HomeCemeteriesFordtown 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

Pond Church Cemetery

 

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

Comments

Fordtown Christian Church/Pond Cemetery — 3 Comments

  1. 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

  2. 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

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