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Inventory and Inscriptions

      

  LAST                   FIRST            BIRTH            DEATH          COMMENTS

        NAME                NAME

 

 

 

1     Marker                  No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone-narrow                                                                                                                              upright headstone]

 

2     Marker                  No Name         No Dates                                 [Headstone – at head

                                                                                                            of mound]

 

3     THOMASON      John                 Feb. 24,           18??                 [Large sandstone

18??                                         Headstone-small

                                                                                                            footstone-inscription

                                                                                                            faded]            

 

4     THOMASON      Mary                18??                 Dec.                 [Shaped sandstone

                                                                                    18??                 Headstone-inscription

                                                                                                            faded-not discernible]

 

5     Marker                  No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone

                                                                                                            and footstone]

 

6     Marker                  No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone

                                                                                                            and footstone]

 

7     MILLS                 M.C.                1864                1881

 

 

8     MILLS                 W.P.                1827                1881

 

 

9     Marker                  No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

       

10    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

11    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

12    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

 

 

13    Rock tomb          Child               No Dates                                 [Sarcophagus – 12”

                                                                                                            high, 24” wide; 36”

                                                                                                            long.  Name not

                                                                                                            discernible-inscription

                                                                                                            faded.”M?nn??”]

 

 14    Marker                No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

15    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

16    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

17    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

18    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

19    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

20    TUCKER            W. M.              Aug. 4,             Aug. 24,          [Sarcophagus – sandstone

                                                            1832                1880                26” high, 36” wide, 9’

                                                                                                            long. Stones in place –

                                                                                                            inscription discernible after

                                                                                                            two hours of very carefully

                                                                                                            scrubbing with brush and

                                                                                                            water. See section on foot-

                                                                                                            notes for more.]

 

21    Marker                 No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

22    Marker                 No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

23    Marker                 No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

24    Marker                 No Name         No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

 

25    SMITH                Elizabeth         1849                Nov. 15,          [w/o James Harrison

1943                                Smith] “Mother” [See

Footnotes for more]   

                                                                                               

                                                                                               

26    SMTIH                James H.         Dec.30             Jan. 16             “Father”  [See footnotes]

                                                            1849                1899                                                   

 

27    SMITH                Charles            April 22           Jan.17              [Charles Omar s/o

1882                1897                James H. and Bettie

                                                Smith]

 

28    SMITH                Adison            March              Aug 11            [S/o  J. H. and Bettie

2,1885             1896                Smith]

 

29    SMITH                “Katie”            Jan. 23,                                    [Mary Catherine

                                                            1890                1903                [D/o J.H. and “Bettie”

                                                                                                            Inscription faded.

                                                                                                            Tombstone broken]

 

30    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

31    PIKE                   Mary E.           Dec 19             July 6              “Wife of James Pike”

                                                            1851                1884

 

32    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

33    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

34    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone head and

                                                                                                            footstones]

 

35    Tombstone          No Name         No Dates                                 [Tombstone has been

         Base                                                                                           removed from base 

                                                                                                            and is missing]

 

36    WHITLEY          S.                     Dec. 31,           Jan. 17,            [See footnotes]

1854                                1885

 

37    Marker                 No Names       No Dates                                 [Sandstone headstone,

                                                                                                            Perhaps other markers

                                                                                                            See footnotes]

 

Unidentified Graves and Unmarked Gravesites:

 

There are many unidentified and unmarked graves in this old cemetery.  Many are marked only by small sandstone markers, none of which have names or initials or dates of birth and death.  However, though not identified by inscription on tombstones, several known to be buried in the Spring Creek Cemetery are:

 

LAST              FIRST                         BIRTH            DEATH          COMMENTS

NAME            NAME

 

SMITH            Madison D.                 Mar. 7,            Mar. 10,          [s/o David Harrison

                                                            1844                1881                Smith, Jr. and

                                                                                                            Elizabeth Davis]

 

SMITH            Mattie J.                      May 5,             Mar. 30,          [dau/o David H.

                                                            1846                1881                Smith, Jr. and

                                                                                                            Elizabeth Davis]

 

SMITH            Martha Jane                 June 25,                                   [dau/o David Harrison

                                                            1856                1881                Smith, Jr. and second

                                                                                                            wife Martha Ann

                                                                                                            Rebekah Davis, the

                                                                                                            Sister of his first wife]

 

SMITH            Walter H.                    July 26,           Aug. 30,          [s/o James H. and

                                                            1875                1876                “Bettie” Smith]

 

SHELTON      Elizabeth K.                Sept. 25,          Sept. 4,            [Elizabeth Kimmon

                                                            1846                1910                Shelton]

 

JOHNSON     Willis                                                   Oct. 23,           [Killed by Mob,