Fordtown Christian Church/Pond Cemetery
This cemetery is known as the Fordtown Christian Church Cemetery as well as the Pond Church Cemetery. It is located southeast of the intersection of Fordtown Road and Lebanon Road in the Colonial Heights area of Sullivan County. The cemetery is in good condition. There was one funeral home marker with no name or dates, and four fieldstones marking graves.
Transcribed 20 May 2003 by Chester Willis and photographed May 2003 by Donna Briggs, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Map location: Sullivan Gardens Quad
Link to cemetery information on www.waymarking.com.
GPS location: N 36° 27.157, W 082° 30.172
|
NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS |
| Bacon, Josie Emma | 28 Aug 1904 | 29 Jun 1995 | |
| BET | [No date] | [No date] | [Unclear what this is] |
| Binnix, Ernest Preston | 30 Jun 1913 | 14 Oct 2003 | US Navy |
| Bowery | [No date] | [No date] | |
| Bowery, Franklin J. | 24 Aug 1853 | 27 Nov 1966 | |
| Bowery, Janette M. “Janie” | 13 Feb 1947 | [No date] | [Same stone as William R. “Beecher” Bowery] |
| Bowery, Joseph R. | 16 Oct 1880 | 14 Feb 1948 | |
| Bowery, Mary Ellen | 28 Apr 1912 | 27 Jan 1919 | |
| Bowery, Mary M. Hall | 24 Sep 1887 | 23 Jan 1914 | Wife of J. R. Bowery |
| Bowery, Perry L. | 9 Jun 1909 | 30 Nov 1977 | [Same stone as Vernu A. Bowery]Married April 18, 1942 |
| Bowery, Vernu A. | 27 Mar 1926 | 4 Sep 1996 | [Same stone as Perry L. Bowery]Married April 18, 1942 |
| Bowery, William R. “Beecher” | 7 Jul 1944 | 11 Oct 2001 | [Same stone as Janette M. Bowery] |
| Chase, George Issac | 31 Jul 1909 | 21 Nov 1984 | |
| Chase, [Unknown] | 5 Apr 1882 | 15 Nov 1902 | |
| Chase, J. Deck | 26 Aug 1868 | 15 May 1948 | |
| Chase, Mary Adline | 4 Feb 1845 | [Illegible] | [Death date sunken in the ground] |
| Chase, Mary R. | 1855 | 1932 | |
| Chase, Thomas | 19 Dec 1845 | 12 Feb 1899 | |
| Chase, Thomas E. | 1847 | 1932 | |
| Childress, Lee | 31 Jan 1863 | 11 Jul 1925 | [Same stone as Lillie Childress] |
| Childress, Lillie | 12 Oct 1867 | 6 Jun 1930 | [Same stone as Lee Childress] |
| Copas, Arlena | 31 Oct 1908 | [No date] | [Same stone as Leah Copas] |
| Copas, Cecil Paul | 28 Sep 1935 | 18 Jul 1977 | |
| Copas, Charmie P. | 24 Jan 1903 | 23 Dec 1989 | [Same stone as Houston P. Copas] |
| Copas, Houston P. | 8 Oct 1899 | 6 Dec 1946 | [Same stone as Charmie P. Copas] |
| Copas, Jessie James | 29 Apr 1902 | 23Jan 1955 | Same stone as Mae Elizabeth Copas] |
| Copas, John Henry | 29 Apr 1928 | 3 Jun 1958 | |
| Copas, Leah | 13 Feb 1906 | 26 Jul 1982 | [Same stone as Arlena Copas] |
| Copas, Mae Elizabeth | 21 May 1900 | 23Jan 1955 | [Same stone as Jessie James Copas] |
| Copas, Martha M. Conklin | 17 Oct 1871 | 20 Aug 1961 | [Same stone as Samuel L. Copas] |
| Copas, Paul Jr. | 8 Oct 1930 | 22 Jul 2000 | Purple Heart CW2 US Army Korea-Vietnam |
| Copas, Samuel L. | 14 Aug 1875 | 17 Apr 1931 | [Same stone as Martha M. Conklin Copas] |
| Cox, Della Mae | 4 Aug 1884 | 11 May 1977 | [Same stone as George Golden Cox] |
| Cox, Fred W. | 22 Mar 1904 | 18 Sep 1995 | |
| Cox, George Golden | 22Jan 1891 | 1 Sep 1947 | [Same stone as Della Mae Cox] |
| Cox, Iva | 1936 | [No date] | [Same stone as Robert Cox] |
| Cox, Lula B. | 13 Feb 1876 | 9 Jan 1954 | [Same stone as T. Walker Cox] |
| Cox, Robert | 1927 | 1986 | [Same stone as Iva Cox] |
| Cox, Rosa L. | 22 Jun 1900 | 1 May 1994 | [Same stone as Fred W. Cox] |
| Cox, Sudie Inez | 30 Mar 1899 | 13 Jun 1917 | Daughter of T. Walker & Lula B. Cox |
