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Bent Creek Cemetery

Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee

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Surnames: Aldridge • Allen • Allred • Back • Beach • Bibben • Brown • Bryan • Chaney • Coltharp • Crosby • Dean • Draper • Dyer • Everette • Fawbush • Hale • Harbour • Harris • Haun • Horner • Lane • Lee • McDonald • Mooney • Neal • Parrish • Phillips • Prangle • Ramey • Rhea • Robertson • Roddy • Roddye • Russell • Shepard • Shields • Walker • Welch • White • Witt

Coordinates: Latitude: 36.26056° Longitude: -83.14222°
Directions: From Highway 11E in Whitesburg turn south on Hwy 113 (Silver City Road), go 0.8 miles and turn right on Stagecoach Road. The cemetery is 0.1 miles on the left.
Sources: "A Horner Legacy", Fredalene Cooper Horner. US GenWeb, Albert M. Thomas. The inscriptions were first copied in during May 1937 under the Work's Progress Administration of the Historical Records Project by Mrs. Margaret H. Richardson, Miss Ada Ruth Noe, Mrs. Arlie Turner and Miss Rebecca Colyer. In May 1960 the stones were again copied by Mr. Ernest O. Lane, Miss Eva Russell, Mr. Samuel Smith and Mrs. Feamster Taylor. In 1994 Miss Eva Russell wrote the History of and Tombstone Inscriptions from Bent Creek Cemetey. She has updated recent burials through February 19, 1996. Cemetery visit December 2001 by Larry and Annie Kraus.
Notes: The church was organized in 1785 by Isaac Barton, Caleb Witt and James Roddye. James Roddye was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1810 William Horner gave the original acre of land to the trustees for a neighborhood burying ground. Later additions of land bring the present acerage to about 8 acres. William Horner Sr., donor of the first acre, reserved a number of plots near his own for use of his family. In at least four rows across the first acre are buried many pioneer Horners and their wives. Many of the stones have long since weathered and broken and are illegible. [Mr. Harrison Horner, Trustee and Clerk and Deacon of Whitesburg Baptist Church to Eva Russell during 1960-1963.] There are 145 burials listed here. This is not a complete inventory of this cemetery. In the More Info column click

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Marker click to enlarge	Name	Birth	Death	Inscription	Notes
	Unknown				Unknown Traveller.
	Ella Jodie Haun Allen	15 Oct 1866	26 Feb 1946		Unknown. Double marker with husband William Henry Allen.
	William Henry Allen	20 Nov 1869	28 Sep 1902		Unknown. Double marker with wife Ella Josie Haun.
No Photo Available	Matilda Horner Beck	21 Jul 1910			Unknown.
	Burley M. Brown	20 Mar 1905	22 Dec 1970		Unknown. Double marker with wife Sadie V. Horner.
	Nanny S. Brown	25 Nov 1859	11 Nay 1881		Unknown. Wife of J.M. Brown.
	Rob. Brown	1884	1947		Unknown.
	Sadie V. Brown	05 Nov 1909	03 Nov 1980		Sadie V. Horner. Unknown. Double marker with husband Burley Brown.
	John Coltharp Sr.		9 Apr 1815	Aged 66 Years	John Coltharp. Unknown.
No Photo Available	Matilda Horner Dean	28 Mar 1838	14 Jan 1886		Unknown. Wife of W. A. Dean.
	Isaac P. Dyer	17 Mar 1869	15 Aug 1884	Son of S.M. & M.V. Dyer, Age 16ys 5ms 1day	Unknown. Son of Solomon Dyer and Melvina Horner.
	Joe E. Dyer	28 May 1866	5 Jun 1887	Age 20 Ys 9 Ms 5 Ds	Joe E. Dyer. Unknown.
	Malvina V. Horner Dyer	09 May 1841	19 Nov 1899		Melvina V. Horner. Unknown. Wife of Solomon Dyer.
	Rosea D. Dyer	29 Nov 1874	28 Aug 1893	Dau of S.M. and Melvina Horner.	Unknown. Daughter of Solomon Dyer and Melvina Horner.
	S. M. Dyer	27 Nov 1845	30 May 1921		Solomon M. Dyer. Unknown. Husband of Melvina V. Horner.
	Elton Everette	1902	1943		Elton Everette. Unknown. Husband of Lida Goins?
	Lida Everette Goins	no date	no date		Lida Goins. Unknown. Wife of Elton Everette?
No Photo Available	Matt M. Horner Hale	09 Mar 1848	07 Jul 1877		Unknown. Wife of A. E. Hale.
