TVA Relocation Project
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CEMETERY RELOCATION AT THE SOUTH HOLSTON RESERVOIR
The Tennessee Valley Authority started the relocation of graves from different cemeteries in the Holston Valley in the 1930s . The graves had to be removed as the filling of the reservoir would flood or isolate many of these cemeteries. Many graves were left where they were, and that area was flooded. The project was put on hold in 1942 and resumed in 1947.
Twenty cemeteries were used for the re-interment of the bodies removed from cemeteries affected by the filling of the Holston Reservoir.
THE R1 TO R20 NUMBERS ARE NUMBERS ASSIGNED TO THESE CEMETERIES BY THE TVA
- R1 Relocated Brown Cemetery aka Rooty Branch Church Cemetery
- R2 Cleveland Cemetery
- R3 Montgomery Cemetery
- R4 Relocated Holston Valley Cemetery
- R5 Rust Cemetery
- R6 Weaver Cemetery
- R7 Glenwood Cemetery
- R8 Paperville Cemetery
- R9 Shipley Cemetery
- R10 Taylor Valley Cemetery
- R11 Westlawn Cemetery
- R12 Rogers Cemetery
- R13 Morning View Cemetery
- R14 Pleasant View Cemetery
- R15 Zion Cemetery
- R16 Wyatt Cemetery
- R17 Stophel Cemetery
- R18 Florence Union Cemetery
- R19 Emory Cemetery
- R20 Cold Springs Cemetery
Cemeteries which were flooded by the filling of the Reservoir: Beard, Boling, Booher, Brown, Clayman, Epperson, Friendship, Gross, Holston Valley, Old Slave, Osborne, Phillips, Slave.
Cemeteries which were isolated by the filling of the Reservoir: Armstrong, Brown, Davenport, Gentry, Gross, Harless, Odom, River Bluff, Shoun, South, Trivett.
Cemeteries that will be served by relocated roads after the filling of the Reservoir: Brown, Gross, Odom.
Original Cemeteries
| ARMSTRONG BEARD BOLING BOOHER BROWN Relocated to
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EMORY(1 grave) EPPERSON Relocated to BROWN CEMETERY FLORENCE UNION CEMETERY FRIENDSHIP CHURCH GENTRY NO GRAVES MOVED GLENWOOD CEMETERY GROSS HARLESS HOLSTON VALLEY CHURCH Relocated to
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MONTGOMERY CEMETERY OSBORNE (1 grave) PLEASANT VIEW (RUDY) CEMETERY PHILLIPS RIVER BLUFF CHURCH ROGERS CEMETERY RUST CEMETERY SHOUN SOUTH TRIVETT WEAVER’S CEMETERY |
| For all Cemeteries without sub heading the graves were reinterred to various other cemeteries. | ||
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: ARMSTRONG
RELOCATION NEW
NAME BIRTH DEATH PROJECT YEAR CAUSE COUNTY CEMETERY
ARMSTRONG, Etter 1878 1879 12 0 Hawkins Not Moved
ARMSTRONG, G. B. 1875 1887 12 0 Hawkins Not Moved
ARMSTRONG, G. G. 1842 1902 12 0 Hawkins Not Moved
ARMSTRONG, Robert F. 1864 1931 21 1943 Hart Sullivan Brown
LATHAM, Mary 1854 1855 12 0 Hawkins Not Moved
RUSSELL, Geneva 1918 1920 12 0 Hawkins Not Moved
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: BEARD
BEARD, Harve 1842 1908 21 1942 Unk Sullivan West Lawn
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: BOLING
NEW CEMETERY: BROWN, SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN
BOLING, Binia age 19 Dod. 1931 Typhoid Signed by D. C. Boling, Father
BOLING, Florence age 45 Dod. 1931 Typhoid Signed by D. C. Boling , Husband
BOLING, Joseph A. age 21 Dod. 1931 Typhoid Signed by D. C. Boling, Father
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: BOOHER
BOOHER, Amelia 1875 1913 21 1942 Chbr Sullivan Brown Amelia Booher age 38 – Signed by Thomas D. Booher Son
BOOHER, Gilbert 1912 1912 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Brown Gilbert Elmo Booher,Inf. Signed by Thomas D. Booher – Brother
BOOHER, Thomas 1845 1900 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Brown Thomas Booher, age 55 – Signed by Thomas D. Booher – Grandson
STEWART, Robert A. 1866 1922 21 1942 Oper Sullivan Glenwood Robert A. Stewart, age 56 – Signed by Theadocia Stewart – Wife
