Monongalia County, WV - Peter Tennant Cemetery GPS Coordinates: N39 39' 08.9" W080 10' 53.7" This is a reading of the Peter Tennant Cemetery, located just off County Road 25-5 in Monongalia County, WV. The cemetery is located in a clearing just to the right and can be seen from the road. Although unfenced, the cemetery is well maintained. Several of the graves are either unmarked or marked by a fieldstone with no inscription. The reading was taken on July 13, 2003 by Rick L Tennant. Numbers in parentheses following the given name refer to notes at the end of the listing which provide further information. ROW 1 TENNANT, Elizabeth (1), October 3, 1842 ~ June 1, 1911 TENNANT, Malinda (2), July 26, 1839 ~ May 28, 1914 TENNANT, Naomi (3), June 7, 1831 ~ January 21, 1895 Grave marked by Fieldstone TENNANT, Emelia (4), February 29, 1812 ~ No date, Married July 25, 1830, ?9y 4 Graves marked by Fieldstones ROW 2 4 Graves marked by Fieldstones 2 Unreadable Markers ROW 3 5 Graves marked by Fieldstones TENNANT, Catharine (5), Wife of Nimrod Tennant, Daughter of Jacob Moor TENNANT, Nimrod (6), August 30, 1802 ~ February 28, 1875 ROW 4 TENNANT, Peter (7), February 25, 1773 ~ January 29, 1847, 73y 11m 4d, Was born on the South Branch of the Potomac River in Hardy County, Va, Son of Liberty BROWN, Elizabeth (8), September 1774 ~ June 2, 1867, Wife of Peter Tennant Grave marked by Fieldstone (9) PONZOO, Ben (10), No dates NOTES (1) Elizabeth was the daughter of Nimrod Tennant and Emelia Wilson. Day of death was hard to read. Other sources give the year of her death as 1914. Footstone also. (2) Malinda was the daughter of Nimrod Tennant and Emelia Wilson. Footstone with initials M T. (3) Naomi was the daughter of Nimrod Tennant and Emelia Wilson. (4) Emelia was the second wife of Nimrod Tennant. She was the daughter of George P Wilson and Rebecca Kennett. (5) Catharine was the first wife of Nimrod Tennant. She was the daughter of Jacob J Moore and Anna Barbara Haught. Stone is eroded leaving the dates unreadable. (6) Nimrod was the son of Peter Tennant and Elizabeth Brown. (7) Peter Tennant was the son of Richard Tennant and Elizabeth Haught. There are two headstones for Peter, and a footstone. (8) Elizabeth Brown was the daughter of Adam Brown and Roseanna Mouse. No day listed for birth (9) This is believed to be the grave of the wife of Ben Ponzoo, Milly. (10) Ben was the slave once owned by Peter Tennant.