Barton Baird Cemetery

Mt. Juliet, Wilson County, Tennessee

Directions:

  • From Nashville go east on I-40 to exit 226 in Mt. Juliet, TN.
  • Turn right (south) onto Mt. Juliet Road and go to first stop light at Belinda City Parkway and turn left  (across from the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.)
  • Go 3.2 miles on Belinda City Parkway until it dead ends into South Rutland Road and turn right..
  • Go 0.1 mile to 2578 South Rutland Road on the left side of the road, which is private property.
  • About half way down the drive, go left across the field to the top of the hill.
  • The cemetery is in the clump of trees straight ahead
  • At present permission is needed to enter this private property as the gate across the driveway may be locked.

 

Graves:

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Relationship

Comments

Baird, James H.

 

 

1st husband of Julia A. Jennings

 

Baird, William C.

 

13 Dec 1862

Son of James H. & Julia A. Jennings Baird

Killed at Battle of Fredericksburg, VA

Gleaves, Guy Trigg

1814

1867

2nd husband of Julia A. Jennings; son of Absalom Gleaves

 

Gleaves, Jimmy

11 Apr 1852

9 May 1853

Son of Guy T. & Julia A. Jennings Gleaves

 

 

Notes:

  • Bartons purchased this property from the Bairds, thus the name.
  • An iron picket fence surrounds the Barton graves. 
  • The Bairds and Gleaves graves are in the open field. 
  • Trees have grown up among the graves and livestock has trampled about, turning over the stones and generally doing much damage.
  • This property may have been sold for a subdivision.
  • Julie Gleaves sent a wagon to Fredericksburg, Va. to return her son’s body home after he was killed in the Civil War battle.

 

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Barton Baird Cemetery Relationships

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