Pierce / Easley Cemetery

The topographical map lists this as an “Easley Cemetery,” but other records list it as the “Pierce Cemetery.”  It is located off of South Wilcox Drive on Whispering Hills Road, Kingsport, Tennessee. The cemetery is mowed and well kept. GPS Continue reading →

Snapp Cemetery

Located at the intersection of Scott Lane and Reedy Creek Road.  The cemetery is at the top of a hill.  All markers are flat stones. Surveyed December 29, 2003 by Betty Jane Hylton, Bob Shell and Donna Briggs. Map location:  Continue reading →

Droke (Isaac) Cemetery

Additional Information The following information was taken from a booklet titled, History of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Blountville, Tennessee 1793 – 1993.  They cite the following sources: Foundations of Faith in Sullivan 1777 – 1935 by the Sullivan county Historical Society, Continue reading →

Acuff Chapel

Additional information ‘Established in 1786, this was the first Methodist Episcopal Church to be erected on Tennessee soil. Bishop Francis Asbury preached here often. A ten-day revival held here by Rev. John A. Granade began the Great Revival of 1780-1781. Continue reading →

New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Located on Fairview School Road, Piney Flats, Tennessee. USGS GNIS ID: 1326494 Latitude 36.488990784, longitude -82.331527710. Elevation 1575, Bluff City quad. Cemetery photographed and transcribed by Sharon Steele-Smith, May 2012. Transcription below is in alphabetical order. For a transcription in grave order, Continue reading →