The Relocated Grave of Polly Parmley

The daughter of Revolutionar War Soldier John Adair Jr and his wife Mary, Mary "Polly" Adair was more likely born about 1795 than the 1799 date on her tombstone. Her marriage to David Bell occurred in 1812 when she would have been about 17 which seems more realistic. David & Polly Bell had 4 children, John Silas, Barbara, William Beaver and Elizabeth. David died in 1818 and the next year, Mary was married to Garner Parmley who is buried beside her. 

A cemetery listing that was created in 1978 gives her death date as 1875. She was originally buried in the Twyford Cemetery #1.  Her grave was relocated before the creation of the Wolf Creek Dam in 1952. She was moved to a cemetery originally called New Bethel Cemetery, now called Parnell Methodist Church Cemetery. I would guess her tombstone has been placed sometime in the past 50 years or so. Her  I visited her grave in 1996 and got this poor photo with the sun behind it. It was amazing to be standing at the grave of my Fourth Great Grandmother.

I've never found a record of a grave for Polly's parents, John and Mary Adair, but it may not have been marked when graves were relocated for the dam. David & Polly's daughter Barbara is buried in Bearwallow Cemetery in Adair county. William Beaver's grave is unknown to me. Elizabeth is also buried in the Parnell Methodist Church Cemetery.