WILKERSON CEMETERY, (Hwy
166) GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
Mapping the location Area photos of the cemetery
WILKERSON, Allen Y.,
5 Jul 1792 - 19 Apr 1850. "Farther"/(Father)
WILKERSON, Aleth, Jan 1804 - 14 Feb 1858.
WILKERSON, John A., 15 June 1830 -
7 Apr 1859.
WILKERSON, William Puryear,
1822 - 1882.
WILKERSON, Rachel Hughes, 1837 -
1924.
WILKERSON, Mary Hughes, daughter of W.P.
& R.V. Wilkerson, 20 Jul 1860 - 30 Oct 1880
WILKERSON, Frances A. J., consort of
William P. Wilkerson, 12 Apr 1827 - 24 Nov 1854.
WILKERSON, John Lee, son of W.P. & R.V.
Wilkerson, 12 Apr 1873 - 20 Sep 1876.
WILKERSON, William A., 1870 - 1950.
WILKERSON, Julia A., 1883 - 1939.
WOODWARD, Alice Y., wife of C.P. Woodward,
11 Feb 1868 - 7 Aug 1904.
GOODLOE, Adda W., wife of J. Rush Goodloe,
10 Jul 1866 - 17 Dec 1899.
This cemetery is enclosed in a rock
wall about 25 feet by 30 feet. The wall is in reasonable good shape. Mr. Morris
the owner is pleasant and welcomes strangers interested in visiting and the well
being of the cemetery. He allows visits here with notice and respect for fences
and gates. He has some plans to maintain this cemetery, but may welcome your
help. Two very old Cedar Trees mark this graveyard which probably were here in
the early formative years of this family graveyard. Other saplings have sprung
up in recent years and now invade the premises creating a hazard for the
memorials, the graves, and the rock wall. Other than the top fallen from the
Allen Wilkerson memorial, the memorials are all standing. One box tomb is
fractured in the center. A good cleaning is all that is required to make this
cemetery look as it did 100 years ago.
The historic home across the road northwest of the cemetery was occupied by the
Wilkerson family interred here. It is quite historic and architecturally
pleasing. It is thought to have been founded well before the Civil War. It is
well maintained and also is currently owned by a different Morris family who are
cousins of Mr. Morris the cemetery owner.
Cemetery photos by Wayne Austin 22 Dec 2009, with the help of Mr. Morris the
property owner. Listed on page 523 of the book Giles County
Tennessee Cemeteries by the Historical Society 1986.