SOUTH HARPETH CHURCH OF CHRIST CEMETERY
KI-03: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. Old Harding Pike
47 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
ALEXANDER, FRED BORN ? - 11-30-1890 SON OF WM. ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER INFANT. BORN ? - 11-24-1895 DAU. OF WM. ALEXANDER
ALLISON, A. M. (MACK) 1880 - 1937
ALLISON, MAGGIE B. 1885 - 1939
BROWN, J. T. 12-18-1894 - 3-28-1905
GREER, JOHNSON LINTON 1865 - 1912
GREER, MARTHA/MARDIE T. 8-1-1863 - 4-2-1866 DAU. OF NATHAN G. B. GREER
GREER, MARGARET 12-21-1845 - 1-29-1879 DAU. OF W.J. & JARUTIO J. LINTON.
WIFE OF NATHAN G. B. GREER
GREER, NATHAN G. B. 2-2-1832 - 9-10-1883
GREER, ALLEY/SALEY 1-15-1876 - 6-16-1876 DAU. OF NATHAN G.B. GREER
GREER, WILLIAM J. LINTON 4-28-1875 - 5-6-1875 SON OF NATHAN G.B. GREER
JONES, ELMER T. 11-9-1920 - 2-8-1970
JONES, KATHERINE A. 3-13-1919 - DIED ?
JONES, MARGARET C. 10-31-1943 - 11-1-1943
JOSLIN, ANNA LOU LINTON 1876 - 1948
JOSLIN, ANNA LOUISE 1902 - 1906
JOSLIN, CHARLES L. 1873 - 1929
JOSLIN, KATIE ANDERSON 1906 - 1907
JOSLIN, KATYE LINTON 1911 - 1934
LINTON, EUSTACIA 9-6-1875 - 10-14-1877 DAU. OF W.J. & E.A. LINTON
LINTON, EUSTACIA ANNE HUGHES 1-5-1905 - 3-26-1905
LINTON, HOOPER 7-10-1880 - 12-11-1971
LINTON, IDA M. 12-11-1887 - 11-7-1972
LINTON, J. A. 12-27-1871 - 3-23-1936
LINTON, JARUTHA 5-7-1896 - 9-14-1897 DAU. OF W.J. & M.F. LINTON
LINTON, JARUTIO JANE 12-8-1825 - 7-10-1853 WIFE OF W.J. LINTON
LINTON, JOHNSON V. 7-14-1844 - 11-14-1909
LINTON, J. V. 1-8-1884 - 11-8-1895 SON OF W.J. & M.F. LINTON
LINTON, KATIE ANDERSON 2-22-1851 - 7-5-1916
LINTON, LENA M. 5-24-1878 - 10-12-1879 DAU. OF W.J. & M.F. LINTON
LINTON, LUCY MINOR 6-10-1858 - 7-16-1876 DAU. OF W.J. & E.A. LINTON
LINTON, MARGARET 4-7-1803 - 10-9-1878 WIFE OF SILAS LINTON, Sr.
LINTON, MARY FRANCES 5-26-1852 - 5-21-1929
LINTON, MARY JANE 9-15-1834 - 6-25-1855 WIFE OF W.J. LINTON
DAUGHTER OF ELIZABETH & P. W. MOSS
LINTON, MATTIE K. 9-9-1872 - 12-31-1945
LINTON, SILAS 8-8-1799 - 8-1-1873
LINTON, SILAS, SR. 10-30-1848 - 8-3-1916
LINTON, SILAS, JR. 12-25-1873 - 9-26-1914
LINTON, SYDNEY H. 8-5-1868 - 7-27-1895 SON OF W.J. & E.A. LINTON
LINTON, THOMAS H. 5-17-1853 - 5-30-1855 SON OF W.J. & JARUTIO LINTON
LINTON, WILLIE R. 4-19-1862 - 11-2-1877 DAU. OF W.J. & E.A. LINTON
LINTON, W. J. 3-4-1850 - 7-7-1918
LINTON, W. J. 10-22-1822 - 11-29-1885
McPHERSON, SILAS L. 8-27-1893 - 2-20-1955
McPHERSON, WILLIE L. 1-10-1895 - 2-4-1982
PRENDERVILLE, JANE ALLEN 3-30-1899 - 3-14-1969
PRENDERVILLE, JIM ANDREW 5-20-1895 - 3-21-1956
SITE SURVEYED JULY 16, 2004
Additional Cemetery Listings.
