Silverdale Cemetery (OLD)


The old Silverdale cemetery is twelve miles northeast of Chattanooga. Follow the Cleveland Pike north to Silverdale, taking road for one half mile west, then follow the Tyner road right for one fourth mile. The land for the cemetery was given by Mr George House. THe grave of Roger W Thomas Poe is the oldest on with a marker, 1810. The oldest person was Rev George Julian who was 94 at his death. There are one hundred unmarked graves. The first persons buried there were two negro slaves with no markers.
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POE

Poe, Roger W Thomas - Mar 24, 1810
Poe, Thomas Roger - Died May 5, 1851
In memory of Poe, Josephine - Dec 15, 1865 - Feb 10, 1866
Poe, Margaret - Mar 8, 1849 - July 15, 1874
Poe, F M - Mar 3, 1834 - May 11, 1901
Poe, Nancy - Sept 8, 1834 - Feb 15, 1907
Richey, Kattie - Feb 11, 1828 - Feb 18, 1907
Richie, Dialatha - 1850 - 1873
Rawlings, J H - Feb 18, 1853 - Jan 7, 1915
Rawlings, Harriet S - Oct 26, 1848 - May 11, 1878 - 'Her end was peace.'
Rawlings, Nathan L - Husband of L Rawlings -Juen 28, 1827 - July 12, 1894
Our mother - Rawlings, Lucinda Baber - Wife of N L Rawlings - July 25, 1824 - Nov 21, 1903 - Erected by her son, J H Rawlings
Father - Rawlings, J T - Nov 7, 1846 - Feb 4, 1922
Raper, A C - Feb 4, 1841 - June 2, 1908 - age 68 yrs
Raper, W M - Mar 11, 1875 - May 6, 1927 - 'A little time on earth spent, 'Till God for him His angel sent.'
Smith, Cliford - Aug 31, 1873 - Apr 3, 1935 - 'At rest.'
Mother - Smith, Malinda - July 15, 1817 - May 15, 1865

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Smith, William - Dec 5, 1813 - Feb 28, 1865
Smith, Mary - Daughter of James Smith - Dec 27, 1791 - Feb 17, 1863

SHELTON

Shelton, Myra - Daughter of C E and N Shelton - Feb 16, 1858 - Apr 29, 1883
Shelton, Tennie - Daughter of C E and N Shelton - Sept 18, 1856 - Dec 29, 1883
Little, Jennie Shelton - Wife of N A Little - Apr 21, 1872 - Jan 7, 1922
Woods, Mary A - Daughter of G E and Nancy Shelton - July 25, 1869 - June 14, 1910
Shelton, Nancy - Wife of G E Shelton - July 18, 1829 - Sept 11, 1892
Shelton, C E - Husband of Nancy Shelton - Apr 8, 1822 - Aug 14, 1898 - 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.'
Brother - Shelton, Infant son of K and M L Shelton - Dec 14, 1888 - Dec 17, 1889
Mother - Shelton, Maggie L - Oct 13, 1867 - Oct 28, 1919
Shelton, McKinley - Feb 13, 1864 - July 29, 1927
Shelton, Thomas F - Sept 16, 1887 - May 10, 1935
Shelton, Ollie - Daughter of W M and K A Shelton - Dec 15, 1882 - Oct 17, 1888 - 'Rest little one, thou art in thy Father's care.'
Shelton, William - 1852 - 1915
Selcer, J M - Co. A - 9th Tenn Cav
Selcer, Martha - Mother of W M Selcer - Wife of James Monroe Selcer - Apr 16, 1855 - June 6, 1891

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Woods, R L - Mar 13, 1879 - Apr 12, 1894 - 'Dearest brother thou hast left us here, thy loss we deeply feel, but 'tis God that hath bereft us, He can all our sorrow heal.'
Meridith, Clarence - Son of C D and A B Meridith - Jan 7, 1895 - Feb 12, 1896
McKinley, Robert E - Son of T B and R E McKinley - Feb 25, 1883 - Mar 3, 1892 - Age 9 years.
McMillan, Jonathan - May 9, 1912 - Aug 10, 1934
Infant son - McMillan, David - Age 9 days, Died 1935
Infant son - McMillan, Clarence - Age 5 weeks - Died 1936
McMillan, Margaret - Age 4 mos. - Died 1937 (Children of Jonathan McMillan.)
Father - Nolen, William - July 8, 1851 - Aug 4, 1923
Mother - Nolen, M Ann - Feb 1, 1845 - Nov 19, 1913
Sister - Nolan, Lucindia - Nov 25, 1891 - Nov 5, 1908
Robinson, James - Apr 1, 1858 - Age 55 years.
Robinson, M J - Apr 20, 1830 - Apr 7, 1896 - 'The Lord is my shephard, I shall not want.'
Moore, Myrina J - Wife of R D Moore - Feb 16, 1847 - Nov 6, 1926
Nunn, Ethel Moore - Wife of R W Nunn - Sept 15, 1890 - Feb 28, 1915 - ''Tis hard to break the tender cord when love has bound the heart 'tis hard, so hard to speak the words, we must forever part.'
Father - Moore, R D - Sept 15, 1845 - Nov 15, 1914
Moore, Amanda - 1847 -1897
Moore, Glenn - March 12, 1915 - March 23, 1933
Moore, James D - Aug 14, 1910 - Aug 24, 1910

