Thomas Williams CemeteryLocated off Walnut Hill Rd.Crockett Co., TN
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Thomas Williams Cemetery Located off Walnut Hill Rd. Crockett Co., TN |
A very special thank you to Christi Crawford Partee, who provided this updated transcription, done 18 Apr 1999, and the history of the cemetery. There were some additional names (maiden, first, middle, and nicknames) on the previous inventory, and I have left those on this list, as it may help to further identify some of these people.
Thomas Williams was the founder of Walnut Hill Baptist Church as well as the Thomas Williams cemetery where he, his wife, and many children (and grandchildren) are buried today. It is located about 1/4 mile SE of Walnut Hill Bap. Church off Walnut Hill Rd., behind a house with a shop building and thru the wheat field into a grove of pine trees. It has a wonderful wrought iron gate and scroll saying "Thomas Williams Cemetery" over the gate.
Relationship of some of the people buried in this cemetery, to Christi:
Thomas Williams - my gggg.grandfather
Dilly Ann (Medlin) Williams- my gggg.grandmother
James E. (Edward) Ellington - my gg.grandfather
M.A. (Martha Ann Dawes) Ellington - my gg.grandmother
Ida May (Williams) Ellington (step gg.grandmother, and cousin to me as well)
Walter L. (Lee) Christie - my great-grandfather, 1st husband of Minnie Lee
Ellington-Christie-Norvell who is buried at the Cypress Church Cemetery.
Note; It is said that my ggg.grandmother "Elizabeth Williams-Ellington, born abt. 1815 to Thomas Williams and Dilly Ann Medlin, and who married John Ellington in Madison Co., TN., in 1838 is also buried here, next to her daughter "Mary Dee (Ellington)-Horton" in an unmarked grave. One of the family bibles has her year of death as 1901. Elizabeth is also the mother of James Edward Ellington, & Fleming Wood (F.W.) Ellington, both who are also buried here. To my knowledge, her other children are not buried here.
Thanks to Cristie Sanders Wright, for the tombstone photos!
Click on View to view a photo of the tombstone
| Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Remarks | |
| __________ | Infant | ___ | ___ | No last name or dates | |
| Blair | Charles | 22 Jun 1914 | 15 Sep 1919 | ||
| View | Blair | Cora | 26 Aug 1903 | 25 Aug 1904 | s/s as Edith Blair; d/o S. W. & L. Blair |
| View | Blair | Edith | 27 Aug 1915 | 21 May 1924 | s/s as Cora Blair; d/o S. W. & L. Blair |
| View | Blurton | Bertha G. (Perry) | 1888 | 1940 | Mother |
| View | Blurton | Nelson F. | 1904 | 1911 | Son |
| View | Cain | Alice Ellington | 1878 | 1904 | |
| View | Cain | Baby Son | no date | no date | s/s as Lizzie Williams Cain |
| Cain | Infant | 1848 | 27 Mar 1849 | ||
| View | Cain | Lizzie Williams | 16 Dec 1889 | 16 Aug 1909 | s/s as Baby Son Cain |
| View | Carter | Lillie Jackson | 1873 | 1898 | |
| View | Christie | Walter L. | 11 Dec 1870 | 14 Aug 1903 | [1st husband of Minnie Lee Ellington s/o William H. Christie] Please see bottom of page for further info |
| View | Ellington | Alice Medlin | 3 Jul 1888 | 24 Dec 1920 | |
| View | Ellington | Fleming W. | 1843 | 1923 | s/s as Ida Lee Freano Ellington |
| View | Ellington | Ida Lee Freano | 1868 | 1944 | s/s as her husband F. W. Ellington |
| View | Ellington | Ida May | 19 May 1859 | 22 Jul 1952 | s/s as James E. Ellington |
| View | Ellington | James E. (Ned) | 31 Jan 1843 | 17 Feb 1908 | s/s as Ida May Ellington [James Edward] |
| Ellington | Martha Ann Dawes | 22 Jul 1844 | 24 Jan 1878 | 1st w/o James Edward [Ned] Ellington d/o William Dawes and Mariah Todd |
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| View | Emison | Lucy Ann Williams | 21 Jul 1858 | 14 Mar 1885 | w/o James Wesley Emison |
| Freano | J. R. | 25 Mar 1843 | no date | ||
| View | Freano | Penny E. Horton | 6 Dec 1846 | 16 Mar 1916 | w/o J. R. Freano |
| View | Gage | Harris Montel | one date | 17 May 1917 | Infant s/o Jones & Minnie Gage |
