Africa Cemetery
2004
Located beside 161 Buttermilk Road and directly behind 157 Buttermilk Road in the Boones Creek section of Washington County. This cemetery has been neglected and is very overgrown. There were at least 50 fieldstones marking graves and probably more that were unmarked.
GPS Location: 36°25.64 N 082°26.37 W Elevation: 1528 ft.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Rhea, Hazel 1936 1988 [Funeral home marker]
Carmichael, Earl ----- ----- TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Carmichael, Unidentified ----- ----- TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Russell, Adeline 1833 1921 TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Russell, Elijah ----- ----- TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Russell, Geo. Washington ----- 1901 TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Russell, Louvenia ----- ----- TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Russell, Mary ----- ----- TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Russell, Unidentified ----- ----- TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952. No marker located.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 17 Aug 2004 by Donna Briggs, Bob Shell and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Found in 1977 but not in 2004: Leuvenia R. Hale, 1908-1972 [Funeral home marker] said to be wife of Fred Hale and sister of Paul Rueben.
Africa Cemetery
TVA Grave Relocation Map