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: CLAYMAN
NEW CEMETERY: BROWN, SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN
CLAYMAN, GEORGE 0 0 21 1942
CLAYMAN, Infant 1885 1885 21 1942
CLAYMAN, Rebecky 1818 1890 21 1942
CLAYMAN, Sarah 0 0 21 1942
CLAYMAN, Virginia 0 0 21 1942
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: DAVENPORT
RELOCATION NEW
NAME BIRTH DEATH PROJECT YEAR CAUSE COUNTY CEMETERY
ARNOLD, Infant 1939 1939 21 1942 Stlb Sullivan Wyatt
DAVENPORT, Cornelias 1894 1919 21 1942 Acdt Sullivan Glenwood
DAVENPORT, Sarah F. 1858 1936 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Glenwood
DAVENPORT, Jerry M. 1858 1939 21 1942 Neph Sullivan Glenwood
DAVENPORT, Annie Lee 1896 1904 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Glenwood
GRUBB, Mary 1937 1937 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Pleasant View
LEWIS, Infant 1936 1936 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Weaver
POE, John 1916 1927 21 1942 Whcf Sullivan Pleasant View
POE, Alphia 1918 1926 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Pleasant View
SNYDER, Lula Mae 1920 1920 21 1942 Whcf Sullivan Weaver
TETTER, Clark 1912 1912 21 1942 Unk Sullivan Glenwood
WOOD, C.J. 0 0 21 1942 Flu Sullivan Wyatt
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: EPPERSON
NEW CEMETERY: BROWN, SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN
EPPERSON, Infant 0 0 21 1942
EPPERSON, Infant 0 0 21 1942
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: FRIENDSHIP CHURCH
CAMPBELL, Thomas b. 1856 d. 1929 Sullivan Co., Reloc. Brown
CLARK, Darrell b. 1921 d. 1934 Signed for by James Clark, grandfather. Sullivan Co. Rust Cem
CLARK, Gathon b. 1906 d. 1934 Signed for by James Clark, father. Sullivan Co. Rust
FLICK, Sallie Rouse b. 1878 d. 1922 Sullivan Co., Cold Springs
GEANTRY, Infant b. 1934 d. 1934 Sullivan Co. Reloc. Brown
GENTRY, Betty M. b. 1938 d. 1928 Sullivan Co. Reloc Brown
GENTRY, Clarence b. 1915 d. 1930 Sullivan Co. Reloc. Brown
GENTRY, Clarence R. b. 1938 d. 1938 Sullivan Co. Reloc Brown
GROSS, Clyde W. b. 1901 d. 1930 Sullivan Co., Florence Union
HARLESS, Enoch b. 1854 d. 1938 Sullivan Co. Reloc. Brown
HARLESS, James Andrew b. 1859 d. 1937 Sullivan Co. Reloc. Brown
HARLESS, Kenneth V. b. 1940 d. 1940 Sullivan Co. Reloc. Brown
HARLESS, Susan b. 1869 d. 1941 Sullivan Co. Reloc Brown
RHYMER, Infant 0 0 Signed for by Lola Rhymer, mother. Sullivan Co. Rogers Cem.
RHYMER, Infant 0 0 Signed for by Lola Rhymer, mother. Sullivan Co. Rogers Cem.
RHYMER, Infant 0 0 Signed for by Lola Rhymer, mother.Sullivan Co. Rogers
RHYMER, Rilda b. 1864 d. 1933 Signed for by H. J. Rhymer, son. Sullivan Co., Rogers
ROUSE, Docia C. b. 1850 d. 1931 Sullivan Co. Cold Springs
ROUSE, Douglas Gene & Edna Mae (twins) b.1938 d.1938 Sullivan Co., Reloc Brown
ROUSE, Frankie M. b. 1856 d. 1929 Sullivan Co. Cold Springs
SNYDER, James William b. 1936 d. 1936 Sullivan Co. Reloc Brown
TRIVETTE, Lulu b. 1935 d. 1935 Signed for by Blanchie Trivett, mother. Sullivan Co. Reloc Rust
TRIVETTE, Marion b. 1859 d. 1935 Sullivan Co. Reloc Brown
WATSON, Alfonso b. 1898 d. 1930 Signed for by Mattie Watson, wife. Sullivan Co., Rust
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: GENTRY (private.) GRAVES NOT MOVED.
GENTRY, Eliza Jane age 0 dod 1901
GENTRY, Rebecca Ann age 0 dod 1902
GENTRY, William age 0 dod 1930
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: GROSS
FRITTS, Ellen age 48 dod 1918 Signed for by R. T. Fritts, son. Moved to Florence Union
FRITTS, William age 54 dod 1923 Signed for by R. T. Fritts, son. Moved to Florence Union
GROSS, Eliza age 70 dod 1902 Signed for by J. M Gross, son. Moved to Florence Union
GROSS, Elmer Ray age 4 dod 1930 Signed for by John Gross, father. Moved to Brown’s.
