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Behind 485 Fannie Drive in the Piney Flats area of Sullivan County )his address is an abandoned house.)  The cemetery is well kept.  There are 96 stones marked by only fieldstones and probably many more unmarked graves.

Photographed and transcribed 26 Jul 2002 by Donna Briggs and Bob Shell

Additional information from the research of Bob Shell

Map Location:  Bluff City Quad

Name Birth Death Comments
Carr, G. [Gordon] 16 Feb 1809 14 Jul 1886 [Same stone as Mary Carr; son of William Carr]
Carr, Harriet E. 22 Apr 1891 17 Jul 1891 Daughter of W. M. Carr
Carr, Margret 2 Nov 1851 15 Jan 1895 Wife of W. M. Carr
Carr, Mary [Mary Polly Gale] 20 Feb 1820 21 Nov 1907 [Same stone as G. Carr, second wife of Gordon]
Colbaugh, Granville [No date] [No date] Co. A., 13th Tenn. Cav. U.S. [Killed at Drury’s Bluff in the Civil War]
Colbaugh, Moriah (Moriah Gale) 19 Apr 1842 19 Apr 1923 Wife of Samuel Colbaugh [Daughter of Mary Polly Gale, Twin sister-Harriet Susan Gale]
Colbaugh, Robert A. 21 Jul 1879 10 Sep 1895 [Son of Samuel and Moriah Colbaugh; died of typhoid]
Colbaugh, Samuel 16 Aug 1824 10 Jul 1887 Aged 62 Yr., 8 Mo. & 24da. Son of John and Mary Milhorn Colbaugh
Colbaugh, William G. [Granville] 25 Oct 1864 29 Mar 1892 Aged 27 Yrs. 5 Mo., 4 Ds. Son of Samuel and Moriah. Killed in a train wreck in Afton, Tennessee]
Cole, George F. [No date] [No date] [Son of John Cole]
Cole, John [No date] 19 Jun 1867 Aged 35 years
Cole, Lizzie J. [No date] [No date] [Daughter of John Cole]
Cole, W. P. 5 Oct 1827 [No date] Aged about 70 years
Dempsey, Fred C. 27 Apr 1895 5 Jun 1916
Dempsey, John A. 1 Jan 1835 7 May 1911 48 Va. Reg. Co. D.[Born in South Carolina]
Dempsey, Martha Ann Carr 1852 1914 Wife of J. A. Dempsey    Mother
Humphreys, Sally [No date] 28 Jan 1891 Aged 52 years
Kolbaugh, J. [No date] 3 or 31 Sep 1832? [Very old hand carved stone. Date actually looks like 31, although there are not 31 days in September.]
Malone, Hiley J.[Hiley Jane] 8 Mar 1844 17 Apr 1895 Wife of G. W. (George Washington) Malone
Nolan, Dennis [No date] [No date] Co. H.  13th Tenn. Cav, U.S. [He was born in Ireland; husband of Martha Colbaugh]
Nowlen, Martha[Colbaugh] [No date] 26 Oct 1884 [Daughter of John and Mary Colbaugh; wife of Dennis Nowlen]
Rumbley, Infant 28 Jun 1903 28 Jun 1903 Infant of C. R. & N. R. Rumbley
Rumbley, Lillie P. 16 Feb 1892 9 Jun 1894 Dau. Of C. R. & N. R. Rumbley
Rumbley, Lula E. 2 Jul 1894 22 Jun 1896 Dau. Of C. R. & N. R. Rumbley
Shell, Lula E. 13 Sep 1874 3 Nov 1903 Wife of T. C. Shell. Daughter of Samuel and Moriah Colbaugh
Wagner, Harve 2 Jun 1901 19 Jul 19? Son of W. L  & N. Wagner
Wagner, James Edward 12 Jun 1886 30 Oct 1895 Son of H. G. & M. Wagner [Henry and Mary Dempsey Wagner]
Wagner, Jenny 16 Jan 1904 7 Mar 1904 Dau. Of W. L. & N. Wagner
Wagner, Lecy Jane April 14, 1874 15 Apr 1874 Dau. Of H. G. & M Wagner [Henry and Mary Dempsey Wagner]
Wagner, Thomas M. 8 Mar 1891 22 Jun 1902 Son of H. G. & M Wagner [Henry and Mary Dempsey Wagner]

 


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