| View | Green | Joshua Howell | 14 Jan 1883 | 15 Oct 1900 | |
| View | Green | Marget Lugenia | 14 Mar 1861 | 9 Sep 1940 | w/o R. A. Green |
| View | Green | Nancy E. Wilkes | 12 Jan 1845 | 18 May 1884 | dates from previous inventory: 12 Jan 1843 - 28 May 1884 |
| View | Green | R. A. J. | 1 Dec 1833 | 1 Aug 1909 | [Robert Andrew Jackson] |
| View | Henderson | Ellis H. | 9 Sep 1902 | 11 Feb 190_ | s/o R. L. & Minnie Henderson |
| View | Henderson | Singleton James | 4 Jan 1868 | 28 Dec 1899 | |
| View | Hopper | Zula Green | 1886 | 1907 or 1917 | w/o Alvin Hopper |
| Horton | Mary Dee [Ellington] | no date | 12 Jun 1912 | Age 68 yrs. | |
| View | Jackson | Elisha | 2 Apr 1823 | 23 Sep 1908 | |
| Jackson | George W. | 26 Nov 1848 | 23 Mar 1849 | ||
| Jackson | Infant | no date | no date | c/o Martha & James Newton Jackson | |
| View | Jackson | James Delmas | 14 Dec 1907 | 19 Jan 1908 | s/o J. R. & Ollie Jackson |
| Jackson | Lillie Carter | 1873 | 1898 | ||
| View | Jackson | Louisa Jane Williams | 1 Dec 1824 | 18 Jul 1854 | 1st w/o Elisha Jackson; d/o Thomas Williams and Dilly Ann Medlin |
| Jackson | Martha | 2 Feb 1849 | 15 May 1879 | w/o James Newton Jackson | |
| View | Jackson | Meekins N. [Dr.] | 18 May 1850 | 23 Dec 1884 | |
| View | Jackson | Missouri Emeline Medlin | 22 Aug 1849 | 25 Jun 1878 | w/o Dr. Jackson |
| View | Jackson | Ollie R. McBride | 1881 | 1915 | w/o J. R. Jackson |
| View | Jackson | Siddie Ann Williams | 1 Dec 1821 | 7 Feb 1890 | 2nd w/o Elisha Jackson; d/o Thomas Williams and Dilly Ann Medlin |
| Jackson | Thomas M. | 1852 | 1854 | ||
| Medlin | Bev. H. | 25 Oct 1848 | 17 Aug 1924 | s/s as Dilly Williams Medlin | |
| View | Medlin | Calyer H. | 2 Mar 1821 | 15 Dec 1877 | |
| View | Medlin | Cora | 11 Oct 1894 | 8 Jun 1895 | d/o B. H. & Dillie Medlin |
| View | Medlin | Dilly Ann Williams | 1852 | 1936 | s/s as Mose W. Medlin |
| Medlin | Dilly Williams | 16 Mar 1848 | 14 Dec 1928 | s/s as Bev. H. Medlin | |
| Medlin | E. P. F. | 16 Mar 1916 | no date | ||
| View | Medlin | Mose W. | 1843 | 1929 | s/s as Dilly Ann Williams Medlin |
| View | Medlin | Ody W. | 15 Dec 1884 | 11 Sep 1892 | s/o Mose W. & D. A. Medlin |
| View | Medlin | Roena J. | 1816 | 27 Aug 1886 | w/o C. H. Medlin [first name looks like Porbonail not Roena] |
| View | Medlin | Silas M. | 15 Feb 1870 | 31 Jan 1872 | s/o Mose & D. A. Medlin |
| View | Medlin | Wilton L. | 28 Feb 1886 | 23 Dec 1903 | |
| View | Miller | Fanny May G. | 12 Sep 1891 | 5 Feb 1923 | Initial may be C. |
| View | Miller | Weldon McMillian | 8 Jul 1921 | 24 Feb 1923 | |
| View | Perry | Barham | 27 Aug 1829 | 29 Aug 1899 | Corp Co B 47 NC Inf Confederate States Army |
| View | Perry | Rowena Williams | 5 Oct 1853 | 3 Jan 1937 | |
| View | Richards | Irving Hawkins | 6 Mar 1891 | 1 Oct 1913 | |
| Richards | Jim N. | 29 Jun 1836 | 17 Apr 1912 | ||
| Richards | Sarah [Williams] | 28 May 1842 | 8 May 1885 | w/o J. N. Richards | |
| View | Sherrod | Clyde T. | 1890 | 1928 | |
| View | Sherrod | James E. | 20 Feb 1909 | 12 Apr 1911 | s/o C. T. & B. L. Sherrod |
| View | Sherrod | Lou Genia | Oct 1850 | Sep 1906 | |
| View | Thompson | Annie B. Jackson | 1879 | 1911 | s/s as Don Thompson; his wife |
| View | Thompson | Don | 1870 | 1911 | s/s as Annie B. Jackson Thompson |
| View | Townes | Mattie Irene Perry Mitchell Bruce | 20 Sep 1870 | 3 Mar 1933 | |
| Weems | George | 28 Mar 1804 | 18 Dec 1881 | ||
| View | Weems | Lizzie L. | 20 Apr 1857 | 5 Sep 1885 | w/o A. C. Weems |
| View | White | Jenkins Webb (Doc) | 24 Jun 1859 | 19 Mar 1900 | h/o Mary L. "Molly" Ellington who was the d/o James E. Ellington & Martha Ann Dawes |
| View | Wilkerson | Edris Virginia | 1918 | 1918 | |
| View | Williams | Add | 1843 | 1926 | s/s as Ann Williams |
| View | Williams | Ann | 1853 | no date | s/s as Add Williams |
| Williams | Berry | 1830 | 1900 | ||
