Ratliff Cemetery

On March 22,1997 Lamar Eddins, of Cason Old Field, took me to the Ratliff cemetery, which is located at Cason Old Field. Take the road to the right, which runs beside New Hope Meth-odist Church. This is state road 1110 known as Mayesville Road. Travel 3.6 miles. There will be an unnamed dirt road known as state road 1111. It appears the street sign (name) has been broken off. Travel this dirt road 1.2-mile and then you will take a left on a dirt path leading into the woods. There was room enough to drive my truck down this rough path but after traveling 0.3 miles I didn’t feel like it didn’t want to get stuck down here so we walked the rest of the way which was probably another 0.6 miles. We came to a clearing. There was a deer stand to the right and to the left was the cemetery in a grove of trees. You could see the tall tombstones when you came to the clearing. These were some beautiful white marble tombstones. It appears the cemetery had been taken care of. I was amazed that these old monuments had not been destroyed and also amazed that because of their age that the inscriptions were still readable.

1. In Memory of James H. Ratliff born October 24,1793 died Feb’y 15,1849
2. In Memory of Elijah T. Ratliff born October 13,1848 died October 1,1852
3. In Memory of John Ratliff born December 10,1814 died April
7,1818
4. In Memory of Frances Ratliff born November 15,1769 died Feb’y 28,1831
5. In Memory of James Ratliff born March 3,1763-died October 3, 1 833
6. In Memory of Nancy Gaddy, daughter of James and Frances Ratliff born March 17,1802 died October 12,1853
7. In Memory of Susanah T. Ratliff born November 28,1795 died July 16,1864
8. In Memory of Rebecca Ratliff born Jan’y 14,1804 died April
30,1866.
9. In Memory of William H. Ratliff born August 29,1809 died September 2,1865
10. Ann Ratliff born July 19,1811 died June 7,1881

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