Old Liberty Cemetery (African American)

Old Liberty Cemetery
Crockett Co., TN

A very special thank you to Jonathan K. T. Smith, who compiled this inventory,
and allowed it to be used on this web site.
Old Liberty Cemetery is located in the Johnsons Grove Community, on Egg Hill Rd. There are either two sections of this cemetery, or two separate cemeteries, being Old Liberty, and Liberty.
The Old Liberty Cemetery, which is below, is the African-American section. Liberty Cemetery is the white section.
In Jan., 2001, this cemetery is still in use, and well kept

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Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date Remarks

_____ _____ 1874 Jul 20 19__ next to Annie Lee Adams - name missing and
stone broken

Adams Annie Lee Jan 16 1908 Sep 5 1972

Adams Walter May 15 1905 Sep 20 1974

Allen Emma 1884 1944

Avery Savanah May Field Oct 11 1885 Jun 16 1951

Bachler Rose Edna Dec 30 1896 Jun 21 1916 No Marker b: TN d/o Ben Batchelor & Ellen
Williams both b: TN

Barton Jake _____ Apr 25 1937 Tenn. PVT 522 Serv BN

Branch Della Jun 16 1904 Jan 12 1960

Carter Calvin Feb 22 1918 Nov 25 1959

Clark Carolyn _____ Jan 1 1924 Supreme Royal Circle Friends of the World
St. Paul Circle No. 302

Claybrooks Mary Ann Sep 15 1905 Feb 3 1974

Cole Alma Elizabeth Sep 10 1922 Dec 31 1989

Cole Dora _____ Jan 3 1917 No marker Age 26 b: nr Maury City d/o Midgett
& Chany Cole

Cole William Travis ----- Jan 25 2001 Age 72, h/o Willie Bell Burnett Cole [From obit]

Curry Ben _____ Dec 4 1929 Tenn. PVT 860 Trans Corp

Fisher Arthur 1903 1951

Fisher Henery 1900 1952

Fisher Luster B. 1892 1977

Fisher Mary 1883 1952 Mother

Fisher Rebecca _____ Mar 11 1926 St. Paul Circle No. 3023 - tombstone fallen

Fisher Roy 1903 1945

Fisher Russell 1907 1947

Fisher Silver Apr 8 1897 Mar 27 1981

Gaddis Bliss Mar 3 1880 Dec 28 1915

Gaddis Mattie 1850 1925 Mother

Green Algie 1914 1935

Green Izora 1904 1956

Green Mary 1873 1945 Mother

Haliburton Sylvester Jun 10 1926 Sep 18 1938

Hardvill D. H. 1924 1928 s/o C.N. & H.E. Hardvill

Hardville Aaron _____ Nov 13 1919 Faithful member of Royal Circle No. 1266

Hardville Bob 1899 1958

Hardville Dock 1852 1931 Father

Hardville Frank 1874 1939 Father

Hardville Lerlie 1906 1935

Hardville Mammie 1878 1955

Hardville Mason May 17 1887 Aug 15 1964

Hardville Nannie Mai Mrs. May 16 1906 Aug 19 1994 Currie Funeral Home Marker

Hardville William I. Feb 27 195 Mar 6 1991 (year of birth on list was 195)

Hardville William Feb 13 1898 Jun 29 1974

Hardville Woodrow Aug 3 1920 Dec 16 1951 Tenn. Cpl. 3276 QM Service Co. WWII

Hicks Bernice E. Dec 29 1910 Jun 12 1977 s/s as Norma Ray Hicks wed Mar 1 1916

Hicks Bernice Eugene Dec 29 1910 Jun 12 1977 PFC U.C. Army WWII second marker

Hicks Lula 1890 1917 Mother s/s as Mack Hicks

Hicks Mack 1877 19__ Father s/s as Lula Hicks

Hicks Norma Ray Hicks Mar 1 1916 _____ s/s as Bernice E. Hicks

Hicks Ozell Jul 10 1938 Feb 3 1973

Hicks Robert Lee 1907 1953

Hicks Willie Oct 31 1899 Jul 29 1918 No marker child of Bill Hicks & Harette
Mayfield both b: TN

