Located on the Old Jonesborough Road, near the Church of Bristol. There are many (at least 48) graves marked only by flat, concrete markers, approximately 60 graves with illegible markers and probably several unmarked graves.

Copied by Josephine S. Carmack July 19, 1967. This cemetery was also copied by Mrs. Shirley Selfe Peoples. Annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown. Photographed and transcribed on 17 Sep 2013 by Donna Briggs, Jan Clark and Bob Shell, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. Updated May 2014 by Debbie Gilliam and Donna Briggs.

TNGenWeb Cemetery Database: 1327128

GPS coordinates: 36.592052460, -82.108184814, elevation 1,886.

Map location: Holston Valley quad

Photo by Donna Briggs.

Photo by Debbie Gilliam.

One grave marker “Bet”  (not found in May 2014 survey)

ARNOLD, Mrs. N. C. 1894 – 1934   (not found in May 2014 survey)

BAILEY, Alice 1883 – 1939

BAILEY, John William 1860 – 1940

BARLOW, Minnie Phillips    23 May 1886 –  25 Feb 1947

BARLOW, Virginia Caraline  4 Mar 1864 – 25 Dec 1929   H= Thomas Barlow

BOOHER, Jacob H. April 1863 – Nov 1944

BRANSON, Fannie Holt 1862 – 1941

BRANSON, Infant Female 5 Jan 1955 – 5 Jan 1955 Daughter of Water Branson and Dorthy Rosenbalm Branson [No marker found; information from death certificate]

BRANSON, Stephen C. 1883 – 1929

BROWN, Joe David b/d 1929

BROWN, Hazel 1926 – 1927

BROWN, Nannie Smith  13 Sep 1884 – 15 Dec 1930   No headstone found May 2014; info from death cert. DB

BROWN, Robert Franklin 1937 – 1940

BUCHANAN, Howard David    died 9 Mar 1937 [no age given] Pvt. VA 5th Engrs.

BUCHANAN, Mary Elizabeth 1829 – 1932

CHAPMAN, Dora  18 Apr 1908 –  5 Nov 1918

CHAPMAN, Infant b & d 1937 of Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Chapman

CHAPMAN, John W. 1879 – 1938  Funeral home marker

CHAPMAN, Luvenia d. age 47 (no dates) wife of E.B. Chapman

CHAPMAN, Mary E.  1906 – 1945  Funeral home marker

CHAPMAN, Roy   11 Apr 1917 – 3 Nov 1918   s/o J.W. & Sallie Chapman

CHAPMAN, Sallie Quisenberry   18 Oct 1855 – 10 Mar 1926   w/o John Chapman

CHAPMAN, Thelma L.   16 Dec 1917 – 16 Apr 1919   d/o Florence Chapman

CROSS, Viola Elizabeth   17 Jun 1933 – 11 Dec 1936 (F= Jessie W. Cross M= Alice E. Rosenbalm)

CRUSENBERRY, Tiny G.   17 May 1933 – 4 May 1935

EPPERSON, Betty  1877 – 1943

EPPERSON, Betty Joan  1940 – 1941   Age 8 mos.

EPPERSON, Cordelia  1907 – 1924

EPPERSON, Francis P. 1886 – 1920

EPPERSON, Georgia Viola 16 Oct 1913 – 18 Aug 1914  d/o W.B. & F.E. Epperson

EPPERSON, Wallace 3 Mar 1880 – 23 Jun 1914

FENNER, Eugene (no dates)

GOODMAN, G.R. 1870 – 1924

GRAGG, Carrie   b/d 14 Nov 1906    [Illegible] of J. H. (or J.B.) & [Illegible] Gragg [Tombstone broken and very worn]

GRUBB, Bell H. 18 Nov 1921 – 27 Jul 2011

GRUBB, Charles C. 23 Apr 1917 – 12 Oct 1975

GRUBB, Charles Wayne  6 May 1949 – 1 Sep 1949

GRUBB, Claude T.  1 Apr 1930 – 10 Jul 2009   US Army

GRUBB, David C. 1953 – 1954

GRUBB, Eugene Grayson  23 Jun 1933 – 4 Mar 2006  [Shares marker with S. Juanita Bouton Grubb]

GRUBB, Jackson M.   19 Oct 1891 – 19 Nov 1909

GRUBB, James R., Sr.   3 Apr 1915 – 22 Nov 1980

GRUBB, John Samuel   27 Jul 1919 – 29 Oct 1983    SC3 US Navy World War II

GRUBB, L. J.    10 Apr 1848 – 8 Mar 1929    Born at Big Creek near Holston Mountains

GRUBB, Laura N. 27 Jun 1892 – 14 Oct 1960

GRUBB, Mack Roy 1900 – 1969   [Funeral home marker]

GRUBB, Olinthus L.   5 Nov 1893 – 11 May 1963 WW I

GRUBB, Robert H.   15 Nov 1887 – 13 Mar 1976

GRUBB, Samuel    3 Mar 1852 – 3 Sep 1931

GRUBB, S. Juanita Bouton    31 Jan 1936 – No date  [Shares marker w/Eugene Grayson Grubb)

GRUBBS, Barbara Ann Hodge  13 Dec 1939 – 1 May 2008  Daughter Louise Manuel Hodge, George F. Hodge, Sr. [Shares marker with William H. Grubbs, Sr.; funeral home marker bears death date]

GRUBBS, William H., Sr.   15 Jul 1939 – No date   Son of Lola Teal Grubbs and A. R. Grubbs, Sr. [Shares marker with Barbara Hodge Grubbs]

HAGAMAN, Florence M.  2 Feb 1890 – 20 Jul 1914

HAGAMAN, Jane B. 1865 – 1848   H= Thomas E. Hagaman

HAGAMAN, Thomas E. 1866 – 1940 (W= Jane B.)

