Beard Cemetery
2004
Located across the road from 1959 Hwy. 354, Jonesborough, TN, on top of a hill, close to Marvins Chapel Methodist Church. Fenced and well kept. There are some plain stone markers and some unmarked. The graves have been filled in and it is hard to estimate how many.
Also known as the Valley View Cemetery.
GPS location: 36°28.88N 082°26.76W Elevation: 1651 ft.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Bowman, Infants [No date] [No date] Infants of Mr. & Mrs. Argil Bowman
Crouch, Georgia A. 1868 1940 [Shares marker with L. Frank Crouch]
Crouch, L. Frank 1869 1947 [Shares marker with Georgia A. Crouch]
Beard, James S. 19 May 1861 25 Sep 1882 Son of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Beard, Sarah E. 02 May 1848 16 Feb 1877 Dau. of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Maden, Glennie M. 01 Mar 1872 25 Jun 1907 Wife of A. D. Maden
Beard, Henry A. M. 10 May 1861 20 Sep 1875 Son of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Ledford, Andrew [One date] 25 Jan 1964 Infant sons of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ledford [Shares marker with John Ledford]
Ledford, John [One date] 13 Nov 1959 Infant sons of Mr. & Mrs. Pat Ledford [Shares marker with Andrew Ledford]
Beard, James D. [One date] 1958 [Funeral home marker, shared with Robert L. Beard]
Beard, Robert L. [One date] 1958 [Funeral home marker, shared with James D. Beard]
Beard, Lillie J. Crouch 26 Nov 1875 26 Sep 1937 Dau. of Joseph & Abigail Crouch, wife of U. G. Beard
Beard, U. G. 08 Dec 1867 10 Feb 1940 Son of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Beard, Mary E. Hale 24 Nov 1824 17 Jan 1894 Wife of James S. Beard
Beard, James S. 19 May 1825 16 Jun 1885
Beard, Hobert M. 07 Oct 1896 13 Sep 1973
Beard, James D. 02 May 1895 06 Aug 1958 Tennessee PVT 19 CO 157 DEPOT BRIG WORLD WAR I
Beard, Nell C. Hall 17 May 1900 17 Sep 1983 Wife of James D. Beard
Beard, James Samuel 25 Dec 1924 26 May 1967 Tennessee PFC US ARMY
Beard, Charles Rogan 06 Nov 1927 08 Dec 1998
Jeter, Zenola Pruitt 11 May 1909 08 Apr 1958 Wife of John H. Jeter
Keefauver, Stanley Eugene 04 Mar 1910 26 Feb 1980
Milhorn, William 24 Mar 1865 21 Jan 1945 [Shares marker with wife, Edith Beard Milhorn]
Milhorn, Edith Beard 17 Aug 1860 04 Nov 1943 [Shares marker with husband, William Milhorn]
Millhorn, Joseph A. 15 Dec 1888 20 Mar 1889
Susong, Elizabeth R. Beard 22 May 1850 29 Apr 1920 Wife of Mahlon Susong
Aged 69 Yrs, 11 Mos, 7 Days
Susong, Mahlon 30 Apr 1846 12 Mar 1938 Co. E. 61 Tenn. Mtd. Inf. C. S. A.
H. A. M. B. [No date] [No date] [Small stone, initials only]
S. E. B. [No date] [No date] [Small stone, initials only]
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 29 Dec 2004 by Jan Clark, Betty Jane Hylton, Chester Willis, Donna Briggs and Bob Shell members ofthe 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.
Additional information
Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870, compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner.
James S. Beard–Mary E. Hale md. 19 August 1847 by David B. Hale
Mahlon Susong–Elizabeth R. Beard md. 2 September 1869 by L.F. Drake M.G.
1860 Census of Washington County, Tennessee
Boones Creek District, page 35, #293-293
BEARD, James 34
May E. 33
Sarah E. 12
Elizabeth R. 10
Matilda J. 7
Mary E. 2