Hill Annie 1871 Oct 30 1923 No marker d/o Sidney Glenn & Ellen
Dolonson both b: TN

Jelks Martha Fannie 1862 1937

Jennings Allen V. Jan 9 1914 Oct 23 1919 s/o Geo. & Ida Jennings

Jennings Dicie 1837 1904 Mother (next to Joe Jennings)

Jennings Esteller Apr 10 1910 Jul 16 1971 Mother

Jennings George 1873 1944 Father s/s as Ida Jennings

Jennings Hattie 1890 1966 s/s as William H. Jennings wed 1922

Jennings Ida 1878 19__ Mother s/s as George Jennings

Jennings J. A. 1874 1935 s/s as Tennie Jennings his wife

Jennings Joe 1834 1916 Father (next to Dicie Jennings)

Jennings Leslie W. 1897 1983 PVT U.S. Army WWI

Jennings Robert Lee Jr. Apr 11 1927 Jan 21 1977 U.S. Army

Jennings Robert O. Mar 15 1905 Feb 25 1979 U.S. Army WWII

Jennings Tennie 1870 19__ s/s as J. A. Jennings

Jennings William H. 1890 1966 s/s as Hattie Jennings wed 1922

Johnson Cordie Apr 28 1908 _____ s/s as Jack Johnson

Johnson Flora Lee 1904 1929

Johnson Jack Apr 15 1902 Apr 9 1978 s/s as Cordie Johnson

Johnson Joe 1859 1940 Father

Jones Carrie 1885 1947 s/s as Jessie Jones

Jones Jessie 1903 1946 s/s as Carrie Jones

Lillard John W. 1880 1952

Lillard Perlie 30 Jan 1885 Aug 5 1965

Mathis Frankie B. Jan 8 1903 Oct 7 1918

Mathis Gladys Apr 23 1916 Dec 6 1936

Mathis Red _____ Dec 27 1911 Age 17 yrs. - fallen tombstone

Mathis Willie 1892 1945

Mayfield Aaron _____ Jan 19 1911 married in 1872 - He was a good husband
and a loving father - Masonic Emblem

Mayfield Aaron May 11 1905 Apr 1 1970

Mayfield Bessie D. May 30 1913 Mar 8 1990 s/s as Lester H. Mayfield

Mayfield Billy 1892 1970

Mayfield Clementine 1857 1930 [Death cert. shows b: 1 Apr 1856 in KY,
d: 8 Mar 1930, d/o Nelson Garth & Hannah
Waggoner both b: KY]

Mayfield Elnora 1875 1959

Mayfield Emmet 1867 1931 Father

Mayfield Ewell Jan 23 1882 Jun 3 1907

Mayfield Henry 1905 1938

Mayfield Lester H. May 18 1910 May 3 1982 s/s as Bessie D. Mayfield

Mayfield Liza Feb 24 1850 Apr 29 1897

Mayfield Luevie H. Jun 26 1914 Apr 19 1973

Mayfield Mattie Oct 11 1883 Dec 20 1935 married Paul Mayfield Aug 14 1904

Mayfield Paul 1874 1944

Mayfield Sammie Jan 12 1847 Jan 29 1923 No marker b: TN child of Alex Mayfield &
Ridder James both b: TN

Mayfield Samuel May 18 1848 Jan 29 1923

Mayfield Willie Bob 1914 1955

McLemore Classie 1869 Jun 25 1923 No marker b: TN child of Alac & Allie
Mayfield both b: TN

McLemore Linzie 1862 Dec 24 1924 No marker b: Madison Co. TN child of Jim &
Julia McLemore both b: Madison Co.