HARMON, Ealy G. Jr.   8 Feb 1862 – 17 Oct 1909

HARRISON, Lillie C.   2 Feb 1886 – 12 Jan 1934   Wife of E.F. Harrison

HILLIARD, Ellen  1880 – 1960

HILLIARD, Emmett 1907 – 1944

HILLIARD, Nannie   7 Apr 1879 – 2 Oct 1918

HILLIARD, Ruby    11 Apr 1912 – 3 Jan 1914   d/o P. S. & B.N. Hilliard

HILLIARD, W.B.   8 Jan 1874 – 8 Aug 1907

HODGE, Emma Lee   1933 (one date)

HODGE, George F. “Bud” Jr. age 70 d. 10 Sep 2001 F= George F. Hodge Sr. M= Louise Manuel. Sons= Billy, Gary, Dallas. Daus= Betty Nichols & Kimberley Gent. Sis= Mary Jane Short, Hattie Booher, Barbara Grubbs, Linda Humphrey, Wanda Gill & Sylvia Sage. He was preceded in death by a brother Maxwell Hodge.

HODGE, George F., Sr.    4 Aug 1902 – 7 Mar 1978   [Shares marker with Louise M. Hodge]

HODGE, Louise M. 27 Nov 1911 – 28 Jan 1998   [Shares marker with George F. Hodge, Sr.]

JACKSON, Infant  13 Nov 2009 – 13 Nov 2009   [Funeral home marker gives name as “Little Jackson”; another marker reads, “Baby Jackson”]

JONES, Fannie L. Leonard    17 Jul 1882 – 26 Oct 1910 H= William E. Jones

JONES, Inez Kate   29 Jan 1902 – 23 Feb 1902   d/o O. L. & M. A. Jones

JONES, Lola Mae   7 Jul 1909 – 21 Oct 1910

JONES, Melissa    22 Apr 1873 – 23 Jan 1918   w/o O.L. Jones “Mother”

JONES, Ralph J.    25 Jul 1903 – 1 Oct 1903   s/o O.L. & M. A. Jones

JONES, William E.    4 Jan 1877 – 27 May 1960  (W= Fannie L. Leonard)

JORDAN, J. A. Jr. 1833 – 1935

KELLER, Douglas 1935 – 1936

KELLER, Eliza Jane 1871 – 1917 (H= Thomas T. Keller)

KELLER, Thomas T. 1854 – 1912 (W= Eliza Jane)

LENNEN, Mrs. W. A. 1879 – 1934

LENNEN, William A. (no dates)

LONG, John Walter   10 Jul 1861 – 15 Jul 1932, 72 yr. 5 days

LUTTRELL, Florence C. 1895 – 1937    Mama

M. F.  [No date] [Hand-carved fieldstone]

MANUEL, D.W. b. & d. 13 Jul 1907

MANUEL, Howard L.F., Sr.   21 May 1914 – 4 May 1966

MANUEL, L. A. b. & d. 13 Jul 1908

MANUEL, Maggie Lee Stophel   5 Jun 1890 – 26 Jul 1927 w/o Frank M. Manuel

MORTON, Carrie Louvenia   14 Jan 1895 – 1 Feb 1919 (F= Daniel D. Morton M= Darcus A. Prater)

MORTON, James Hubert   4 Dec 1910 – 20 Jul 1911 s/o G.H. & Florence Morton

MORTON, Margie E.   17 May 1898 – 13 Aug 1909 (F= Daniel D. Morton; M= Darcus A. Prater)

MORTON, Sallie W.    25 Feb 1880 – 17 Dec 1913

NEWMAN, Emma Lillie 1882 – 1944

NEWMAN, Henry M. 1866 – 1937

PENDERGRASS, Billie Jean 1932 – 1938

PENDERGRASS, Infant   29 Mar 1908 – unknown   Son of J. R. & V. C. Pendergrass [death date not visible – underground]

PENDERGRASS, John A. 1872 – 1939  [Marker is cracked through birth date; date confirmed through death certificate]

PENDERGRASS, Matilda   15 Feb 1825 – 12 Dec 1914  w/o W.M. Pendergrass

PENDERGRASS, Will   [no dates]

PENDERGRASS, William  [no dates]   Husband of Matilda

QUISENBERRY, Gordon    d. 4 Jul 1823   age 24 yrs. (or 74?)

