TALLEY CEMETERY, (Hwy 373, Mooresville Hwy) LEWISBURG, MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE
Mapping the Location

Area overviews of the Talley Cemetery: 7615/7616/7617/7618/7527/7528/7529/7605/7606/7607/7608
/7609/7610/2941/2942/2943/2945/2946/2953/2956/2957/2958/2965/2976/2977/2978/2983/2984/2985  

BILLS, Lucinda, Apr 10, 1818 - Apr 6, 1899 (not found this survey)
BILLS, Sandy K., Jan 5, 1816 - Jun 4, 1855(not found this survey)
BONE, William G., Dec 21, 1881 - Jan 25, 1946 7532
BONE, Wilsie M. Woosley, 1890 - 1968 7532
COGGINS, Grace Mai Woosley, Mar 21, 1885 - Jul 21, 1954. 7530
COLLINS, W. H., died Jan 20, 1893 (or 1853) (fieldstone no age given)2955/2954/2956/7571C/7571
COLLINS, Willis, died Nov 2, 1879, no age given. Wife, Children, Friends, dry up your tears.... 7568C/7568/7569/2950
DUNCAN, S. E., Feb 14, 1847 - Sep 2, 1879 (not found this survey)
GIPSON, Edd H., Sep 27, 1934 (no other date), Soldier, Tenn. Pvt 1st Class, 306 Military Police, 81st Div. 7538
GIPSON, P. S., Sep 20, 1854 - Mar 6, 1932 Father 7537
GIPSON, Elizabeth, Jan 15, 1855 - Apr 29, 1936 Mother 7537
GIPSON, J P "Bunk", 1882 - 1956 Father 7544/7545/7546
GIPSON, Ethel Mae, 1884 - 1961 Mother 7544/7545/7546
GIPSON, Grover Cleveland, Aug 15, 1885 - Feb 1, 1924 7535
GIPSON, Henry Lee, Feb 18, 1874 - Nov 1, 1949 7539/7540
GIPSON, Susie Terry, May 26, 1882 - Nov 6, 1947 7539/7540
GIPSON, James, Jun 6, 1892 - Dec 11, 1913 7536
GIPSON, Joe, Mar 29, 1886 - Aug 22, 1929 (Large headstone fallen face down) 7547/footstone Joe still in place:7548
GIPSON, Leota, 1857 - 1938 7549
GIPSON, McClure, 1856 - 1937 7549
GIPSON, Roland, son of J.P. & E. M. Gipson, Jan 14, 1906 - Oct 6, 1908 (given name broken now off except "nd")7543
GIPSON, Unknown, 1885 - 1924
HARISON, Jesse, unknown - Oct 1863, A confederate Soldier, C.S.A. 7534
HELMICK, Imogene, Jun 7, 1924 - Jun 4, 1926 (not found this survey)
HELMICK, Thomas, Jr., B&D Jun 7, 1932. (not found this survey)
KILLINGSWORTH, E. C., Oct 1, 1824 - Oct 4, 1838 Footstone initials E.K. is all that was found:2965-1/2965/2980
KILLINGSWORTH, G. W., Jan 30, 1828 - Dec 24, 1835 Footstone initials E.K. is all that was found:2965-2/2965/2980
KILLINGSWORTH, J. H., Aug 28, 1831 - Jan 26 183(?) 7594C/7594/later w/o chalk:2964
KILLINGSWORTH, (fragment of stone remains, might belong to E.C. or G.W.)2969C/2970C/2970
McATEER, Martha L., wife of H.D. McAteer, Jul 17, 1842 - Jun 3, 1871 7575/2947/fallen/misplaced footstone M.L.M.:7574
McDANIEL, Neal, Sep 1, 1875 - Oct 26, 1948 7551
McDANIEL, Salena, Nov 26, 1880 - Dec 28, 1951 7550
NEESE, Eula L., 1879 - 1963 7542
NEESE, Matt M., Dec 9, 1873 - Sep 1916, Age 42 7542
READE, Mary Whitsell, Sep 3, 1901 - Dec 25, 1990 7553
RECORD, Eliza, wife of William H. Record, Dec 25, 1811 - Jan 25, 1835 7584C/7584/2971C/2971
In memory of ELIZA RECORD, wife of Wm H. Record Born Dec 25, 1811 Died Jan 25, 1835
RECORD, Elizabeth Hughes, wife of G.W. Record & dau. of William & Alcey Hughes, Mar 20, 1813 - Mar 11, 1835 2981L/7598H
