STONE CEMETERY, Union Hollow Rd., LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Area views of Stone Cemetery: 3185/3186/3187/3202/3203/3204/3205/3206/3207/3208/3209/3210

Signage and new entrance and maybe a new name for the cemetery, Yell Cemetery?:3152/3153

COLE, John (John William), Aug 17, 1795 - Jun 10, 1844. 3191/3192/back in place:3193/Footstone J.C.:3173
COLE, Nancy, wife of John Cole, Sep 9, 1796 - Apr 24, 1870. 3189C/3189/3190
COLE, E. C. (Emma C.), Dau of A. & L. E. Cole, Jul 21, 1873 - Nov 13, 1875. 3171C/3171/3172
COLE, S. C., Dau of A. & L. E. Cole, Nov 25, 1858 - Nov 30, 1858. 3176C/3175/3176
COLE, Mary E., Dau of F. M. & Delila Cole, Jan 28, 1871 - Dec 11, 1871. 3195/3196
EPPS, H.M., (Hugh Montgomery), Aug 4, 1821 - Dec 9, 1877. s/o Lawrence & Elizabeth Craton Epps. 3178C/3177/3178
EPPS, Elizabeth Cole, 1822 - 1897. (wife of H.M Epps, m. Dec 18, 1839)
EPPS, Hepsy J. (Jane), Jan 16, 1853 - Sep 21, 1867. 3164C/3163/3164
EPPS, J.A., born March 1, 1861 - died Jany 18 ----? The "A"  looks like a "D" inscribed backwards but likely is an "A".* 3165L/3165/3166/3167/3168
PROSSER, M.A. (Mark A.), Oct 2, 1838 - Jul 3, 1907. (Confederate Soldier). 3198/3201
PROSSER, L.J. (Louisa Jane Leftwich), Nov 26, 1840 - Jun 28, 1920. 3197/3201
PROSSER, Luther C., Mar 7, 1867 - Jul 6, 1895, Son of M. A. & L. J. Prosser. 3199C/3199/3200/3201
SHERWOOD, J. W. (John Walker), Sep 26, 1855 - Sep 14, 1898. 3184C/3184/3185/Footstone J.W.S.:3181/Grave cradle of J.W.S. footstone - actually in alignment with J.M.Sherwood:3182
SHERWOOD, J. M. (John Marion "Johnie"), Son of J. W. & M. C. Sherwood, Jul 25, 1875 - Mar 28, 1885. 3179/3180/3185
SHERWOOD, James W. (Walker), Mar 3, 1895 - Jul 23, 1896. 3183C/3183/3185
WHITWORTH, John, 1810 - 1880.  (no stone was found to match this listing)
WHITWORTH, Mary, wife of John Whitworth, Apr 9, 1805 - Jul 25, 1879.   3158C/3158/3159
WHITWORTH, Mary F., Dau. of H. G.& E. M. Whitworth, Dec 9, 1873 - Dec 4, 1881. 3155C/3155
WISDOM, Mary R., Sep 25, 1840 - Jun 22, 1902. 3160/3161
YELL, Charles E. "Gene", Dec 5, 1934 - Nov 3, 2009. (Modern granite stone & burial.) 3154
???, Mary, 1856 - 1885 (Stone broken and crumbling, Can see Mary but no longer possible to read the dates - from the Marsh's book:  3169C/3169/3170

Other graveyard anomalies:
Unknown fieldstone marking a grave. This one dug from the ground by restoration group: 3156/Head and footstone same grave: 3157
Other fieldstones. This one may be the broken base of a carved stone:3162/This one may also be a broken base of a head or footstone:3174/3188/3194

*Some have said this is the stone for Lawrence Epps. I fail to see the inscription matching anything related to his name and dates. They say he died in 1861 and we can see 1861. However, the first date 1861 is a birth date not the given death date for Lawrence Epps. I concede anything is possible with these old broken stones, but all I see is what my camera equipment can capture of this broken inscription. I have left this photo full size so you can draw your own conclusion. However if you disagree let me know. It is likely this is for a child that was born and died between the 1860 and 1870 censuses. Likely his name was Joseph, John or James A. Epps. 3165L
**By studying the censuses (even though there is no marker here) Lawrence & Elizabeth Epps are likely buried here with their children. No doubt they lived in this neighborhood and this graveyard was active when they died.

For more than 50 years, Mr. John Stone owned and lived on the farm where this "Stone Cemetery" is located, and that is how it became the Stone Cemetery. To my knowledge, there are no members of the Stone family buried here. Giving the landowner's name to a cemetery is fairly common--and very confusing. Carolyn Whitaker Crowley 28 Mar 2015. See Chestnut Ridge Cousins:

Photographed on a sunny Saturday 25 Oct  2014. The inscriptions were updated with exceptions found or known by C. Wayne Austin. This publication culminated from various sources. Partly listed on page 20 of the book Lincoln County County Cemeteries by Tim & Helen Marsh, abt 1978. Added here 4 Mar 2015. Found on findagrave.com as added by several folks. They have done a good job. I disagree with them in a few instances on the tombstone identify & dates, but the genealogy is great assuming it is accurate along with the identify of the unmarked graves, as shown above with no photo. A group has dug out and restored lost stones in this cemetery such as the Prosser family stones.