JENNINGS CEMETERY, DECATUR CO., TN

Parsons, TN
N 35.718955994 W 88.105316162

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File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives & USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project by:
Bill Grinstead (billgrinx@netscape.net)
Surveyed: April 2005 | Submitted: August 30, 2009

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The cemetery is located on Highway 641N north of Parsons on the 
property of George Bell. The property is the first farm on the 
right after crossing Storms Creek and the cemetery is to the south 
of the barn under the shade of a solitary large tree. Two of the 
headstones are broken and only the bottom portion of one stone 
exists. The stones have been removed from the graves and are 
leaning against the tree. It appears that other graves exist at 
the site but one hundred sixty plus years have built inches of 
soil and grass that obscure a clear view. This cemetery was 
previously indexed by Margaret Alexander, Dorotha Collet, and 
Blanche Tuten on 12/29/1977. Their work was a project of the 
Nathaniel A. Wesson Chapter of the United Daughters of the 
Confederacy in Parsons, Tennessee. At the time of the UDC survey 
only two headstones were present. A third was later discovered in 
the mid 1990s by local family researcher Bill Jennngs. The 
headstone had been used for many years as the step into the back 
entry of the house.




NAME                     BIRTH            DEATH            INSCRIPTION | NOTES
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Menzies, A. W.           13 Sep 1827      30 Sep 1840      Son of Robert & Mary Menzies

Menzies, J. S.           25 Apr 1822      26 Aug 1942      Son of Robert & Mary Menzies

Jennings, Mary           4 May 1793       1 Sep 1853       Wife of Doctor Jennings | 1st husband Robert R. Menzie
                                                           2nd husband Doctor Jennings