(OLD) BELEW CEMETERY

Location: From Lawrenceburg, go west on Hwy. # 64 to West Point Rd., turning left onto this road; travel until you reach Gandy Church, then turn left onto Long Branch Rd.; continue for 5 miles to the first ford of Long Branch. Just before you reach the ford, turn sharply to the left and go one mile down a long hill. Park the car in front of the barn and walk through the barn lot directly behind the barn for about a quarter of a mile. The cemetery is completely enclosed in a fence, and up until a few years ago, was very well kept. A tornado struck this spot uprooting many trees and some grave stones were buried and destroyed. There are a few unmarked graves, but most of them seem to be marked in some way.

BELEW, S. A. L. 10 Aug. 1856 – 19 Feb. 1857

" , R. G. 24 Apr. 1815 – 14 Aug. 1890

" , Lucinda A. 24 July 1817 – 15 July 1906

" , Milley Lucinda, dau. of R.G. & Lucinda, 23 Aug. 1859 – 29 July 1907

" , Chancy W., dau. of H. & M., 7 Dec. 1878 – 4 July 1881

" , Clawdy Glen, son of H. & M., 17 Dec, 1880 – 7 Mar. 1881

" , Alice, dau. of R. M. & A. E., 6 Mar. 1867 – 23 July 1868

" , R. M. 22 Dec. 1842 – 10 Sept. 1928 ) one

" , Annie E. 10 Jan. 1849 – 17 May 1881 ) stone

" , Inf. of R. M. & A. E. died July 1880

" , Ophelia I., dau. of R. M. & A. E., 25 Feb. 1869 – 24 Apr. 1881

" , John J., son of R. M. & A. E., 10 Mar. 1873 – 25 Apr. 1881

" , Inf. dau. of R. M. & A. E., 19 days old

" , Inf. dau. of R. M. & M. F., born & died 26 Mar. 1890

" , Nathaniel 1 Apr. 1849 – 4 Aug. 1883

BUSBY, W. M. 15 Oct. 1827 – 14 Dec. 1898

" , Nancy C., wife of W. M., 25 May 1833 – 28 July 1882

CHAPMAN, Mary A. 25 Aug. 1842 – 1 July 1865

HALL, Amanda 7 Dec. 1840 – 9 Aug. 1865

HENSLEY, J. 17 Sept. 1865 – January 1867

" , Sarah C. (no dates)

" , M. V. 29 Sept. 1851 – 18 Oct. 1864

" , B. S. 13 Mar. 18(?)9 – 27 Aug. 1878 (This stone was badly broken, but footstone had B. S. H. on it)

" , F. B., son of Wm. & C. (no dates)

PALMER, Lucinda 11 Oct. 1811 – 23 June 1851

" , C. Babe died 1851

" , William 18 Aug. 1843 – 19 Aug. 1844

PULLEN, Little Sarah Adelade, dau. of Isom & Ann

JOHNSTON, James B. (no dates)

(a stone next to above with only "Molly J.")

LUMPKINS, J. F. 23 June 1868 – 30 Sept. 1869

" , Sarah M. 3 Aug. 1844 – 16 Sept. 1865

" , Babe of Will & Caldonia

" , W. H. 26 Feb. 1811 – 23 Sept. 1877, 66 yrs., 6 mos., 27 days

" , Eliza Virginia 14 Sept. 1814 – 16 July 1900

(large fieldstone marker that probably had inscriptions on it at one time, next to above)

" , Robert Lee 8 Dec. 1872 – (4?) Aug. 1873

" , E. C. 21 Dec. 1847 – 18 Mar. 1878

SMITH, G. W. 14 May 1850 – 9 Feb. ??73

" , M.. F. (date illegible, marking was too eroded to read)

" , Sarah, consort of B. Smith (no dates)

" , Ben born 1791 – 30 Mar. 1873

(1 unmarked grave next to above)

" , M. E., dau. of A. & E. (no dates)

SPRINGER, Will F. 2 Jan. 1861 – 17 Aug. 66

" , Jacob 27 Jan. 1808 – 5 Oct. 1869

" , Malinda C. 12 July 1812 – 15 July 1865

" , Julia M. 22 Dec. 1852 – 15 June 1865

" , W. A. 25 Oct. 1838 – 8 July 1861

(One stone had "Jane D." and nothing else)