Tompkins Cove Cemetery, Overton County
Description provided in conjunction with a tour of historic cemeteries in Standing Stone State Park and on State Forest Service Property in October, 2006.
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Photo Album
Photos submitted by Sandra Ellis. Photos of other memorials from this cemetery are at FindaGrave.
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Burial listing provided by State Forester Andy McBride.
Note: There are about 13 to 16 unmarked graves.
| Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carland | Joshua | August 15, 1777 | November 10, 1857 | 2nd husband of Mary Ann Sevier | |
| Carland | Maryan Sevier | March 10, 1770 | August 9, 1853 | wife of Joshua Carland; dau of John Sevier, first Governor of Tennessee, and Sarah Hawkins | |
| Cook | James E. | May 9, 1889 | December 4, 1892 | ||
| Dillon | Martha | October 4, 1850 | November 10, 1926 | ||
| Harris | F. W. | June 15, 1811 | June 18, 1843 | ||
| Hunter | Alice J. | July 4, 1866 | November 10, 1894 | ||
| Hunter | B. E. | January 11, 1904 | July 15, 1905 | ||
| Hunter | Elfie M. | May 24, 1883 | May 11, 1884 | ||
| Hunter | Maggie J. H. | November 3, 1896 | June 29, 1899 | shared stone with Mary J. Hunter; granddaughter of Isaiah Thompson | |
| Hunter | Mary J. | March 21, 1898 | June 27, 1899 | shared stone with Maggie J. H. Hunter; granddaughter of Isaiah Thompson | |
| Ogletree | Elizabeth H. | November 25, 1850 | January 16, 1873 | dau of Isaiah Thompson; wife of T. B. Ogletree | |
| Thompson | I. S. | September 24, 1828 | December 29, 1906 | Isaiah S., father of Elizabeth Ogletree | |
| Thompson | James M. | February 3, 1865 | December 14, 1928 | ||
| Thompson | Margaret | May 1828 | December 16, 1905 | ||
| Tompkins | Alva | October 5, 1885 | October 30, 1892 | ||
| Tompkins | Andrew J. | December 20, 1842 | December 12, 1896 | ||
| Tompkins | Joanna Catharine | June 9, 1816 | August 23, 1906 | Granddaughter of John Sevier, first Govenor of Tennessee | |
| Tompkins | Joseph Jackson | January 14, 1820 | June 19, 1879 | Sheriff of Overton County 1867 to 1872 – CSA 4th Sgt Co. D, 8th TN Inf. | |
| Tompkins | Maryan | May 31, 1843 | February 1, 1878 | ||
| Wilson | Mary Ellis | September 6, 1870 | April 3, 1909 | wife of W. C. Wilson |