Barnes Cemetery
Gibson St., Johnson City, TN
Located across the street from 1349 Gibson Street, Johnson City, TN. At the time of this survey it was overgrown with lots of poison ivy. Vandals have done a lot of damage to the markers. Thirty-five graves are marked with fieldstones and many graves unmarked. It has been cleaned up recently.
GPS location: 36.31.07 N 028.20.27 W Elevation: 1552 ft.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENT
Barnes, A.L. 14 May 1840 22 Apr 1882 [Marker broken]
Barnes, Alfred J. 10 Sep 1860 27 Oct 1886
Barnes, Analiza L. 20 Nov 1823 15 Sep 1837
Barnes, Andrew D. [No date] 30 Nov 1838 1 y 1 m 8 d
Barnes, Callie A. C. 27 Nov 1873 29 Dec 1892 20 y 1 m 2 d
[Barnes, Catherine A.] 2[3] April [1790] 2[5] April [1871] [Marker broken, information from previous survey]
Barnes, Deborah 05 Jan 1812 31 Aug 1855 Wife of James A. Barnes
Barnes, Harriet A. M. 24 Jan 1815 30 Sep 1870
Barnes, James H. 28 Dec 1837 [10 Dec 1879] [Broken stone; information from previous survey]
Barnes, John Landon 13 Sep 1840 12 Jan 1870
Barnes, John M. 08 Aug 1812 01 Apr 1889
Barnes, Madison M. 26 May 1825 04 Jul 1900 [Madison M. Barnes m. Jane Houston 25 Jan 1855]
Barnes, Margaret E. 31 Aug 1856 11 Jun 1890
Barnes, Martha J. 02 Mar 1864 18 Aug 1879 Daughter of J.H. & Sarah E. Barnes
15 y 5 mo 16 days
Barnes, Martha Saylor 07 Jan 1827 24 Apr 1898 Wife of A.L. Barnes
Barnes, Mary J. [No date] 25 Sep 1878 24ys 4m 12d
Barnes, Nora L. 06 Jan 1868 12 May 1892 Dau of H. & Sarah E. Barnes; 24 y 4 m
Barnes, Robert L. 23 Dec 1869 05 Jul 1901
Barnes, Sarah A. 07 Sep 1821 09 Nov 1868
Barnes, Sarah E. Saylor 05 Jun 1841 20 Jan 1914 Wife of Jas. H. Barnes
Barnes, Sarah J. 17 Feb 1835 27 Apr 1888 Wife of M.M. Barnes
Barnes, Susan D. 28 Nov 1871 29 Nov 1880 Daughter of J. H. & S. E. Barnes
Barnes, Tommy J. 15 Aug 1910 09 Dec 1918 Son of C.H. & Abbia E. Barnes
Barnes, William H. H. 25 Jul 1858 [31 Oct 1879] [Marker broken, death date from previous survey]
Barnes, William H. 08 Feb 1866 09 Sep 1868 [Marker broken in half]
Barnes, William Henry Harrison [No date] 20 Feb 1835 Aged 2[?] y 4m 14 days
Bowman, Mary A. Barnes 07 Aug 1856 12 Dec 1879 Wife of Joseph Bowman [Joseph Bowman m. Mary A. Barnes 2 Mar 1876]
Hale, Lucinda 15 Jan 1905 28 Mar 1905 [Lucinda Hunt m. William C. Hale 20 Aug 1857]
Hale, Wm. C. [No date] [No date] CO H 1 KY CAV [Gov’t marker]
Hendrix, Evelyn B. 09 Jul 1845 06 Dec 1874 Wife of S.H. Hendrix [Solomon H. Hendrix m. Elizabeth E. Barnes 20 May 1865]
Hunt, Susan E. 18 Jul 1860 14 Jul 1885
Millhorn, Lula V. Barnes [No date] 18 Mar 1905 Wife of William Millhorn [Wm. Milhorn m. Lula Barnes 5 Jul 1891]
Range, Robert J. 16 Dec 1887 01 Jan 1909 Son of A. .J and Sopha F. Range
Range, Sophia L. Barnes 26 Sep 1862 02 May 1887 Wife of A.J. Range [A.J. Range m. Sophia L. Barnes, 24 Dec 1885]
Saylor, Elwood R. 19 Feb 1873 24 May 1894 Son of J.A. & Bertie Saylor
Saylor, Harriett E. 01 Aug 1881 18 Feb 1893
Saylor, Robert A. 24 Feb 1901 04 Nov 1901 Son of J.A. & Bertie Saylor
Saylor, W.M. 05 Mar 1834 27 Oct 1910
[Sellers] Margaret B. [No date] 28 Feb 1835 Aged 28 y 1 m 11 d [Tree grown over half of marker; surname from previous survey]
Stevens, John H. 21 Aug 1834 18 Feb 1889
Stevens, Margaret 25 Jan 1825 29 Mar 1881
Thomas, Edward A. 26 Feb 1905 04 May 1905
Thomas, J.D., Dr. 15 Jan 1905 10 Apr 1905
Thomas, Jennie F. 05 Feb 1905 20 Apr 1905 [Jennie F. Barnes married James D. Thomas 27 Jul 1882]
