MCCARTY METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Located at the intersection of McCarty Church Road and Hwy. 11-E, Jonesborough, Tennessee.

GPS location:  36.17.31N  82.3051W

In 1821 Philip McCardle (whose granddaughter, Eliza, married Andrew Johnson, future President of the United States) deeded one acre of ground to Henry Ruble, Isaac Hair, John G. Ruble, and Robert Paine, trustees, to be used for a Methodist Episcopal church and cemetery; subsequently a log structure was built on the site. The log church building was also used as a school for many years. Originally, the church was known as McCardle’s Meeting House, but over the years the name became “McCarty.” In 1866, a frame church building was erected. During the early years, ministers held services at the church on the first Sunday of each month. Trustees of McCarty Methodist Church in the late 1890’s were William R. Murr, George W. Murr, John Cloyd, L.W. Simpson, Aaron Croyle and Charley Stayer. Surnames found on the church roll during the 1880’s and 1890’s include: Armentrout, Brown, Moore, Marsh, Ling, Longmire, Long, Lovegrove, Jones Croyle, Cloyd, Miller, Murr, Patton, Stayer, Simpson, Rogers, Pritchard, Mongold, Collins, Self and Simmerman.

Reference: History of Washington County Tennessee 1988, by the Watauga Association, p.80.

In front of the church is a large monument with the following inscription:

McCARDLE

THE BIRTHPLACE OF

ELIZA McCARDLE

1810 – 1876

WIFE OF

PRESIDENT

ANDREW JOHNSON

PHILLIP McCARDLE

FAMILY GAVE THE LAND

FOR THE CHURCH

AND CEMETERY 1821

 

MARKER PRESENTED BY

McCARTY UNITED METHODIST CH.

LEESBURG RURITAN CLUB

SARAH HAWKINS CHAPTER OF DAR

1976

Cemetery Old Section

Cemetery New Section

Unmarked Graves

 

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