McLemore Otis T. Feb 19 1902 Sep 8 1979

McMullen Rosa Lee 1905 1929 Mother

Midgett Elizabeth 1849 1931 Mother

Midgett Oma May 2 1881 Aug 30 1914 No Marker b: Crockett Co. child of Alex &
Lizzie Midgett both b: TN

Mullins William J. Dec 12 1937 May 19 1992

Nash Jacob 1904 1936 Father

Noel Neley 1881 Jun 20 1949

Nunn Lucille Mar 23 1892 Dec 3 1973 tombstone fallen

Palmer James Wm. Nov 28 1912 Nov 12 1956 Tenn. Cpl. 39 Ord. Man Co. WWII

Palmer Jimmie 1890 1938 Mother

Palmer L. S. 1909 Sep 8 1958

Palmer Lonzo 1886 Jul __ 1957

Payne Lorell 1924 1940

Payne Mary 1890 1945 Mother s/s as Pony Payne

Payne Pony 1880 19__ Father s/s as Mary Payne

Reams Cordia 1886 1928

Reams Mollie 1906 1946

Reddick B.B. 1889 Dec 26 1910 w/o J.R. Reddick - tombstone fallen

Riddick Ritta 1873 1943 w/o W.J.D. Riddick

Ridley Lucy May 6 1872 Dec 30 1925 She was a kind and affectionate wife a fond
mother and a faithful friend

Ridley Lucy Feb 10 1875 Dec 16 1925 From Death Cert. d/o James Richardson &
Nancy Ferguston both b: TN

Robertson Crissie Darnell Mar 9 1967 Apr 2 1967

Robertson Ernest C. Nov 29 1947 Nov 16 1968

Robertson James G. Sep 16 1920 Jan 22 1989 s/s as Pauline L. Robertson

Robertson Mary 1879 1927 [w/o Mose Robertson, below, wed 16 Aug 1894]

Robertson Matthew L. ----- Jan 11 2003 d: Detriot, MI, age 44, s/o Pauline Lewis Robertson
[from his obit]

Robertson Mose _____ Jun 24 1922 Faithful member of St. Paul Circle No. 3023 -
RC 09 on top of stone

Robertson Noah K. 1963 1989

Robertson Olizie 1950 1951

Robertson Pauline L. Jun 12 1924 _____ s/s as James G. Robertson

Sandlain Izora 1906 1939

Sherron Moseller 1874 Jun 9 1934

Singleton Has 1882 1944

Smith Martha Oct 4 1869 Sep 14 1908 d/o Charlotte & Tony Smith

Smith Rostelle Jr. Nov 8 1952 Feb 27 1992

Smith Tollie _____ Oct 1 1918 Age 25

Swift Elizabeth 1918 1944

Swift Mary D. 1915 1933

Taylor Jessie 1900 1918 s/s as Spencer Taylor

Taylor Octavia _____ Jun 20 1918 Age 25

Taylor Spencer 1898 1916 s/s as Jessie Taylor

Turner Annie no date Aug 19 1925 From Death Cert. Age 23, d/o Silas & Mariah
Cole both b: MS

Turner Dixie 1897 1976

Twiddy Luther Jan 22 1892 Jul 4 1913

Wade Hurley E. Dec 18 1905 Aug 3 1961 s/s as Mary D. Wade

Wade John 1864 1937 s/s as Mattie V. Wade, Erected by Grandchildren

Wade Mary D. Jul 31 1897 Mar 3 1977 s/s as Hurley E. Wade

Wade Mattie V. 1873 1954 s/s as John Wade

Wade Merdalioun 1910 1944

Walker John _____ Oct 15 1921 No marker age abt 85 b: TN

Westbrooks Ceder 1864 Mar 20 1914 No marker b: TN d/o Dick & Bettie Williams

Williams Calvin _____ Nov 1 1921 No marker b: TN age 52 s/o John Williams
b: TN & Mary McGathy b: NC

Williams Mary 1894 Nov 3 1916 No marker b: TN d/o Henry Williams b: AL
& Mary Fry b: MS

Young Eller B. _____ Jan 31 1927 Whit Dove Chamber 4121 Henning Tenn.

Young John L. Mar 29 1913 Apr 12 1930 s/o Ernest Bollard? & Jennie Eva Frazier,
all b: TN [From death cert.]

