Located between 3003 and 3005 McKinley Road, Johnson City, TN. It is overgrown, fieldstones have been removed and there are markers missing from previous surveys. Remaining tombstones have been piled up around a large flat slab over a rectangular low box tomb. Railroad ties are dividing the upper section from the lower section of the cemetery. There appears to be graves right up to the edge of the road.
Recently the cemetery has been cleared and put back in order. Thanks to volunteer Burney Gray.
GPS location: 36°18.32N 082°24.27W; Elevation: 1813 feet
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Martha Hise | 30 Jan 1878 | 03 Jul 1902 | Wife of W.R. Smith. In Memory of Mother and Babe. |
| Erwin, Dicie | 22 Oct 1799 | 16 Mar 1909 | |
| Kelley, Sarah Ann Hise | 03 Feb 1834 | 11 [May] 1857 | W[ife of] Wm. Kelley. Aged 22 year [?] Mo 12 Days “Our Sarah” A large flat marker over a box tomb. |
| C Cxx C | 23 Oct 1797 | 22 Apr 1812 | [This could be a Casady.] |
Missing from previous survey done by Mr. Orville Fields:
Hise, Robert A. 12 Feb 1846 – 4 May 1877
Casaday, Elizabeth, 1779 – 1 Apr 1851 [Daughter of James and Sarah Casady.]
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web June 2004 by Joyce Harper, Frances Berry, Dawn Peters, Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton 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.
Additional information
From Soldiers of the War of 1812 Buried in Tennessee, by Mary Hardin McCown and Inez E. Burns, c.1977, p.108:
Rader, Adam (b. in VA, d. Washington Co. TN); md. 1. Elizabeth Dover, m.2. Anna; Srgt. In Capt. Abraham Hamilton’s CO, Coleman’s 6th Ret. VA MIL from 8-29-1814 – 11-30-1814 at Ellicott Mills, Rockingham CO, VA; WD & VA SA; buried Rader-Hice Family Cemetery on Southern RR between Johnson City and Jonesboro, Washington County, TN; Govt. Mkr.
Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Harper state that two of their ancestors are buried here in graves surrounded by concrete curbing:
Pearl Hise Isbel, b. 25 Jun 1886, d. 13 Apr 1905; m. Charles G. Isbel who is buried at Fairview Cemetery.
Her mother:
Ida Abigail Teresa Saylor b. Feb 1868, d. 1915; m. John Hice.
From the Washington County Check List compiled in the 1930’s by the WPA:
The cemetery was established by Henry Hise and discontinued about 1900. The oldest readable inscription is that of Elizabeth Casady, who died April 1, 1851 but this cemetery is much older. Whites and Negroes are buried here. There are only five graves that have markers with inscriptions and only 25 field stones visible, but the cemetery is full of graves. Adam Rader, a soldier of 1812, is buried here. It is impossible to know the exact number buried here as the ground is covered with so many vines. Mr. Denton who lives near, places the number buried here at from 60 to 75 persons.
Radar-Hise and Hise [New]
Two burial grounds are presented here. The old, Radar-Hise burial ground directly adjacent to McKinley Road and the newer Hise [New] burial ground that sets back off McKinley Road.
Radar-Hise is shown as Washington County tax parcel 053FC-016.02
Hise [New] is shown as Washington County tax parcel 053FC-010.00 with William Joseph Cofer (died 1948) as the earliest marked grave. Death certificates show that Alfred T. Hise and his wife, Cleo, are buried there.
Earlier deeds cover the land that both burial grounds are located within. During the 1920’s Alfred Hise sold a couple small parcels to Spencer Johnson and Wm J. Cofer.
DEEDS –
Deed Book 23, Page 55 (1839) – Robert and Elizabeth (nee Radar) Casady to John and Ann (nee Casady) Hise. 90 acres.
Deed Book 48, Page 323 (1881) – James Lee 1/5 interest to Henry Hise. This deed notes that the 1/5 interest was in the “late Ann Hise farm where John Hise lives.”
Deed Book 96, Page 537 (1907) – Henry Hise to Alfred Hise. 20 acres. Although this deed does not have specific metes and bounds called, the deeds 192/305 and 202/335 do and plot sufficiently to cover the two burial ground locations. These deeds need to be read together for clarity. Alfred was Henry’s son.
Deed Book 192, Page 44 (1932) – Alfred and Cleo [Poarch] Hise to J[ames] C[linton] and Norvella [Hise] Carrier. Norvella (aka Novella) was the daughter of Alfred & Cleo Hise. 20 acres less about 6 acres sold to Johnson, Foster (Forrester), and Cofer.
Deed Book 194, Page 305 (1935) – J.C. & Novella Carrier to Spencer & Mary Johnson. This deed plots around 053FC-010.00 which would indicate that the Hise [New] burial ground was included within 192/44 and establishes an approximate time of when it was established.
Deed Book 202, Page 335 (1937) – Nelson Swan, as Trustee for Alfred Hise to Noah J. & Maud Vines. About 6 acres. This deed calls metes and bounds for the 12 acres and subtracts the western 6 acres covered by 192/305. It also surrounds 053FC-016.02 (Radar-Hise). This was a tax sale deed.
These deeds need to be reviewed together. Alfred Hise clearly owned the ground where both burial grounds are presently located. It appears that, based upon details in DB192/44 (1932) and DB194/305 (1935), the Hise [New] graveyard 053FC-010.00 was established between 1932 and 1935, however, this is unproven.
Deed research donated to the Washington County TNGen Web August 2016 by Gordon M. Edwards, member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2016 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.