ONKS (MARGARET) CEMETERY

This information from Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, V. 3, p.125, with permission from Lorraine B. Rae.

Located north of the Jonesborough to Johnson City Highway near the 11-E Motel. Copied Feb. 3, 1962 by Charles M. Bennett. There were a few unmarked graves and a few with field stones.

Inf son John J. & Attie E. Bayless, June 6, 1902 – July 7, 1903
Zachariah T. Lee, Aug. 29, 1851 – March 2, 1915
James N. Spain, CO G 6 USV INF
Margaret E. Onks, Feb. 27, 1838 – Dec 27, 1888

According to a descendant of a former owner of the land surrounding the cemetery, Marteen Forbes, 1920 – 1929 was buried there but was moved to Happy Valley Cemetery in Elizabethton. She died from a dog bite. She was the daughter of W.M. Forbes, 1876 – 1949 and Etta B. Forbes, 1882-1960.

The cemetery is located under the parking area at 3406 W. Market St., Johnson City, TN.

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