Good Tiding Baptist Church Cemetery

aka Tarter Cemetery

aka W.G. Shepherds Cemetery

Webb Cross Roads

Russell County, Kentucky

Location: The cemetery is located behind the Good Tidings Church off Highway 76 in northern Russell County very close to the Russell County Adair County line. This is only a small portion of the cemetery.

Provided by Sandy Tarter & Edith Presley Bastin

Name
Birth
Death
Notes
Tarter, Clarence W.
Mar 10, 1886
Feb 9, 1910
s/o Peter Marcus Tarter & Martha Susan ‘Mattie’ (Dickerson)
Tarter, Jerry Travis
Mar 2, 1945
Mar. 2, 1945
s/o Travis Tarter & Winnie (Henson) gr-s/o Willie Tarter & Nora Lee (Neat)
Tarter, Martha Susan ‘Mattie’ (Dickerson)
Mar. 10, 1858
May 8, 1946
w/o Peter Marcus Tarter d/o Elijah S. Dickerson & Sarah Ann (Guy)
Tarter, Peter
Dec., 1828
Aug., 1903
md. Sarah J. Edwards on 16 Jun 1849 Casey Co, KY s/o John Peter Tarter & Polly Ann (Pierce)
Tarter, Peter Marcus
Aug. 26, 1851
Aug. 11, 1918
h/o Martha Susan ‘Mattie’ Dickerson s/o Peter Tarter & Sarah J. (Edwards)
Tarter, Sarah J. (Edwards)
Feb. 6, 1832
Mar. 1, 1898
Born in Boyle Co, KY - d/o Thomas Edwards & Rhoda E. (Godbey) - md. Peter Tarter on June 16, 1849 in Casey Co, KY
Tarter, Sorphonia Marie ‘Fronie’
Aug 28, 1915
Nov. 14, 1919
d/o William P. Tarter & Nora Lee (Neat) “Gone So Soon”
Tarter, Thomas Hendrex
Dec. 8, 1881
May 29, 1933
s/o Peter Marcus Tarter & Martha Susan ‘Mattie’ (Dickerson)

Note: Wonder if perhaps Thomas Edwards and wife Rhoda E. Godbey Edwards (parents of Sarah J. Edwards Tarter) are possibly buried in this cemetery as Thomas & Rhoda were living in the household of their daughter Sarah J. and Peter Tarter in 1880?

*1880 Adair County Kentucky Census, District 2, Neatsville voting precinct, census recorded 05 June 1880:
TARTER, Peter, m, w, 52, farmer, ky va ky
Sarah J., f, w, 30, wife, keeping house, ky ky ky
EDWARDS, Thomas, m, w, 74, father-in-law, at home, ky va va
Rhody, f, w, 67, mother-in-law, at home, tn va va.

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