RECORD, Infant son of G.W. & A.A. Record, B&D Nov 4 1849. (not found this survey)
RECORD, Infant son of G.W. & A.A. Record, (no dates, broken off) (not found this survey)
RECORD, John J., son of James C. & N.R. Record, Jan 9, 1831 - May 23, 1831 2963C/7595C/7595/2963
In Memory of Jno J. RECORD, son of Jas C. & N.R. Record was born Jan 9th A.D. 1831 Died Mar 23, 1831.
RECORD, Mahulda, wife of _ _ _ _ Record, dau of_ _ _ (not identified among the fragments of the Record family monuments)
RECORD, Margaret M.T., dau of G.W. & A.A. Record, Mar 25, 1844 - May 13, 1850 2968C/2968/7601D/7601L/7591M/7601C
In Memory of MARGARET M.T., daughter of (G.)W. & A.A. RECORD, born Mar 25, 184(4) Died May 13, 185(0)
RECORD, Rev John, Feb 3, 1765 - Jul 26, 1814 2961C/2961/7604
IN MEMORY OF Rev. JOHN RECORD, born Feb 3, 1765 Died July 25, 1814
RECORD, Mary M., wife of John Record, Apr 24, 1769 - Jul 12, 1850 7596C/7596/2960C/2960
IN MEMORY OF MARY M RECORD wife of Rev John Record, born April 24, 1769 Died July 12, 1850
RECORD, Sion S., Sep 27, 1793 - Sep 26, 1821 2959C/7582C/7582/2959
SACRED To the memory of SION S. RECORD, Born Sept 27th A.D. 1793 & departed this life Sept 26th A.D. 1821.
RECORD, William H., son of George W. & Amanda Record, Aug 16, 1842 - Feb 20, 1844 Part of Inscription says: 2972L/7605C
In memory of Willia(m)...son of Geo (W. &) Amanda (Record) Born Aug (16th,) 18(42) (Died) (Fe(b) (16, 1842)
RECORD, William T., son of James C. & N.R. Record, was killed accidently, Nov 27, 1825 - Aug 10, 1837 2966/2967/scattered parts I first found:7589Wm/7589W/7611C/7611/7598H1
IN Memory of Wm T. RECORD, son of Jas C. & N.R. Record was Born Nov 27th A.D. 1825, was killed accidentally Aug 10th A.D. 1837
RUTLEDGE, Oscar J., Jun 9, 1865 - Aug 7, 1868. Only Fragments remain:"Oscar","(Aug 16,18)68","Sleep on S(weet Babe)" remains: 2972
SQUIRES, A. M. F. G., wife of Uriah E. Squires, (c 1827) - Jan 11, 1855, Age 28 years 2944C/2944/2945/2946/7576/footstone ?. S.:7577
STILWELL, Mary E. J., dau of E. & M.A.P. Stilwell, Apr 29, 1850 - Dec 17, 1850 2940C/2940/stone in southern part of cemetery: 2941
TALLEY, Eliza Junie Hart, 1848 - Dec 6, 1915 (not found this survey)
TALLY, T. S., (fieldstone no dates) (not found this survey)
WHITSELL, Mary Martha, 1868 - 1938 7558
WHITSELL, William, May 22, 1837 - Jan 15, 1914 7556/7554/7557
WHITSELL, Rachel Barron, Jun 7, 1840 - Jul 31, 1909 7556/7554/7557
WHITSELL, Rufus G., 1871 - 1937 7552
WOOSLEY, Erastus Jefferson, Apr 4, 1848 - Feb 5, 1924. 7531
WOOSLEY, Nancy Ella Beaver, Nov 22, 1858 - Nov 20, 1934 7531
WOOSLEY, H. E. "Gee", Feb 8, 1887 - Nov 6, 1962 7533
W.....,S., (B or D 1899)or(B48-49)(or B 1899) 2949/2948
YOUNG, Clide, Mar 18, 1874 - Sep 7, 1876** 7564/7566/Footstone Infant (Clide)7560/Family surname likely mispelled:7562/2952
YOUNG, Monroe, 1850 - 1895** 7563/7566/Footstone M.Y.7559/Family surname likely mispelled:7562/7567/2952
YOUNG, Nanny J, (Dec 12, 1856)1857 - (Aug 7) 1886** 7565/7566/Footstone N.J.Y.: 7561/Family surname likely mispelled:7562/2952

