TINNON (Robert) CEMETEREY, Hill above African
Hollow, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
Highway 31 North about 6 miles & turn right into African Hollow. Cem at the top of the hill. GPS:
N 35.27336, W -87.02859on the Chestnut Ridge Farm of Bill and Jami Myers (2015)
Mapping the Location
An area photo provided by Judy Griffin: 7017
TINNON, Robert, born in North Carolina, 20 Jan 1798, moved to
Tennessee 1806; married Betsy Abernathy 1818. died 13 March 1862.
7012/7013/7013C
TINNON, Betsy, wife of Robert Tinnon, 2 Sep 1797 - 18 Feb 1862,
A devoted Christian to the Methodist Church, She was
ready to go to her Home beyond the River. 7015/7016
TINNON, Mary Frances, dau. of Robert & Betsy Tinnon, 17 Dec 1837 - 3
Aug 1855 7010
TINNON, Sarah Mary, dau of Robert & Betsy Tinnon, 25 Jun 1835 - 24 Aug
1858 7008
Fieldstone marking grave:7007
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PULLEN GRAVE, (African American), down hill from
Robert Tinnon Cem
African Hollow, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
Not separately mapped, but near the Robert Tinnon down the hill (African Hollow)
PULLEN, Chapman, 26 Aug 1889 - 6 Oct 1948, Tennessee, PVT, 2nd
Development Battalion, WW I. 7018
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ABERNATHY CEMETERY (Black),
African Hollow, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
Location: Highway 31N at Riversburg; turn right into African Hollow, pass A. M.
E. Church (not sure it exist today). Could this be the cemetery mapped
on NCIS as the Reynolds Cemetery in African Hollow. If the same as Reynolds Cem:
GPS: N 35.26551, W -87.02550, but it is not the same as the Reynolds Cemetery.
Mapping the Location
No dates but these names are given by John L.
Abernathy: John Abernathy, Nettie
Abernathy, Louise Abernathy, Eldridge Abernathy, Steve Abernathy, Lizzie
Abernathy & Sam Abernathy.
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Photos above provided by Judy Griffin. Mapping by C. Wayne Austin. The Robert & Teressa Tinnon Cems are listed on page 507 of the book Giles County Cemeteries by the Historical Society about 1988. Added here 27 Apr 2012 by CWA. The Robert Tinnon Cem location is likely correct. The Teressa Tinnon Cem gives instructions that says cross Richland Cr.and we do not do that to find this mapped Tinen cemetery on NCIS/Google. The Abernathy Cem is still not located, but believed to be in African Hollow. The Terressa Tinnon Grave was deleted from this listing. She was set up as a part of the Alexander Tinnen Cemetery which has other graves on 2 May 2017.