JACKSON COLLEGE
CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE-SPRING HILL
THOMPSON, Dr. J. T. S., (James Turner Sandford) 6 Feb 1836 - 19 May 1890. (Son
of Captain Absalom & Mary B. Sandford Thompson), Confederate Medical Officer, Co
E. 3rd Tenn. Inf. Served on the staff of Confederate Generals J. E. Johnson
& John Bell Hood. Hood's headquarters
(on the night of
1864 when the Northern Army slipped past) was
located just a mile to the northwest of this cemetery at the antebellum home
known today as the "Oak Lawn". This home was once the home of Absalom
and Mary Sandford Thompsom and later their son James Turner Sandford Thompson whose memorial is shown
above. Photo & info by
Wayne Austin 10-11-03. Extracts from the historical marker at Oak Lawn and Maury
County Tennessee Cemeteries.
For the history
of the Oak Lawn Home visit the Historic Maury Web site. Upon arrival at the site
under the header "ABOUT MAURY COUNTY" (on
your left) click on
Historic Homes and then select Oak Lawn home. Use your back button if you
wish to return here.
Historic Maury
