Located off Hickory Tree Road in Bristol, Tennessee. List compiled by Karen L. Sherman, and annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown. Photos of the markers submitted by Patsy Lee Sanders Hawkins.<\/p>\n
GPS coordinates: 36.508998871, -82.135131836, elevation 1,555.<\/p>\n
Bristol quad<\/p>\n
TNGenWeb Cemetery Database: 1326994<\/a><\/p>\n Burials grouped by Surname as follows: ADAMS – ASHBURN<\/a><\/p>\n BAKER – BUSKILL<\/a><\/p>\n CALLOWAY – CURRIN<\/a><\/p>\n DAKIN – GUY<\/a><\/p>\n HALE – KNOWLES<\/a><\/p>\n LADY – LUNSFORD<\/a><\/p>\n MADDEN – MYERS<\/a><\/p>\n NEAL – PRICE<\/a><\/p>\n RAMEY – SWINEY<\/a><\/p>\n TAYLOR – WYATT<\/a><\/p>\n Note: To the best of my knowledge Rosetta and Robert had also died prior to Samuel’s death in 1949 as they were not listed as survivors nor was Margaret, Samuel’s wife. We have been unable to find her grave as of yet. According to one of the older gentlemen who helps take care of the cemetery, it appears there are vacant plots on either side of Sam but there is no diagram of that older part of the cemetery. Some day I hope to be able to go out there and grid it off.\u00a0<\/em> ~ Becky Hale<\/p>\n Penny Carrier Williams posted the following narrative on the Hickory Tree page of Facebook:<\/span><\/em> HISTORY OF OLD CEMETERY AT HICKORY TREE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I have before me an old paper dated 21st day of June, 1836 that was presented me by G.D. O\u2019dell who found it while making the rounds of his farm. He thinks it must have been blown by the wind from the old O\u2019dell homeplace.<\/span><\/p>\n The paper contains names of subscribers who were to pay for building a plank fence around the cemetery of the John M. Blevins Cemetery, now known as Shipley Cemetery.<\/span><\/p>\n Names and subscriptions are as follows: Johnathan Morrell, $1; Samuel Morrell, 50 cents; Daniel Morrell, 50 cents; George W. Morrell, 50 cents; T.M. Morrell, 50 cents; Daniel Elkins, $1; William H. Snodgrass, $1; Toliver Boling, $1; Ezeciel Pemberton, $1; William O\u2019Dell, 75 cents; Clark B. Cawood, $1; Alexander Cawood, $1; Walter Boling, $1; John Megarry, $1; William Walling, $1; George Hensley, $1; Aaron Snell, 50 cents; Evaline O\u2019Dell, $1; Jack H. Smith, 50 cents; James S. Smith, $1.50; E.B. Musgrove, 50 cents; – Crisley, 50 cents; Melibi Crumbly, 50 cents; E.A. Millard, $1; Stephen Morton, $1; James Dunken, $1; William Hopkins, $1; James Fipps, $1; James O\u2019Dell, $1; Robert Poore, $1; John W. Mcgarry, $1; John Poor, 50 cents; John Combs, 50 cents, Isaac Boling, Jr., 50 cents; Orlander Worsham, 50 cents; Jacob B. Boling, 50 cents; P.A. O\u2019Dell, 50 cents; Jacob Stophel (in mail) $1; William D. Blevins, 50 cents. <\/span><\/p>\n A word about the history of the cemetery.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n John M. Blevins entered the land with the early settlers. It is between Warter\u2019s or Morrell\u2019s Creek to the Little River.<\/span><\/p>\n One of Blevins’ granddaughters, Martha Shipley, told me that the first burial there was for an old woman who was traveling on foot through the country, stayed overnight with the Blevins family, became sick and died before the family found what part of the country she came from. Not knowing what else to do, they took her body to a high part of the land where interment was held. As time went on it became a burial place for the neighborhood.<\/span><\/p>\n John M. Blevins had two daughters, Catherine and Ruth, who were married to Dan O\u2019Dell and Jim Shipley, respectively, and the property is now the Shipley and O\u2019Dell farms. Nearly all of the farm is still owned and cultivated by the descendants.<\/span><\/p>\n Second addition to the Shipley Cemetery.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n There were three grave yards on the John M. Blevins entry. One was given to the public for burial grounds by John M. Blevins for the white race. One was given to the Negroes a few hundred feet southeast from the white cemetery. This was given by the Shipley family.<\/span><\/p>\n The third cemetery was an Indian burial ground. Approximately 2000, easterly course, in a flat level place and long afterwards has been called by the white man The Old Level.<\/span><\/p>\n Uncle Dan O\u2019Dell, as I always called him because he was one of the oldest O\u2019Dells living at that day, showed this writer the exact spot of the Indian Cemetery in a circle around a large yellow pine tree. All of the skeletons were found buried, standing straight up and down. Uncle Dan was present when the government authorities came and took the Indian skeletons up. He also told me \u201cLook Charlie, you see I am a very large man and have a very large jaw bone, however, there was one of the jaw bones of the Indian tribe that just fit nicely around my jaw on the outside of my face. <\/span>”<\/p>\n This writer does not know who granted the Indians their burial rights around the old pine tree but it is my own opinion that it was granted by the Great Spirit as all Indians fully believe in the Guidance and protection for both dead and living.<\/span><\/p>\n BH Becky Hale<\/a><\/p>\n BSS pbstew<\/a><\/p>\n BT Mike and Jennifer Peters<\/a><\/p>\n BW Ben Weaver<\/a><\/p>\n BKW Brenda Kay Wilt<\/a><\/p>\n CH Carol Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n CMc Carla Mcghee<\/a><\/p>\n CS Cecil Shipley<\/a><\/p>\n HWM Hazel White Morrell<\/a><\/p>\n KC Kimberly Carrier<\/a><\/p>\n JC Jonathan Carrier<\/a><\/p>\n LJCS Linda J. Carrier Soloski<\/a><\/p>\n LB Lonnie Blevins<\/a><\/p>\n MCC Mary Carrier Cox<\/a><\/p>\n PLSH Patsy Lee Sanders Hawkins<\/a><\/p>\n R Rita<\/a><\/p>\n SH Sherry Hartley<\/a><\/p>\n SNS Sheila Nichols Smith<\/a><\/p>\n WS Wilma McGarry Smith<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Located off Hickory Tree Road in Bristol, Tennessee. List compiled by Karen L. Sherman, and annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown. Photos of the markers submitted by Patsy Lee Sanders Hawkins. GPS coordinates: 36.508998871, -82.135131836, elevation 1,555. 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\n This is an excerpt from the book OLD SETTLERS OF HICKORY TREE, <\/em>by C.T. (Charlie) Hopkins, c<\/span>opied exactly as written. <\/span><\/p>\nInformation submitted by:<\/h2>\n