No Photo Available	Edith Lee Harris	06 Jan 1818	16 Jun 1905	Wife of James Harris.	Edith Lee, wife of James Harris.
No Photo Available	James Harris	06 Jan 1808	17 Jul 1865		James Harris, husband of Edith Lee.
	Lula C. Harris	15 Jan 1880	9 May 1961		Unknown. Birth year may be 1870.
	Marthy E. Harris	4 Nov 1861	9 Jan 1891		Unknown.
	Abraham Haun	13 Dec 1804	17 Jul 1858		Abraham Haun, son of Abraham Haun, husband of Nancy Ann Horner.
No Photo Available	Abraham Haun	1772	No date		Abraham Haun, father of Abraham Haun.
	C. P. Haun	14 Jul 1892	21 Mar 1966		Unknown. Double marker with wife Lucy Beach.
No Photo Available	Eliza Ann Haun	1827	18 Mar 1887		Daughter of James Haun and Frances Horner.
	Elizabeth Haun	16 Jun 1836	15 Jan 1848		Unknown.
	Frances Haun	12 Feb 1802	15 Jan 1856		Frances 'Fannie' Horner, daughter of William Horner and Mary Elizabeth Haun, wife of James Haun.
No Photo Available	I. P. Haun	26 Mar 1818	18 Dec 1898		Isaac Preston Haun, son of Daniel Haun and Magdalene McDonald, husband of Mary Jane Horner.
No Photo Available	Isaac Haun	6 Dec 1829	22 Dec 1863		Isaac Haun son of James Westley Haun and Frances Horner.
No Photo Available	James Haun	01 Jun 1802	11 Dec 1870		James Haun, husband of Frances Horner.
	Lucy Beach Haun	27 Nov 1897	5 Aug 1954		Unknown. Double marker with husband C. P. Haun.
No Photo Available	Lucy J. Haun	14 Mar 1841	4 Jun 1910		Unknown.
No Photo Available	Mary Jane Horner Haun	22 Feb 1827	02 May 1902		Mary Jane Horner, daughter of Cavalier Horner and Elizabeth Bryan, wife of Isaac Preston Haun.
	Nancy Haun	16 Sep 1806	04 Jun 1890		Nancy Horner, daughter of William Horner and Mary Elizabeth Haun, wife of Abraham Haun.
	Vany Cornelia Lane Brown	22 May 1842	14 Sep 1908		Unknown. Double marker with husband William N. Haun.
No Photo Available	William A. Haun	13 Sep 1825	25 Jan 1907		William A. Haun, son of James Westley Haun and Frances Horner, husband of Hhannah E. [last name unknown].
	William N. Haun	31 Jul 1841	1 Jul 1924		Unknown. Double marker with wife Vany Cornelia Lane
No Photo Available	Boyd Edward Hayes	02 Jun 1908	19 Jun 1968		Unknown. Husband of Ruth Horner.
No Photo Available	Ruth Horner Hayes	10 Sep 1906	16 Jul 1987		Unknown. Wife of Boyd Edward Hayes.
	Abigail Horner	13 Jul 1896	26 Mar 1980		Unknown. Wife of Will Horner.
	Blanche Robertson Horner	1899	No date	Wife of Carmel Horner.	Unknown. Blanche Robertson, double marker with husband Carmel Horner.
	C. J. Horner	1880	1955		Unknown. Husband of Cleo Hudson.
	Carmel Horner	1903	1953		Unknown. Double marker with wife Blanche Robertson.
	Cavalier Horner		14 Nov 1834		Cavalier Horner, son of William Horner and Mary Elizabeth Haun, husband of Elizabeth Bryan.
	Cavalier Horner	1783	1851	2 Regt Tennessee Vols War of 1812	Cavalier H. Horner, son of William Horner and Elizabeth Allred, husband of Jane Crosby.
	Cecil Patrick Horner	9 Mar 1918	10 Mar 1999		Cecil Patrick Horner. Unknown.
	Cleo Hudson Horner	1882	1928		Unknown. Wife of C. J. Horner.
	Dederick N. Horner	15 Jun 1850	6 Dec 1920		Dederick Nelson Horner, son of Pleasant Horner and Rebecca Haun. Double marker with wife Julia A. Parrish Horner.
	Dora M. Horner	26 Nov 1868	13 Jan 1945		Dora M. Prangle, double marker with husband William Rufus Horner.
No Photo Available	E. H. Horner Sr.	No date			Unknown.