Harpeth Gleanings, Volume I., Winter, 1981. Cemeteries and tombstones were compiled in this publication. The information about the South Harpeth Church Cemetery was provided by Verla S. Hodges (now deceased). These findings are also on record in the Manuscript division of the Tennessee State Library & Archives in “Cemeteries for Davidson County.” It is not clear whether these listings were prepared from the tombstone inscriptions or from genealogical data in the files of Verla S. Hodges. In the past 23 years, some of the tombstones in the South Harpeth Church of Christ Cemetery may have deteriorated to the point where the inscriptions have become illegible or may have disintegrated altogether. For those reasons, the following listing is presented:
Allen, John David. Aug, 23, 1869 – Dec. 23, 1904
Allen, Bettie Linton. Sept. 5, 1872 – March 21, 1964
Allen, Lulie Lee. Oct. 10, 1902 – Nov. 8, 1965
Linton, Eustacia Ann Hughes. 1832 – 1912
Linton, Janie. Jan. 25, 1869 – Nov. 27, 1885
Linton, Johnson, son of J. V. & Bettie Linton. Sept. 19, 1874 – Sept. 30, 1874
Linton, Rosa, daughter of J. V. & Bettie Linton. Aug. 25, 1875 – Sept. ?
Linton, Rosa Lee. Dec. 14, 1865 – Aug. 12, 1924
Linton, Tommie, son of J. V. & Bettie Linton. Jan. 8, 1879 – Jan. 21, 1879
Vaughan, E. Lee. May 19, 1855 – July 7, 1886
Research Information.
West Nashville, People and Environs, by Sarah Foster Kelley, 1987.
This publication contains important information on the Linton family and connections. On pages 147 – 148: “The village of Linton, located about fifteen miles southwest of Nashville, on the South Harpeth River, was originally called Allison’s Mill. It was changed to Linton when a post office was placed in McPherson’s Store… The community was said to have been named for Widow Johanna Linton, who had settled in the section prior to 1805…”
The three marriages of William James Linton were described in this book:
W .J. Linton married (1st), on September 10, 1843, Jarutio Jane Vaughan, daughter of Johnson Vaughan, by his second marriage to Elizabeth Lowe. W.J. Linton and Jarutio had five children. She died in 1853. Mrs. Kelley described the burial place of Jarutio, “laid to rest in the family cemetery enclosed with a high stone fence next to the South Harpeth Christian Church. It was the same church for which Joseph Davey in 1812 deeded a one acre plot for a meetinghouse. It was constructed on logs but later burned. When reconstructed, the building was made of brick and soon became a landmark of the community.”
W. J. Linton married (2nd), in 1854, Mary Jane Moss, daughter of Parsons W. and Elizabeth Moss. She died within the year and was “buried in the Linton graveyard.”
W. J. Linton married (3rd), Christmas Eve 1856, Eustacia Ann (Hughes) McLemore, the widow of Daniel J. McLemore and daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Bond) Hughes. W. J. and Eustacia Linton had six children.
Research Information.
According to the Andy Connelly, pastor of South Harpeth Church of Christ (2004), there was always a graveyard connected with the church. The original structure, built in 1812, burned and the church was re-built prior to the Civil War. A portion of the secondary construction exists today including the separate doors for men and women to enter the sanctuary (2004).
Research Information compiled 8-13-2004
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