"Tennessee Trails" through Bedford County
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Established on land owned by Thomas Carlton Jr., and his wife Nancy Wade Carlton who came to Tennessee from North Carolina around 1809. Afte the death of Maj. Thomas Carlton his youngest son, David Carroll Carlton lived and raised his family in the house his father built. This property is situated near the Rover Community in the 10th District near the Rutherford County line. There are only four headstones.
There were many graves with only fieldstones, as well as slaves who were buried here. This small cemetery is well-kept by the present landowner Mr. Fay Clark (2000).
Excerpt from "Rover and Bedford TN Vol 2 by Turner Publishing Co 2000 |
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 35.69830, Longitude: -86.58110
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | SPOUSE | PARENTS |
| CARLTON, David Carroll | 03 Oct 1828 | 13 Jun 1908 | Matilda Jane Haynes m 13 Mar 1853 Martha Angeline Stem m 3 Mar 1862 |
Thomas and Nancy Ann (Wade) Carlton |
| CARLTON, Nancy Ann (Wade) | 02 Jun 1787 | 20 Aug 1868 | Maj. Thomas Carlton | Obadiah and Abigail Wade |
| CARLTON, Martha Angeline (Stem) | 11 Aug 1842 | 08 Jan 1926 | David Carroll Carlton | James and Pauline (Smotherman) Stem |
| CARLTON, Maj. Thomas | 27 Nov 1788 | 20 Dec 1863 | Nancy Ann Wade | Wm. Thomas and Martha (Thomas) Carlton |