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© 2001 - Jonathan K. T. Smith

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Last updated

Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Remarks

_____	_____	1874	Jul 20 19__	next to Annie Lee Adams - name missing and stone broken
Adams	Annie Lee	Jan 16 1908	Sep 5 1972
Adams	Walter	May 15 1905	Sep 20 1974
Allen	Emma	1884	1944
Avery	Savanah May Field	Oct 11 1885	Jun 16 1951
Bachler	Rose Edna	Dec 30 1896	Jun 21 1916	No Marker b: TN d/o Ben Batchelor & Ellen Williams both b: TN
Barton	Jake	_____	Apr 25 1937	Tenn. PVT 522 Serv BN
Branch	Della	Jun 16 1904	Jan 12 1960
Carter	Calvin	Feb 22 1918	Nov 25 1959
Clark	Carolyn	_____	Jan 1 1924	Supreme Royal Circle Friends of the World St. Paul Circle No. 302
Claybrooks	Mary Ann	Sep 15 1905	Feb 3 1974
Cole	Alma Elizabeth	Sep 10 1922	Dec 31 1989
Cole	Dora	_____	Jan 3 1917	No marker Age 26 b: nr Maury City d/o Midgett & Chany Cole
Cole	William Travis	-----	Jan 25 2001	Age 72, h/o Willie Bell Burnett Cole [From obit]
Curry	Ben	_____	Dec 4 1929	Tenn. PVT 860 Trans Corp
Fisher	Arthur	1903	1951
Fisher	Henery	1900	1952
Fisher	Luster B.	1892	1977
Fisher	Mary	1883	1952	Mother
Fisher	Rebecca	_____	Mar 11 1926	St. Paul Circle No. 3023 - tombstone fallen
Fisher	Roy	1903	1945
Fisher	Russell	1907	1947
Fisher	Silver	Apr 8 1897	Mar 27 1981
Gaddis	Bliss	Mar 3 1880	Dec 28 1915
Gaddis	Mattie	1850	1925	Mother
Green	Algie	1914	1935
Green	Izora	1904	1956
Green	Mary	1873	1945	Mother
Haliburton	Sylvester	Jun 10 1926	Sep 18 1938
Hardvill	D. H.	1924	1928	s/o C.N. & H.E. Hardvill
Hardville	Aaron	_____	Nov 13 1919	Faithful member of Royal Circle No. 1266
Hardville	Bob	1899	1958
Hardville	Dock	1852	1931	Father
Hardville	Frank	1874	1939	Father
Hardville	Lerlie	1906	1935
Hardville	Mammie	1878	1955
Hardville	Mason	May 17 1887	Aug 15 1964
Hardville	Nannie Mai Mrs.	May 16 1906	Aug 19 1994	Currie Funeral Home Marker
Hardville	William I.	Feb 27 195	Mar 6 1991	(year of birth on list was 195)
Hardville	William	Feb 13 1898	Jun 29 1974
Hardville	Woodrow	Aug 3 1920	Dec 16 1951	Tenn. Cpl. 3276 QM Service Co. WWII
Hicks	Bernice E.	Dec 29 1910	Jun 12 1977	s/s as Norma Ray Hicks wed Mar 1 1916
Hicks	Bernice Eugene	Dec 29 1910	Jun 12 1977	PFC U.C. Army WWII second marker
Hicks	Lula	1890	1917	Mother s/s as Mack Hicks
Hicks	Mack	1877	19__	Father s/s as Lula Hicks
Hicks	Norma Ray Hicks	Mar 1 1916	_____	s/s as Bernice E. Hicks
Hicks	Ozell	Jul 10 1938	Feb 3 1973
Hicks	Robert Lee	1907	1953
Hicks	Willie	Oct 31 1899	Jul 29 1918	No marker child of Bill Hicks & Harette Mayfield both b: TN
Hill	Annie	1871	Oct 30 1923	No marker d/o Sidney Glenn & Ellen Dolonson both b: TN