** surname misspelled as Yong on tombstone.

The inscriptions with the end marked "not found this survey" means the inscription probably comes from the Tim & Helen Marsh cemetery book of Marshall Co. Tn. Theses were copied first by Ralph Whitsell in the 1950s

Unknown surname and vital information broken away by vandals. Epitaph Remains "month","She was a dau","Obediant Child....","and affectionate .... & tender mother.. a pious christian. May her rest.. until sh/e is resurrected in/the Lord."(may belong to Elizabeth Hughes Record):2969CC/base remains in the ground. This stone was repaired with an iron pins and a bar that failed quickly at the hands of a vicious criminal vandal:2975/steel bar used in repairs in the past:2982

Fragments of stones with inscription but not matched to a nearly complete headstone:2972/2973/2974

Parts of Broken stones with fragments of inscription as I found & photographed them. 2981/2980/Parts of various monuments some not identified to an above listing. Warning just because the parts are stacked together does not mean they belong together:7585/7586/7587/7588A/7588/7589L/7589/7590/7591/7592/7593/7597/7598/7599/7600/7601/7602/7603/7604/7605/7606/7607
/7608/7609/7610/7591M

Cinder block - may contain faint initials - 7541

Fieldstones marking graves:7570/7572/7573/7574/7575/7576/7571/7572/7573

Unknown broken spire top and mid base. Might all be part of the Squire monument:7578

Bases of monuments whereby the tops were destroyed by Vandals in the past - in the Record family grave lots area:7579/7580/7581

A few fieldstones and grave covers at the far south end of cemetery. No inscriptions found:7613/7614

For the 2nd trip I dug out of the ground many pieces of tombstone and fitted back together several of the parts that make up complete or almost complete inscription as seen above. The rest were stacked in an orderly place away from the lawn mowers and left as depicted in the photos, but the largest stack did not have any inscription representing the bottoms of the tombstones and fragments of footstones with or without initials. Use these in the future to finish out some of the broken tombstones. I see one small piece that I missed that had a part of an inscribed "O" that should be in the inscribed 2nd group:2962/different direction same group:2979/2980

For the 75XX/76XX photo series - First trip here I collected as many inscribed parts as I could matching them to a tombstone where I could. Next trip the 29XX photo series was more productive in completing tombstones from broken parts and separating the fragments between those without inscriptions and those that had remaining inscription. If you visit here please do not bother these stones unless you can match them together better than I did. As in time rain and other events of nature that naturally separate piles of stones if you are here help me keep these together as they are, until a repairman with the proper epoxies comes long, and permanently glues the parts back together.

It is clear Vandals have visited this cemetery in the past and destroyed most of the oldest monuments. The worst vandalized section is largely the Record (surname) family monuments. No one even bothered to go and reassemble the parts back together either until I came along, but I did not spend enough time either to do that. Reassembling first works better with a computer anyway to first identify the parts, then apply that to the cemetery restoration. I first graphically put some of the parts back together above to remake the inscriptions as visible as possible. Thanks to Tim & Helen Marsh in the 1960s & especially (my cousin) Ralph Whitsell in the 1950s, the inscriptions of this cemetery have, we trust, been mostly revealed. Many of the inscribed parts of these tombstones are lying sometimes even underground next to the fence in the Record family grave area. I dug out and stacked a few of them back together. Some are incorrectly lying together with parts that do not match up. The William T.  Record Tomb is lying in three different places, the top 2 parts 7589L is next to the fence in the Record Family area and the center part out in the middle of the cemetery 7611C and the third two parts 7597L over on the north side of the James Record b. 1765 monument. I put the five parts back together in this graphic:7589Wm. If you are interested in the Record family you can study the parts of these vandalized tombstones and may garner additional information.
In the two visits and separate attempts to reassembly all the broken tombstones in the Record family grave area I largely left both presentations in place above which will be a bit confusing but leave a better trail of the work done to make this destroyed graveyard whole again. CWA

Based on the photography of C. Wayne Austin 14 Sep 2015, Also shown in the book Marshall County Tennessee Cemeteries book Page 141-142, by Ralph Whitsell 1st, 1950s, then by Tim & Helen Marsh who purchased his work. Added here 15 Sep 2015. Revised  26 Oct 2015 to include the second visit to reassemble more of the fragments of the vandalized Record family gravestones