Individual Details
Archibald Childers
(Abt 1815 - Aft 1860)
Location: 1 and 1/2 miles south of Servilla postoffice. Servilla was Springtown until name changed, but known mostly locally as Springtown. Servilla is 18 miles east of Benton.
Date established: About the time of Civil War
By whom established: Jess Sexton or the Childress family
Number of graves: 25 or 30
Acreage: 1/4 acre of more
Remarks: Among those buried here are Burrell C. Childress, J.P., a school teacher for years, who would ' treat ' his students at Christmas with liquor both boys and girls! Archie Childress, and members of the Sexton and Bates families. Cemetery may have been known as Sexton or Childress.
Date: January 29, 1940
Condition: Grown up
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1850 Census Polk Co. TN
Arch Childres 35 m farmer 400 Ten
Isabella 45 f Ten
Burrell 12 m Ten
Martha A. 10 f Ten
Mary A 8 f Ten
Harriet E. 6 f Ten
Margaret A. 5 f Ten
Susannah 1 f Ten
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On the 1860 census there is a Nancy b. abt 1846 that is not on the 1850.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1815 | Tennessee |  | ||
| Birth | 1815 | North Carolina | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1840 | Polk, Tennessee, USA | | ||
| Residence | 1850 | District 6, Polk, Tennessee | | ||
| Residence | 1860 | District 6, Polk, Tennessee | | ||
| Death | Aft 1860 | Polk Co., TN | | ||
| Alt name | Archd Childress | | |||
| Alt name | Archille Childs | | |||
| Burial | Childers Cem., Polk Co., TN. | |
Families
| Father | Josiah Childers Sr (1777 - 1860) |
| Mother | Martha Susannah Woodrum (1767 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Mary Childers (1805 - ) |
| Sibling | Panthora Childers (1810 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Burrel Childers (1811 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Childers (1812 - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Jackson Childers (1814 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Josiah Childers, Jr. (1817 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Nancy A Childers (1820 - ) |
Endnotes
1. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1850 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com.
2. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1850 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: M432_892; Page: 245; Image: 485..
3. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1860 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 6, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1268; Page: 416; Image: 255..
4. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
5. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1860 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com.
6. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
7. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1840 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1840), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, Year: 1840; Census Place: , Polk, Tennessee; Roll: 535; Page: 18..
8. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
9. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1850 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: M432_892; Page: 245; Image: 485..
10. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
11. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1860 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 6, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1268; Page: 416; Image: 255..
12. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
13. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
14. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1850 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com.
15. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
16. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1860 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com.
17. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
18. GEDCOM file submitted by 3003321.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..