Bayless Cemetery
2003
Located near the corner of Newton St. and Chatham Ave. Johnson City, TN (gate faces Newton St.). The cemetery is well kept.
GPS location: 36.18.04N 082.24.10W Elevation 1750 ft.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENT
Bayless, Amanda C. 09 Oct 1864 29 Nov 1926
Bayless, Arrena 28 Jul 1831 05 Apr 1911 Aged 79y 8m 7d
Bayless, Edward Byrd 1872 1939 [Shares marker with Fannie Carr Bayless.]
Bayless, Fannie Carr 1884 1972 [Shares marker with Edward Byrd Bayless.]
Bayless, Samuel D. 10 Jan 1837 06 Jun 1910 Aged 73y 4m 26das
Bayless, Walter H. 29 Nov 1911 21 Dec 1915 Son of Byrd and Fannie Bayless.
Aged 4yrs 22 das.
Drain, Eva Pearl 1906 1979 [Shares marker with Looney Edward Drain]
Drain, Frank B. 01 Mar 1932 23 Aug 1997 SCPO US Navy, Korea/Vietnam
Drain, Looney Edward 1902 1978 [Shares marker with Eva Pearl Drain]
Miller, Dollie F. 13 Feb 1870 18 Jul 1941
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 11 Jun 2003 by Donna Briggs, Elaine Cantrell and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information
Washington County Cemetery Check List: Established after the Civil War by Samuel D. Bayless.
From History of Washington County Tennessee 1988 by Watauga Association of Genealogists, p.232, with permission from Loraine Bennett Rae:
Daniel, son of John and Ann Price Bayless, received a land grant from the State of North Carolina, October 19, 1797. This land is the Bayless property in the present day Carter Sell Area.
Daniel built a six-room log house, which presently faces Chatham Avenue. It is still occupied as a residence. An addition was built on the back part of the house, which originally was the front, facing west. This house and farm later became the property of Richard, son of Daniel and Martha Eaton Bayless. Richard married Susannah Geisler, and had three children: John Washington, Samuel D., and Martha A. Susannah taught her children the Dutch language from infancy, as well as the English language.
After the death of Susannah, the home went to Samuel D. Bayless, grandson of the builder. Samuel married Arrena Overfelt. They had six children, one of whom was named Eddie Byrd, born 23 October 1872.
Eddie Byrd married June 11, 1905, Fannie E. Carr. The old Carr home place is nearby on the Old Jonesborough. They lived on Eddie’s father’s farm. They had three children: Eva Pearl, Walter Henry and Nellie Evelyn. Nellie Evelyn married Cecil Oliver Drayne. Eva Pearl married Luney Edward Drain. Their children: Ruby, Luney Frank and Judith.
Bayless Log Cabin