| Cox, T. Walker | 27 Mar 1872 | 10 Jul 1917 | [Same stone as Lula B. Cox] |
| Cox, Wesley Garland | 17 Sep 1935 | 19 Aug 1954 | |
| Doran, Hazel | 19 Sep 1920 | 16 Apr 1922 | Daughter of R. H. & Bertha Doran |
| Douglas, Elbert S. | 1846 | 1917 | [Same stone as Sarah Douglas] |
| Douglas, James M. | 1881 | 1966 | [Same stone as Sarah M. Douglas;Masonic Emblem] No. 575 F. & A. M. |
| Douglas, Margaret | 3 Aug 1916 | 20 Feb 1920 | Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Douglas |
| Douglas, Roy | 19 Feb 1919 | 13 Feb 1923 | Son of J. M. & S. E. Douglas |
| Douglas, Sarah | 1846 | 1930 | [Same stone as Elbert S. Douglas] |
| Douglas, Sarah M. | 1882 | 1963 | [Same stone as James M. Douglas] |
| Ferguson, Margaret L. | 3 Feb 1923 | [No date] | [Same stone as Orville T. Ferguson] |
| Ferguson, Orville T. | 27 Feb 1914 | 14 Aug 1992 | [Same stone as Margaret Ferguson] |
| Fink, David F. | 18 Mar 1850 | 3 Feb 1926 | [Same stone as Nancy Ann Watkins Fink] |
| Fink, Nancy Ann Watkins | 3 Dec 1850 | 19 Jul 1926 | [Same stone as David F. Fink] |
| Garland, Isaac (Ike) | 17 Nov 1897 | 24 Feb 1972 | |
| Gray, Cynthia Chase | 1880 | 1937 | |
| Grubbs, Annie Frances | 26 Jan 1933 | 5 Apr 1934 | |
| Hall, George B. | 24 Oct 1913 | 16 May 1996 | [Same stone as Lucy Hall] |
| Hall, Lucy Z. | 9 Dec 1915 | [No date] | [Same stone as George Hall] |
| Hall, Margaret | [?] Dec [?] | [Illegible] | Wife of Thomas Hall[Stone is almost illegible] |
| Hall, Thomas | 1 Jan 1804 | 1 Jul 1888 | |
| Hamilton, Claude Thomas | 8 May 1948 | 8 May 1948 | Son of Roy & Ruby Hamilton |
| Holt, Virginia Fink (Virg) | 29 Sep 1886 | 3 Apr 1976 | |
| Hulse, Fannie Hall | 24 Nov 1883 | 21 May 1924 | Wife of J. P. Hulse |
| Hulse, John Pete | 27 Sep 1883 | 21 May 1956 | [Masonic Emblem] No. 575 F. & A. M. |
| Jackson, Florence | 1878 | 1953 | [Same stone as L. D. Jackson] |
| Jackson, L. D. | 1871 | 1942 | [Same stone as Florence Jackson] |
| Joyce, John | [No date] | [No date] | Co. G., 3 US INF |
| Lilly, Charles E., Sr. | 14 Nov 1896 | 8 Jun 1982 | |
| Lilly, Vertie May | 8 Sep 1908 | 21 Oct 1977 | |
| Murray, Cecil L. | 1915 | 1940 | Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Murray |
| Murray, Charlotte Elizabeth | 2 Feb 1918 | 4 Sep 1918 | Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Murray |
| Murray, Cynthia Rice | 1874 | 1941 | [Same stone as E. D. Murray] |
| Murray, David | 8 Jun 1894 | 1 Nov 1916 | |
| Murray, E. D. | 1870 | 1948 | [Same stone as Cynthia Rice Murray] |
| Murray, Frances S. | 13 Jun 1891 | 30 Mar 1975 | [Same stone as Lee Roy Murray] |
| Murray, John A. | 30 Apr 1848 | 6 Sep 1928 | [Same stone as Mary Ford Murray] |
| Murray, John F. | 10 May 1891 | 9 Apr 1957 | |
| Murray, Lee Roy | 7 Aug 1896 | 14 Oct 1954 | [Same stone as Frances Murray] |
| Murray, Lucile | 7 Apr 1914 | 16 Dec 1916 | Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Lee Murray; Age 2 yrs 8 Months |
| Murray, Mary A. Ford | 1 Oct 1853 | 6 Feb 1930 | [Same stone as John A. Murray] |
| Murray, Nina Mable | 6 Feb 1907 | 16 Jan 1925 | |
| Murray, Pearl | 9 Jul 1904 | 29 Jul 1913 | Daughter of J. A. & M. M. Murray |
| Murray, Samuel James | 27 Jan 1887 | 23 Feb 1944 | |
| Overbay, John Lee | 1908 | 1976 | |
| Poore, Rufus W. | 1892 | 19– | |
| Poore, Virgie F. | 1890 | 1970 | |
| Porter, Clarence E. | 26 May 1909 | 4 Nov 1943 | |
| Porter, Lodie J. | 17 May 1884 | 30 Apr 1967 | |
| Porter, Matilda J. | 26 Dec 1884 | 3 Aug 1945 | |
| Porter, William Carl | 27 Jun 1911 | 24 Apr 1937 | |
