The Mottern Family Cemetery is located on a little bluff across from the entrance to Lady and Sons Equipment and Company at 409 Hillcrest Road, Bluff City, about halfway between Piney Flats and Bluff City, just off 11E. There are a few graves marked with fieldstones and a few unmarked graves. Copied by Charles M. Bennett, October, 20 1960. Transcribed from a copy of a microfilm of the Mottern Family Cemetery. The copy was obtained from the Tennessee State Library and Archives. It was noted on microfilm 320, which was a miscellaneous cemetery listing of the Sullivan County records. Submitted & Annotated by Hugh Mottern

GPS coordinates 36.45127  -82.28488

MILLER, Catherine, wife of John June 30, 1823 — Jan. 4, 1871.

MILLER, Elbert, son of John and C. Miller Sep 4 1870 — March 4, 1871.

MILLER, Freddie, son of W.J. and S. Miller Sept 17, 1903 — Jan 15, 1904.

MILLER, John H., son of Wm. and Sallie Miller died Sep 10, 1895 aged 9 days.

MILLER, John Jul 23, 1826 — May 10, 1893.

MILLER, Susan Oct 12, 1823 — Jan.1, 1893.

MOTTERN, Elizabeth died June 5, 1863 age 71 years, 5 months. (daughter of Phillip Hobaugh and Catharine Miller (both buried in Webb Cemetery), wife of Nicolas Mottern) marker SSS

MOTTERN, Elizabeth March 31, 1836 — April 2, 1907 age 71 yrs 2 days. (Mary Elizabeth Webb, wife of Henry Mottern.)

MOTTERN, Henry May 9,1831 — April 11, 1904. (Son of Nicolas Mottern and Elizabeth Hobaugh, husband of Mary Elizabeth Webb)

MOTTERN, J. S., June 26, 1856 — Sep 12, 1902. (James Samuel Mottern, son of Henry Mottern and Mary Elizabeth Webb, husband of Callie Verdie Shell)

MOTTERN, Nicholas died Sep 24, 1863 aged 80 years 5 months 7 days. (Son of John Nicholas Mottern (also thought to be buried in this cemetery in an unmarked grave), husband of Elizabeth Hobaugh) older marker and newer marker SSS

TEAGUE, Francey Dec. 25, 1827 — March 1, 1900.

TEAGUE, Logan Columbus Oct 27, 1823 — May 27, 1902.  Private, Company F, 26th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, CSA. Marked with an Iron Cross by the family in June 2009. SSS

Submitters

SSS Sharon Steele-Smith