Yoakley Cemetery
This cemetery is located within the confines of Tri-City Airport. It is not accessible to the public. Annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown, with additions by Jane S. Fairburn (JSF).
Also see the Hugh Crawford Family Burial Ground, surveyed in 1957 by John C. Crawford III. This cemetery is reported to be on the farm of J. Matt. Yoakley, and very close to the Yoakley Cemetery. Access is unknown.
Surveyed and photographed September 2013 by Donna Briggs, Betty Jane Hylton, Bob Shell, and Charles Ford, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
USGS GNIS ID: 1284567
GPS coordinates: 36.47145, -82.41457
Boone Dam quad
FORD, D. J. b. 30 Sep 1840 d. 4 May 1918 (s/o Enoch Ford & Mary (unk) Ford; wife: Sarah A. Sanders)
FORD, M. Jack b. 1 Jan 1876 d. 27 Jul 1897 (s/o James A. Ford & Frances J. Sanders)
FORD, R. L. Bruce b. 11 Sep 1878 d. 27 Nov 1899 (s/o James A. Ford & Frances J. Sanders)
FORD, Sara A. b. 24 Sep 1849 d. 19 May 1921 (Wife of D. J. Ford) (JSF)
FORD, Sarah S. b. 24 Sep 1848 d. 19 May 1921 (d/o William Sanders & Jane Sanders. Husband: Daniel J. Ford)
GALTON, William W. b. 18 Nov 1855 d. 20 Jan 1879 (JSF)
HAKES, Hester H. b. 15 Oct 1903 d. 26 Dec 1905 (d/o W. E. & M. Hakes)
HAKES, Minnie I. b. 22 Aug 1873 d. 23 Oct 1905 (w/o William E. Hakes)
HICKAM, John b. 7 Dec 1828 d. 16 Nov 1874 age 45y 11m 2d (JSF)
HICKAM, Mary D. b. 4 Apr 1856 d. 12 Sep 1878 (JSF)
HICKAM, Rachel b. 3 Aug 1835 d. 6 May 1866 (JSF)
ROLLER, Lillie E b. 8 Aug 1887 d. 23 May 1888 (d/o Solomon D. Roller & Rachel Olivene Yoakley)
ROLLER, Rachel Olivene b. 17 Feb 1866 d. 7 Jan 1889 (d/o Peter Yoakley & Julia A. Yoakley; husband: Solomon Roller)
YOAKLEY, Eliza Jane b. 10 Apr 1843 d. 11 Feb 1844 (d/o John & Eliza M. Yoakley)
YOAKLEY, Eliza M. b. 2 Oct 1815 d. 16 Feb 1887 (w/o John Yoakley)
YOAKLEY, John b. 5 Dec 1810 d. 23 Feb 1874 (JSF)
YOAKLEY, Julia A. b. 13 Jan 1838 d. 21 Feb 1906
YOAKLEY, Julia A. b. 24 Jun 1838 d. 14 Apr 1880 (Wife of Peter Yoakley)
YOAKLEY, M. V. b. 5 Dec 1836 d. 30 Jul 1896 (child of John Yoakley & Eliza M.)
YOAKLEY. Martin K. b. 21 Apr 1863 d. 3 Jul 1884 (s/o Peter Yoakley & Julia A.)
YOAKLEY, Peter Sr. b. 8 Sep 1782 d. 29 May 1857 age 74y 8m 21d (husband of Rachel)
YOAKLEY, Peter b. 9 Sep 1829 d. 4 Jun 1897 (s/o Peter Yoakley Sr. & Rachel; married 1st Julia A. Kitzmiller (1857); 2nd Lizzie Wine)
YOAKLEY, Peter b. 9 Sep 1829 d. 4 Jun 1897 (Masonic Emblem)
YOAKLEY, Peter Lafayette b. 25 Nov 1839 d. 7 Mar 1844 (s/o John & Eliza M. Yoakley)
YOAKLEY, Rachel b. 14 Feb 1789 d. 26 Jul 1855 (wife of Peter Yoakley Sr.)
YOAKLEY, Rachel Paulina b. 4 Aug 1841 d. 23 Feb 1844 (d/o John & Eliza Yoakley)
YOAKLEY, Samuel B. b. 6 Feb 1861 d. 18 Sep 1862
Do you know where the Yoakley family came from?
They built a log cabin near the cemetery, date unknown. I would like to know more about it.
Thank you for any information you have.
Gilgia
YOAKLEY, William Frederick, agriculturist; born in Sullivan Co. Tenn., Oct. 7, 1843; English-German descent; son of Jesse E. and Mary A. (Hull) YOAKLEY; paternal grandparents Richard and Hannah (Hicks) YOAKLEY, maternal grandparents Frederic and Mary A. (Coak) HULL; educated in common schools of Sullivan Co.; graduated from Oakland Academy 1861; served in Confederate Army, private 1861, in Capt. Osborn’s Independent Battalion from Texas; Co. F, 63d Tenn. Inf. April 14, 1862; Capt. Gammon’s Co. 60th Tenn. Feb 9, 1865; married Elizabeth E. BOWMAN Aug. 14, 1866; Democrat; warden Coal Creek branch state prison 1891; deputy warden of Mount Branch state prison 1906, etc.; delegate to National Pure Food and Drugs Congress Washington, March 7, 1900; delegate to Farmers’ National Congress at St. Louis, Mo., Sept., 1904; same at Richmond, Va., Sept. 12, 1905; again at Washington, D. C., Jan., 1910; president of Sullivan County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 1898-1910; postmaster at Hilton, Tenn., several years; member of A. F. & A. M. Lodge No. 559 at Holston Institute; lay official M. E. church, South, since 1866.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
Thank you for this information. This is my mother’s father’s family lineage. About 25 years ago we had our first family reunion in the area and enjoyed a private tour of this cemetery. There was a house down the hill from the cemetery that we were told was still Yoakley owned, but was rented at the time, so we couldn’t see it. Loved learning about the family, because my mothers parents died when mom was young and she didn’t know very much about the family. Her cousin had traced the family back to the 1500 or 1600’s to the isle of kent, off the coast of Wales. Apparently also, there was in England, a “home for unwed mothers”, founded in the 1700’s, which was still in business at that time (25 years ago). It was a very well respected charity then and now. I would love to learn more and see pictures of the cemetery today and even revisit sometime.
Do you know the heritage of Peter Yoakley Sr and his Father John Yoakley? I’m the Grandson of David Hastings Yoakley (maternal side) and have been trying to find out more about him and his genealogy. Thank you for any information possible.