Jelks	Martha Fannie	1862	1937
Jennings	Allen V.	Jan 9 1914	Oct 23 1919	s/o Geo. & Ida Jennings
Jennings	Dicie	1837	1904	Mother (next to Joe Jennings)
Jennings	Esteller	Apr 10 1910	Jul 16 1971	Mother
Jennings	George	1873	1944	Father s/s as Ida Jennings
Jennings	Hattie	1890	1966	s/s as William H. Jennings wed 1922
Jennings	Ida	1878	19__	Mother s/s as George Jennings
Jennings	J. A.	1874	1935	s/s as Tennie Jennings his wife
Jennings	Joe	1834	1916	Father (next to Dicie Jennings)
Jennings	Leslie W.	1897	1983	PVT U.S. Army WWI
Jennings	Robert Lee Jr.	Apr 11 1927	Jan 21 1977	U.S. Army
Jennings	Robert O.	Mar 15 1905	Feb 25 1979	U.S. Army WWII
Jennings	Tennie	1870	19__	s/s as J. A. Jennings
Jennings	William H.	1890	1966	s/s as Hattie Jennings wed 1922
Johnson	Cordie	Apr 28 1908	_____	s/s as Jack Johnson
Johnson	Flora Lee	1904	1929
Johnson	Jack	Apr 15 1902	Apr 9 1978	s/s as Cordie Johnson
Johnson	Joe	1859	1940	Father
Jones	Carrie	1885	1947	s/s as Jessie Jones
Jones	Jessie	1903	1946	s/s as Carrie Jones
Lillard	John W.	1880	1952
Lillard	Perlie	30 Jan 1885	Aug 5 1965
Mathis	Frankie B.	Jan 8 1903	Oct 7 1918
Mathis	Gladys	Apr 23 1916	Dec 6 1936
Mathis	Red	_____	Dec 27 1911	Age 17 yrs. - fallen tombstone
Mathis	Willie	1892	1945
Mayfield	Aaron	_____	Jan 19 1911	married in 1872 - He was a good husband and a loving father - Masonic Emblem
Mayfield	Aaron	May 11 1905	Apr 1 1970
Mayfield	Bessie D.	May 30 1913	Mar 8 1990	s/s as Lester H. Mayfield
Mayfield	Billy	1892	1970
Mayfield	Clementine	1857	1930	[Death cert. shows b: 1 Apr 1856 in KY, d: 8 Mar 1930, d/o Nelson Garth & Hannah Waggoner both b: KY]
Mayfield	Elnora	1875	1959
Mayfield	Emmet	1867	1931	Father
Mayfield	Ewell	Jan 23 1882	Jun 3 1907
Mayfield	Henry	1905	1938
Mayfield	Lester H.	May 18 1910	May 3 1982	s/s as Bessie D. Mayfield
Mayfield	Liza	Feb 24 1850	Apr 29 1897
Mayfield	Luevie H.	Jun 26 1914	Apr 19 1973
Mayfield	Mattie	Oct 11 1883	Dec 20 1935	married Paul Mayfield Aug 14 1904
Mayfield	Paul	1874	1944
Mayfield	Sammie	Jan 12 1847	Jan 29 1923	No marker b: TN child of Alex Mayfield & Ridder James both b: TN
Mayfield	Samuel	May 18 1848	Jan 29 1923
Mayfield	Willie Bob	1914	1955
McLemore	Classie	1869	Jun 25 1923	No marker b: TN child of Alac & Allie Mayfield both b: TN
McLemore	Linzie	1862	Dec 24 1924	No marker b: Madison Co. TN child of Jim & Julia McLemore both b: Madison Co.
McLemore	Otis T.	Feb 19 1902	Sep 8 1979
McMullen	Rosa Lee	1905	1929	Mother
Midgett	Elizabeth	1849	1931	Mother
Midgett	Oma	May 2 1881	Aug 30 1914	No Marker b: Crockett Co. child of Alex & Lizzie Midgett both b: TN
Mullins	William J.	Dec 12 1937	May 19 1992