| View | Williams | D. T. ["Mannie"] | 1857 | 1931 | s/s as Mandy Williams |
| View | Williams | Dilly Ann Medlin | 12 Jul 1785 | 4 Apr 1868 | w/o Thomas Williams; founder of this cemetery |
| View | Williams | Eldredge Gray | 2 Feb 1849 | Sep 1932 | s/s as Mary Talitha Eugene Green Williams |
| View | Williams | Elsie | 12 Jan 1924 | 7 Feb 1924 | |
| View | Williams | Eunice | 1892 | 1893 | |
| Williams | Harriet [Medlin] | May 1822 | 18 Feb 1875 | w/o Matthew Williams | |
| Williams | Infant Daughter | 6 Apr 1914 | one date | d/o D. T. Williams Sr. & Minnie | |
| View | Williams | Infant Son | no date | no date | s/o Arnold and Olive Williams |
| View | Williams | J. H. | 25 Jan 1847 | 24 Jan 1900 | |
| View | Williams | Jim W. (Pete) | 31 Mar 1861 | 12 Jun 1929 | |
| View | Williams | Josephine | 7 Jul 1920 | 28 Nov 1920 | |
| View | Williams | Lida May | 26 Jul 1906 | 10 Jun 1918 | |
| View | Williams | Lida Pearce | no date | no date | mother of D. T. Williams |
| View | Williams | Mandy | 1863 | no date | s/s as D. T. "Mannie" Williams |
| Williams | Manie | 1888 | 1890 | ||
| View | Williams | Marshal D. | 6 Nov 1912 | 23 Dec 1912 | |
| View | Williams | Mary Talitha Eugenia Green | 15 Aug 1868 | 20 May 1943 | s/s as Eldredge Gray Williams |
| Williams | Matthew | 11 Oct 1817 | 21 Mar 1911 | 93 yrs 5 mos 10 das [birth date not on stone] | |
| View | Williams | Peter | 7 Dec 1826 | 31 Aug 1915 | s/s as Viola Williams; his wife |
| View | Williams | Roy Egbert | 7 Oct 1915 | 10 Nov 1917 | s/o Ricie Williams; age 2 yrs. |
| View | Williams | Tempie | 1907 | 1927 | d/o D. T. & Mandy Williams |
| View | Williams | Thomas | 22 May 1792 | 17 Jun 1859 | |
| Williams | Uda May | 26 Jul 1906 | 10 Jun 1918 | ||
| View | Williams | Viola | 1 May 1827 | 13 Jan 1904 | s/s as Peter Williams |
| Williams | Wesley Hawkins | 25 Jan 1847 | 24 Jan 1900 |
This additional information comes from Christi Crawford Partee:
Many people do not connect "Walter Lee Christie" as a family member in this cemetery, because they just don't know of it. He was my great-grandfather (and my namesake) and was married to Minnie Lee Ellington from 1898 until the summer of 1903 when he was killed while cutting timber. A large limb broke and struck his head, killing him. His friend "Dave Miller" who was with him, managed to carry him to James E. "Ned" Ellington's home. "Ned" was Minnie Lee's father and the father-in-law of Walter Christie. "Ned" is said to have been very fond of his son-in-law and "fetched" a doctor quickly, who performed surgery right there in "Ned's" house in an attempt to save Walter. He was not successful. I am told that it was James E. "Ned" Ellington who insisted that his favored son-in-law be buried in the cemetery which "Ned's" grandfather "Thomas Williams" founded and which became the primary family cemetery until it filled up.
Walter and Minnie had three children together; Lorene, Walter Veron "Bill" and Virgie Jewel. Lorene was my grandmother and married Frank Porter Crawford. They are buried in Ripley. Walter Vernon "Bill" Christie married Kate Ann Crowe and they are buried at Walnut Hill. Virgie Jewel married Lee Loveless and they are buried at Walnut Hill.
Walter Lee Christie's family were of the Haywood/Madison/Crockett counties area since 1837. His father was William H. Christie, an attorney, commissioned on the bar in Brownsville in the 1880's (Goodspeed history). Walter's grandfather was Jesse Thomas Christie, born in Halifax Co., NC., in 1815, and his father was William Christie, born 1782/83 in Halifax Co., NC., to Jesse Christie Sr., who was born abt. 1750, location unknown, but possibly in Scotland. (still working on that one). William migrated to Haywood Co., by 1837 with his wife "Charlotte Thrower" along with their children. His land and that of some of his sons bordered Madison Co., and parts of it later became what is now Crockett Co.
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