HOLLAND-WATSON CEMETERY, Stillhouse Hole Duck River Bluff, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
Also known as Holland Cemetery aka Watson Cemetery.
Locating the cemetery

GILBERT, Sarah, d. 21 Dec 1822, 85 yrs. "Mother-in-law of Major James Holland.
HICKERSON, Alma, 'daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hickerson of Groveland; died 27 Oct 1896 of diphtheria; Holland b.g.; parents returned to home at Manchester, Tn." (Columbia Herald, 6 Nov 1896. may not be interred here.)
HOLLAND, Major James, b. A.D. 1754 - d. 19 May 1825, in his 70th year. (Revolutionary War; N.C. State Legislature and U. S. Congressman; married Dec 1780 to Sarah Gilbert who is buried in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
HOLLAND, William Blount, 23 Feb 1790 - 16 Jun 1810. 'Son of Maj. James Holland. He enjoyed a liberal education and was esteemed for many virtues."
HOLLAND, Candisia, d. Aug 1817, in 36th year of her age. "Wife of Marcus Holland, a nephew of Maj. James Holland; Methodist.'
HOLLAND, James, 4 Jul 1800 - 8 Jul 1836. "Son of Major James Holland." (Box tomb.)
HOLLAND, Mary Ann Louisa, 12 Mar 1803 - Jul 1818. 16 yrs. 'Dau. of Major James Holland."
HOLLAND, Keren Sandford, 28 Mar 1833 - 10 Apr 1833. 'Infant daughter of James & Winefred Holland; d. age one week and 6 days." (Winefred bur. in Old Brick Church (Jackson College) Cemetery.)
PRINCE, Bayliss Earl., d. Aug 1825. 'He served his country with credit to himself as an officer in the Creek War and at the Battle of New Orleans." (War of 1812; married Sarah Myra, dau. of Maj. James & Sarah Holland and his cousin.
Her father would not allow them to marry, due to their kinship but later relented. They did not have any children. Her grave not found by F.L.H.)
WATSON, William Henry, (20 Jan) 1845 - (1 Apr) 1913, Company G, 9th Tennessee Calvary, & 48th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army
WATSON, Ellen Journey, 1853 - (24 Aug) 1894, "His wife'. (Daughter of Nathaniel & Mahala C. Journey of Va.)
WATSON, Jack, 12 Dec 1878 - 30 Dec 1907.
WATSON, William W., 26 Jan 1904 - 2 Nov 1905.
WATSON, Mrs. George, "died Monday of pneumonia, near Groveland. Husband and one child survive. (Daily Herald, 15 Feb 1905.)
 

Listed 13 Mar 1987 with the help of Mr. James Wiley Davidson. Mr. Davidson took me to the site in his Jeep. As we started the return trip, however, the Jeep refused to cooperate and we had to walk up and down hills for a mile or
so to reach his house where my vehicle was parked.


Listed in "Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries", 13 Mar 1987, by Fred Lee Hawkins, page 440. Also listed in "They Passed This Way", 1963, page D-166, by Evelyn Shackleford & Marise Lightfoot. Information  as compiled & Added here by C. Wayne Austin 8 Nov 2015, some info by Mary Bob McClain Richardson.