The cemeteries listed below can be found in Tipton County or in Fayette County near Mason. I’ve included histories for the cemeteries when they’ve been uncovered. You can click on the cemetery name to see histories and burials. (Here is an interactive map if you can remember the area but not the name of the cemetery.)
*If you are interested in learning more about funerary art and acronyms, you can read this post here. Written descriptions are available along with photos of headstones from Tipton County and from other states.
A W Smith Cemetery
A. W. Smith Cemetery is located in Brighton, Tennessee, on E. Kenwood Avenue. This cemetery was named after Augustus Washington Smith, Sr. The oldest headstone in the cemetery is that of Susannah Holmes Smith and is dated 1844. Susannah was the wife of Leonard Smith. They are the parents of Augustus Washington. There ...
Adams Cemetery
Adams Cemetery is a small family cemetery. In fact, I’ve only been able to discover two burials on the site. The family cemetery is located northwest of Munford, Tennessee on Drummonds Road. The cemetery is on private land so there is no access. The GPS coordinates are 35.455132, -89.835772. Name DOB DOD Comments Adams, Lewis Rev. 11 ...
Alston Cemetery
Alston Cemetery is in Gilt Edge, Tipton County, Tennessee. The cemetery is also known as Austin Cemetery. There are no Austins in the cemetery unless they do not have headstones and records have not been found. The name of the road leading to the cemetery is Austin Cemetery. Maybe it was ...
Armstrong Family Cemetery
The Armstrong Family Cemetery is a small African-American cemetery. The cemetery is located on the north side of Armstrong Road (35.426968, -89.877470) at the drive of 486 Armstrong Rd in Drummonds, TN. The cemetery was used for the burial grounds of the Armstrong family. The deed to the cemetery calls it the ...
Barrow Cemetery
Barrow Cemetery, located on Island 37 in Tipton County, Tennessee. This area is on the west side of the Mississippi River. It is part of Tipton County but across the river because of the violent shift in the Mississippi River. A lot of the headstones are no longer visible so most of the information ...
Beech Chapel CME Church
Beach Chapel Church Sign Beech Chapel CME Church is located on the Mason-Charleston Road in Mason, TN. It is an African-American church. Also, the cemetery is located across the street from the church and there are approximately 70 graves. According to the current pastor, the church closed last July (2018) due to construction work. ...
Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Location Bethel Church and Cemetery is located on Tracy Road in Atoka, TN. Founded in approximately 1850 and a new building was erected in 1953. Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church Sign Cemetery The cemetery is on the left side of the church. It is an older cemetery with about 600 graves. Some of ...
Boot Hill Cemetery
Burials in Boot Hill Cemetery in Tipton County, Tennessee. Now under Hwy 51.
Campground Cemetery
Location Campground Cemetery is located on the left of Campground Road in Drummonds, Tennessee. You will find the entrance across from the intersection of Pilgrim Rd and Campground Rd. Age of Cemetery It is an old cemetery. Consequently, the oldest headstone is marked 8 Oct 1811. Roy C Branch, who died at the age ...
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cedar Hill Cemetery, located at the Mason city limits on the north side of town, is an old large cemetery. Consequently, many of the life long residents have been buried here. Located within the city limits of Mason, Cedar Hill Cemetery is approximately a half mile north of Hwy 70 and TN 59. ...
Charleston Cemetery
Charleston Cemetery is located in Tipton County, Tennessee on the relatively quiet highway of 179 on the west side of Charleston United Methodist Church. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July of 2002. (NRHP No. 02000811) Charleston is the original cemetery where the founder of the church is ...
Clopton Cemetery
Anthony Clopton gave land for Clopton Cemetery in the 1830s. Covered with lush trees and flowing springs this land was ideal for “brush arbor” revivals. “Brush Arbor” revivals were the early spiritual refreshment of Tipton County. The tranquil setting of this land disturbed by the Civil War. Consequently, over 500 volunteer Confederate soldiers ...
Cotton Cemetery
Cotton Cemetery is located at the end of Dyson Lane. The land surrounding the cemetery is farm land, and the dead end road to the cemetery has been paved. The GPS coordinates are 35.525057, -89.532505. Back to Cemeteries
Elm Grove Church and Cemetery
Elm Grove Church and Cemetery are located on Elm Grove Rd in Burlison, TN. The church is in a newer building with the cemetery on its left. There are approximately 200 graves in the cemetery. Elm Grove Church Cemetery Burlison, TN Elm Grove Church Cemetery Burlison, TN Burials Back to Churches Back to Cemeteries
Flournoy Cemetery
The Flournoy Cemetery at “Spring Grove”, the R. T. Brodnax place, is three miles south of Mason. It is a split-off of “Woodlawn” and was started by the Flournoy grandchildren of R. T. Brodnax. The Woodlawn Cemetery is in Fayette County. The cemetery is accessible off the east side of Hendrick road near ...
Galilee Cemetery
Galilee Cemetery is located on Dunlap Orphanage Road in Brighton, TN. It is a fairly new African-American cemetery. As a result, there are more empty plots than filled. Also, an infant buried in 1911 has the oldest headstone in the cemetery. Galilee Cemetery in Brighton TN Burials Back to Cemeteries
George T Taylor Family Cemetery
The George T Taylor family cemetery is located in the garden at the residence of Miss Emma Click. None of the original markers remain but a monument was recently placed there signifying the graves. The marker there has the name of “Vineland” on it but it has since been discovered that this was ...
Helen Crigger Cemetery
Location Helen Crigger Cemetery, aka Crigger Cemetery, is in Munford, TN. Crigger is a large open cemetery to the right of Beaver Road. As well as being a large cemetery, it is an old cemetery with about 4,600 graves. In fact, many lifelong residents of Munford are buried there. Burials Helen Crigger Cemetery ...