Mother BONHAM was born in Loudon county, Va., whence she moved with her father, Isaac SAFFELLE, to Greene county, Tenn. She was united in marriage in the year 1796, to Benj. BONHAM, with whom she removed to Blount county, Tenn., where her father BONHAM died, in 1861, leaving mother BONHAM, aged and infirm to struggle alone with the trials of life. About this time her youngest son, Capt. J.S. BONHAM, with whom the parents had resided was forced to leave home, on account of the troubles growing out of the war, he being a firm Union man. Mother BONHAM was for a long time exposed to the evils of the war, but her trust was in God, who had said “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” As soon as practicable, her son, Capt. BONHAM, who now belonged to the Federal service, removed her to this place, with whom, and in whose family, she spent the remaining months of her life in quiet and happiness. Mother BONHAM died in the triumps of a living faith, worn and weak through the infirmities of old age; yet she was strong in the evidence of grace. For more than sixty years she had served the Lord, and in the sequel of life she found that it was no vain thing to have served Him. She had raised 12 children, five daughters, and seven sons – three of the latter being ministers of the gospel. At all times she was active and zealous in the performance of Christian duty. She was buried by the side of her little granddaughter, Rosie Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. J.S. & L.E. BONHAM. Grandman and Rosie sleep together, and together range the sweet plains of bliss in heaven. May her numerous children, relatives and friends meet them there where sorrow is forever unknown. – R.F. PATTON, Gallatin, Tenn., January 18th, 1866.

Source: Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig. 28 Mar 1866. pg. 2. Available online at ChroniclingAmerica.gov.

“Methodist Church and cemetery located about 1 mile east of Chota on the six mile road to Maryville. Ground for the cemetery given by the Kagley’s near 1800.” The old church was across the road from the cemetery in what is now a stand of pines.” — WPA Cemetery Survey book done in the 1930′s.

Information in ( ) is known from other sources by the submitter. The description for some of the graves as “Cut Stone” is for a flat stone which has been squared off but no data was ever inscribed.

This cemetery contains approximately 124 graves with 12 graves marked with only a “cut stone”, 27 Graves with a Fieldstone, and at least 4 unmarked graves.

The locations of two graves listed below are not known for certain.  They are listed in the WPA Survey book and are probably two of the broken off stones in Row 6.  They are grand children of Joseph and Mary Kagley.

• Mary Jane Kagley – b. Apr 15, 1879 d. May 24, 1889 - dau of J.A. and E.L. Kagley (from the Blount county marriage records the parents would be Joseph A. Kagley and Evalinda Keller Kagley)

Also there is a section where local history says that several black men were buried that died working on the railroad in this area. Several small stones are visible here but no pattern or any with writing. This area is next to the access driveway behind the graves for Donna Bookout, Georgia Anthony and below the large trees.

• GARDNER, Susannah, Willie D., Earnest R., Annie E. and Ellen are all said to be buried here–Graves unmarked.

This data based on a fresh survey of the cemetery with reference back to earlier surveys.  Submitted by Wendell and Vega Hensley, Maryville TN. Updated January 1, 2012.