No Photo Available	E. J. Horner	11 Feb 1838	28 Sep 1844	Dau. of P. and R. Horner.	Eliza Jane Horner, daughter of Pleasant Horner and Rebecca Haun.
	Edna R. Horner	23 Feb 1866	23 Sep 1940		Unknown. Double marker with husband Gaines Horner.
No Photo Available	Elbert Horner	No date		Sgt Co C 8th Tenn Cav	Son of Cavalier H. Horner and Jane Crosby, husband of Mary Jane Shepard.
	Elizabeth Horner	17 Aug 1747	11 Mar 1823		Elizabeth Allred, daughter of John. J. Allred and Margaret Cheney, wife of William Horner Sr.
	Elizabeth Horner	06 Nov 1822	09 Jun 1895	Wife of Dr. Thos. Horner	Elizabeth Jane Walker , wife of Dr. Thomas Nelson Hormer.
	Elizabeth Lane Horner	11 Mar 1838	25 May 1916		Elizabeth Lane, wife of William Richard Horner.
	Elmer F. Horner	10 Mar 1915	10 Jan 1996	Pvt US Army, World War II	Elmer F. Horner. Unknown, Double marker with wife Evelyn.
	Emmaline Horner	1928	1918		Unknown.
	Ethel N. Horner	14 Mar 1930			Unknown. Double marker with Husband William Arnold Horner.
	Evelyn S. Horner	1922	1992		Unknown. Double marker with husband Elner Horner.
	Gaines Horner	22 Sep 1866	25 Apr 1955		Gaines Horner. Unknown. Double marker with wife Edna.
	Glenn W. Horner	12 Sep 1915	13 Oct 1961		Unknown. Son of Jess Horner and Ora Ramey.
	Hattie L. Horner	19 Jun 1860	02 Oct 1902		Unknown. Wife of Henry Horner.
	Henry Horner	02 May 1858	27 May 1929		Unknown. Husband of Hattie.
No Photo Available	Infant Horner	17 Jan 1893	17 Jan 1883	Dau of Pleasant and Rebeccah Horner.	Unknown.
No Photo Available	Infant Horner	17 Jun 1889	17 Jun 1889	Dau of Pleasant and Rebeccah Horner.	Unknown.
	J. P. Horner	14 Sep 1877	27 Aug 1926		John P. Horner, son of Pleasant Woodson Horner and Martha M. Phillips.
	Jake P. Horner	02 Apr 1882	09 Aug 1961		Jacob P. Horner. Unknown. Double marker with wife Kate Lane.
	James D. Horner	19 Oct 1874	7 Feb 1937		James Deadrick Horner. Son of Pleasant Woodson Horner and Martha Phillips, husband of Lucy V. Horner.
	James D. Horner	13 Dec 1913	5 May 1931		James D. Horner. Unknown. Son of James Deadrick and Lucy V. Horner.
	Jane Crosby	1787	1827	Wife of Cavalier Horner 1783-1851.	Jane Crosby, wife of Cavalier Horner.
	Jess Horner	16 Feb 1882	27 Aug 1926		Jess Horner. Unknown. Husband of Ora Ramey.
	Jodie Irene (Jo) Horner	19 Jan 1920	5 Mar 2001		Unknown. Jodie I. Fawbush, wife of Robert C. Horner.
	Julia A. Parrish Horner	26 Sep 1880	16 Oct 1960		Julia A. Parrish, double marker with husband Dederick Horner, his second wife.
	Kate Lane Horner	10 Jun 1879	18 Jan 1938		Unknown. Wife of Jacob P. Horner.
No Photo Available	L. F. Horner	13 Dec 1837	03 Apr 1853	Son of P. and R. Horner	Unknown. Son of Pleasant Horner and Rebecca Haun. Doe not appear in the 1850 Jefferson County census.
	Laura Mooney Horner	23 Oct 1863	27 Oct 1845		Unknown. Wife of Lawson Franklin Horner.
	Lawson Franklin Horner	05 Oct 1870	17 May 1954		Unknown. Husband of Laura Mooney.
No Photo Available	Lewis Horner		c1905		Son of Elbert Horner and Mary Jane Shepard.
	Lovona J. Dorris Horner	29 Mar 1862	11 Jun 1906		Lovona J. Dorris, first wife of Dederick N. Horner.
	Lucy V. Horner	26 Nov 1886	16 Dec 1965		Wife of James Deadrick Horner.
No Photo Available	M. T. Horner	17 Dec 1860	15 Mar 186?		Unknown.
