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Pierce Cemetery (#3)
Butler, Carter County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

You may click on one of the surnames below to go to the first marker with that surname. Click here to go to the first grave marker.

Location

Go to Piercetown Road. Turn left at Point 8 Pines and the cemetery will be on the left, in Carter County, Tennessee.
Topozone map 36.346ºN 82.045ºW

Sources of Names Listed

The listing that follows is derived from the readings taken by Angel Graybeal. This is only a partial listing. They are not in alpahbetical order.
The photographs were taken by Basil L. McVey on May 23, 2004.

Information in brackets [sample] was provided by Angel Graybeal or the other wonderful, helpful members of the JCTCuzins List. The web page is: Johnson County Homepage.

Views of Pierce Cemetery (#3)

The views are noted with the approximate location in the cemetery.

Pierce Cemetery (#3) Marker Information

Pearce,N W
N.W. Pearce
September 25, 1858 — April 14, 1906
[Noah Webster Pierce son of Henry C. and Frankie]
Pierce,H C
H.C. Pierce
Lieut. Co.A. 13 Tenn. Cav.
[Henry C. Pierce 1824-1905]
Pierce,Essie M
Essie M. Pierce
August 24, 1904 — July 23, 1971
[daughter of W. C. and Cora Pierce]
Pierce,Lania J
Lania Jewel Pierce
daughter of W.C. and Cora Pierce
March 18, 1909 — June 26, 1908
footstone
William David Pierce
born and died March 3, 1941
[son of Gaston Pierce]
Rhymer,Starling P
Starling P. Rhymer
1876-1943
footstone
Glover,R E
R E Glover
Corp Co C 14th TN Inf
Died Dec. 20, 19__
age 38
Pierce,James D
James Daniel Pierce
July 6, 1884 — January 14, 1929
footstone
Essie M. Pierce
August 24, 1904 — July 23, 1934
Pierce,Callie
Callie Pierce
wife of C.C. Campbell
April 28, 1894 — Feb 26, 1920
[daughter of Henry S. Pierce and Sarah Morley]
Morley,Wiley
Wiley Morley
April 7, 1868 — June 9, 1916
footstone
[brother to Sarah Morley Pierce and son of Dicy Copley Morley]
Pierce,David B
David B. Pierce
Died
Oct. 11, 1899
Aged
74 yrs. ____ds.
Pierce,Mary A
Mary A. Pierce
wife of
David B. Pierce
Mar. 31, 1835
Apr. 28 1916
Pierce,Franklin M
Franklin M. Pierce
January 12, 1833 — Feb 21, 1916
footstone
Pierce,Sarah A
Sarah Ann Dugger
wife of F.M. Pierce
Nov 15, 1836 — Feb 16, 1907
alt view
footstone
Pierce,Sarah D
Sarah Jane Pierce
March 19, 1856 — March 2, 1902
daughter of F.M and S.A Pierce
alt view
footstone
Murray,Cora
Cora Murray
June 11, 1883 — February 6, 1926
footstone
[daughter of Sarah Jane Pierce]
Dugger,Nancy J
Nancy J. Dugger
June 10, 1810 — January 19, 1894
footstone
[mother of Sarah Ann Dugger Pierce]
Timbs,Amos
Amos Timbs
1816-1892
Timbs,Sarah P
Sarah Payne Timbs
1830-1890
wife of Amos Timbs
James A. Timbs
Co C 4 US V. Inf
Lewis,DJ
D. J. Lewis
Co. A
13th Tenn. Cav.
[David J. Lewis]
Morley,Reaner
Reaner Morley
Dec. 5, 1855 [Dec. and single digit and 18_5]
May 26 or 28, 1913
foot marker
Smith,James D Jr
James D. Smith Jr.
1946-1946
Our darling
foot marker

There are about 100 people buried in this cemetery.
However, some graves are unmarked and many have sticks and rocks to mark the site. Some of these graves are:
Unknown
Unknown
[Several wooden markers with no information near entrance]
Unknown
Unknown
[footstone no information]
Unknown
Unknown
[broken marker no information]
Unknown
Unknown
[broken marker no information]
Unknown
Unknown
[broken marker no information]
Amanda Pierce Presnell
1854-1923
daughter of Henry and Frankie Pierce
Frankie Lewis Pierce
1825-1904
Sarah Caroline Pierce Timbs
born 1851
wife of James Avery Timbs and daughter of Henry and Frankie
Guy B. Pierce
Nov 2, 1910 — Dec 3, 1910
Martha Demie Pierce
born 1866 died 1921
wife of Noah Pierce and daughter of David B. Pierce
Mary Ellen Pierce Mccloud
1873-1942
Henry S. Pierce
born 1860
(and wife
Sarah Morley Pierce
Mary D. Pierce
b. 1871
wife of Wiley Morley and daughter of David B. Pierce
Mary Pierce Miller
1862-1921
daughter of Henry N. Pierce and Phoebe Crowe

TVA records indicate that these people are buried here:
A.P. Pierce
died 1922
[Armstead P. Pierce 1851-1920]
Minnie Pierce
died 1912
Rebecca Pierce
[daughter of Armstead "Armstrong" P. Pierce and Minnie]
Ada Marie McCloud
Spurgeon McCloud
died 1894
W.M. McCloud
1870-1934
Linda G. Pierce
1944-1944
Lavina Pierce
died 1911
George L. C. Pierce
1846-1895
Mary C. Pierce
died 1891
Lucy Pierce
Ettie Pierce
died 1930
Hattie Pierce
born and died 1909
[daughter of William Crumley Pierce and Cora _____]
6 Infant Pierces
Infant Timbs
Infant Trivette
Rebecca Timbs
died 1920
Vina Timbs
died 1904
James Pierce
Rhoda Pierce
Sarah Pierce
1884-1929
Tiny Pierce
[1897-1933
wife of Wilburn Vines]
Bessie Scott
died 1908
Elizabeth J. Starnes
died 1933
Florance Timbs
died 1902
Minnie, Mollie and Thomas Tribett
died 1900
George L. White
died 1940
J.M. Wilson
Jim Wilson
Martha Wilson

Sources

1. Readings and genealogical research by Angel Graybeal
2. TVA records
3. Photographs by Basil McVey

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This page added 21 October 2002 and last updated January 26, 2007

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