Browning Cemetery
Located off Hwy 49 in Smithland. North on MC3300 (Jones Rd) 1.5 miles near 2199 MC3300 on private property owned by International Paper Co, behind a locked gate, down a rutted road in a wooded area. Land was owned by A J Browning, born 1790 in VA, whose family may be buried inside a fence with graves marked with rocks.
Notes by Wanda are in ( )
F P Smith (Francis
Parker) born in NC, Smithland postmaster 1854
& who the town was named for.
1800 1860
Susan Anna Smith
nee Cocke, born
in TN, w/o F P Smith, mother of John F, James P & Mary F
1807 1881
Jessie Bell Fitzgerald
child of William & Georgia, grandchild of Ambrose
3-21-1880
4-27-1882
Also buried there with no headstone
William Gill Ratley
12-3-1858
5-31-1938
Mary Bell Fitzgerald Ratley
w/o William Gill
8-24-1863
dod ?
Dunn mother & child dod 1930
Also several others marked with stones.
Submitted by Wanda Fillingim
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