Tucker, [Nita V.] 05 Jan 1887 07 Jul 1888 Dau. of [Addie and W.B.] Tucker [Part of marker missing; information from previous survey]
Unknown [No date] [No date] [Base of child’s grave; 1 footstone]
Unknown [No date] [No date] [Unmarked]
Unknown [No date] [No date] [Fieldstone]
Unknown 27 Jan 1905 05 May 1885 [Marker broken, top part could not be found]
Unknown [No date] 10 Dec 1829 Aged 11 Ys 11 Ms & 12 Ds [Marker broken, top part could not be found]
Williams, [Edna] [9 Dec 1854] 05 May 1885 [Part of marker missing; information from previous survey]
Williams, Frank 13 Feb 1813 15 Jan 1885 [Francis Williams m. Matilda Stephens 31 Mar 1836]
Williams, Matilda Stevens 14 Oct 1813 14 Jan 1903 Wife of Frank Williams
Williams, Sarah E. 25 Apr 1879 25 Apr 1887
Transcribed, photographed and donated to the Washington County TNGenWeb page, 4 Feb. 2005 by Donna Briggs, Jan Clark, Bob Shell, Chester Willis and Betty Jane Hylton.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Previous survey: Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists with permission from Loraine B. Rae.
Found in 1964 but not in 2005:
Lacy, Jennie E., dau. of W.J. and M.E. Lacy, 26 Mar 1886 – 29 Apr 1888
According to the WPA Washington County Cemetery List, Peter Sellers, Revolutionary Soldier, is buried here in an unmarked grave.
Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908-1916, by Eddie M. Nikazy
p. 36 William C. Hale, Age: 71 years, married, Miller, death cause: “asthma and heart failure,” died: 10th District on 31 Aug 1909, record (1908-12): 92524
p.26 Robert Range, age 21 years, single, death cause: “consumption,” died: Johnson City on 1 Jun 1909, record (1908-12): 92392.
1850 Census Washington County, TN
340/355 Barnes, Catherine 59 b. VA, farm $6500.
345/360 Houston, Stephenson, 28, Catherine E. 28, Mary J. 9, W.A. 8 (m), James N. 6, John L 5, Catherine A. 3, Lafayette 2, Melvina 2 months; Barnes, Madison M. 25
2151/2198 Williams, Francis 38, Matilda 24, M. Margaret 14, Alfred 12, John 10, Sarah A. 8, Isaac 7, Evelina 4, Lydia 1; Williams, Mary 64.
1860 Census Washington County, TN
3 Barnes, Allen L. 50, Martha 32, Analiza L. 5, Mary A. 4, Wm. H.H. 1, Catherine 69, Harriet A.M. 43
60 Williams, Francis 45, Matilda 40, Alford 21, John 19, Isaac 16, Joseph 10, Evealine 13, Lydia 11, Edny 6, Harriet 2.
378 Hale, William C. 22, Lucinda 18
1870 Census Washington County, TN
Dist. 9
186 Barnes, Allen 60, Martha 42, Ann Eliza 16, Mary A. 14, Wm. H. 12, Susan E. 10 Martha A. 8, Margaret 6, Adaline 8/12, Catherine 79
172 Williams, Francis 54, Matilda 52, Isaac 24, Lydia 20, Joseph 18, Ednie 14, Harriett 2; Dillenaham, M.A. 36, Hattie 13, Loueza 11, John 8,; Barnes, Cordelia 3
Dist. 12
34 Hale, William C., Jr. 32, Lucinda 28
1880 Census Washington County, TN
District 9
Page 526 Barnes, Allen L. 70, Martha 53, Susan E. 19 (f), Martha A. 17, Virginia F. 16, Adaline E. 10, R.B. Highs 3
Page 527 Barnes, M.M. 55, Sarah J. 45, Mary 18, Alicie L. 17, Blair 13, Rhoda B. 9, Robt. 7, James 5
Page 528 Barnes, Jack 63, Debora 62, Alfred 19
Page 528 Williams, Frank 66, Matilda 63, Edna 25, Harriett 22
District 10
Page 532 Hale, Wm. C.42, Lucinda 38; Hunt, Elizabeth, 64 mother-in-law
1900 Census Washington County, TN
10th Dist.
86/87 Thomas, James b. VA Jan 1842 58 yrs. M. 19 yrs., Jennie F., wife b. TN Dec 1843 m. 19 yrs, Edward b. Oct 1884 15 yrs, Beverly J, son b. Nov 1888 11 yrs.