{"id":768,"date":"2012-03-28T08:52:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan2\/?p=768"},"modified":"2015-01-05T21:28:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T02:28:02","slug":"murrell-cemetery-hwy-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/murrell-cemetery-hwy-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Murrell Family Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murrell Family Cemetery<\/strong> is located on Highway 93 across from the pallet factory. Turn into driveway and the cemetery is in the area where the driveway forks. Sullivan Gardens, Sullivan County, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Donna Briggs<\/a> for this transcription. Part of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.<\/p>\n

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The modern-day Murrell mansion is located at 6271 Murrell Road<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Murrell<\/strong>, Tom Lee – November 24, 1911-October 23, 1978 Military footstone US Army World War II<\/p>\n

Murrell<\/strong>, Madelyn Louise Agee – August 19, 1918-August 24, 1971 “Wife of Tom Lee Murrell”<\/p>\n

Murrell<\/strong>, Mary A. – 1753-April 6, 1843 “Daughter of Joseph Mabry”<\/p>\n

Murrell<\/strong>, Rev. Richard – 173?-182? “The pioneer Baptist minister Fall Branch, Double Springs, Buffalo Ridge and Beechcreek churches organized by Rev. Richard Murrell in whose memory this monument was erected by Sarah Murrell”<\/p>\n

Murrell<\/strong>, Sarah – February 28, 1802-January 22, 1885 “Daughter of Johnathan & Ann Bachman”<\/p>\n

Murrell<\/strong>, Thomas – October 11, 1800-March 16, 1843<\/p>\n

Wells, <\/strong>Mary Ann\u00a0Murrell – October 26, 1824-April 15, 1901 “Daughter of Thomas & Sarah Murrell”<\/p>\n

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1870 Census of Sullivan County p. 515 15th<\/sup> district<\/strong>
\nMurrell, Thos. J. 47
\nSarah A 37
\nSarah A. 2
\nMary E. 10
\nAdeline M 17 (Black servant girl)<\/p>\n

p.511B 15th<\/sup> district<\/strong>
\nWells, Wm. B. 59
\nMary A. 44
\nMartha L. 31
\nEmeline 26
\nJohn 20
\nSafa 22 (Black servant girl)
\nJohn 18 (Black servant boy)
\nGeorge 6 (Black servant boy)<\/p>\n

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Families and History of Sullivan County, Tennessee Volume 1, 1799-1992<\/strong><\/p>\n

Murrell Mansion<\/a>, gabled Victorian home of Thomas Lafayette Murrell, is located in Sullivan Gardens.<\/p>\n

Storytellers say Thomas Lafayette Murrell built his twelve-room, three-story mansion in 1901 at the center of a large plantation he had inherited from his father, Thomas Jefferson Murrell. The family patriarch, Richard Murrell, had been a pioneer Baptist preacher and had accumulated thousands of acres of land.<\/p>\n

Thomas Lafayette died, some say, under most mysterious circumstances, on the night of March 10, 1921. There are those who would say that he was murdered.<\/p>\n

Murrell\u2019s last words were apparently spoken over the telephone to his friend and physician, a Dr. McCrary. They were a plea for help, “He shot me.”<\/p>\n

After a legal investigation, Thomas Murrell\u2019s son was charged with his father\u2019s murder. Thomas L. Murrell was buried in an unmarked grave in the family cemetery, and the family eventually moved away.<\/p>\n

Since then, the house has been sold and resold. All the new owners excitedly bring in architects and builders. Always renovation begins, but always just as suddenly; the owners silently lose interest in the house. The “For Sale” sign goes up once more. New owners come and go, but no brave soul will reside in Tom Murrell\u2019s house. It is said that Thomas Murrell still lives there, and that he doesn\u2019t take kindly to strangers. Taken from Neighbor, 26 Sept. 1984 \u2013 “Sullivan Folklore Alive (?) and Well, by Mary Kiss, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n

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Historic Sites of Sullivan County<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The three-story frame mansion with 12 rooms, built in 1901, is enhanced architecturally by a handsome gabled, round, two-story turret that rises over the front porch. A skilled carpenter, Bill Hickman, assisted by Charles F. Hilton, Sr. constructed the beautiful interior paneling, mantels, doors, window frames and circular stairways.<\/p>\n

Thomas Lafayette Murrell (1871-1920) built the mansion on a large plantation inherited from his father Thomas Jefferson Murrell, born 1820. Thomas Lafayette was the grandson of Richard Murrell Sr., the progenitor of the East Tennessee Murrell family. Richard accumulated hundreds of acres in this area. He was famous as a pioneer Baptist preacher in Sullivan County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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