WILKES-CAMPGROUND
CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE-CULLEOKA
PILKINTON, James, born No�.. (Mr. Hawkins in Maury
County Cemeteries says the birth date is Nov 5, 1817, but the death date was
unreadable then also. This is an 1850s era stone indicating the death was in
that time frame. Wayne Austin). A note by James Pilkinton, 1/28/2004: The other
stone in the group (they are all shaped the same) is Larkin and Nancy's son
MINUS Pilkinton. He was born 5 Nov 1817 and died between 1853/1860. I know that
this is his stone, because Marise Lightfoot Garrett did a reading back in the
1960's in "They Passed This Way" in the Maury County Archives now and
the stones were not as deteriorated then. His name was obliterated at the time
but the date 5 Nov 1817 was visible. I know from the Larkin Pilkinton family
bible that date matched to Minus' birth date. I believe the other Pilkinton
stone you have listed between Tidwell and Larkin Pilkinton is actually the base
for Minus Pilkinton's stone, at least that is the impression that I had from my
visit to the cemetery. The Sarah Tidwell that is buried in Wilkes Cemetery is
also Larkin and Nancy Pilkinton's daughter. Sarah E. Pilkinton married Green
Bury Tidwell 23 July 1850. Larkin's brother Jesse Pilkinton moved to Maury
County also for a time and Jesse's son James Smith Pilkinton left the Giles and
Lawrence County Pilkinton/Pinkleton descendants. Most of the Maury Co.
Pilkinton's decend from Larkin. James Pilkinton, a Pilkinton researcher
1/28/2004. Photo by Suzanne
Davison, May 2003
