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Located in the woods beside of 636 Rock Hill Road near the Carter County/Sullivan County line.  The cemetery is covered with vinca, and somewhat overgrown.  There were at least 40 graves either unmarked or marked only by fieldstones.

Photographed and transcribed   7 Oct 2006 by Donna Briggs and Robert Shell.

Map location: Bluff City Quad

GPS location:  36 ° 24.13N  082 ° 16.72W   Elevation: 1617 ft.

Transcription on FindAGrave

NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENTS
Barr, William D. 1 Oct 1886 16 Oct 1886 Son of T. & F. Barr
Brandt, Mickey [No date] [No date] [Unmarked grave.  She was cremated and buried here around 2004]
Dempsey, Robert S. 28 Feb 1870 2 Aug 1905 Age 35 Yrs, 5 Mo’s, 4 Days[Stone is broken and lying on the ground]
Dempsey, S. E. [Susan E. Shell] 10 Sep 1847 22 Feb 1923 [Shares marker with William H. H. Dempsey]
Dempsey, William H. H., Corpl. 14 May 1845 6 Nov 1914 13th Tenn. Cav. Co. H. War 1861—65  [Two markers, sharing one with S. E. Dempsey]
Dempsy, Infant Son [No date] [No date] Infant son of W. H. H. & S. E. Dempsy
Dempsy, Peter [No date] [No date] Son of W. H. H. & S. E. Dempsy; age 3 mos.
Dempsy, Willie [No date] [No date] Son of W. H. H. & S. E. Dempsy; Aged 6 mos.
Fox, Infant Daughter 4 Dec 1890 11 Dec 1890 Infant daughter of M. E. & S. E. Fox
Humphreys, Cordie 6 Jul 1889 15 Jun 1893 Daughter of G. H. & Alice Humphreys
Humphreys, Eugene 15 Aug 1905 11 Jul 1906 Son of M. H. & Fannie Humphreys
Humphreys, Harrison 13 Jan 1893 13 Jan 1893 Son of G. H. & Alice Humphreys
Humphreys, Mattie [No date] 17 Nov 1896 Wife of M. H. Humphreys
Poland, Lauza H. 13 Jan 1860 10 Apr 1886 Wife of W. T. Poland
Russell, Earl 10 Oct 1903 18 Dec 1905 Son of H. R. & Mollie Russell; Age 2 y, 2 m, 7 d.

Also buried here according to death record:

Nancy Ann Sweeney – 25 Jan 1857 – 11 Jul 1914 in Carter County, buried in the William H. Dempsey Cemetery.


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