Row	Last Name	Given Name	Birth	Death	Parents	Additional Information
7	Anderson	David H.	February 11, 1922	October 30, 1980	son of Frank and Lula Matheson Anderson	N/A
7	Anderson	Etta F(aye)	September 27, 1926	February 26, 2006	dau of James and Ethel Haney	N/A
7	Anthony	Georgia Lee	February 1, 1946	October 22, 2000	dau of George and Mary Irene Littleton	previously married a Jensen
4	Baker	Eugene	September 29, 1946	October 6, 1946	Son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Baker	N/A
5	Blair	Nellie Maxie	October 4, 1910	May 5, 1912	infant dau of James and Ina Downey Blair	N/A
4	Blevins	Claude F.	October 21, 1921	May 29, 1923	son of Frank and Cora Gardner Blevins	N/A
10	Bookout	Donna Sue	December 26, 1966	April 2, 1986	dau of Winston and Wilma Burchfield Bookout	N/A
2	Boring	Jackie Ray	May 26, 1948	January 23, 1997	son of Roy and Vola Crisp Boring	SP5, US Army, Vietnam
6	Broken Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Broken Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Broken Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	Broken Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	Buchanon	Brandon Jay	March 6, 1986	March 26, 1988	N/A	N/A
1	Burchfield	June Evelyn	Age 65	(October 23, 2004)	dau of Madilyn Wilkerson	N/A
3	Clark	Paul David	August 13, 1924	November 3, 1927	son of Walter and Zona Gardner Clark	N/A
3	Clark	Walter, Jr.	August 20, 1934	August 25, 1934	son of Walter and Zona Gardner Clark	N/A
1	Crisp	Allie	May 06, 1892	February 18, 1945	dau of James H. and Matilda Carroll La	N/A
1	Crisp	Arminta	August 24, 1850	May 30, 1927	dau of Samuel and Priscilla Jones Charles	N/A
2	Crisp	Bertha J.	March 5, 1935		dau of Charles and Gaynell Miles Chambers	N/A
1	Crisp	Charlie B.	June 29, 1880	October 15, 1952	son of Isaac and Arminta Charles Crisp	N/A
1	Crisp	Ethel A.	June 25, 1916	February 19, 1928	dau of Charlie and Allie Law Crisp	N/A
1	Crisp	Isaac C.	August 14, 1857	(March 04, 1937)	son of Mansel and Sarah ?? Crisp	N/A
1	Crisp	Lloyd	(June 22, 1920)	(May 18, 1996)	son of Charlie and Ida Law Crisp	No permanent marker
1	Crisp	Luther Joe	October 13, 1963	October 30, 1963	son of Lloyd and Loretta (Chambers Crisp)	N/A
1	Crisp	Melvia Loretta	May 10, 1930	December 3, 1996	dau of Robert and Minnie Swaney Chambers	wife of Lloyd Crisp
1	Crisp	Myrtle M.	November 10, 1913	October 14, 1929	dau of Charlie and Allie Law Crisp	N/A
1	Crisp	Samuel , SGT.	April 16, 1886	March 4, 1920	son of I.C. and A.C.	N/A
2	Crisp	Willard O.	June 21, 1923	September 16, 2001	son of Charlie and Allie Law Crisp	N/A
4	Crowder	Etta	October 18, 1902	December 13, 1924	dau of Bill and Susan Baumgardner Long	1st wife of Ott Crowder
4	Crowder	Eva	September 10, 1912	September 19, 1981	dau of Thomas & Catherine Hearon Boring	2nd Wife of Ott Crowder
6	Crowder	Martha J.	August 28, 1918	April 19, 2004	dau of Samuel and Frances Kagley Crowder	unmarried, Nickname Marthey
6	Crowder	Mary F(rances)	May 04, 1887	October 5, 1968	dau of Isaac and Martha Long Kagley	N/A
4	Crowder	Ott H(arrison)	July 22, 1897	January 12, 1973	son of William and Rachel Rasor Crowder	N/A
6	Crowder	Samuel R(ight)	February 26, 1876	June 3, 1946	son of Joseph T. and Sarah Jane Howard Crowder	N/A
1	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Cut Stone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	Downey	Verna Mae	July 27, 1921	July 11, 1923	dau of Ottie "Bud" and Ocie Boring Downey	N/A
4	Everett	Elizabeth	November 26, 1912	November 26, 1912	infant dau of (William) Leonard and Carrie (Long) Everett	N/A
2	Fieldstone	adult	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Fieldstone	adult	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Fieldstone	adult	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Fieldstone	adult	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Fieldstone	child	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Fieldstone	child	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Fieldstone	child	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	Fieldstone	has had a layer of concrete or plaster applied to it. This layer has chipped off over the years and the only writing yet visible shows Sept then below that 1869
4	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Fieldstone	child	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
9	Fieldstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Gardner	inf son of JB (Charley)	April 14, 1883	April 14, 1883	son of John Bartley and Tressie Waller Gardner	N/A
7	Kagley	A(bsolom). F(ranklin).	September 29, 1842	July 5, 1921	son of Joseph and Mary Gardner Kagley	Given Initials only on stone
3	Kagley	A(lfred). H. A.	November 03, 1849	January 15, 1933	son of Solomon and Luvenia Baumgardner Kagley	Nickname was Alf
7	Kagley	Beulah	May 05, 1890	December 03, 1890	Infant dau of A.F. and E.R. Kagley	N/A
7	Kagley	Eliza R(ebecca)	January 09, 1850	January 9, 1909	dau of George and Sarah Taylor	N/A
