Near Mason in Tipton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Vineland

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 23, 2023

1. Vineland Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory
of those buried nearby
at Vineland, the plantation home of
George Tarry Taylor and Mary Goodloe Somervill
1847 – 1886
Among those buried here are: George Tarry Taylor 1804-1886 • Mary Goodloe Somervill 1805-1858 • Thomas Taylor Somervill • Robert Park Somervill • Joseph John Somervill • Ellen G. Hill, First wife of Joseph John Somervill • Catherine Weems Somervill • Mary Bennett Somervill • Augustine Claiborne Somervill • George Goodloe Somervill • John Somervill • Baby Wareene Somervill • Catherine Somervill Green • Agnes Green • Col. John Wesley Clement • Polly Hunt • Elizabeth Taylor Hunt, second wife of Richard B. Somervell • Jane Taylor Clement • Fred Maclin, Sexton of Trinity Church for forty years

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.

Location. 35° 27.358′ N, 89° 31.102′ W. Marker is near Mason, Tennessee, in Tipton County. It can be reached from Charleston-Mason Road 0.2 miles south of Bud Eubanks Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in Old Trinity Episcopal Church cemetery.

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Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2799 Charleston-Mason Rd, Mason TN 38049, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee

and in Greater Memphis.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Richland (here, next to this marker); Charleston United Methodist Church and Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away); Rev. James McFerrin (approx. 2.8 miles away); Trinity In The Fields (approx. 2.9 miles away); Bozo's Hot Pit Bar-B-Q (approx. 3.4 miles away); Wesley (approx. 5½ miles away); Mt. Carmel Church (approx. 5.8 miles away); Concordia Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 23, 2023

2. Vineland Marker

Featured marker is on the right.

Mason.

Also see . . . Old Trinity Episcopal Church (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination for the church and its adjoining cemetery, which were listed in 1997. (National Archives) (Submitted on May 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Old Trinity Episcopal Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 23, 2023

3. Old Trinity Episcopal Church

The 1847 church and its adjacent cemetery, where the marker is located, are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 353 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.