Located in the Dry Creek section of Lamar Community on Arnold Rd. 8/10th of a mile from Cherokee Road. The cemetery is mowed a few times a year.
Blair Cemetery 2020
There are approximately 25 graves marked by only field stones or unmarked.
GPS location: 36.13.07N 082.27.15W
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Hilton, Jeremiah 20 May 1870 26 Jul 1937 [Son of Samuel and Priscilla Hughes Helton]
Helton, Rebecca 1815 bef. 1870 Wife of William Helton
W. H. [No date] 04 Feb 1885 [William Helton. Son of John and Charity Lee Helton]
C. L. [No date] 18 F 1818 Engraved on a stalactite
J. G. [No date] 1828
J.G. [No date] 18 Jun 1787 See note below from Bennett Survey.
H. G. [No date] 02 Jun 1812
Gyer, C. A. [No date] 10 Jul 1805
Gyer, John [No date] 27 Feb 1829 Died in his 87th years
Templin, Clarinda 24 Jan 1818 21 Aug 1884 Wife of Isaac Templin
Templin, Isaac 19 Aug 1811 22 Jul 1850 Age 38y, 11m, 3d
Geyer, J. C. 23 Feb 1827 13 Sep 1828
White, Nancy [No date] 11 Mar 1848 Consort of Jacob White
Age 53 years
Grills, William M. 05 May 1817 18 Jul 1899
Grills, Mary E. 04 Jan 1827 18 Nov 1878 Wife of W. M. Grills
Templin, Ladora 01 Mr 1856 24 Nov 1862 Daugther of B.F. and R Templin. [Shares marker with Eugenia E. Templin. Both girls died the same day]
Templin, Alylouisa Ann 11 Aug 1862 30 Jan 1871 Daughter of B.F. and R. Templin
[Marker is broken with pieces missing]
Templin, Eugenia E. 11 Jul 1860 24 Nov 1862 Daughter of B. T. and R. Templin
[Shares marker with Lodora Templin
Reid, Benjamin Eugene 22 Sep 1888 26 Sep 1888 Son of R. B. and M. M. Reid
Templin, Benjamin T. 21 Feb 1827 27 Jul 1877 50Y, 5M and 6D
H. W. [No date] [No date] [No other inscription]
Templin, Rebecca Taylor 15 Jan 1835 18 Jan 1909
Templin, [Benjamin Franklin, Jr.] 16 Aug187? [1870] 26, 187? [1871] [Stone is broken and inscription is almost completely gone.]
Ervin, Olla Dora 05 Nov 1876 13 Jun 1881 Daughter of Danil and Amanda Ervin
Hilton, John Preston [No date] 23 Dec 1919 Tennessee Corpl. 50 Inf. [Died in France. Son of Jeremiah and Sarah Owens Helton]
White, John 01 Apr 1823 28 Jun 1877 Ag’d 54Y’s, 2m’s, and 27D’s
Whaley, Freddie 29 Aug 1884 24 Jul 1885 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Whaley
Hilton, Fred R. 11 May 1907 05 Apr 1934 [Killed in a railway accident in 1924. Son of Jeremiah and Sarah Owns Helton]
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 25 March 2003 by Betty Jane Hylton and Donna Briggs members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. Updated 21 Sep 2014 by Robert D. and Betty Jane Hylton. Updated December 2014 by Gordon M. Edwards.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Blair Cemetery
2003
A plot outlined with large cut limestone blocks, at one time topped with an iron fence. One large block bears the inscription: J. R. S. 1885. Is this the initials of the stone mason or someone buried at Blair?
Stones inside the blocks are:
____________ __anklin, _on of B.F. and R.T. Templin,
Rebecca Taylor Templin
Benjamin T. Templin
Daughters of B.T. & R.T. Templin, Aly Louisa Anna, Lodora and Eugenia E.
Benjamin Eugene
___________ Templin, Aug 19, 187– – July 22, 187_
H.W.
4 unreadable markers
Iron fence surrounds the graves of:
Isaac Templin,
Clarinda, wife of Isaac Templin,
Pricella H. Helton, b. 1836, d. 12 Apr 1917. According to Tennessee Certificate of death #199 is buried in an unmarked grave. Wife of Samuel Helton. Mother of John Preston Helton/Hilton.
From Charles Bennett’s 1976 survey:
J.G. June 8, 1799 [This was Jacob Gyer, Sr. He was b. ca 1730-40 [Germany]; wife Catrena, ca. 1730-40 – [08 Mar] 1828 probably buried here too. CMB]
One grave marked with stalactites, a large one at the head and a smaller one at the foot.
Grave marked with stalactites
Additional information:
1850 Census Washington County, TN
1459/1491 Isaac Templin 38 B. TN; Clarinda 31 b. TN; William H. 2, b. TN; Susan 1 b. TN.
1460/1492 Samuel Templin 54 b. TN; Rebecca 51 b. TN; Benjamin F. 23 b. TN.
1860 Census Washington County, TN
#389 B.F. Templin, 33; Rebecca 25; Fedora 4(f); Elizabeth Bogart 65.
1870 Census Washington County, TN
#660 Grills, William 43; Elizabeth 43; Wesley 12; Alexander 8; Nancy 6; Esther E. 3; Landon C. 11/12.
1880 Census Washington County, TN
page 472 Ervin, Daniel 30, Mandy 23, Olley D. 3 (f); Eddy U. 2
Washington County, TN Marriages by Goldene Burgner Fillers:
Isaac Templin and Clarinda Deakins, daughter of Henry & Rosannah Burris Deakins, married March 12, 1846.
Jacob White and Nancy Carbury married February 14, 1814.
William Templin, ca. 1770 – ca. 1846 and wife, Susannah Gyer, daughter of Jacob and Catarena Gyer, married June 20, 1793 in Frederick Co. MD – born ca. 1770-76, are probably buried here. CMB.
Washington County, TN Wills by Goldene Burgner Fillers, page 27:
Catrina Gyre, Probated Session 1828
To my daughter, Sarah Eliza Gyre, my tin plate stove.