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Mother - Morrison, Sarah L - May 25, 1860 - May 13, 1920 - 'How desolate our home bereft of thee.'
Morrison, Carmilla - Daughter of A S and S L Morrison - Sept 19, 1885 - Oct 3, 1898
Nix, Laura - Daughter of A and S Nix - Dec 19, 1889 - July 3, 1891
In memory of Julian, Sarah - Wife of John Julian - Nov 29, 1810 - June 23, 1854 - Age 43 years.
In memory of Julian, Rebecca - Wife of Isham Julian - June 3, 1836 - June 28, 1856
Julian, Matilda - Wife of S Julian and daughter of C E and N Shelton - Nov 10, 1847 - Apr 17, 1881
Mother - In loving memory of Julian, Mourning Smith - Wife of George Julian - Dec 11, 1820 - Aug 23, 1910
Julian, Rev George - July 10, 1812 - Mar 5, 1906
In memory of my husband - Johnson, Thomas R - Mar 21, 1844 - May 21, 1898
Jackson, A J - Husband of E Springer - May 26, 1816 - Feb 9, 1887
Moreland, L C, MD - Dec 2, 1834 - Oct 19, 1888
Lascaster, Hardy - Apr 4, 1801- Oct 22, 1858 - (In rock vault.)
Murphy, John M - Born in Blount Co. Tenn. - Aug 3, 1822 - May 30, 1881 - 'Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.'
Moore, Arch H - Mar 3, 1869 - June 27, 1927 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Moore, Virginia V - Aug 27, 1864 - Jan 8, 1928
Father - Moore, R J - Mar 25, 1918 - Feb 18, 1911 - 'At rest.'
Mother - Moore, M J - Wife of R J Moore - Dec 24, 1824 - Aug 3, 1899 - 'At rest.'

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Moore, Burnell Hooper - Son of Mr. and Mrs. I D Moore - Mar 14, 1910 - Apr 18, 1910
Father - Howard, Leroy - May 1, 1834 - June 21, 1914
Mother - Howard, Louis A - Sept 15, 1843 - Aug 17, 1911
Howard, Martha J - June 18, 1875 - Aug 15, 1875
Our baby - Howard, James Roy - Son of J T and R D Howard - Sept 14, 1905 - Jan 7, 1905
Howard, Fred Lee - Aug 3, 1887 - July 5, 1921
Howard, Myrtle - Daughter of S J Howard - Oct 20, 1892 - Jan 21, 1893
Houser, D A - Died Mar 20, 1892 - Age 75 years.
Houser, Katy - Died Dec 17, 1899 - Age 75 years.
Houser, A Dolphas - Apr 29, 1848 - Feb 1, 1927 - Age 78 years
Houser, C - Aug 21, 1858 - Dec 27, 1930 - 'At rest.'
Houser, Walter B - Nov 12, 1915 - July 16, 1917
Houser, Mrs N B - May 8, 1808 - May 2, 1891
Houser, Hannah H - Aug 10, 1810 - Apr 20, 1859
Houser, George W, Jr - Dec 30, 1904 - Oct 20, 1909
Hixon, Laura - 1862 - 1863
Hixon, Sarah Eleanor - 1860 -1861
Hixon, William McKinley - 1827 - 1922
Hixon, Rebecca M - 1853 - 1930
Hixon, Matilda Walker - Wife of William McKinley Hixon - 1834 - 1876
Hixon, Martha J Shahan - Wife of William McKinley Hixon - 1838 - 1888
Hixon, James - 1867 - 1920
Hix, Lula J - Daughter of J A and S Hix - Dec 20, 1878 - June 18, 1880

