Thomas Cemetery
Located between Matilda Place and Sterling Drive in the Cooks Valley area of Sullivan County. A portion of this cemetery is mowed by a neighbor, but the majority is overgrown. The lot is approximately ½ acre. There were at least 65 graves marked by fieldstones.
Photographed and transcribed 29 Dec 2004 by Gary Sawyer and Donna Briggs, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Map Location: Indian Springs Quad
GPS location: 36°31.80N 082°28.78W Elevation: 1445 ft.
TNGenWeb Cemetery Database 1272487
NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS |
Spears, S. Elizabeth | 1872 | 1940 | |
Palmer, Cordelia L. | 5 Oct 1867 | 6 Jul 1887 | Wife of Wm. G. Palmer |
Childress, Ella | 24 Sep 1862 | 17 Jul 1898 | Wife of J. W. Childress |
Shipley, Mary | 1841 | 1901 | [Shares marker with William H. Shipley] |
Shipley, William H. | 1846 | 1916 | PVT 5 TENN CAV Confederate States Army
[Shares marker with Mary Shipley] |
Thomas, James R. | 1858 | 1939 | [Shares marker with Matilda E. Thomas] |
Thomas, Matilda E. | 1858 | 1932 | [Shares marker with James R. Thomas] |
Thomas, P. M. | 9 Jun 1833 | 1 Oct 1897 | |
Thomas, Elizabeth C. | 1863 | 1903 | |
Thomas, Mary J. | 15 Aug 1835 | 7 Nov 1893 | Wife of P. M. Thomas |
Harbour, John | 31 Jul 1809 | 24 Oct 1894 | |
Dickson, Sarah | 7 Jan 1827 | 17 Oct 1906 | Wife of George Dickson |
[Unknown] | 1773 | 12 Jul 1840 | [Stone is missing crucial letters; hard to interpret] |
Lemon, W. M. | [No date] | 5 Apr 1915 | Aged 42 years |
Rutledge, George W. R. | 10 Jun 1892 | 14 Sep 1892 | Son of R. B. and H. L. A. Rutledge |
Lemons, Rebecca Jane | 13 Oct 1865 | 14 Feb 1947 | [Metal marker next to a fieldstone] |
Lemons, Billie Joe | [One date] | 27 Jun 1955 | [Funeral home marker] |
Gibson, Sylvester | 1941 | 1951 | [Funeral home marker next to a hand carved stone] |
J. M. | [One date] | 12 Aug 1865 | [Hand carved stone] |
J. N. H. M. | 26 Apr 1851 | 24 Aug 1854 | Age 3 y 4 m |
Moody, Lucy M. Horn | 27 Apr 1879 | 29 Jul 1900 | Wife of C. F. Moody |
Moody, William H. | 26 Apr 1840 | 24 Sep 1928 | |
Moody, Willie D. | 21 Feb 1886 | 20 Jun 1894 | Son of W. H. & C. A. Moody |
C. A. L. [Moody] | [No date] | [No date] | [This marker is between William H. Moody and Willie D. Moody. This is the marker for William H. Moody’s wife, Carrie A. Lloyd] |
Moody, Maggie Rayle | 26 Aug 1857 | 18 Apr 1890 | Wife of E. S. Moody |
Moody, Infant son | [One date] | 1 Apr 1890 | Infant son of E. S. & Maggie Moody |
Moody, Clarence O. | 5 Apr 1886 | 3 Dec 1886 | Son of E. S. & Maggie Moody |
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