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Payne Cemetery
aka Farmer Cemetery
Forge Creek, Johnson County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

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Location

Located in Forge Creek, Johnson County, Tennessee.
Take Forge Creek Road to Hammons Chapel, turn right at the church. At the fork, bear right on Willen’s Gap Road. Take Humphreys Road to the left, take gap in left fence by shed & follow track through field up the ridge and back to the left on top of the ridge.

Pictures Taken

These pictures were taken at Payne Cemetery in Forge Creek, Johnson County, Tennessee on 14 April 2003 by John B. Rochelle and he is the owner of all images unless otherwise noted.

Sources of Names Listed

Jeffrey L. Carrier visited the Payne Cemetery on June 10, 1983. The listing that follows is derived from the readings by and photographs taken by John B. Rochelle on 14 April 2003. We have used an alphabetical listing by last name.

Information in brackets [sample] was provided by John B. Rochelle unless indicated otherwise.

Payne Cemetery Marker Photos

Some listings offer more than one picture. Most are marked with "alt view" as the link to the additional pictures.

Brown, Charles R.

Brown, Charles R.
s/o Marvin & Ida Brown
1937
[Charles R. Brown
s/o Marvin Brown & Ida Simcox]

#Charles Brown
17 Nov 1937-21 Nov 1937
s/o Marvin Brown & Ida Simcox
c.o.d. Unknown
Informant C. L. Brown (Shouns)
Payne Cemetery
1937 # 28051

Davenport, Elizabeth Osborne & Christina

Davenport, Elizabeth Osborne
1820-1926
[Elizabeth Osborne
Parents not known
w/o James Davenport]
(and

Johnson, Christina Davenport
1856-1926
[Christina Davenport
04 Mar 1858 Ashe Co NC-08 Sep 1926 3rd District, Johnson Co TN
d/o James Davenport & Elizabeth Osborne
w/o Emanuel Johnson]

#Christenia Johnson, married
04 Mar 1858 (Ashe Co NC)-08 Sep 1926
d/o James Davenport (Ashe Co NC) & Elizabeth Osborn (Ashe Co NC)
c.o.d. Bright’s Disease
Informant E. M. Johnson (Shouns)
Farmer Cemetery
1926 # 24531

Farmer, David P.

Farmer, David P.
09 Oct 1822-19 Sept 1902
"Sleep on dear father and take thy rest,
God called thee home, he thought it best"
[David Preston Farmer
Parents not known, but may be Benjamin Isaac Farmer and Jane "Jennie" Thompson
h/o Elizabeth Graybeal]
Farmer, Elizabeth
Farmer, Elizabeth
30 Nov 1822-05 Jun 1911
"Sleep on dear mother and take thy rest
God called thee home, he thought it best"
[Elizabeth Graybeal
Parents not known, but may be Henry Graybeal and Celia Henson

w/o David Preston Farmer]
Not in Nikazy
Farmer, Infant
Farmer, Infant of W. A. & Nancy Farmer
b. 23 May 1894
[Infant Farmer
c/o William A. Farmer & Nancy Lacira Davis (gender not known)]
Farmer, William A. & Nancy Davis
Farmer, William A.
1842-1899
[William A. Farmer
s/o David Preston Farmer & Elizabeth Graybeal
Md. 1st Dicy S. Hodges (buried in the Brown Cemetery)
Md. 2nd Nancy Lacira Davis 03 Dec 1884 JCT]
(and

Farmer, Nancy Davis
1860-1923
[Nancy Lacira Davis
d/o Elijah Davis & Lacira Millsaps
2nd w/o William A. Farmer]

#Nancy Lacira Farmer, widow
26 Jul 1860 (Wilkes Co NC)-01 Apr 1923
d/o Elija Davis (Wilkes Co NC) & Lacira Millsaps (Wilkes Co NC)
c.o.d. Influenza
Informant J. P. Farmer (Shouns)
Farmer Cemetery
1923 # 215

Greer, Dale Franklin

Greer, Dale Franklin
27 Apr 1978-27 May 1991
[Dale Franklin Greer s/o Glen Franklin "Doc" Greer and Glendale Taylor. Died in a drowning accident.] 4
Greer, Joyce Carol
Greer, Joyce C.
1991-1993
fhm
[Joyce C. Greer d/o unknown
gd/o Glen Franklin "Doc" Greer and Glendale Taylor] 4
Hammons, Callie Frances

Hammons, Callie Frances
d/o W. E. & Ida L. Hammons
16 Nov 1918-31 Aug 1923
"Budded on Earth to bloom in heaven"

#Callie Frances Hammons
16 Nov 1918-01 Sep 1923
d/o W. E. Hammons & I. L. Payne
c.o.d. Menengitis
Informant W. E. Hammons (Shouns)
No cemetery listed
1923 # 275

Hammons, Lora Simcox

Hammons, Lora Simcox
17 Feb 1909-17 Jul 1930
"Mother"
[Callie Lora "Lorie" Simcox
d/o Tillman E. Simcox & Cora E. Payne
1st w/o Andy Willard Hammons]

#Callie Lora Hammons, married
17 Feb 1909-17 Jul 1930
d/o Tilmon Simcox & Cora Payne
c.o.d. Acute (illegible) Nephritis
Informant S. B. Gambill (Shouns)
Payne Cemetery
1930 # 20989

Payne, Albert C.

