Alexander McNeill Family Cemetery
Arriving in Fayette County from North
Carolina in 1834, the McNeill family owned one of the largest
cotton plantations in the area and played a key role in early
Fayette County History. Alexander amassed a considerable land
holding during the 1830's and 1840's, much of which is still in
the McNeill family today.
Established in 1837, this cemetery served as the family burial
plot of the McNeill family. Gravestones mark the burial sites of
Alexander and five of his children. Soil depressions found in
the cemetery
suggest the presence of unmarked graves, however
investigation of the site indicates that there are no
undiscovered gravestones. An historic site marker, donated by
descendant Haynes McNeill, was placed at the cemetery in 1996.
The cemetery is located on a remote forested ridge top
overlooking the flood plain of Jones Creek approximately 250
yards northeast of the site thought to be the McNeill family
residence. Designated state historic site number 40FY339 by the
Tennessee Division of Archaeology the cemetery is located at U.T.M. coordinate E295213 N3888077 which is on the USGS Grand
Junction, TN 7.5' quadrangle map.
Click here to
view the gravestones and inscriptions of:
Sarah E. McNeill
Julia Ann McNeill
Alexander McNeill
Martha J. McNeill
Malcom J. McNeill
Sarah McKey McNeill