Located at Weaver Union Church, 132 Peoples Road at Weaver Pike,  Bristol, Tennessee 37620.

Inscriptions by Josephine S. Carmack, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1976. Original annotations provided by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown.

TNGenWeb Cemetery Database 1640569

GPS coordinates: 36.524829865, -82.185409546, elevation 1,673.

Bristol quad

AKARD to BOY

BREDEN to FEATHERS

FIELDS to JORDON

KESNER to QUALES

RADER to WOOD

The Reverend Samuel Doak established New Concord Church possibly as early as 1771 near Bristol. The year 1780 is also a possibility. The name was later changed to Weaver Union Church, in honor of the family whose gift gave the church a permanent home.  A historic marker stands in Greeneville, Tennessee, at a spot named “Big Spring,” the juncture of two Indian trails, and mentions that as early as 1780, Reverend Doak preached to the settlers at that spot.

On March 3, 1821 Frederick Weaver traded 409 acres for 392 acres from his brother-in-law John Peters. On June 21, 1823, Frederick gave three acres for the Concord Meeting House and cemetery. The deed was made by Frederick Weaver and his wife to “…Irson Longacre, James S. May, Caleb Morrell, John Miller and John Hughes, commissioners and Trustees, of the Concord Meeting House…for all denominations of Christians worshiping the deity agreeable to the Holy Scriptures.” (Deed Book 27, page 429.)

The Reverend Charles Cummings was the first minister to have charge of this congregation. Since Frederick Weaver did not mention any specific denomination, the church became “Weaver Union Church” in gratitude to the man for his gift, and the community began to be called “Weaver.” On January 12, 1930, a mass meeting was held under the leadership of Reverend Dan Graham, and the plans were laid for a new and larger brick structure to be built. The original building was located in the present-day parking lot.

Some other landmarks attributed to this family are Weavers Creek (now Possum Creek), Weaver Branch, Weaver Pike (from Bristol to Webb’s store), and the Weaver Community which includes the church and cemetery.

Source: “Families and History of Sullivan County, Tennessee, Vol. I,” Holston Territory Genealogical Society.

Submitters:

ALL Anna Lane Long

BK   Grave marker photos by Barbara Krause

BT   Barbara Thomas

CB  Carol Booher

DC Debi Coe

DK   Diana Koffler

FM  Mary Brown, who also adds, “I was told some of the broken headstones were tossed across the fence into the field of Walter Wampler.”

FP  Fred Preston

KRC  Kenneth R. Cupp

LB  Lonnie Blevins

MHV  Marjorie Harris Vickers

MJB  Matthew J. Boyer

RWW  Ronald W. Wood

SS  Cemetery overview photos by Sharon Smith

TBB  Tim Booher

TQ  Teresa Quinton