WILLIAMSPORT METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, WILLIAMSPORT, (Western) MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE

John E. Williams footstone "J.E.W."

John E. Williams, Mason and Veteran of War of 1812.

WILLIAMS, John E., Sep 1796 - 20 Apr 1851. Mason. (Son of Edward & Dorcas Edwards Williams; as a lad he was with Jackson at Horseshoe Bend, War 1812; mar. Rachel Harbison Ayers.) 
This style of memorial was popular in the 1850s around Maury County.
Photographed on a wet Tuesday morning 27 Jan 2009 and published here 3 Mar 2009 by Wayne Austin. Transcribed and Compiled by Mary Bob McClain Richardson 25 Feb 2009.