Located in the Hales Community near 334 Tavern Hill Road, Jonesborough, Tennessee. There is only one stone with an inscription in the back row and approximately 10-15 fieldstones. In the 1960’s older residents called this cemetery the Hale Cemetery.
GPS location: 36°16.25N 082°24.32W
Carter, Mary Lee [Only one date] 15 Sep 1928, daughter of Paul and Emma Carter
Row 1 has 9 graves, row 2 has 5 graves and row 3 has Baby Carter’s grave.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web January 2003 by Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2011 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information
The following information was given by the late Buster Carter, owner of the farm. The following are buried in this cemetery:
Joshua Carter, 2 Nov 1831 – 15 Dec 1899
Susan Goodman Carter, 26 Mar 1817 – 2 Feb 1891
Lula Carter, daughter of Andy Carter, about 3 years old
Mary Lee Carter, Infant daughter of Paul and Emma Carter
Mary Carter Huff, 2 Dec 1851 – 31 Aug 1878
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Carter Huff, 27 Jan 1854 – 9 Oct 1879
Resis Huff, Infant daughter of Preston & Lizzie Carter Huff
Callie Huff, daughter of Harrison and Mary Carter Huff
Baby Short, daughter of Jimmy Short
Mr. Hurt