William P. Ingram Family Cemetery
Arriving
in Hardeman County as early as 1836, William P.
Ingram and his extended family were noteworthy
residents for the balance of the 19th
century. Upon moving to Hardeman County William
P. purchased two sizable tracts of land in
Hardeman and Fayette Counties and began the
process of developing his plantation. By the
1850’s the Ingram land holding totaled almost
1000 acres, much of which remained in the Ingram
family until the late 19th century.
Established as a family plot, the earliest
burials marked with stones are those of
grandson, Robert Branch, in 1844 and wife, Nancy
Ingram, in 1846. Surnames including Ingram,
Stewart, Vaughan, Dodson, Bryant, and Branch
reflect the intermarrying of local families who
in their time of loss came to gather to share a
common burial place.
The cemetery is located within a few hundred
yards of Woods Cemetery Road in Hardeman County
adjacent to the Ingram homestead. Even though
the cemetery is not located on the property of
Ames Plantation (it is approximately ¼ mile
north of the boundary), it is of great interest
since most of the family’s land holdings are now
a part of the Ames Plantation. The cemetery is
located at UTM coordinate E302159 N3888763
,which is on the USGS Grand Junction, TN 7.5’
quadrangle map.
Click here to
view the gravestones and inscriptions of:
Eliza B. Belote
Boling Branch
Sarah E. Branch
Robert Branch
William P. Branch
Thomas Branch
Click here to
view the gravestones and inscriptions of:
Martha McNeil Bryant
William J. Dodson
William P. Ingram
Nancy Ingram
Mary Ann Ingram
Thomas N. Ingram (no photograph available)
John W. Ingram
Click here to view the gravestones and inscriptions of:
B. H. Ingram
Morris (infant) (no photograph available)
Samuel D. Stewart
Mourning H. Vaughan (no photograph available)