NIBLACK FAMILY CEMETERY
The community where the cemetery is situated was known as Virgil and early obituaries refer to burials in the Virgil Cemetery. Later, it became more commonly called the Niblack family cemetery. The cemetery represents the descendants of two daughters of James Montgomery, Jane, who married James Appleby, and Margaret, who married Thomas Niblack.
Thomas Niblack died in Jackson County after the 1840 census and before July 4, 1842 when his will was probated. Margaret accompanied some of her children to Tyler, TX, Smith County, after the 1850 census and died there of pneumonia in April of 1860 at the age of 82.
Hugh Niblack was the son of Margaret and Thomas. His
wife, Emily Howard, was the daughter of Hardy Howard and Elizabeth Camp and
granddaughter of Nathaniel Camp. Hugh and Emily had 12 children, 6 of which are
buried in the family cemetery. Their children were these:
-Elizabeth T. P.
-Thomas Howard m. Julia Catharine Lyle - buried in Winder cemetery
-Luisa "Lou" C. m. James T. Lamkin - buried in Lawrenceville Town Cemetery in Gwinnett County
-Margaret Amanda m. Pleasant J. Roberts - buried in Pendergrass cemetery
-Harvey Ann m. John Newton Hardy - buried in Woodbine
-Octavia E. m. John Reuben Lanier
-William Zachery T. m. 1) Lula Loggins 2) Mollie Edwards
-Hugh Randolph m. Pauline Knox
-Virgil Augustus m. Alice Hardy - buried in Woodbine
-Cornelia Amelia "Nelie" m. W. Parks Bell - buried in Woodbine (per Bonnie
Pierce Bell)
-Booth
-Sara Ada
Appleby | James | 1779 | 1866 | ||
Appleby | James M. | 1815 | 1845 | ||
Appleby | Jane | 1781 | 1875 | ||
Appleby | William D. | 1821 | 1851 | ||
Bell | Averrie W. | 1909 | |||
Bell | James H. | 1942 | 1967 | ||
Bell | Stoy | 1894 | 1965 | ||
Gearin | Infant | 1944 or 1945 | child of Harold Gearin | ||
Lanier | Octavia Niblack | Mar. 11, 1847 | Apr. 15, 1930 | wife of John R. Lanier m. Nov 5 1883 | |
Niblack | Ada | June 20, 1865 | Feb 6, 1937 | ||
Niblack | Alice Beryl (Hardy) | Feb 15, 1902 | July 23, 1902 | ||
Niblack | Booth | May 16, 1861 | Jan. 19, 1916 | ||
Niblack | Elizabeth T. P. | Aug. 11, 1840 | Mar. 30, 1896 | ||
Niblack | Emily A. (Howard) | Mar. 12, 1824 | Nov. 10, 1900 | wife of Hugh M. Niblack, m. Sep. 25, 1839 | |
Niblack | Hugh M. | Nov. 11, 1811 | Jan. 23, 1872 | ||
Niblack | Hugh Randolph | 1853 | 1933 | ||
Niblack | Infant | Jan. 29, 1881 | Jan. 29, 1881 | son of T.H. & J. C. Niblack | |
Niblack | Letcher Belle | Jun. 4, 1886 | Aug. 9, 1887 | daughter of V A & Alice Niblack | |
Niblack | Lula P. (Loggins) | Jul. 18, 1866 | Dec. 1, 1897 | ||
Niblack | Mollie Edwards | Mar. 20, 1853 | Aug. 11, 1918 | Married on 20 Nov 1898 to Z T Niblack | |
Niblack | Pauline Knox | Jan. 18, 1871 | Nov. 11, 1894 | ||
Niblack | Thomas | about 1768 in NC | about 1842 in Jackson Co | grave identified by Bonnie Pierce Bell | |
Niblack | Z. T. | no date | no date | husband of Lula P. Niblack | |
Roberts | Ionia Elrod | 1871 | Apr. 9, 1908 | per obit dated Apr 16, 1908* Mrs John Roberts | |
Stringer | Jessie Niblack | Feb. 1, 1883 | Jun. 16, 1905 | wife of J T Stringer |
The most unusual grave in the cemetery has no name.
If anyone knows who is buried here, please let me know.
Paulette Moon [email protected]
I have since heard from Bonnie Pierce Bell [email protected] whose husband William Park Bell is a descendant of Thomas and Margaret Montgomery Niblack. They identify this grave as that of Thomas Niblack. They got their information from Mrs. Stoy Bell who, in turn, got it from Ada Niblack, Thomas's granddaughter.
Bonnie also relates an interesting story about the metal cover
on the grave "--after Margaret Niblack went to Texas, Hugh Niblack and his
children purchased the iron cover and put on Thomas Niblack's grave. After
Hugh Niblack died, his sons removed the cover and put it on Hugh Niblack's
grave. Later Emily Howard Niblack (Hugh's wife) died they put a tombstone
on Hugh and Emily Howard Niblack's grave and at that time they moved the cover
back to Thomas Niblack's grave."