John Walker Jones Cemetery in Tennessee

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Get directions 4275 Buford Ellington Road
Fayette County, Tennessee, USA

Coordinates: 35.11537, -89.21673
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From the intersection of TN-18 & TN-57, West of Grand Junction, travel North on TN-18 N for 0.7 mi.; turning West (left) onto Gatlin Dr., going 0.2 mi.; turning North (right) onto Buford Ellington Rd., going 3.2 mi.; continuing straight for 0.2 mi to this family cemetery on the South (left), just before the Ames Plantation Office & the Ames Plantation Manor House.

Established in 1827, this cemetery served as the family burial plot of the Jones family. Twenty-one gravestones mark the burial sites of 26 individuals who were a part of the extended Jones family. Investigation of the site has revealed the presence of as many as six unmarked graves. Located in the cemetery is the gravestone of Collattinus Jones, whose burial on January 7, 1827, represents the earliest documented burial in Fayette County.