Approximately a mile and a half south of Algood,
Tennessee, on the Old Walton Road, just west of the
Old Qualls [originally Quarles] Road, on the north side of
Walton Road, is a Tennessee Historical Commission marker,
which reads:
“WHITE PLAINS, William P. Quarles, a Revolutionary War veteran, settled here in 1805. A favorite stopping place on the Old Walton Road, which was built by the state in the early 1800s to join Nashville with Knoxville, White Plains contained a first-class inn, school, and general store. Putnam County’s first post office was located here.”
“The original White Plains house of William P. Quarles sat on the Walton Road where the Burton part of the cemetery is now located. The Quarles grave yard was to the side and rear of the house. The original store, blacksmith shop, and post office were across the road from the house.” — Stephen R. Quarles, January 13, 2008
[Stephen R. Quarles is a great-great-grandson of William Pennington Quarles]
As you turn north to enter the cemetery, immediately to your left is a large granite sign. It was designed by Claude Ann Burton. Her late husband David Burton, a Quarles descendant, built the brick base. The front of the sign displays the name of the cemetery, the Quarles Coat of Arms, and the Burton Coat of Arms.
The reverse side of the sign gives a Quarles Family Genealogy, which Mrs. Burton coordinated with the late Roy C. Phillips, another Quarles descendant. According to his son, Rodger D. Phillips, the genealogy was written by his father. Mrs. Burton tells us that the sign was placed in the cemetery with the approval of the Cemetery Board members in 1996. It reads:
QUARLES FAMILY
GEORGE QUARLES-1529
GEORGE QUARLES ABOUT 1550
JOHN QUARLES
JOHN QUARLES–1577 CAME TO AMERICA IN 1609
HE WAS HERE 11 YEARS BEFORE THE PILGRIMS LANDED AT
PLYMOUTH ROCK
RICHARD QUARLES-1640
JOHN QUARLES-1670
ROGER QUARLES-1695
ROGER QUARLES II-1720
WILLIAM P. QUARLES-1752 CAME TO WHITE PLAINS IN 1805
HIS CHILDREN WERE:
TABITHA TOMPKINS-1784 FRANCIS DOROTHY-1794
MARY GOODLOE-1786 JAMES TOMPKINS-1796
NANCY HAWES-1788 SALLIE WESLEY-1798
ELIZABETH JANE-1790 JOHN ADAMS-1800
WILLIAM HAWES-1792 CATHERINE BAXTER-1802
The cemetery road circles ahead. On the north side of the
cemetery, William Pennington Quarles and Ann Hawes Quarles
are buried, along with several of their descendants and
their families.
In addition to their son and three of their grandchildren, several of Wm. Pennington and Ann Hawes Quarles’ great-grandchildren, their spouses, and other in-laws are buried here.
They are listed below.
| BURTON, FRANCES JANE Aug. 16, 1838 – Dec. 24, 1849 (d/o Stephen D. and Mary D. Burton) | JONES, ZOUAL [BUCK] Oct. 12, 1864 – May 22, 1897 (gm/o Carve Lee Jones) | QUARLES, W. B. Aug. 31, 1842 – Aug. 8, 1916 (s/o John A. and Mary Hunter Quarles) |
| JONES, CARVE LEE Apr. 12, 1915 – Apr. 28, 1915 (s/o C. V. and Ida Lee Quarles Jones) | PHY, MOLLIE A. QUARLES Jun. 4, 1868 – Mar. 21, 1896 (w/o M. D. Phy and d/o Stephen D. and Zahella Jones Quarles) | QUARLES, SELIA A. Jan. 1, 1847 – Jan. 3, 1928 (w/o W. B. Quarles) |
| JONES, G. W. Apr. 22, 1863 – Feb. 22, 1935 (gf/o Carve Lee Jones) | PHY, BIRDIE I. Jun. 19, 1894 – Apr. 12, 1895 (d/o Mack D. and Mollie A. Quarles Phy) | WHITE, LUCINDA Feb. 10, 1828 – Aug. 2, 1915 (m/o Selia A. Quarles) |
As the road circles south, back toward the
entrance, to the west, is the burial place of
the family of Elizabeth Jane Quarles Burton
and Charles Francis Burton.
The earliest known markers in this Burton
portion of the cemetery are those of their
son, Stephen Decatur Burton, and his wife,
Mary “Polly” Coe Davies Goodbar Burton.
Charles Francis Burton was the son of
William Burton, Sr. and Frances Louise
Penn.
Elizabeth Jane Quarles Burton was the
daughter of William Pennington and
Ann Hawes Quarles.
| BURTON, FRANK Aug. 12, 1836 – Dec. 23, 1900 (s/o Stephen D. and Mary D. Goodbar Burton) | WILSON, NELLIE BURTON May. 11, 1895 – Dec. 26, 1963 (d/o Steve D. and Nancy Carrie Thompson Burton) | BURTON, CLAUDE ANN Oct. 7, 1938 – w/o David Alex Burton |
| BURTON, ANN Apr. 25, 1844 – Dec. 6, 1919 (w/o Benjamin Franklin Burton) | WILSON, WILLIAM CORDELL Sep. 2, 1893 – Aug. 16, 1964 (h/o Nellie F. Burton Wilson) | BURTON, ALEX OFFICER Nov. 20, 1875 – Apr. 12, 1959 (s/o Benjamin F. and Nancy Ann Officer Burton) |
| McCLAIN, LEMUEL RUX Dec. 29, 1844 – Apr. 29, 1936 (h/o Sarah Emma Burton McClain) | BURTON, HERMAN Feb. 17, 1911 – July 14, 2000 s/o Alex and Lou Ella Quarles Burton | BURTON, LOUELLA A. QUARLES Mar. 24, 1884 – Mar. 25, 1974 (d/o Stephen Decatur and Mary Ann King Quarles) |
| McCLAIN, SARAH EMILY Feb. 13, 1850 – Sep. 1, 1910 (d/o S. D. and Mary D. Goodbar Burton) | BURTON, FANNIE H. Nov. 5, 1912 – Feb 2010 w/o Herman Burton | BURTON, VICTOR L. 1917 – 1971 (s/o Alexander Officer Burton and Louella Quarles Burton) |
| ALEXANDER, FANNY BURTON Nov. 22, 1864 – Aug. 18, 1894 (d/o Benjamin Franklin and Nancy Ann Officer Burton) | BILBREY, BUSTER B. May 1, 1926 – Sep. 16, 2002 h/o Mary Ann Quarles Bilbrey | BURTON, ROZELLE ROCKWELL 1918 – 2008 (w/o Victor L. Burton) |
| BURTON, STEVE D. July 19, 1868 – July 16, 1896 (s/o Benjamin Franklin and Nancy Ann Officer Burton) | BILBREY, MARY ANN Dec. 15, 1919 – Feb. 10, 1997 d/o Alex and Lou Ella Quarles Burton | BURTON, TRUMAN Dec. 21, 1907 – Sep. 3, 1909 (s/o Alexander Officer Burton and Louella Quarles Burton) |
| BURTON, CARRIE T. Feb. 5, 1875 – Feb. 18, 1939 (w/o Steve D. Burton) | BURTON, DAVID A. Oct. 19, 1936 – Jan. 7, 2004 s/o Victor and Rozelle Rockwell Burton | BURTON, CHARLES HERMAN Dec. 23, 1929 – Jan. 8, 1930 (s/o Herman Allan and Fannie Lou Huddleston Burton |