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 marker indicates the entrance to the Quarles-Burton Cemetery.

"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

Charlene McClain's "Why Two Cemeteries for One Family?" (click here)

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.

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 Family Cemetery at White Plains -

Quarles & Burton Cemetery Decoration June 3, 2007

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