Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery
2004
This cemetery is located at 1779 Bailey Bridge Rd. Hwy. 353, Limestone, Tennessee, directly across the road from Asbury United Methodist Church. It is about 1 1/4 miles north of Bailey’s Bridge, which crosses the Nolichucky River. The cemetery is well kept. Some graves are marked with field stones and there are several unmarked graves.
GPS location: 36° 11.06N 082° 35.13W
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web8 Apr 2004 by Donna Cox Briggs 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.
One marker with initials only, H. E. V.
Marker for Saults, William D., who died in October 1949 has been missing since April 1977.
A funeral home marker for Browning, Maxine 1924- 1991 is missing.
Additional information
Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908 – 1916 by Eddie M. Nikazy
GRUBBS, Alice Greenway, born 30 mar 1852, married, parents: Eldridge Greenway and Sarah (illegible), death cause: “tuberculosis of bowels”, informant: A. S. Grubbs (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 3 Oct 1914, record (1914) 328
HENLEY, Mrs. Francis, age: 74 years, born: Sullivan County, widow, parents: not stated, death cause: “heart disease”, buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: Limestone, 25 Aug 1916, record (1916) 371
MAY, William Henry, born 1 Aug 1860, married, parents: William May and Eliza King (VA), death cause: “typhoid fever”, informant: Mrs. W. H. May (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 24 Apr 1915, record (1915) 180
PATTON, J. Montie, born: 6 Jan 1838, divorced, parents: George Patton and Jane Pitman, death cause: “lagrippe”, informant: H. N. Dillow (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 10 Mar 1915, record (1915) 116
SALTS, John, age 70 years, widower, parents: Isaac Salts and Emeline McCarty, death cause: “lobar pneumonia”, informant: Steve Bovell, buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 6 Mar 1915, record (1915) 95
WADDELL, Laura Hassie, born 5 Feb 1878, married, parents: James W. Smith and Roina Brown, death cause: “pulmonary tuberculosis”, informant: Clyde Waddell (Limestone), buried: Asbury Cemetery, died: 11 Feb 1915, record (1915) 94
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The Tennessee Death Records state the following people are buried at Asbury Cemetery. Markers were not found for them in this survey.
TDR = Tennessee Death Records
Britt, Rhetta, 20 Nov 1875 – 5 Dec 1935, TDR 1935/29212
Ensor, Annis, 16 Jun 1860 – 23 Mar 1939, TDR 1939/6833
Infant Female, Jun 1917, TDR 1917/287
Randall, Margaret, 1851 – 2 Aug 1921, TDR 1921/345
From the Herald and Tribune, Jonesborough, Tennessee
Gann, Jimmie, d. 20 Sep 1893, Vol. XXV, #21
Odell, Jennie C., d. 21 Mar 1896, Vol. XXVII #51