JONES CEMETERY, BEAR CREEK, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE

Updated photo by then Faye Bradford Family 21 Mar 2010.

Updated photo by then Faye Bradford Family 21 Mar 2010.

NICHOLSON, Henry F., 17 Aug 1893 - 8 Jul 1970. (Pvt 90 Depot SVC Co.ASC, WWI; Son, Robert Henry & Martha E. Dean Nicholson.)
NICHOLSON, Hattie G., 29 Aug 1912 - 23 Feb 1996, (unmarked grave, daughter of Gentry and Isaballe Rummage Galbreath; ) Married to Henry Fulton Nicholson. He was born Aug 17 1893 and died July 6, 1970 & is buried in the Hardison Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
Information by Linda Yates 9/02/07

Commentary by Linda Yates: Hattie was born Aug 29, 1912 and died Feb 23 1996.  She was the daughter of Gentry and Isaballe Rummage Galbreath.  She was married to Henry Fulton Nicholson who was born Aug 17 1893 and died July 6, 1970.  He is buried in the Hardison Cemetery. I Don't know if his grave has a marker.  If so, it's probably on that CD but I think I'd have remembered it if I'd seen it over there as I remember Hattie and Fulton Nicholson very well from my childhood. (Linda Yates)

Subject: Duplicate listing
Date: 5/1/2009 8:18:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: scarletohara43@att.net 
To: WayneAL1@Aol.com (Wayne Austin)

Have you noticed the duplicate listing for Henry F. Nicholson and wife Hattie Gentry Nicholson in both the Jones Cemetery and the Charles Hardison Cemetery. Do you have any records that might tell me which is correct? They are both in my family tree.

Yes, I have analyzed this problem to my best as listed below:

Book Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries by Fred Lee Hawkins
Charles Hardison Cemetery:
NICHOLSON, Henry Fulton, 17 Aug 1893 - 6 Jul 1970. (Son of R.H. & Mattie, mar. Hattie Galbreath.)
(Hattie not listed)
Jones Cemetery:
NICHOLSON, Henry F., 17 Aug 1893 - 8 Jul 1970. (Pvt 90 Depot SVC Co.ASC, WWI; Son, Robert Henry & Martha E. Dean Nicholson.)
NICHOLSON, Hattie G., 29 Aug 1912 - not deceased here. (daughter of John & Mary Dean) [Don't believe this parentage is correct & there is no indication of unmarked graves. WA 5/2/09]

The Maury County Cemetery Web Site (Here)
Charles Hardison Cemetery:
NICHOLSON, Henry Fulton, 17 Aug 1893 - 6 Jul 1970. (Son of Robert H. & Mattie, married Hattie Galbreath.)(Unmarked grave).
NICHOLSON, Hattie, 29 Aug 29 1912 - 23 Feb 1996. daughter of Gentry and Isaballe Rummage Galbreath; married to Henry Fulton Nicholson (Unmarked grave).

Jones Cemetery:
NICHOLSON, Henry F., 17 Aug 1893 - 8 Jul 1970. (Pvt 90 Depot SVC Co.ASC, WWI; Son, Robert Henry & Martha E. Dean Nicholson.)
NICHOLSON, Hattie G., 29 Aug 1912 - 23 Feb 1996. (unmarked Grave, daughter of Gentry and Isaballe Rummage Galbreath; married to Henry Fulton Nicholson. he was born Aug 17 1893 and died July 6, 1970. He is buried in the Hardison Cemetery.

Subject: Re: Duplicate listing
Date: 5/3/2009 3:17:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: WayneAL1 (Wayne Austin)
To: scarletohara43@att.net

The duplicate HF & Hattie Nicholson listings in Jones & Charles Hardison Cems were given me by two sources listed above. First it was listed that way with no notations in the book Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries, by Fred Hawkins in 1987. Secondly my cousin Linda Yates who died 16 Jan 2009 transcribed the Charles Hardison Cemetery and gave me the listings in that cemetery the way they are listed. She told me Henry F. was most likely there in an unmarked grave, Early on she was not sure if she just missed the marker. Later she concluded there was no marker.

I believe what happened is Henry Fulton is buried in the Charles Hardison Cemetery in an unmarked grave but Hattie is interred in the Jones Cemetery possibly in an unmarked grave also. However, in looking at all the above listings maybe both Henry & Hattie have a marker in Jones Cemetery. 

The listing in Mr. Fred's book in the Jones Cemetery appears to represent marked memorials. Henry Fulton is listed with death and birth dates including maybe a military stone and at the time of that transcribing Hattie with a birth date but no death date since she was still living then. (1986).

Wayne Austin
2 May 2009
Revised 12 Apr 2010 to add photos above.