Hale (Henry) Cemetery
2015
Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists. Information used with the permission of Lorraine Bennett Rae.
From the WCCL of cemeteries not found. Page 323 Volume 3 –
“Hale – 3 mi N of Jonesboro on the old stage road from Jonesboro to Boones Creek near Marvin’s Chapel on the old Mahlon Susong farm – 500 yards NW of his house. Established in 1789 by Henry Hale and his wife Harriet. It was discontinued in 1919. There are 12 graves.”
The year of establishment is suspect, as Henry and Harriet weren’t born until the late 1790’s. If the burial ground use was continued until 1919, which also may be suspect, then it would have been used by the Susong family – see deed trail for additional information.
GPS: Exact location is unknown
Location: The exact burial ground location has not been able to be determined. Utilizing deed research, the boundaries of the farm have been determined and are shown in the accompanying aerial photograph. Most of the area is currently housing development in the “Ridges Subdivision”. Using the bearing and distance from the WCCL notation, as well as a descendant’s description of the old Mahlon Susong homeplace location, a “best guess” location for the burial ground would be where Whispering Lake Drive is located – on the northwest side of the small pond north of Boone’s Creek. The topography is higher elevation there, and would suit to a burial ground.
Deed History –
Deeds reviewed have been silent on any existence of a burial ground.
Deed Book 45, Page 247 – 1875 – Joseph L. Hale and Martha E. Hale to Mahlon Susong – approximately 101 acres. Joseph Lane Hale acquired title from his father, Henry Hale, and that is so noted in the deed. Overlaying the metes & bounds with the present tax maps, plus understanding where the Mahlon Susong homeplace was situated aided in the estimation of the burial ground location.
Henry (1797-1850) & Harriet Hale (1797-1874). Harriet Hale was the former Sarah Harriet Kincheloe.
Burials –
Unknown
As the area is covered with newer homes, and ground has substantially been disturbed/graded, no traces of depressions and/or markers exist. It is entirely possible that the graves remain undisturbed under lawn areas, as no reports of disturbance surfaced during construction.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web March 2015 by Gordon M. Edwards, member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2015 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Hale (Henry) Cemetery
on Mahlon Susong
2015