No Photo Available	Mac H. Horner	14 Feb 1895	26 Feb 1896	Son of L and L Horner	Unknown.
	Martha M. Phillips Horner	09 Feb 1845	20 Mar 1926		Martha M. Phillips, double marker with husband Pleasant Woodson Horner.
No Photo Available	Matilda Ann Horner	03 May 1841	20 Sep 1844	Dau of P and R Horner	Daughter of Pleasant Horner and Rebecca Haun.
	Mattie C. Horner	1869	1943		Mattie C. Horner. Unknown. Double marker with husband Robert C. Horner.
	Minnie Horner	08 Dec 1908	15 May 1988		Unknown. Minnie Draper. Double marker with husband Willie Ralph Horner.
No Photo Available	Mollie L. Horner	29 Apr 1869	24 May 1870		Daughter of Pleasant Woodson Horner.and Martha Phillips.
	Oliver W. Horner	25 Feb 1922	13 Jan 1923		Unknown. Son of Jess and Ora Horner.
	Ora Horner Legg	05 Aug 1893	12 May 1993		Ora Ramey. Unknown. Wife of Jess Horner.
	Peggy Horner	25 Jun 1939	26 Jun 1939		Unknown.
No Photo Available	Pleasant Horner	04 Nov 1813	29 Oct 1884	Dau of P.W. and M.M. Horner	Rev. Pleasant Honer, son of William Horner and Mary Elizabeth Haun, husband of Rebecca Haun.
	Pleasent W. Horner	26 Feb 1846	14 Mar 1912	Fairwell dear father and mother sweet thy rest	Pleasant Woodson Horner, son of Rev. Pleasant Horner and rebecca Haun, double marker with wife Martha M. Pjillips.
No Photo Available	Rebecca Haun Horner	07 Feb 1813	28 Aug 1879		Rebecca Haun, wife of Rev. Pleasant Horner.
	Reese L. Horner	19 Feb 1906	07 Jan 1955		Unknown. Husband of Timmie.
	Robert C. Horner	1864	1940		Robert C. Horner. Unknown. Double marker with wife Mattie C.
No Photo Available	Sarah Horner	No date	28 Jun 1817		Sarah 'Sally' Lane, daughter of Tidence Lane and Hester van Bibben, wife of Thomas Nelson Horner.
	Sarah L. White Horner	06 Jan 1825	27 Mar 1902	Our parents are gone but not forgotten	Sarah L. White. Wife of William Isaac Horner.
	T. N. Horner, Dr.	17 Jul 1820	19 Jul 1904		Dr. Thomas Nelson Horner, son of Thomas Nelson Horner and Catherine Helton, husband of Elizabeth Jane Walker.
No Photo Available	Taylor Horner	Illegible	Illegible		Unkown. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Horner.
	Thomas C. Horner	22 Dec 1916			Thomas C. Horner. Unknown. Husband of Jodie Fawbush.
No Photo Available	Thomas J. Horner	24 Apr 1871	24 Oct 1871	Son of P.W. and M.M. Horner	Son of Pleasant Woodson Horner and Martha M. Phillips.
	Timmie W. Horner	29 Sep 1910	19 Mar 1952		Unknown. Wife of Reese L. Horner.
No Photo Available	W. A. Horner	08 Nov 1836	10 Aug 1938	Son of P & R Horner	William Abraham Horner, son of Rev. Peasant Horner and Rebecca Haun.
	Will Horner	28 Jun 1892	23 Aug 1963		Unknown. Double marker with wife Abigail.
	William A. Horner	12 Aug 1916			Unknown. William Arnold Horner, double marker with wife Ethel.
	William Horner	30 Oct 1746	12 Oct 1824	North Carolina, North Carolina Militia, Revolutionary War	William Horner, son of George Horner Sr. and his first wife, husband of Elizabeth Allred.
No Photo Available	William Horner	1772	b1834		Col. William Horner, son of William Horner and Elizabeth Allred, husband of Mary Elizabeth Haun.
	William J. Horner	22 Dec 1816	16 Aug 1870	Our Parents are gone but not forgotten	William Isaac Horner, son of Isaaac Horner and Mary Johnson. Husband of Sarah L. White.
	William R. Horner	11 Oct 1834	03 Mar 1899		William Richard Horner, son of William D. Horner and Lavenia R. Robertson, husband of Elizabeth Lane.
	William R. Horner	16 Jul 1856	26 May 1923		William Rufus Horner, son of Thomas Nelson Horner and Elizabeth Jane Walker, double marker with wife Dora M. Prangle.
