DeGRAFFENREID CEMETERY
N 35° 55.621 W 086° 53.035
16S E 510471 N 3975859
DEGREFFENREID CEMETARY--WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Waymark Code: WM5TDW
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2009
Views: 9
BURIED HERE IS ONE OF FRANKLINS FIRST SETTLERS. METCALFE DEFREFFENREID(1760-1803)A LUNEBERG COUNTY, VIRGINIA NATIVE. THREE OF HIS SONS ABRAN, METCALF JR. AND MATTHEW FONTAINE, WERE VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1812. ONE OF THE METCALF JR IS BURIED HERE AS ARE A DAUGHTER SUSAN DEGREFFENREID REESE, WIFE OF BEVERLY REESE, A GRANDSON BEN DEGREFFENREID(1838-1859), A GRANDAUGHTER ELIZABETH DEGREFFENREID CURRIN, HER HUSBAND JOHN M. CURRIN, THEIR DAUGHTER SUSAN, AND KATY CURRIN(1858-1859) INFANT DAUGHTER OF METCALF JR'S DAUGHTER. CATHERINE AND HER SECOND HUSBAND JOHN H. EWIN. METCALF DEGREFFENREID'S WIFE MARY ANN, A SISTER OF FRANKLIN'S FOUNDER, ABRAM MAURY, IS BURIED IN ALABAMA.
Marker Name: DeGREFFENREID CEMETARY
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Monument
Marker Number: NONE
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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