LAMAR CEMETERY

The single known grave was located behind the old Charlie Parker House at 171 Charlie Parker Road, Jonesborough, Tennessee, near the Old Lamar Schoolhouse that burned Monday, March 14, 1932. Only a pieced of the foundation remains. This was also the site of the Lamar Presbyterian Church.

GPS Location: 36º13.3.2882N 082º27.58.4964W

No evidence of the cemetery remains, except this picture of Hugh Wright at his father’s grave near the front of the old Lamar Schoolhouse, which was provided by Robert Runion, a descendant of Jonathan Pugh Wright.

Wright, Jonathan Pugh born about 15 Nov 1822, died 1 Jul 1881.

Hugh Boyd Wright at his father's grave. Jonathan Pugh Wright

Hugh Boyd Wright at his father’s grave.
Jonathan Pugh Wright

 

Donated to the Washington County TNGen Web September 2013 by Elaine Scott Cantrell and Chad Fred Bailey, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.

Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.

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