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Houser, Phillips C - Sept 13, 1927 - June 27, 1928
Fluker, E I - Feb 17, 1834 - Sept 14, 1911
Flinn, Hanah - Wife of L A Flinn - Aug 28, 1878 - Apr 10, 1910 - 'I know my Redeemer liveth.'
Guthrie, William C - Mar 22, 1862 - Nov 18, 1881
Guthrie, Miss Lizzie - July 27, 1858 - Jan 29, 1879
Guthrie, Mary - Wife of A R Guthrie - Oct 28, 1835 - Mar 30, 1862
Guthrie, Elizabeth - Mother of T J and L Friar - Nov 25, 1815 - Jan 17, 1897
Guthrie, Thomas R - Nov 22, 1860 - Mar 19, 1892
Guthrie, A P - July 11, 1822 - Mar 29, 1896
Haralson, Nancy - Apr 28, 1859 - 'At rest.'
House, G H - July 25, 1884 - July 26, 1884
House, H J - Apr 2, 1833 - July 13, 1833
House, J P - Dec 13, 1879 - Oct 5, 1884
Mother - Elliott, Mary G - Wife of T E Elliott - Dec 20, 1828 - Nov 12, 1915
Fahter - Elliott, T R - Dec 30, 1828 - Oct 9, 1908 - 'Asleep in Jesus.'
Elliott, Margaret - Aug 11, 1865 - Feb 3, 1903

FRIAR

Friar, Bascom Homer - Aug 28, 1897 - June 7, 1909
Friar, John M - Dec 11, 1869 - Jan 17, 1897
Friar, Thomas J - Dec 10, 1853 - May 3, 1921
Friar, Ellen V E - Wife of L Friar - May 5, 1881 - Jan 29, 1910 - 'Her spirit smiles from that bright shore, and softly whispers, weep no more.'

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Friar, Oscar A - Son of L and E V E Friar - Aug 15, 1881 - Jan 12, 1892 - 'Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore.'
Mother - In memory of Duncan, Mary A - Wife of J M Duncan - Dec 22, 1833 - Feb 14, 1898 - 'Can I forget the agonising hour when those loved eyes were closed to wake no more.'
Evans, Bruce B - Son of W and J Evans - July 16, 1848 - June 15, 1851
Evans, Infant son of W and J Evans - July 16, 1848 - July 17, 1848
In memory of Evans, Washington - Died Apr 1, 1872 - Age 53 yrs.
Selcer, Louis Evans - Wife of J M Selcer and daughter of W and J Evans - Sept 30, 1846 - Apr 15, 1872
Evans, John P - Son of W and J Evans - Mar 30, 1851 - Feb 17, 1871
Mother - Evans, Jennie H Benton - Jan 8, 1861 - Aug 13, 1925
Benton, W H H - Mar 21, 1841 - Oct 17, 1898 - 'A precious one from us is gone, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in our home that never can be filled.'
Breedlove, Jessie I - Son of J H and H M Breedlove - June 19, 1891 - Feb 16, 1895
Bates, Mary Hawkins - Wife of W M Bates - Nov 5, 1868 - Married Sept 5, 1897 - Died June 10, 1904
Cosley, Osman J - Dec 28, 1889 - Nov 12, 1902
Cooley, Luther - Sept 22, 1880 - Dec 28, 1898 - 'Waiting his coming.'
Cooper, Jeff - Born 1860 - Jan 10, 1882
Cooper, Anderson - Born 1829 - Mar 29, 1895
Cooper, Melissa - Born 1826 - July 18, 1883

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Cooper, Delia - 1865 - May 11, 1900
Brooks, Infant of R H and M J Brooks - Nov 16, 1890
Brooks, Walter R - Son of R H and M J Brooks - Apr 21, 1888 - June 21, 1888
Brooks, Mary D Howard - Wife of R H Brooks - Aug 3, 1866 - Apr 1, 1888
Brooks, R H - Apr 21, 1859 - Jan 20, 1925
Brooks, Infant of G A and Zella Brooks - Dec 31, 1915 - Jan 1, 1916
McCoy, Nancy Johnson Brooks - Wife of C McCoy - May 16, 1837 - Apr 2, 1897
Brooks, Frankie - Wife of E L Brooks - Oct 31, 1868 - Jan 13, 1918
Brooks, Infant son of R H and M D Brooks - Feb 20, 1886
Brown, L P - Husband of Zenia Brown - Jan 17, 1908 - Age 60 yrs.
Alford, Zilpha - 1867 - June 22, 1899
Burns, W M D - Son of W M Burns - June 2, 1885 - March 13, 1899
Burns, Mary A - Wife of W M Burns - Sept 15, 1849 - May 19, 1898
Burns, William M - Aug 12, 1850 - Jan 3, 1926
Burns, Robert Edwards - Son of M O and Edna Burns - Dec 29, 1930 - Jan 9, 1931
Boyd, Frank - Son of James and Nannie Boyd - May, 1909 - July 29, 1910
Boyd, Nannie Hixon - 1870 - 1934
Brooks, Mary J Flynn - Mar 22, 1860 - Sept 21, 1906
Brooks, Infant son of R H and M J Brooks - Oct 6, 1897
Brooks, Infant of R H and M J Brooks - May 15, 1901


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