6	Kagley	Isaac	July 15, 1862	July 11, 1931	son of Joseph and Mary Gardner Kagley	N/A
7	Kagley	Jessie G.	April 02, 1878	February 27, 1880	Infant dau of A.F. and E.R. Kagley	N/A
8	Kagley	John F.	June 9, 1902	July 21, 1904	Infant son of G.R. and M.E. Kagley (George Russ and Margaret Emmaline Gardner Kagley)
6	Kagley	Joseph	Feb 26, 1813	December 16, 1893	son of John G. and Mary J Gardner Kagley	N/A
7	Kagley	Julia A.	May 05, 1875	October 13, 1879	Infant dau of A.F. and E.R. Kagley	N/A
8	Kagley	Laura M.	March 9, 1911	February 5, 1913	Infant dau of G.R. & M.E. Kagley	N/A
6	Kagley	Lucy (Ann)	April 06, 1873	September 11, 1893	dau of James Houston and Sarah Hannah Morton Blair	2nd wife of Isaac Kagley, death date from WPA Survey
9	Kagley	Luther Leon	November 4, 1915	May 12, 1916	son of G.W. and Ida Kagley	N/A
3	Kagley	Margaret I.	August 10, 1846	December 23, 1931	dau of David and Nancy Thompson Gardner	N/A
6	Kagley	Mary (J.)	February 11, 1817	November 14, 1891	unknown Gardner	N/A
10	Kagley	Nell	September 24, 1922	June 2, 1977	dau of Ed and Sarah Jane Nuchols Yearout	wife of Lloyd Kagley
8	Kagley	Otho	April 9, 1903	January 2, 1928	son of William Whitehead and Margaret Jane Simerly	raised by the Kagley Family
7	Kagley	Sarah A.	November 08, 1863	June 03, 1870	Infant dau of A.F. and E.R. Kagley	N/A
4	Long	Larue	October 30, 1904	February 7, 1909	dau of William H. and Susan Baumgardner Long	N/A
5	Long	Lloyd	May 24, 1920	May 24, 1920	Infant son of Kenneth and Hazel Kagley Long	stillborn
5	Long	Mildred	December 22, 1918	December 23, 1918	Infant dau of Kenneth and Hazel Kagley Long	N/A
4	Long	Susan E.	May 24, 1866	November 4, 1936	dau of Cooper and Rebecca Rhyne Baumgardner	N/A
4	Long	William H.	February 08, 1865	September 8, 1941	son of James and Mary Keller Long	N/A
9	McCroy	Alma	February 10, 1894	July 15, 1913	dau of John and Lucy Blair McCroy	N/A
5	McGhee	Emily	January 16, 1855	February 14, 1908	dau of George and Sarah Taylor	wife of J. B. McGhee
5	McGhee	James B.	August 31, 1853	December 27, 1921	son of John and Margaret Campbell McGhee	N/A
8	McMillan	Sarah A.	October 02, 1876	August 1883	dau of Silas and M.E. McMillan (Missouri Ellender Kagley)
4	Miles	Betty	March 13, 1930	November 1, 1995	George and Bonnie Holder Crowder	2nd wife of Hubert Miles
4	Miles	Carolyn	August 10, 1933	N/A	N/A	Wife of William Raymond Miles
4	Miles	Ella	November 23, 1909	June 9, 1944	William and Rachel Rasor Crowder	1st wife of Hubert Miles
4	Miles	Emett Lee	November 12, 1934	January 25, 1938	son of Hubert and Ella Crowder Miles	Emett and G.R. are separate stones on a common base
3	Miles	Eric E(dward).	June 10, 1969	July 4, 1989	son of John and Darlene Martin Miles	N/A
4	Miles	G. R.	July 12, 1928	July 12, 1928	son of Hubert and Ella Crowder Miles	Emett and G.R. are separate stones on a common base
4	Miles	Hubert	July 25, 1906	April 25, 1981	son of Raymond and Rosa Chambers Miles	common base for his and both wives headstones
5	Miles	James R.	April 29, 1933	December 16, 1997	son of Hubert and Ella Crowder Miles	N/A
5	Miles	Virginia R.	August 11, 1936		dau of Leonard and Vadie Kirkland Eidson	N/A
4	Miles	William R(aymond)	February 16, 1931	April 22, 1997	son of Hubert and Ella Crowder Miles	N/A
9	Morton	G(ranville) A.	November 05, 1847	July 5, 1925	son of William H. and Celia Herrin Morton	N/A
9	Morton	Katherine E.	Jun 11, 1836	September 26, 1917	dau of Joseph and Mary Gardner Kagley	N/A
11	Payne	Laura	July 11, 1930	November 11, 2002	dau of Sam and Stella Keller	N/A
6	Payne	Sarah	Jun 18, 1874	November 24, 1964	dau of James and Nancy Simerly	3rd wife of Isaac Kagley, married a Payne after Ike's death
11	Payne	Wallace	May 13, 1925	August 12, 1993	son of Wesley and Lilly Taylor Payne	N/A
10	Quiett	Julia Geneva			Infant Dau of Mr and Mrs Dennis (Barbara Anderson) Quiett	N/A
5	Simerly	Loumona	December 28, 1901	April 17, 1902	Infant	N/A
5	Simerly	Otho	January 21, 1900	January 16, 1902	Infant	N/A
10	Sparks	Headstone only	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	Spradlin	Columbus	December 28, 1910	September 4, 1995	son of Ben and Martha Maggard Spradlin	N/A
10	Spradlin	Della L.	May 24, 1915	June 8, 1986	N/A	N/A
10	Strange	Roger	February 9, 1941	June 12, 1995	son of Lee R. and Gracie Lee Moyer Strange	No Permanent Marker
5	Taylor	George	June 30, 1802	Jul ?, 1868	N/A	N/A
2	Unmarked	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	Unmarked	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
4	Unmarked	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
4	Unmarked	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Whitehead	Harold B.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	Whitehead	Shirley A.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1	Willocks	Iva	(Jun 28, 1912)	(Jul 1912)	Infant dau of M. A. "Doc" and Bertha Crisp Willocks	no dates on stone

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