Turn off of Hwy. 36 onto Picken’s Bridge Road. Beside the house at 825 Picken’s Bridge Road, turn left onto a dirt lane. The cemetery is about 3/10 of a mile on the left overlooking Boone Lake. The cemetery was covered in old fashion double jonquils and vinca ivy in March 2001. There is a fence on two sides of the cemetery. Some of the tombstones have been damaged.
GPS location: 36.24.47N 082. 23.37W Elevation 1709 ft.
NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS
Allison, Elenar 18. Oct. 1806 5. Jun. 1840 [End of row 4. Very difficult to read][Married Nov. 25, 1818 to Robert Allison.]
Allison, James H. 12. Jul. 1824 5. Mar. 1881 Age 56 Yrs. 7 Mo. 21 D’s. [H.C. Remine, Limestone, Tn.]
Allison, John 18. Oct. 1799 14. Oct. 1882 Aged 84Y 11M 26D
Allison, Nancy 9. Dec. 1809 22. Oct. 1873 Wife of John Allison [2nd wife]
Allison, Robert 1795
1861 [Vet. War of 1812. Pvt. In Capt. Allen Bacon's Co. of the East Tenn. Drafted Militia in the battalion commanded by Major Thomas Clark.]
Allison, Susannah 28. Jun. 1806 5. Apr. 1847 [Located at the end of the fourth row, this stone almost completely gone. Information taken from old transcriptions]
Archer, J Sira 05 Dec 1871 23 Oct 1893
Archer, Infants No date No date Infants of J.M. & H.E. Archer.
Archer, Samuel A. 2. Apr. 1878 7. Jul. 1891
Bawgus, Infant [One date] 20. Oct. 1911 Infant dau. of J.M. & Lula Mae Bawgus
Bawgus, Lula Mae 27. Jan. 1890 10. Dec. 1911 Wife of J.M. Bawgus.
Boring, Greenberry [one date] 7. Jan. 1874 Died in his 92nd year. Veteran of the War of 1812. Pvt. In Capt. Andrew Lawson’s Co. 3rd Reg. of Johnson’s East Tenn. Militia
Bowers, David [Union, Civil War Veteran buried in an unmarked grave]
Britt, Susan 1868 1951 Funeral Home Marker.
Hodges, C. A. [Canada] 22. Sep. 1830 19. Nov. 1910 [Shares marker with Addie Snapp Cox, Sarah Jane King, Loura V. Hodges & Loura Hodges][Vet. of Civil War, Confederate. White's Sullivan Co. Reserve, Nitro Mining]
Hodges, Louisa Chase 3. Dec. 1836 2. Mar. 1924 Wife of W. James Hodges
Hodges, Addie Snapp Cox 23. May. 1841 5. Feb. 1891 Wife of Canada Hodges [Shares marker with C.A. Hodges, Sarah Jane King & Loura V. Hodges]
Cox, John H. 6. Mar. 1813 12. Jul. 1885 Age 72y 4m 6d[Husband of Susan Hodges]
Crump, George Robert 19. Jul. 1880 20. Oct. 1936 [Son of James L. & Mary D. Standfield]
Crump, J. P. 9. Oct. 1917 10. Sep. 1918 Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Crump
Crump, James L. 14. May. 1846 15. Sep. 1918 [Son of Benjamin Charles & Eliza Marshall Snapp]
DeVault, Florence 15. Nov. 1844 19. Jun. 1897 Wife of Valentine DeVault.
DeVault, Katie E. 6. Sep. 1880 28. Nov. 1881
Hodges, Mary DeVault 9. Apr. 1840 14. Feb. 1897 Married to Henry Hodges, Sept. 26, 1860.
DeVault, Nellie K. 27. Jan. 1874 8. Feb. 1898
DeVault, Valentine 16. Mar. 1835 23. Oct. 1892
Hodges, Rebecca Ellis 6. Jan. 1834 8. Oct. 1921 Wife of Rolen Hodges
Kugler, Bettie Fox 18. Dec. 1865 13. Apr. 1938 Wife of Joseph Kugler.[Dau. Of Dr. Adam Fox]
Fox, Elvira Sproles Jones 1850 1930
Fox, John K. 2. Mar. 1862 30. Nov. 1923 Married to Mrs. E.V. Jones Jan. 10, 1896
Hodges, John Morgan 20. Mar. 1864 22. Apr. 1864 [Stone is broken]
Hodges, Annie 2. Jan. 1842 15. Aug. 1868
Hodges, Anson L. 10. Apr. 1811 25. Oct. 1844 [See note.]
