Palmer Cemetery
The Palmer Cemetery is located on hill opposite Grant Baptist Church,
Hwy 141, on the farm of Dale Klenke.
Johnson, Sallie 14 Aug 1870 - 21 May 1953
Johnson, Robert H. 11 Nov 1859 - 3 June 1938
Terry, Carmen 27 July 1889 - 24 Apr 1910
Terry, D.P. 8 Aug 1849 - 27 Dec 1903
Gill, M.E. 26 Oct 1845 - 20 Oct 1928
Gill, W.H. 7 May 1843 - 29 Apr 1899
Hankins, David 2 Aug 1849 - 8 June 1880
Hankins, Susan E. 2 Aug 1836 - 28 Nov 1919
Palmer, Martha 5 Oct 1801 - 18 Nov 1863 wife of David Palmer
daughter of John & Sarah Tuggle
Palmer, David b. 9 Mar 1789 - d. (stone broken and missing)
Tuggle, James Co. D 4th Tenn (no dates)
Bell, Ruthie J. 8 Feb 1847 - 4 Dec 1886
Bridges, Millard 1892 - 1919
Bridges, Bob 1865 - 1921
Bridges, F.D. 1870 - 1961
Petty, Florence 1890 - 1928
Griffin, Azra 15 May 1814 - 12 Mar 1885
Griffin, Martha C. 24 Mar 1817 - 25 Feb 1885
Certain, William Thomas 1876 - 1945
Certain, Octavia Hankins 1878 - -- --
Bell, Elizabeth Swann w/o Ewing 28 Nov 1811 - 14 Aug 1903
(broken stone next to above "d. 31 July 189-, age 90 yrs 2 mo)
Bell, F. Ewin 3 Sept 1862 - 21 July 1935
Bell, Nannie 16 Mar 1863 - 31 Aug 1938
McClanahan, Henry 18 Feb 1830 - 27 Jan 1919
McClanahan, Martha Bell w/o Henry 23 June 1834 - 17 Nov 1911
Their is evidence of several more graves on this hilltop.
(Names and dates from Smith County Cemeteries - South of the Cumberland River Pg. 25)
Martha Palmer 5 Oct 1801 - 18 Nov 1863 wife of David Palmer-
daughter of John & Sarah Tuggle.
The Grant Missionary Baptist Church can be seen in the background
behind the trees.