| Pullham, Charles R. | 1977 | 1977 | [Funeral home marker Carter’s Chapel] |
| Sproles, Baby | [One date] | 17 Dec 1906 | |
| Strickler, Alice Orlena | 13 Jun 1885 | 20 Jul 1958 | |
| Strickler, John R. | 9 May 1881 | 27 Sep 1962 | |
| Strickler, Nannie Kate | 23 Jun 1907 | 9 Apr 1966 | |
| Tunnell, Isaac | 1816 | 1863 | |
| Tunnell, John | 1853 | 1862 | |
| Wexler, A. H. | 10 Jul 1847 | 31 May 1922 | |
| Wexler, Abijah B. | 25 Aug 1875 | 3 Oct 1958 | [Same stone as Iva Wexler] |
| Wexler, Clara J. | 1928 | [No date] | [Same stone as Orville Wexler] |
| Wexler, Iva B. | 22 Nov 1897 | 24 Jul 1976 | [Same stone as Abijah Wexler] |
| Wexler, Martha Willard | 22 Aug 1848 | 29 Nov 1882 | Wife of A. H. Wexler |
| Wexler, Orville C. | 1927 | 1989 | [Same stone as Clara J. Wexler] |
| Wilkinson, Bettie E. | 1873 | 1952 | [Same stone as William Wilkinson] |
| Wilkinson, Daniel Lee | [One date] | 18 Mar 1934 | Son of John & Maude Wilkinson |
| Wilkinson, William W. | 1869 | 1936 | [Same stone as Bettie Wilkinson] |
| Yoakley, John R. | [One date] | 6 Feb 1805 | Aged [Illegible] |
| Zimmerman, Author | 27 Jun 1894 | 9 Mar 1896 | |
| Zimmerman, C. M. (Jim) | 25 Mar 1916 | 1 Feb 1990 | [Same stone as Juanita M. Zimmerman] |
| Zimmerman, Carolyn J. | 13 Aug 1941 | 8 Apr 1995 | |
| Zimmerman, Charlie Carr | 1910 | 1953 | |
| Zimmerman, Dwight | [One date] | 8 May 1936 | Son of R. T. & Mildred Zimmerman |
| Zimmerman, Ella V. | 1887 | 1959 | |
| Zimmerman, Frank L. | 24 May 1896 | 8 May 1916 | |
| Zimmerman, Jacob G. | 6 Mar 1846 | 22 Aug 1914 | |
| Zimmerman, Juanita M. | 21May 1919 | 26 Dec 1996 | [Same stone as C. M. Zimmerman] |
| Zimmerman, Kathleen Strickler | 13 Apr 1915 | 3 Jan 1996 | |
| Zimmerman, Loretta | 8 Jul 1877 | 27 Feb 1879 | |
| Zimmerman, Mary Lee | 13 Jul 1891 | 19 Mar 1983 | |
| Zimmerman, Mary M. | 15 Oct 1857 | 19 Nov 1905 | Wife of Samuel ZimmermanDaughter of W. R. & Elizabeth Carroll |
| Zimmerman, Mildred Adams | 16 Nov 1911 | 21 May 2001 | [Same stone as Richard T. Zimmerman] |
| Zimmerman, Richard T. | 4 Mar 1910 | 4 Jan 1986 | [Same stone as Mildred Zimmerman] |
| Zimmerman, Robert S. | 23 Jan 1906 | 28 Jan 1906 | Son of W. T. & A. K. Zimmerman |
| Zimmerman, Sam | 10 Aug 1855 | 12 Mar 1928 | |
| Zimmerman, Samuel Abijah “Pat” | 26 Mar 1889 | 14 Aug 1959 | |
| Zimmerman, Sarah E. | 14 Oct 1857 | 2 Oct 1927 | |
| Zimmerman, Thomas T. | 5 Dec 1876 | 6 May 1938 | |
| Zimmerman, Virgie Ellen | 24 May 1875 | 25 Jul 1959 |
Lois I Mitchell Light Shaffer
29 April 1827- 16 Mar. 2010
Mary Pauline Zimmerman w/o C.C.( Pete ) Zimmerman
5 Feb. 1913 – 6 June 1998
Are buried in this Pond Cemetery with their other sister Juanita Mitchell Zimmerman w/o C M ( Jim ) Zimmerman
Hi Pat, do these two (Lois and Mary) have tombstones? Just wondering if we somehow missed them during the survey.
Dear Ma’am, I was told long ago as a young lad by a gentleman (Sam Ford) that lived in Fordtown that my 4x grandfather was buried there, but in an unmarked grave. Do you have a listing or number of unmarked graves there at the Pond Cemetery? Or maybe a list of those that may be there that aren’t marked by a fieldstone or funeral home? I’m looking for Nathan(iel) T. Jackson. He was born in 1857, but I do not know when he died. It was in the early 1980s when I spoke with him and he was near or at 100 years of age, but he remembered my wing dinger of a grand pappy as he called him and seemed to think he was killed and placed there. Thank you for any assistance you may be able to give. Sincerely and In Your Service Allen Home: 423 753-4165