Forest Hills Cemetery


Forest Hills Cemetery was founded in 1880 and is in use to the present day. It covers approximately 100 acres. It has over 43,000 recorded burials with space still available for another 20,000. The cemetery is located at the corner of 40th street and Tennessee Avenue near the foot of Lookout Mountain.

The black portion of the cemetery was surveyed in 1938 during the DAR survey. For a record of those graves, see black survey. On the map below, the black sections are primarily in sections 5, 15, 18, 19, 20 and F. It is also included below. Reviewing both lists will provide extended information. The DAR survey included tombstone inscriptions which the listing below does not.

For further information: Forest Hills Cemetery - PO Box 2007 - Chattanooga, TN 37409 - 423-821-4161




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Record number - Date of Burial

      1 -   250 - 28 Aug 1880 - 1 Feb 1885 27 Jan 2024
  251 -   500 - 31 Jan 1885 - 12 Nov 1886 27 Jan 2024
  501 -   750 - 13 Nov 1886 - 28 Dec 1887 27 Jan 2024
  751 - 1000 - 28 Dec 1887 - 30 Dec 1888 27 Jan 2024

1001 - 1250 - 2 Jan 1889 - 30 Jan 1890 27 Jan 2024
1251 - 1500 - 30 Jan 1890 - 12 Dec 1890 27 Jan 2024
1501 - 1750 - 14 Dec 1890 - 1 Sep 1891 27 Jan 2024
1751 - 2000 - 3 Sep 1891 - 13 Aug 1892 27 Jan 2024

2001 - 2250 - 14 Aug 1892 - 11 Oct 1893 27 Jan 2024
2251 - 2500 - 12 Oct 1893 - 2 Jan 1895 27 Jan 2024
2501 - 2750 - 4 Jan 1895 - 24 May 1896 27 Jan 2024
2751 - 3000 - 25 May 1896 - 11 Nov 1897 27 Jan 2024

3001 - 3250 - 11 Nov 1897 - 27 Nov 1898 27 Jan 2024
3251 - 3500 - 27 Nov 1898 - 10 Sep 1899 27 Jan 2024
3501 - 3750 - 10 Sep 1899 - 1 Aug 1900 27 Jan 2024
3751 - 4000 - 3 Aug 1900 - 27 Jun 1901 27 Jan 2024

4001 - 4250 - 28 Jun 1901 - 15 Apr 1902 27 Jan 2024
4251 - 4500 - 15 Apr 1902 - 31 Jan 1903 27 Jan 2024
4501 - 4750 - 1 Feb 1903 - 16 Sep 1903 27 Jan 2024
4751 - 5000 - 17 Sep 1903 - 1 May 1904 27 Jan 2024

5001 - 5250 - 2 May 1904 - 28 Nov 1904 27 Jan 2024
5251 - 5500 - 1 Dec 1904 - 1 Jul 1905 27 Jan 2024
5501 - 5750 - 2 Jul 1905 - 22 Jan 1906 27 Jan 2024
5751 - 6000 - 23 Jan 1906 - 22 Jul 1906 27 Jan 2024

6001 - 6250 - 24 Jul 1906 - 15 Jan 1907 28 Jan 2024
6251 - 6500 - 17 Jan 1907 - 25 Jun 1907 28 Jan 2024
6501 - 6750 - 25 Jun 1907 - 1 Dec 1907 28 Jan 2024
6751 - 7000 - 2 Dec 1907 - 30 Apr 1908 28 Jan 2024

7001 - 7250 - 1 May 1908 - 20 Nov 1908 28 Jan 2024
7251 - 7500 - 20 Nov 1908 - 10 May 1909 28 Jan 2024
7501 - 7750 - 10 May 1908 - 2 Nov 1909 28 Jan 2024
7751 - 8000 - 3 Nov 1909 - 28 Mar 1910 28 Jan 2024

8001 - 8250 - 28 Mar 1910 - 31 Aug 1910 28 Jan 2024
8251 - 8500 - 1 Sep 1910 - 3 Feb 1911 28 Jan 2024
8501 - 8750 - 4 Feb 1911 - 17 Jun 1911 28 Jan 2024
8751 - 8977 - 17 Jun 1911 - 19 Oct 1911 28 Jan 2024

This ends the detail for Book 1 of the cemetery's records.


Looking at what I'll call book 1 of the records, 3 very important fields were left out of the first 7290 records. I'll be going back and including them as time permits. These fields are Place of Birth, Late Residence, Date of Birth. The fields previously included and not having any entries nor even in the book are Age-Years, Age-Months, Age-Days. Additionally any adjustments of other info will be notated with an 'updated' icon and a date which will stay in place at least 30 days, perhaps longer. - Tim Stowell - 26 Oct 2000.

A review of the first 2250 records. The first 300 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 8 Mar 2001
A review of the first 2310 records. The first 350 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 26 May 2001
A review of the first 2820 records. The first 351 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 2 Oct 2001
A review of the first 2820 records. The first 463 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 11 Mar 2002
A review of the first 2820 records. The first 500 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 13 Mar 2002
A review of the first 3000 records. The first 601 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 22 Mar 2002
A review of the first 3000 records. The first 750 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 1 Apr 2002
A review of the first 3000 records. The first 1000 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 15 Jul 2002
A review of the first 3600 records. The first 1250 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 8 Oct 2002
A review of the first 3600 records. The first 1500 records are considered complete. - Tim Stowell - 12 Oct 2002


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Last updated: 28 Jan 2024

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