ROBERTS-PORTER CEMETERY, Baker Road, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
Mapping the Location

PORTER, Col. Hugh B., 16 Dec 1796 - 16 Dec 1866. Aged 70 years. "The brave shall be rewarded."
PORTER, Rachel G. , 11 Feb 1805 - 6 Apr 1859. "Wife of Hugh B. Porter." (This large stone has fallen and is almost covered with dirt.)
PORTER, Nimrod Pike, 31 Aug 1826 - 6 Oct 1852. Aged 24.
PORTER, Hugh Bradshaw, Jr., 28 Oct 1824 - 4 Jul 1848, Aged 24 years.
PORTER, Rachel Pocahontas, 15 Oct 1830 - 24 Mar 1844, Aged 14 years.
PORTER, Sterling Robertson, 7 Dec 1834 - 6 Mar 1863. "Wounded at Thompson Station, 5 Mar 1863; died 6 Mar 1863. The brave shall be rewarded."
PORTER, Mary Jane, no dates. (This box tomb is badly broken leaving the (Fred Hawkins) visitor no ability to read the dates)
ROBERTS, Gen. Isaac, 1 Mar 1764 - 19 Feb 1816. REVOLUTIONARY & WAR OF 1812 SOLDIER.**
ROBERTS, Mary, 17 May 1772 - 15 Mar 1844. "Wife of Gen. Isaac Roberts" **
ROBERTS, Elijah, 15 Nov 1790 - 9 Feb 1816. **
ROBERTS, John Walker, 9 Mar 1851 - 9 Dec 1851. "Son of W.T. & M.F. Roberts" **
TARPLEY, Mary Ann, no dates. **

** These stones are missing the inscribed tops or are completely missing the stones.

Two or more fieldstones, at least 2 heavy lime rock bases and one fallen rock crypt mark places where other graves are located. These must be the
bases for the Roberts tombstones. But where are the monuments? It is a mystery that needs to be solved. The small area is enclosed in a low wire fence,
which is presently being used as a dog run.
This cemetery holds a lot of history and it would be a pity to see the rest of it destroyed by thoughtless people in the future.

NOTES:
"Gen. Isaac Roberts, the 1st chairman of Maury Co. Court, served in the Revolution and again in 1812. He was promoted to Brigadier General of reserves in 1814. He died
in 1816, and is buried 3 miles N. E. of Columbia, where a fitting monument should be erected," Robbins, D. P., Century Review of Maury County, p. 163.

"Roberts was a Revolutionary soldier and brigadier general in the War of 1812. He is considered the father of Maury County. He was the first chairman of the Maury County
Court, first postmaster of Columbia, head of the local militia and was a state representative. He was buried in 1816." (King, Danice Dowell, reporting in The Daily Herald, 21 May 1986.

*Added here from "Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries" by Fred Lee Hawkins, Listed 4 Apr 1986. Reviewed by Mary Bob McClain, and sent back 14 Jun 2016. Also published in the book "They Passed This Way" page C-51, 1960s.