Hodges, Ed Dalton 19. Feb. 1920 17. Nov. 1920
Hodges, Hannah 30. Mar. 1781 28. Jul. 1847 Aged 66y 3m 28DWife of Rolen Hodges, Sr.[Did not find marker in 2003]
Hodges, Hannah 15. Mar. 1842 12. Apr. 1844 Dau. of James & Mrs. K. Hodges.
Hodges, Harriett 4. Mar. 1812 9. Mar. 1891 [Dau. of James Gray & wife of Anson L. Hodges]
Hodges, Henry K. 22 Sept 1830 17. Apr. 1909
Hodges, James 26. Oct. 1802 11. Jun. 1888 Our Father
Hodges, James D. 14. Oct. 1879 27. Oct. 1904 Son of Henry & Mary Hodges.Aged 25 Yrs. 13 Days
Hodges, John Morgan 20 Mar 1864 22 Apr 1864
Hodges, James G. 11. Apr. 1832 24. Feb. 1862 Aged 29 Yrs. 10 Mos. 13 Ds.[Died during the Civil War, Confederate. Day's Co. in McKions Infantry.]
Hodges, Joseph K. 7. Jun. 1837 10. Mar. 1863 Son of J.H. & Mary Hodges[Died at Vicksburg, MS of Typhoid Fever. Confederate. Co. G 60th Mounted Infantry]
Hodges, Lillie G. 24. Dec. 1876 10. Aug. 1878 Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Anson Hodges
Hodges, Loura J. 9. Nov. 1867 12. Nov. 1868 Daughter of Canada & Addie Hodges.
Hodges, Loura V. 26. Mar. 1863 5. Sep. 1864 Daughter of Canada Hodges & Sarah Hodges [Shares marker with G.A. Hodges, Sarah Jane King & Addie Snapp Cox]
Hodges, Mary Kitzmiller 28. Jul. 1807 3. Dec. 1896 Married to James Hodges Aug. 25, 1825
Hodges, R.P. 15. Oct. 1832 1. Jul. 1901 [Son of Rolen (Sr.) & Hannah Hodges]
Hodges, Rolin 3. Jan. 1769 4. Apr. 1849 Age 80y 9m 28D
Hodges, Sophronia 10. Sep. 1865 15. Mar. 1866
Hodges, William Anson 9. Apr. 1855 8 Sept 1942
Jones, James Melvin 1856 1893
Jones, Mary D. 1875 1891 Dau. of J.M. & Elvira
Hodges, Sarah Jane King 4. Feb. 1834 5. Jul. 1864 Wife of Canada Hodges [Shares marker with C.A. Hodges, Addie Snapp Cox, & Loura V. Hodges]
Kugler, Joseph 2. Feb. 1846 19. Nov. 1925
Hodges, Sarah M. Milhorne 28. Sep. 1856 4 Sept 1924 Wife of W.A. Hodges.
Newman, Jane ? Oct. ? Age 49
Crump, James Patrick 30. Dec. 1917 30. May. 1936
Sell, B.L. 2. Feb. 1840 22. Dec. 1911 [Civil War, Confederate. Co. M, 1st Carter's Calvary]
Sell, Mary F. 13. Mar. 1869 11. Jan. 1889
Crump, Mary D. Stanfield 7. Sep. 1841 12. Feb. 1916 Wife of James L. Crump.
Staples, Gurney B. 5. Sep. 1896 16. Oct. 1896 Infant son of R.G. & Lola M. Staples.
Trueman, Allen G. 19. Dec. 1869 19. Dec. 1871
Truman, W. T. No date No date 13th Tenn Cav. [Civil War, Union]
White, Frank M. 27. Jan. 1882 16. Feb. 1882
White, James L. 28. Jul. 1876 15. Jul. 1878 Son of L. & H. E. White.
UPDATE: June 10, 2001 — Since this cemetery was surveyed in March 2001, J.R. Hodges and a group have cleared off the overgrowth and built a fence to enclose it. Another row of field stones has been found and two unmarked graves have been identified. The two are: Susan Hodges Fine, Mar. 10, 1844-Sept. 19, 1911 and George Fine, Nov. 26, 1843-Apr. 7, 1918.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 12 Mar 2001 by Donna Briggs, Elaine Cantrell, J.R. & Carolyn Hodges 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.
