PURDUE CEMETERY, (Enterprise Road) MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
This cemetery was on Enterprise Rd., on farm owned by Mr. Charlie Murphy. No
trace of graves remain (1962 & therefore no mapping is provided)
Taken from "They Passed This Way" Murphy bought the farm from Purdue. Purdue (Pardue)
expressed wishes were to be buried on a hill on his old place. His wishes were
carried out. His widow kept a dowry after the farm sold to Murphy. Mrs. Held (nee Murphy) said her
father kept a fence around grave during his lifetime. As translated by C. Wayne
Austin, 2011.
1850 Federal Census Dist 7 has this family posted: William C
Perdew, Age: 29 b. abt 1821 Tennessee; Home in 1850: District 7, Maury,
Tennessee; Family Number: #1332
Household Members: (surname in cemetery was spelled Perdew)
Name M/F Age born abt
| PURDUE, Wm. C., | M | 29 | 1821 | |
| PURDUE, Matilda, | F | 32 | 1818 | |
| PURDUE, Mary, | F | 11 | 1839 | |
| PURDUE, John, | M | 10 | 1840 | |
| PURDUE, Irving, | M | 6 | 1844 | |
| PURDUE, Chasley, | M | 3 | 1847 | |
| PURDUE, Pinkney, | M | 1 | 1849 | |
Purdue Cemetery -- Listed in "Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries", 13 Mar 1987, by Fred Lee Hawkins, page 783. Also listed in "They Passed This Way", 1963, page D-122, by Evelyn Shackleford & Marise Lightfoot. Information & photos by Wayne Austin 23 Dec 2008, added here 11 Apr 2011 with possible census information for this family.