Johnson-Cox-McCrory Cemetery

Johnson-Cox-McCrory Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee

OH-48. Over Davidson County line into Williamson County. Off Granny White Pike.

Near Johnson Chapel. At one time this graveyard was within Davidson County borders.

Mrs. Acklen’s book Bible Records & Tombstone Inscriptions, published 1933, listed a cemetery on the property of Dr. W. A. Bryan. Page 193.

Old Cemetery on Property of Dr. W. A. Bryan

On the property of Dr. W. A. Bryan is an old cemetery in

very bad condition. The vault has fallen in and the once fine rock

wall is partially destroyed. Marble tombstone are down and

badly defaced. There are many interesting epitaphs there.

45 tombstone inscriptions were recorded and published in Mrs. Acklen’s book:

Thomas N. Cotton Feb. 12, 1808 – April 3, 1854

Napoleon Bonaparte Moore Infant son of B. W. & E. A. Moore June 11 – June 19, 1851

Susan Cartwright 1766 – Oct. 20, 1849

Rufus M. Waller Son of R. M. and Rachel Waller Aug. 3, 1850 – Aug. 15, 1851

Louisa J. Tanksley Nov. 15, 1818 - Feb. 23, 1852

Martha Elizabeth Parrish July 4, 1834 – June 11, 1854

Tennessee Parker June 28, 1821 – Nov 12, 1845

Fleming Mosley Dec. 5, 1794 – Dec. 11, 1845

William Mosley March 18, 1823 – Sept. 21, 1845

Albert G. Parker Aug. 28, 1819 – Aug. 31, 1845

James A. F. McCrory March 6, 1831 – June 7, 1849

William A. McCrory Jan. 12, 1829 – June 6, 1849

A. G. Mosley July 11, 1794 – July 7, 1836

Geo. T. Burnet Aug. 17, 1836 – March 20, 1839 Aged 2 Years

Michael L. McCrory March 15, 1797 – June 6, 1849

Sally L. McCrory Oct. 18, 1804 – May 25, 1830

Thos. McCrory Nov. 18, 1824 – May 17, 1862

? es Moore Feb. 15, 1764 – July 12, 1838 Age 74 Years 7 Months 3 Days

Elizabeth Johnston (sic) Born in Bucks County, Pa. 1742 – June 15, 1815 Aged 73 Years

John Johnson Tyron, Ireland March 17, 1734 – March 4, 1816

Betty Ward Osborn Died Oct. 4, 1833 Aged 74 Years

J. Cox 1800

T Cox 1806

Rebecca Cox Born in Bucks County, Pa. Aug. 24, 1770 – Sept. 8, 1827

Francis Campbell Died Jan. 1854 in the 77th Year of his age

Thos. Cox Born in Baltimore County, Md. June 1761 – Dec. 15, 1850 (sic)

Thos. T. Campbell Oct. 21, 1820 – June 10, 1851

Margaret Cunningham Aug. 26, 1817 – Sept. 1, 1855

Abraham Crockett Nov. 1795 – Sept. 5, 1827

Sara Crockett Daughter of J. & N. Crockett March 18, 1824 – Oct. 15, 1824

Alexander Campbell June 25, 1829 in the 77th Year of his age

Margaret Campbell Dec. 22, 1757 – July 7, 1816

Martha A. Waller Wife of Alfred Waller Sept. 10, 1827 – Dec. 3, 1845

Alfred Waller July 25, 1811 - ? 26, 1850

John H. Rives April 2, 1809 – July 21, 1849

Rachel McCrory Born in Mecklenberg County, N.C. March 4, 1772 – April 17, 1830

Mary S. Waller Wife of John P. Waller June 7, 1818 – Aug. 6, 1849

Delilah Roy Consort of John Roy Born in Franklin County, N.C. Died Feb 27, 1854 Age 77

Richard Mathis 1774 – March 10, 1854

Wm. Bumpass, Jr. Son of Wm. & Elizabeth Bumpass March 31, 1815 – Aug. 23, 1835

In Memory of Mary Cotton

John S. Mosley Oct. 2, 1826 – April 25, 1830

Robt. E. McCrory June 6, 1813 – June 21, 1843

Thos. C. McCrory Aug. 24, 1827 – May 19, 1831

Amanda M. McCrory Daughter of Thomas & Polly McCrory Aug. 11, 1821 – Oct. 25, 1825

Melvin G. Cox Son of E. A. Cox Aug. 17, 1840 – Dec. 4, 1840

Eliza Crockett Daughter of J. & N. Crockett Sept. 10, 1811 – Oct. 4, 1821

End of List of Inscriptions. Acklen, published 1933.

Cox Connections.

Thomas Cox. Davidson County Will Book S Page 766

Will written August 17, 1830. Will recorded February 24, 1831

In his will, Thomas Cox requested that “my son George Melvin Cox and my son-in-law Henry Compton to act as executors, Thomas McCrory as witness.” Among the directives in his will, Cox requested “putting grave stones over the grave of my wife and also of my own grave with our names and dates.” In his will, he listed his six sons and five daughters, including Sally Cox Compton. Sally was the second daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Cox and was married to Henry Compton. To view the Compton tombstone inscriptions, with the dates of Henry and Sally Compton, return to the Cemetery Index and click-on “Henry Compton Cemetery.”

Cotton Connections

To learn about these cemeteries, return to Cemetery Index, and click-on Cotton cemeteries, in Davidson County Cemetery Survey project. These cemeteries are located on Granny White Pike or just off Granny White Pike within two miles of Johnson-Cox-McCrory Cemetery.

McCrory Connections

Mary Charlotte Hall sent information to the Davidson County Cemetery Survey about the McCrory family. In this cemetery was listed Rachel (Shelby Liggett) McCrory, wife of Col. Thomas McCrory (Colonel in War of 1812). To learn more about these cemeteries, return to Cemetery Index, click-on McCrory Cemetery and McCrory-Mayfield Cemetery, both cemeteries are located within three miles of the Johnson-Cox-McCrory Cemetery.

Davidson County Cemetery surveyors visited the Johnson-Cox-McCrory Cemetery on October 11, 2004. The cemetery was quite overgrown and in a deteriorated condition. Only two tombstone inscriptions could be read. These two tombstone verified that the “Old Cemetery on property of Dr. W. A. Bryan ,” as listed in Mrs. Acklen’s book, published 1933, is the same cemetery located today near Johnson Chapel. The two inscriptions that were read on October 10, 2004: