Waufford Cemetery
The Waufford Cemetery is located one half mile south of Sykes community. It is on a
hilltop near the intersection of Jenkins Hill Road, Wills Lane, and Kyle Hollow Lane.
GPS 36-07-072N 85-58-397W
Waufford, Bartley 9 Sep 1832 - 21 July 1895
Waufford, Elizabeth 28 Mar 1846 - (14 Mar 1922)*
"Since thou canst no longer stay
to cheer me with thy love -
I hope to meet with thee
in yon bright world above"
Several fieldstones
*No date of death on tombstone. This date from family source
Bartley Waufford/Warford was a Confederate soldier serving in 7th
Tennessee Inf.- Company A. He lost a leg in battle of Shepardstown,
Va. The prosthesis leg he used was preserved after his death by
the family. It is presently on display in the Smith County Heritage
Museum. Bartley married Elizabeth Manners in Smith Co TN on 29 Oct
1874. They were parents of three girls.
Copied by Retta Waggoner 10 Nov 2005
Listed in Smith County Tennessee Cemeteries - South of the Cumberland River page 81.
The Prosthesis Leg
Tommy Williams with the prosthesis leg of his gggrandfather Bartley Waufford.