Weaver Cemetery (Weaver Pike)
Located at Weaver Union Church, 132 Peoples Road at Weaver Pike, Bristol, Tennessee 37620.
Inscriptions by Josephine S. Carmack, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1976. Original annotations provided by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown.
TNGenWeb Cemetery Database 1640569
GPS coordinates: 36.524829865, -82.185409546, elevation 1,673.
Bristol quad
The Reverend Samuel Doak established New Concord Church possibly as early as 1771 near Bristol. The year 1780 is also a possibility. The name was later changed to Weaver Union Church, in honor of the family whose gift gave the church a permanent home. A historic marker stands in Greeneville, Tennessee, at a spot named “Big Spring,” the juncture of two Indian trails, and mentions that as early as 1780, Reverend Doak preached to the settlers at that spot.
On March 3, 1821 Frederick Weaver traded 409 acres for 392 acres from his brother-in-law John Peters. On June 21, 1823, Frederick gave three acres for the Concord Meeting House and cemetery. The deed was made by Frederick Weaver and his wife to “…Irson Longacre, James S. May, Caleb Morrell, John Miller and John Hughes, commissioners and Trustees, of the Concord Meeting House…for all denominations of Christians worshiping the deity agreeable to the Holy Scriptures.” (Deed Book 27, page 429.)
The Reverend Charles Cummings was the first minister to have charge of this congregation. Since Frederick Weaver did not mention any specific denomination, the church became “Weaver Union Church” in gratitude to the man for his gift, and the community began to be called “Weaver.” On January 12, 1930, a mass meeting was held under the leadership of Reverend Dan Graham, and the plans were laid for a new and larger brick structure to be built. The original building was located in the present-day parking lot.
Some other landmarks attributed to this family are Weavers Creek (now Possum Creek), Weaver Branch, Weaver Pike (from Bristol to Webb’s store), and the Weaver Community which includes the church and cemetery.
Source: “Families and History of Sullivan County, Tennessee, Vol. I,” Holston Territory Genealogical Society.
Submitters:
ALL Anna Lane Long
BK Grave marker photos by Barbara Krause
BT Barbara Thomas
CB Carol Booher
DC Debi Coe
DK Diana Koffler
FM Mary Brown, who also adds, “I was told some of the broken headstones were tossed across the fence into the field of Walter Wampler.”
FP Fred Preston
KRC Kenneth R. Cupp
LB Lonnie Blevins
MHV Marjorie Harris Vickers
MJB Matthew J. Boyer
RWW Ronald W. Wood
SS Cemetery overview photos by Sharon Smith
TBB Tim Booher
TQ Teresa Quinton
Hugh C. Wampler , and Henry David Wampler, are both sons of William D. Wampler, and Margaret (Ann Weaver) Wampler. David Wampler and (Rosanna Booher) Wampler are William D. Wampler’s Parents
Sorry — Isaac b.1817-1905 is the son of Isaac Weaver, Jr. and Jane Lewis.
FAIRMAN PRESTON COLE’S wife is interred beside Fairman by the name of MARGARET ANN MCCLELLAND COLE b. 25 Sep 1945-27 Aug 1888 d/o SAMUEL ANDERSON MCCLELLAN and MARY MARGARET DAUGHTERY
I am looking for any info on Nancy Weaver (1765-?) lived in Sullivan County, married David Alexander Shults in 1780. most of their children were born there from 1781-1794.