RICHARDSON, Annie 1905 – 1908   [Funeral home marker]

RICHARDSON, Elizabeth  1875 – 1963

RICHARDSON, Emma   1901 – 1931  [Funeral home marker]

RICHARDSON, Ralph 1907 – 1932   [Funeral home marker]

RICHARDSON, Rev. Tommy 1867 – 1946

ROBERTS, Climie  [no date] [Funeral home marker]

ROBERTS, David [no date] [Funeral home marker]

ROBERTS, Jossie [no date] [Funeral home marker]

ROBERTS, Mary Ann [no date] [Funeral home marker]

ROBERTS, Mary Grace [no date] [Funeral home marker]

ROBERTS, Smith Ervin [no date] [Funeral home marker]

ROSENBALM, Abe 1873 – 1931 [Shares a marker with Mary Rosenbalm]

ROSENBALM, David   one date  d. 25 Jun 1911 [Shares marker with William Rosenbalm]

ROSENBALM, Edgar James b. 8-13-1900 d. 12-12-1914

ROSENBALM, Mary 1881 – 1918 [Shares marker with Abe Rosenbalm]

ROSENBALM, Mary Angeline & Child b. 10-6-1871 d. 6-6-1908

ROSENBALM, Rosie Ella b. 5-5-1906 d. 2-13-1929 d/o J.L. & J.V. Rosenbalm

ROSENBALM, William David b. 11-22-1910 d. 6-25-1911

ROTH, D. T.  1899 – 1944

SMITH, Annie Mae   21 Jun 1925 – 19 Mar 1929   [Shares marker with Martha L. Richardson Smith and Junior H. Smith]

SMITH, James A.   17 Apr 1850 – 16 Feb 1921

SMITH, Junior H.  19 Jul 1922 – 19 Jul 1922  [Shares marker with Martha L. Richardson Smith and Annie Mae Smith]

SMITH, Martha L. Richardson   18 Mar 1898 – 15 May 1928   Wife of J. F. Smith [Shares marker with Junior H. Smith and Annie Mae Smith]

STOFFEL, John Kelly   16 Oct 1898 – 10 Mar 1942 (F= Isaac E. Stoffel (Washington County, VA.) M= Maude Abbott)  (not found in May 2014 survey)

STOPHEL, Carl E. b. 12-17-1906 d. 6-9-1921

STOPHEL, Clarence F.    12 Mar 1915 – 22 Oct 1918

STOPHEL, David Jr. 1868 – 1931 W= Minnie Stophel

STOPHEL, David Sr.   16 Sep 1807 – 14 Jul 1897  89 yr. 9 mo. 28 days

STOPHEL, E.L.   [one date] d. 3 Nov 1902   Aged 42 years

STOPHEL, Eugene   13 Jun 1929 – 21 Jan 1933 [Shares marker with Gladys J. Stophel]

STOPHEL, Gladys   28 Feb 1922 – 23 May 1924  [Shares marker with Eugene Stophel]

STOPHEL, J. D.   18 Jan 1887 – 4 Nov 1909

STOPHEL, Mack Roy 1894 – 1957

STOPHEL, Minnie 1868 – 1956 (date not cut) H= David Stophel

STOPHEL, Safaria Luvenia 20 May 1887 – 22 Feb 1929 (F= N. D. Booher. M= Elzira Blevins)  (not found in May 2014 survey)

STOPHEL, Sara Ann Grubb   25 Aug 1863 – 23 Feb 1927  [Hand-carved tombstone, difficult to read; dates confirmed by death certificate]

STOUT, James G.   6 Mar 1888 – 26 Mar 1966

STOUT, Julia E 1899 – 1936

TRIVETT, George A. b. & d. 1936

TRIVETT, Infant daughter   24 Apr 1911 – 4 Jun 1911   Infant Daughter of Oscar & M. E. Trivett

TRIVETT, Jesse   28 Feb 1918 – 3 May 1918   s/o Thomas O. & Cordelia Trivett

TRIVETT, Martha E.   20 Sep 1883 – 22 Jun 1911   w/o Oscar Trivett

TRIVETT, Sarah 10 Oct 1851 – 20 Aug 1911   w/o J.J. Trivett

TRIVETT, Thomas O. 1921 – 1943

TRIVETTE, Jack A.

TUELL, Venna Lou (no dates)

WAMPLER, Ethel b. 8-28-1921 d. 8-4-1946 WW II

WHITLOW, Carrie b. 4-18-1911 d. 10-3-1911 d/o W.H. & L.E. Whitlow

WORLEY, James S. d. 10-22-1925 Age 57 yr.

WORLEY, Jane S. d. 8-21-1938 Age 56 yr.

WORLEY, Nancy 1853 – 1929

Additional Information

There is a sign at the cemetery which has a printed history of the cemetery by Raymond Hilliard, treasurer of the Stophel Cemetery Fund.  The history reads in part-

“…in the mid 1800’s my great-grandfather David Stophel gave approximately one acre of land off of Old Jonesboro Road on top of a knoll, just behind the Church of Bristol, Sullivan County, Bristol, Tennessee to be used as a community cemetery.  To my knowledge, he was the first person to be buried in the cemetery on or about 14 Jul 1897…”