	Willie R. Horner	21 Sep 1905	31 Dec 1991		Willie Ralph Horner. Unknown. Double marker with wife Minnie Draper.
	Zachary Horner	9 Jun 2001	30 Jun 2001	"Tanner" He touched so many	Zachary Horner. Unknown.
	Garrett Lane	30 Nov 1834	22 Jul 1900		Unknown. Husband of Sarah A. Lane.
	Sarah A. Lane	8 Apr 1841	6 Jun 1913		Unknownl. Wife of Garrett Lane.
	Alexander McDonald	25 Jul 1768	3 Sep 1834		Unknown.
	Joseph D. Mooney	10 Jul 1837	26 Dec 1913		Unknown. Double marker with wife Mary Haun.
	Mary Haun Mooney	6 Aug 1838	17 Jan 1921		Unknown. Double marker with husband Joseph D. Mooney.
	William C. Mooney	4 Aug 1868	12 Jul 1946		Unknown.
	Elizabeth Roddy Neal	8 May 1867	2 Apr 1937		Unknown.
	David Rhea	29 Aug 1834	31 Oct 1896		David Rhea, second husband of Nancy Jane Horner.
	Minerva Horner Rhea	04 Jan 1840	27 Jun 1879		Unknown. First Wife of David Rhea.
No Photo Available	Nancy Jane Horner Rhea	25 Aug 1836	18 Jun 1894		Nancy Jane Horner, daughter of William D. Horner and Lavenia Robertson, wife of 1) Samuel A. Dyer and 2) David Rhea.
	Robert Rhea	27 Nov 1826	13 May 1902		Unknown.
	Elizabeth Roddy	15 Mar 1836	14 Jul 1899		Unknown.
	James Roddye	1742	1822	Colonel Revolutionary War	James Roddye, husband of Lydia Russell.
	Lydia Nenny Roddy	30 Jul 1801	20 Jan 1887		Unknown.
	Claude Orville Russell	1874	1961	Married April 22? 1899	Unknown. Double marker with wife Dora Welch.
	Dora Welch Russell	1875	1969	Married April 22? 1899	Unknown. Double marker with husband Claude Orville Russell.
	Faye Smith Russell	28 Oct 1921	19 Sep 1997		Unknown. Wife of John Orville Russell.
	Howard Elsi Russell	21 Feb 1903	5 Nov 1922	Son of Claude & Dora Russell, Not dead but sleepeth	Unknown. Son of Claude Orville Russell and Dora Welch.
	John Orville Russell	2 Sep 1909	9 Mar 1988		Unknown. Husband of Faye Smith.
	Rose Evelyn Russell	1 May 1946	21 Feb 1947	Daughter of Orville-Faye Russell	Unknown. Daughter of John Orville Russell and Faye Smith.
	Lavana Horner Shields	26 Feb 1843	04 Feb 1874		Lavana Carolina Horner, daughter of Pleasant Horner and Rebecca Haun, wife of Thomas M. Shields.
	Sarah J. Shields	10 May 1883	8 Aug 1968	Sallie	Unknown.
	Thos. M. Shields	15 Jun 1842	09 Mar 1918		Thomas M. Shields husband of Lavana Caroline Horner.
	John T. Welch	7 Apr 1836	2 Dec 1923		John T. Welch. Unknown. Double marker with wife Martha A. Long.
	Martha A. Long Welch	26 Mar 1845	6 Apr 1888		Martha A. Long. Unknown. Double marker with husband John T. Welch.
No Photo Available	Joseph Hunt White	19 May 1822	29 May 1902		Unknown. Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Horner.
No Photo Available	Sarah Elizabeth Horner White	No date	No date		Unknown. Wife of Joseph Hunt White.
	Thomas B. White	5 Mar 1926	6 Feb 1944	Precious Lord take my hand	Unknown.
	Caleb Witt	02 Sep 1762	20 Jan 1827	Virginia, Pvt Col Campbell's Regt, Revolutionary War	Rev. Caleb Witt, son of Charles Witt and Lavina Harbour, husband of Miriam Horner.
	Miriam Horner Witt	13 Nov 1768	10 Jun 1845	Wife of Caleb Witt	Miriam Horner, daughter of William Horner and Elizabeth Allred, wife of Rev. Caleb Witt.
	Sidney Witt	9 Feb 1823	9 Mar 1892	Asleep in Jesus	Sidney Witt, son of James Witt and Mary Haun.