Boatyard Cemetery
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Location: At the end of Brunswick Road off Netherland Inn Road in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Description: Located at the end of Brunswick Road off Netherland Inn Road in Kingsport, Tennessee. There are numerous unmarked graves and several old markers now completely illegible. Several resources were used to compile this list, including old transcriptions, census lists, and death certificates.
Burial records: 64
Recorder: Photographed and transcribed 16 May 2003 by Bob Shell and Donna Briggs; rechecked 20 Apr 2012 by Bob Shell, Donna Briggs, Jan Clark and Betty Jane Hylton.
USGS Map: Kingsport
GPS Location: 36.551338, -82.587242
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Additional information
Sign at the entrance to the cemetery reads:
Originally a part of the Col. Gilbert Christian plantation, this land was deeded to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kingsport by John Lynn and company in 1827. At that time a brick meeting house and cemetery existed on the land and were being used by the church. Gravestones dating to the 1820s and the stone and brick foundation of the building remain on the site. Placed by Junior League of Kingsport.
Abstract of Phillips Wood’s will:
Wood (deceased) by auth. of last will…wife Eliza Wood of Smyth Co. Va. conveys title for 215 acres on north side of Holston River known as the Branstetter place to James H. Vance.
Will dated Apr 1856
One large stone reads:
* Charles Lynn his wife, Frances Ganes
Jul 14, 1815 Jan. 4, 1818
Jul 27, 1871 May 21, 1865
Children
James G. Jun 16, 1844 Jul 7, 1861
Hugh W. Oct. 17, 1846 Nov. 18, 1854
Charles M. Jan. 9, 1849 Nov. 5, 1852
Joseph Jun 15, 1851 Nov. 11 1854
From resources:
Sullivan County Death Records: 1908-1918 and 1919-1925
INFANT DEAN, male, parents: Isaac Dean (Lee County, VA) and Salina Hughes Dean(VA), death cause: “Stillborn” buried: Roller Cemetery, died at Kingsport on 11 Apr 1925, record (1925) 134
MOLLIE ANNA KELLER, born 27 Dec 1860, married parents: James DeVault and Mollie Anna DeVault, death cause: illegible, informant: E. G. Rice (Clifton Forge, VA), buried Methodist Cemetery, died at Kingsport on 14 Jul 1925, record (1925); 203
CLARENCE MARTIN, age 38 years, single, parents: not stated, death cause: “pneumonia,” informant: W. D. Armbuster (Kingsport), buried: Old Kingsport Cemetery, died: 24 Oct 1918, record (1918) 633
PAUL HUDSON, born: 9 Jul 1917 in Hawkins County, parents: Bruce Hudson (Hawkins Co.) and Loulley Hudson (Hawkins Co.) death cause: “meningitis and pneumonia,” informant: father (Kingsport), buried: Old Kingsport Cemetery, died: 10 Feb 1919, record (1919) 226
JAMES MILLER DEVAULT, born: 27 Jun 1828 in Kingsport, parents: Daniel DeVault (PA), and Mary Roller, death cause: “valvular heart disease,” buried: Kingsport Cemetery, died: 11 Feb 1914, record (1914): 46
Obituary found in the Jonesboro Herald and Tribune, published in Jonesborough, Tennessee; obituaries abstracted by William A. Burns, Phoenix, Arizona:
Volume VI, #41, 1 Jul 1875:
Died: John Lynn, in this place, at the residence of his son-in-law, John L. Lampson, June 22, 1875. He was born in Baltash, Ireland, April 13, 1798, came to America with his father in 1801, who a short time afterwards located at Kingsport and there Mr. Lynn has lived since. He was made an elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1825.
First let me say that you are angels on Earth for all the work you have done helping people find lost ancestors.
I am trying to get any information on Sophia Grim Lynn. She died so young and I don’t know why. Could I please pay someone to take a picture of her grave stone for me?
thanks
Gretchen,
Just added a copy of her headstone to the database. Thanks to the North East TN Cemetery Survey Team.
You can view it at this link:
https://tngenweb.org/cemeteries/index.html#br=286292
Charles
Thank you Charles!
I know where they lived and its 20 or so miles to boatyard cemetery passing many Methodist churches and cemeteries.
I visited the cemetery for the first time and it is a beautiful place.I found a headstone of in the woods toward the railroad tracks.It was marked at George Washington.I believe he was about two years old.I didn’t see him listed ( I may have missed it).I did take some photos of the stone.Thank you all for the great work you do.
I made another trip out to double check.The tombstone I found in the woods is weathered and difficult to read with the sun shining directly on it.George Washington is prominent on the stone,however in more careful reading,I found that Washington was his middle name.His last name was Haynes as his parents are noted in smaller script on the stone.He is on your listing above and his marker is on the left side of the cemetery going in from Brunswick.It is slightly over the hill, very close to the old road coming up to the cemetery and the railroad tracks.I would say that finding it in spring and summer would be very difficult.I can only wonder if it was moved because of it’s rather odd location to the cemetery itself.Thank you all for the work you do.