Nash	Jacob	1904	1936	Father
Noel	Neley	1881	Jun 20 1949
Nunn	Lucille	Mar 23 1892	Dec 3 1973	tombstone fallen
Palmer	James Wm.	Nov 28 1912	Nov 12 1956	Tenn. Cpl. 39 Ord. Man Co. WWII
Palmer	Jimmie	1890	1938	Mother
Palmer	L. S.	1909	Sep 8 1958
Palmer	Lonzo	1886	Jul __ 1957
Payne	Lorell	1924	1940
Payne	Mary	1890	1945	Mother s/s as Pony Payne
Payne	Pony	1880	19__	Father s/s as Mary Payne
Reams	Cordia	1886	1928
Reams	Mollie	1906	1946
Reddick	B.B.	1889	Dec 26 1910	w/o J.R. Reddick - tombstone fallen
Riddick	Ritta	1873	1943	w/o W.J.D. Riddick
Ridley	Lucy	May 6 1872	Dec 30 1925	She was a kind and affectionate wife a fond mother and a faithful friend
Ridley	Lucy	Feb 10 1875	Dec 16 1925	From Death Cert. d/o James Richardson & Nancy Ferguston both b: TN
Robertson	Crissie Darnell	Mar 9 1967	Apr 2 1967
Robertson	Ernest C.	Nov 29 1947	Nov 16 1968
Robertson	James G.	Sep 16 1920	Jan 22 1989	s/s as Pauline L. Robertson
Robertson	Mary	1879	1927	[w/o Mose Robertson, below, wed 16 Aug 1894]
Robertson	Matthew L.	-----	Jan 11 2003	d: Detriot, MI, age 44, s/o Pauline Lewis Robertson [from his obit]
Robertson	Mose	_____	Jun 24 1922	Faithful member of St. Paul Circle No. 3023 - RC 09 on top of stone
Robertson	Noah K.	1963	1989
Robertson	Olizie	1950	1951
Robertson	Pauline L.	Jun 12 1924	_____	s/s as James G. Robertson
Sandlain	Izora	1906	1939
Sherron	Moseller	1874	Jun 9 1934
Singleton	Has	1882	1944
Smith	Martha	Oct 4 1869	Sep 14 1908	d/o Charlotte & Tony Smith
Smith	Rostelle Jr.	Nov 8 1952	Feb 27 1992
Smith	Tollie	_____	Oct 1 1918	Age 25
Swift	Elizabeth	1918	1944
Swift	Mary D.	1915	1933
Taylor	Jessie	1900	1918	s/s as Spencer Taylor
Taylor	Octavia	_____	Jun 20 1918	Age 25
Taylor	Spencer	1898	1916	s/s as Jessie Taylor
Turner	Annie	no date	Aug 19 1925	From Death Cert. Age 23, d/o Silas & Mariah Cole both b: MS
Turner	Dixie	1897	1976
Twiddy	Luther	Jan 22 1892	Jul 4 1913
Wade	Hurley E.	Dec 18 1905	Aug 3 1961	s/s as Mary D. Wade
Wade	John	1864	1937	s/s as Mattie V. Wade, Erected by Grandchildren
Wade	Mary D.	Jul 31 1897	Mar 3 1977	s/s as Hurley E. Wade
Wade	Mattie V.	1873	1954	s/s as John Wade
Wade	Merdalioun	1910	1944
Walker	John	_____	Oct 15 1921	No marker age abt 85 b: TN
Westbrooks	Ceder	1864	Mar 20 1914	No marker b: TN d/o Dick & Bettie Williams
Williams	Calvin	_____	Nov 1 1921	No marker b: TN age 52 s/o John Williams b: TN & Mary McGathy b: NC
Williams	Mary	1894	Nov 3 1916	No marker b: TN d/o Henry Williams b: AL & Mary Fry b: MS
Young	Eller B.	_____	Jan 31 1927	Whit Dove Chamber 4121 Henning Tenn.
Young	John L.	Mar 29 1913	Apr 12 1930	s/o Ernest Bollard? & Jennie Eva Frazier, all b: TN [From death cert.]