Allison-Boring-Hodges Cemetery
2001
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.
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.