Cemeteries of Madison County






Photographer Tim Batross

Restored by Big Black Creek Historical Association
The entrance to the long forgotten Denmark Methodist Cemetery, Denmark, Madison Cty., TN. Final resting place for 13 Meriwether's and Adolphus A. Britton, owner of the land that the Civil War battle of Britton's Lane was fought on September 1, 1862. We have cleared the brush and fallen trees and are restoring it. Big Black Creek Historical Association

See Headstones below


NAME BIRTH DEATH SPOUSE PARENTS
BRITTON, Adolphus A.
Brittons Lane		 23 Nov 1819 16 May 1873 Anne  
COLEBORN, William C.   21 Jan 1931   Pvt 320 Field Arty. 82nd Div.
MERIWETHER, David 1800 1859    
MERIWETHER, David J. 1824 1868    
MERIWETHER, Eva 1855 1857    
MERIWETHER, Francis 1794 1857    
MERIWETHER, Frank 1847 1871    
MERIWETHER, Infant        
MERIWETHER, James G. 1841 1889    
MERIWETHER, James H. 1840 1858    
MERIWETHER, Lizzie (Deberry) 1848 1888    
MERIWETHER, Lizzie C. 1829 1859    
MERIWETHER, Louisa 1806 1887    
MERIWETHER, Sarah Ella 1839 1862    
MOORE, Tempie 03 Feb 1882 21 Mar 1881 A.P. Moore  
SMITH, Rev. Andrew C. 04 Feb 1834 03 Feb 1895    
SWEENEY, Rebecca M. 15 Mar 1844 1859    
TARVER, Sarah T. 25 Dec 1806 05 Feb 1854    

Adolphus was a Mason and belonged to Masonic Lodge # 154 in Denmark, TN. His grave and others were rediscovered in a long abandoned cemetery. The Civil War Battle of Britton's Lane was fought on His and wife Anne's land on September 1, 1862.


William C. Coleborn // Tempie Moore // Sarah T. Tarver


Andrew C. Smith // Rebecca M. Sweeny