GROSS, Infant Inf. dod 1932 Signed for by J. C. Gross, father. Moved to Rust
GROSS, J. S. age 96 dod 1927 Signed for by J. M. Gross, son. Moved to Florence Union
GROSS, Robert L. age 5 dod 1920 Signed for by Samuel Gross, father. Moved to Rust
GROSS, Willie age 10 dod 1907 Signed for by W. H. Gross, father. Moved to Florence Union
LAWSON, Unidentified Unk Unk Signed for by J. W. Lawson, nearest. Moved to Cold Springs
LAWSON, Unidentified Unk Unk Signed for by J. W. Lawson, nearest. Moved to Cold Springs
LAWSON, Unidentified Unk Unk Signed for by J. W. Lawson, nearest. Moved to Cold Springs
LAWSON, Unidentified Unk Unk Signed for by J. W. Lawson, nearest. Moved to Cold Springs
LAWSON, Unidentified Unk Unk Signed for by J. W. Lawson, nearest. Moved to Cold Springs
LAWSON, Unidentified Unk Unk Signed for by J. W. Lawson, nearest. Moved to Cold Springs
RHYMER, Eliza age 18 dod 1912 Signed for by Claude Rhymer, husband. Moved to Rogers
RHYMER, Infant Inf. dod 1912 Signed for by Claude Rhymer, father. Moved to Rogers.
ROUSE, Bobby Joe Inf. dod 1938 Signed for by Kate Rouse, mother. Moved to Florence Union
ROUSE, Harold Inf. dod 1920 Signed for by T. H. Rouse, father. Moved to Florence Union
ROUSE, Hattie May Inf dod 1908 Signed for by T. H. Rouse, father. Moved to Florence Union
ROUSE, Lillie Bell Inf dod 1909 Signed for by T. H. Rouse, father. Moved to Florence Union
ROUSE, Rosie L. age 2 dod 1939 Signed for by Kate Rouse, mother. Moved to Florence Union
ROUSE, Willian Inf dod 1903 Signed for by T. H. Rouse, father. Moved to Florence Union
SHAVER, Joe age 80 dod 1895 Signed for by J. M. Gross, grandson. Moved to Florence Union
WILLIAM, Infant age 0 dod 1941 Signed for by Hattie William, mother. Moved to Rust
WOODBY, Infant age 0 dod 1928 Signed for by Worley Woodby, father. Moved to Brown
WRIGHT, David age 70 dod 1912 Signed for by J.R. Wright, son. Moved to Brown’s
WRIGHT, David, Mrs. Unk Unk Signed for by Jim Shaver, son. Moved to Brown’s
ORIGINAL CEMETERY: HARLESS
NEW CEMETERY: BFMC, Campbell County, TN
CARROLL, Jack b. 1897 dod 1880 (We all know this is not possible, but this is what is written.)
CARROLL, Johnnie b. 1877 dod 1882
CARROLL, Unidentified age 0 dod 1850
CARROLL, Unidentified age 0 dod 1850
CARROLL, Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
CARROLL, Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
FORD, Annie b. 1813 dod 1878
FORD, Infant age 0 dod 1865
FORD, Katherine b. 1852 d. 1874
HARLESS, Mary Ann age 0 dod 1912 GRAVE NOT MOVED
HARLESS, Philip age 0 dod Unk GRAVE NOT MOVED
HARNESS, Unidentified age 0 dod 1860
HARNESS, Unidentified age 0 dod 1863
PARKER, Ledie (Mrs. John) b. 1840 dod 1880
PARKER, Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
PARKER, Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
PETREE , Betsy Ann b. 1862 d. 1879
PETREE , George W. b. 1860 d. 1890
PETREE , Infant age 0 dod 1877
PETREE , Infant age 0 dod 1879
PETREE , Katy b. 1821 dod 1888
PETREE , Sally b. 1859 d. 1884
PETREE , Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
PETREE , Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
PETREE , Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
PETREE , Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
PETREE Sarah b. 1869 dod 1874
PETREE Unidentified age 0 dod Unk
SKINNER, George b. 1838 dod 1863
WHITE, Infant age 0 dod 1887
WILSON, Elizabeth P. b. 1835 dod 1865
WILSON, James b. 1816 dod 1884
WILSON, James b. 1869 dod 1899
WOOD, Unidentified 0 0
WOOD, Unidentified 0 0
WOOD, Unidentified 0 0
WOOD, Unidentified 0 0
WOOD, Unidentified 0 0
WOOD, Unidentified 0 0
I am looking for Luther Monroe Kiser or any Kiser related to him (Elihu his father) Died 12/26/56 buried in Cleveland cemetery/Tenn Death Records. Thank you.
I’m looking for the cemetery that Benjamin Atchley is
buried in and also his wife, Martha Atchley. Benjamin was born Jan. 24, 1790 and he died in 1873 at his home near Flat Creek.
Martha ‘Chambers’ Atchley his wife, died in Oct. 1875. Any
help would be greatly apprciated. Thank you…..
Looking for death records for (2) Infant sons, mother=Germaine Jean and father, Edward Cecil. Father was KIA 1942 WWII Navy. Approximately 1942-!943.Relocated from Epperson Cemetary to Brown aka Rooty Branch Church after a flood. These infants are my half brothers. Thanks and God bless.