SMISER-BOOKER CEMETERY, just west of Columbia out new Hwy 50, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
Also known as Clopton Cemetery.

Mapping the Location  - Maybe?
 

BOOKER, James Gray, b. 4 Nov 1809 in Williamson Co., d. 19 Aug 1846 in Maury Co., Tenn.  (This stone was not found in 1987 by Fred Lee Hawkins.)
BOOKER, Sarah Eliza, 9 Nov 1839 - 29 Sep 1840. "infant daughter of James G. & Eleanor M. Booker."
BOOKER, John S., 6 Oct 1846 - 17 Nov 1848. 'son of James G. & Ellen, his wife."
CLOPTON, Britain Drake, (b. cir 1835) - d. 7 Feb 1880, 45 yrs.; his wife was  Mary Booker Clopton, buried at nearby Rose Hill Cem.) (listing was not placed here from tombstone inscription, C.W.A. 2014)
GLASS, David Sinclair, b. in Grantown lverness Shire, Scotland, 12 Aug 1852 - d. Columbia, Tenn., 18 Apr 1896. (Married Carrie Clopton in 1895; only a footstone was found initials: D. S. G., 1987 F.L.H.)
GROVES, Dr. John B., 13 Sep 1797 - 1 Sep 1853. Mason. (Dr. Groves was husband of Sarah Smiser, sister of Ellen Booker. This is one of only two or three stones still standing in the cemetery.)**
GROVES, Fanny, 4 Jul 1821 - 22 Aug 1853.**
GROVES, Sarah Eliza, 9 May 1830 - 12 Aug 1853**
GROVES, Mary T., 6 Sep 1832 - 27 Aug 1853.**
GROVES, Ella, 19 Feb 1837 - 17 Aug 1853.**
GROVES, female infant, of John & Sarah, b. dead, 4 Jul 1845.
GROVES , Infant son, of John B. & Sarah, b. 3 Apr 1827, d. ?? (Fragment of stone found by Jill Garrett near house on 23 Aug 1979.)
NELSON, Marta Smiser, d. 10 Feb 1849.
NELSON, John Matthew, "Only son of Charles L. Nelson & Maria Smiser, his wife", 30 Dec 1848 - 20 Oct 1849.
SMISER,. . . . . . .,(Smiser?), John (broken), born Feb 1778 in Washing... County, Maryland & died September 28, 1840 in Maury Co., Tenn. (Stone is badly broken. This is probably the monument to John Smiser, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland and who married Mary Evie Turney, of Kentucky. Both of them died after 1837 and were buried on their estate.)
SMISER, John, 86, d. 4 Jan 1899, unmarried, buried in family cemetery at Clopton Place.

**Dr. John Groves and four of his daughters died within a two week period in New Orleans of yellow fever. Their remains were shipped by river boat to Nashville and on to Columbia by hearse for burial in this place.)

This cemetery was evidently the object of vandalism in the distant past and has been abandoned for many years. It was once enclosed in a fine stone wall but this is now broken down in several places. Several fieldstones and parts of three dismantled box tombs are visible. Parts of several spires can also be seen, but these are scattered and no inscriptions are to be found. Commentary by Fred Lee Hawkins on 10 Dec 1987.

FAIRMOUNT

Few of Maury County's historic houses have been more prominent in its history than has Fairmount. Located just at the point where the new section of Hwy. #50 intersects the Mooresville Pike, the house is visible to all
passers-by. Built by John Smiser, one of the areas early immigrants from Maryland, it was completed about 1837 and immediately became a center of the social life of Maury County, Middle Tennessee and other parts of the country.
When Mr. Smiser passed away in 1840, the estate passed to his daughter, Ellen, who had married James Gray Booker. He was a son of Peter Booker and the two prominent families naturally drew an increasingly large number of visitors to Fairmount.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Fairmount became a center of Confederate activity. It was here that the 9th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was formed and trained in 1861.
This unit, made up mainly of Maury County men, rode away from Fairmount to support the armies of the South in many of its important engagements. Confederate Generals often made Fairmount their command post and one wonders how the big house escaped the Federal army's torch, as, unhappily was the fate of many of its neighbors. After the war, the estate continued to be passed from one generation to the next until about this century when it was sold. For some time it served as a Retirement Home for aged citizens and the structure was allowed to run down. Later, Mr. & Mrs. Lex Watson acquired the place and engaged in several years of restoration work. Fairmount is now once again one of Maury County's antebellum showpieces. (See Garrett, Jill K., Hither and Yon, 1986, p. 235.)

This cemetery not located to photograph by this researcher. Information from the following Books: They Passed This Way by Shackelford & Lightfoot, 1964 Page O-140; Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries by Fred Lee Hawkins, page 460., 1986; Jill K. Garrett, Hither and Yon, 1986, page 235