Several field stones, unmarked graves and unreadable markers.
Additional information:
DEED FOR THE HODGES CEMETERY
“This indenture made and entered into by and between James Hodges of the first part and Martin Hodges, James H. Alison and Isaac Boring, trustees of the second part, all of the county of Washington and State of Tennessee. Witnesseth: that the said James for and in consideration of the high regard he entertains for the dead and especially those of the families of himself, James Hodges and John Alison and their relatives and connection and others who have already been buried there, do hereby transfer and convey unto the said Martin Hodges, James H. Allison and Isaac Boring, trustees, a certain lot or parcel of land situated and lying in the County of Washington and State of Tennessee in Civil District No. 11 and lying in or near the center of said James Hodges farm and known and described as the family graveyard, containing by estimate on quarter acre or one hundred foot square, Beginning at the East corner of the present pale fence and running 100 ft. West, then 100 ft. to the Southwest corner, then 100 ft. to the Southeast former, ten 100 ft. to the beginning. To have and to hold the same unto the said Martin Hodge, James H. Allison and Isaac Boring, trustees, for the purpose of preserving the same as an everlasting burying place for the families of the said James Hodges and the families of the said John Alison and their connections, and in the event of the death of either of the said trustees, then any male member first of each of their families who may remain in said county shall be considered a successor and is hereby vested in the full power to act as trustee in the premises in as full and ample a manner as either of the above made trustees. The object of the deed being to secure said spot of ground as a sacred burying place for the said families and their connections forever. Any one male member of said trustee families in the event of a removal or death of the oldest son then the next oldest son shall be vested with full power to carry out the object of this deed, giving and granting to the said trustees and their successor liberty at all times of free ingress and egress to said graveyard at the regular road leading to the same as heretofore. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal this 13th day of November 1874.
James Hodges, Seal.
Witness: T.J. Howern, Charles Greene
Washington County, Tennessee, Deeds Office, Jonesborough Courthouse.Volume 45, pages 21-22
From Genealogy of the Sanders, Alison and Collateral Families of Sullivan & Washington Counties Tennessee, compiled & published by W.R. Sanders, c1972.
p.57 – Anson L. Hodges was born April 10, 1811, and died October 23, 1844. He met a very untimely death. Leaving the house the morning of Oct. 23, 1844, accompanied by his faithful dog, he announced he was off on one of his favorite sports, a short coon hunt. It was known his intentions were to cross the Watauga and do his hunting on the high Boring cliff on the south bank of the river, the property of Dr. Issac Boring. His failure to return at the usual time caused the family some concern and after a reasonable waiting period it was finally decided to start a search. He and his little dog were soon found pinned beneath a tree, which he had cut himself, both dead. His wife, Harriet Gray was born March 4, 1812 and died Mar. 9, 1891. Harriet was a daughter of James Gray.
p.60 – Children of Roland [Rolen] Hodges [and Hannah]: 1. James b. 10/26/1802 d. 9/11/1888 m. Mary Kitzmiller b. 7/28/1807 d. 12/3/1896. 2. Elenor b. 1805 d. 1849 m. Robert Alison b. 1795 d. 1861. 3. Susan b. 10-18-1800 d. 9/5/1849 m. John Alison. 4. Mary (Polly) m. Jacob Devault.
…this old homestead was located on the south side of the Watauga River and on the West side of the present Pickens Bridge Road, and is known today (1957) as the John Crump Place.
p.129 – Robert Allison b. 1795, d. 1861 m. (a) Elenaor Hodges; (b) Mary McConnel Chester Gammon.
Children by Elenor Hodges 1. Mary Allison b. 5/31/1821 died leaving sons and daughters m. William K. Hale. 2. Martha Allison b. 1/19/1826 died leaving sons and daughters m. Samuel G. Maxwell. 3. Finley Allison b. 7/27/1823. Finley Allison built and lived at the present home of Vertie Galloway in the Boones Creek Section. m. Julia A. Couch.
More information about these families can be found in History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988 by The Watauga Association of Genealogists and Families and History of Sullivan County, Tennessee, Volume One, 1779-1992 by the Holston Territory Genealogical Society.