Payne, Albert C.
s/o F.M. & Callie Payne
05 Nov 1891
Private Co. L 308 Inf.
Died in France in the service of his Country.
On the 10 of Oct. 1918.
He now lies in Arlington Cemetery Va.
Gone, but not forgotten.
[Albert C. Payne
s/o Francis Marion Payne & Lydia Caroline Farmer]
Payne, F. Marion & Callie
Payne, F. Marion
1852-1904
[Francis Marion Payne
s/o Zebulon Payne & Charity Lipps
h/o Lydia Caroline "Callie" Farmer]
The funeral of F. M. Payne will be at Hammon’s Chapel, Oct. 22.
(Tennessee Tomahawk, Thursday, Oct. 5, 1905, p. 3)
(and

Payne, Callie
1854-1937
[Lydia Caroline "Callie" Farmer
d/o David Preston Farmer & Elizabeth Graybeal
w/o Francis Marion Payne]

#Mrs. Lydia Caroline Payne, widow of F. M. Payne
24 Jul 1854-31 Aug 1937
d/o David Farmer (NC) & Elizabeth Graybeal (NC)
c.o.d. Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Informant Mrs. T. E. Simcox
Farmer Cemetery
1937 # 18875

Payne, John M. & Celia J.

Payne, Sergt. John M.
1845-1936
[John Martin Payne
s/o Zebulon Payne & Charity Lipps
Md. 1st Celia Jane Farmer 11 Oct 1866 JCT
Met Margaret Jane Woodard (2 children)
Md. 2nd Myrtle Osborne 25 Dec 1905]
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#John M. Payne, h/o Myrtle Payne
28 Apr 1845-01 Jul 1936
s/o Zebulon Payne (NC) & Charity Lipps (NC)
c.o.d. Senility
Informant L. M. Payne (Jonesboro, TN)
No cemetery listed
1936 # 17604
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Note: Although there is a modern stone with both names on them, there is a separate stone a few feet away with just Celia’s name on it. It is unclear if Celia is buried with John or in an adjacent grave.
(and
Payne, Celia J.
Payne, Celia J.
w/o John M. Payne
22 Jan 1847-14 May 1904
"Sleep on dear wife and take thy rest
God called thee home, he thought it best"
[Celia Jane Farmer
d/o David Preston Farmer & Elizabeth Graybeal
1st w/o John Martin Payne]
Celia J. Farmer was born Jan. 22, 1847 and died May 14, 1904, aged 57 years 3 months and 22 days. She married John M. Payne in 1864 (written over in pencil "1866"). To this union ten children were born, all living except one. Mrs. Payne joined the Christian Church when very young. She leaves a husband and nine children.

