WILLIAMS
(Joshua) CEMETERY, SANTA FE, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
Monument in
near left of the photo, broken and leaning against it fractured base.
Full view of broken memorial on our left, beside his wife's memorial to our
right.
Mr. Woody says a hired hand accidentally hit & broke it with a tractor, but
he does not know how to repair the stone.
Full view of
broken memorial. Mr. Woody says a hired hand accidentally hit it with a tractor
and broke it, but he does not know how to repair the stone.
Inscribed as:
"TO
THE MEMORY of JOSHUA H. WILLIAMS, was born September 14th 1762 & departed
this life September 22nd 1831 aged 69 years.
WILLIAMS, Joshua H.,
14 Sep 1762 - 22 Sep 1831. aged 69 yrs. (Son of Edmund & Lucretia Adams
Williams; He was an original Pioneer who came with his family to Snow Creek in
1806. "Lucretia Adams, who married Edmund, father of Joshua Williams, was
the daughter of patriot, Samuel Adams, and is a colonial dame." -Century
Review of Maury County-, page 269
Photos by Wayne Austin 4 Aug 2009. Added here 10 Feb 2010