The Pettus Cemetery
The Pettus Cemetery is in Gibson County
It is on Switzer Rd -- 6/10s Mile South of Morella Rd
Mapquest
No complete stones were found
I found 2 piles of Broken Stones
Only one could be read :
Duncan ,
------------- Sep 23 1843 Nov 12
1843 1mo , 24days
House, Tom Knox 70yrs Jan 3 1873 Jan 19 1943 S/o S K P & Jane Berry No Marker
New photos courtesy of;
PETTUS CEMETERY
Compiled By Mrs Quintard Glass
Newbern , Tn.
Bone, Elizabeth 1855 ----
Infant d/o Emily Pettus
& Dr. Samuel James Bone
Bone, Emily Pettus Apr 11 1827 - Nov
1 1859 w/o S J Bone
Bone, James Samuel Oct 25 1859 - Apr 26 1926
House, Azariah Coburn Dec 14 1834 - Jan 27 1911
House, Mary Ann Pettus Jan 17 1818 - Sep 22 1899
House, Moses A. Oct 9 1804 - Mar 22 1873
House, Samuel Knox Pettus May 5 1837 - Jan 12 1876
(In memory of)
Capt. Co F CSA 12th Tn Inf Confederate Army
(Buried in the Berry Family Cemetery, 1 mile North of Trenton, Tn,
but his tombstone was moved in 1999 to the Jones Family Cemetery
in Dyer Co., TN)
House, Tom Knox Jan 3 1873 - Jan 19 1943
House, William Wadkins Feb 14 1840 - Feb 3 1862
Pvt Co F 12th Tn Inf, Russell's Command
Wounded and Died in 1st battle of Civil War,
Belmont, Ky. Nov 7 1861
(His tombstone was moved in 1999 to the Jones Family Cemetery
in Dyer Co., TN)
Marable, Jamima Glover b: Abt. 1764 -
Oct 14 1844
(wife of Matthew Marable)
Marable, Matthew b: Abt. 1760 - Dec 4 1830
Pettus, Elizabeth Marable May 19 1798 - Nov 6 1865
(wife of Samuel Knox Pettus, dau of Matthew Marable & Jemima Glover)
Pettus, Samuel Knox Mar 8 1793 - Jan 6 1866
Here is the information that Mrs. Glass has regarding the cemetery:
In 1822, Samuel Knox and Elizabeth Marable Pettus purchased a North Carolina land grant of
708 acres for $1470, from George Doherty on the N. E. Dyer and Gibson County line. They
moved their family and 127 slaves from Charlotte, North Carolina. Near their house they
set aside a 2 acre plot for the Family Graveyard.