(Tennessee Tomahawk, Oct. 5, 1905, p. 1)
Payne, John P.
Payne, John P.
s/o F. M. & Callie Payne
12 Feb 1881-20 Sep 1920
"Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in thy grave so low,
Thou no more will join our number,
Thou no more our sorrows know.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled,
And in heaven with joy to greet thee,
Where no farewell tears are shed."
```
#John P. Payne, single
12 Feb 1881-20 Sep 1920
s/o Franses M. Payne & Lydia C. Farmer
c.o.d. Chronic Intestinal Nephritis
Informant Jessie Arnold (Shouns)
Farmer Cemetery
1920 # 106
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Payne, Laura A. & Zora L.
Payne, Laura J.
22 July 1872-01 Dec 1878
[Laura J. Payne
d/o Francis Marion Payne & Lydia Caroline Farmer
died of diphtheria on the same day as her sister, Zora. They share the same casket.]
(and
Payne, Zora L.
20 July 1875 01 Dec 1878
[Zora L. Payne
d/o Francis Marion Payne & Lydia Caroline Farmer
died of diphtheria on the same day as her sister, Laura. They share the same casket.]
Payne, Lucile R.
Payne, Lucile R.
1902-1958
[Lucille Ramsey
b. 1902 Oklahoma
d. 05 July 1958
Parents not known
Md. 1st Marion W. Hammons
Md. 2nd Ulysses Bynum Payne]
Mrs. Lucille R. Payne, age 56, died in Grace Hospital, Banner Elk, NC, July 5. She had been ill for several weeks. She was a member of Hammons Chapel Christian Church.

Survivors are the husband, U. B. Payne; four sons, Raymond Hammons of Mountain City, Spencer and John Payne of Shouns, and Carl Payne of Fort Riley, KS; six daughters, Mrs. Mable Simcox, Mrs. Blanche Farmer, Mrs. June Hammons, Mrs. Dessie Head, Mrs. Cora Mae Head, and Betty Lou Payne; one brother, John Ramsey of Los Angeles, CA; and nine grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm at the Hammons Chapel Christian Church with H. T. Mabry officiating. Burial was in Payne Cemetery.

Hill Funeral Home in charge.

(The Tomahawk, Mountain City, TN, Wednesday, July 9, 1958, p. 7)
Payne, Pearl

Payne, Pearl
w/o U. B. Payne
22 Sep 1890-07 Sep 1921
"How desolate our home bereft of thee"
[Armenia Pearl Hammons
d/o John Redmond Hammons & Margaret I. Blair
1st w/o Ulysses Bynum Payne]

#Revinnie Pearl Payne, married
22 Sep 1890-07 Sep 1921
d/o John R. Hammons & Maggie B. (illegible)
c.o.d. Dysentery
Informant U. B. Payne (Shouns)
Hammons Cemetery
1921 # 290
(note:  she died 1 week after her son died of colitis)

Payne, Ray D.

Payne, Ray D.
s/o U. B. & Pearl Payne
19 Sep 1912-30 Aug 1921
"In heaven there is one angel more"
[Ray Dewey Payne
s/o Ulysses Bynum Payne & Armenia Pearl Hammons]
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#Roy Dewey Payne
19 Sep 1912-31 Aug 1921
s/o U. B. Payne & Maggie Hammons
c.o.d. Colitis
Informant U. B. Payne
Hammons Cemetery
1921 # 286
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Payne, Sherman G.
Payne, Sherman G.
1876-1943
[Sherman G. Payne
s/o John Martin Payne & Celia Jane Farmer
Md. Ella E. Curd 23 Dec 1910 JCT]
Sherman Payne, age 67 years, died at his home at Shouns, Wedneaday after being ill several weeks. He joined the Hammons Chapel Christian Church at Shouns eight years ago. His forefathers were early settlers of this county.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella Payne, two daughters and a son: Mrs. Mary Jane Taylor, Portsmouth, VA, Miss Verna Mae Payne, Shouns and Dana Payne, Shouns; five brothers and two sisters: Dave Payne, L. M. Payne and Stacy Payne, Jonesboro, Baster Payne, Mitchell, OR, W. B. Payne, Shouns, Mrs. Eli Taylor, Shouns, Mrs. Octavia Brown, Portland, OR.

Funeral services were held Friday at 2:00 pm at Hammons Chapel Christian Church with Rev. Noah Riddle officiating. Burial in Farmer Cemetery. Donnelly Funeral Home in charge.

(Johnson County News, Mountain City, Thursday, Nov. 4, 1943 p. 2)
Payne, Ulysses S.
Payne, Ulysses B.
1887-1970
[Ulysses Bynum Payne
s/o Francis Marion Payne & Lydia Caroline Farmer
Md. 1st Armenia Pearl Hammons
Md. 2nd Lucile Ramsey]
Payne, W. Bynum
Payne, W. Bynum
1882-1967
[William Bynum Payne
s/o John Martin Payne & Celia Jane Farmer]
Potter, Chelsey Elizabeth
Potter, Chelsey Elizabeth
30 Sept 2001-17 Apr 2002
Age 6 months
Fhm Austin & Barnes Funeral Home
Boone, North Carolina
alt view
[Chelsey Elizabeth Potter]
Currently not identified
Salmons, Olga Elizabeth
Salmons, Olga Elizabeth
25 Dec 1945-25 Mar 1982
[Olga Elizabeth England d/o Golden England and Olga Taylor] 4
Simcox, R. Martin
04 May 1935-09 Aug 1937
[R. Martin Simcox]
Currently not identified
not in Nikazy
Taylor, Eli & Zora A.
Taylor, Eli
1872-1950
[Eli Taylor, Jr.
s/o Eli Taylor & Margaret Edes West
Md. Zora A. Payne]
(and
Taylor, Zora A.
1874-1959
[Zora A. Payne
d/o John Martin Payne & Celia Jane Farmer
w/o Eli Taylor, Jr.]
Taylor, Mary Jane
Taylor, Mary Jane
09 Sept 1912-18 Aug 1996
Sister
[Mary Jane Taylor
d/o Eli Taylor, Jr. and Zora Payne] 4
Taylor, Savannah
Taylor, Savannah
d/o Eli & Zora A. Taylor
02 Oct 1893-27 Mar 1912
[Savannah E. Taylor
d/o Eli Taylor, Jr. & Zora A. Payne]
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#Sylvany Taylor, single
age 19 yrs
d. 10 Aug 1911
Parents not listed
c.o.d. Consumption
1911 # 47475
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Taylor, Stephen
Taylor, Stephen
1908-1999
[Stephen Taylor
s/o Eli Taylor, Jr. & Zora A. Payne?]
Taylor, Ura
Taylor, Ura
d. 28 Apr 1900
"Only sleeping"
[Ura Taylor
d/o Eli Taylor, Sr. & Margaret West] 4
field rock
Field rock by Celia J. Payne’s stone
reverse
Approximate reading:
A
Dicie
J
(Currently not identified)

Sources

1. Photos taken, readings and genealogical research by
2. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier
3. Abstracts of Death Records for Johnson County Tennessee 1908 to 1941 by Eddie M. Nikazy
4. Nina M. deMars (gd/o Eli Taylor, Jr. and Zora Payne)

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