Grave of Major William Guy in Rural Tennessee | Walking Old Graveyards

This small burial plot in rural Tennessee features markers for two graves, most prominently the ivory column on a pedestal for Major William Guy. This would have been a farm field for generations, but is now on the boundary of a new subdivision.
Major Guy's stone features this engraving:
Maj. William Guy.
Departed this life
April 15, 1847
Aged 79 years & 6 months