013, Volume XXXIX. Pages 12-15. Not on Findagrave yet except I added Peter & Peter's grave photo