Ellis-Martin Cemetery
2005
Located approximately 200 yards from the intersection of Hales Chapel, Side Martin and Old Gray Station Roads, Gray, Tennessee on a hill behind and to the right of a barn. It is in a grove of trees and not fenced.
GPS Location: 36º24.53N 082º27.72W; Elevation: 1643 ft.
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis, William | [No date] | [No date] | In Memory of my Grandparents. Erected by Mrs. C.C. Cox [Shares marker with Polly Ellis] |
| Ellis, Polly | [No date] | [No date] | [Shares marker with William Ellis] |
| Ellis, Elijah | 09 Oct 1807 | 15 July 18__ | [Death year date illegible] |
| Ellice, James C. | 15 May 1840 | 09 May 1861 | Son of Elijah and Jane Ellice; Aged 23 years 11mo and 21days |
| Ellis, Samuel B. | 1829 | 1911 | |
| Ellis, Elizabeth J. Ghormley | 21 Aug 1829 | 12 Mar 1899 | Wife of Samuel B. Ellis |
| Ellis, Fannie D. | 07 Feb 1870 | 03 May 1886 | [Stone is broken and only the top half was found] |
| Ellis, Infant | 20 Feb 1854 | [No date] | Daughter of S. B. and E. J. Ellis [Stone is broken and the bottom half is missing] |
| Martin, James F. | 1850 | 1918 | [Shares marker with Laura A. Martin; stone has been overturned, face down] |
| Martin, James F. | 06 Jul 1899 | 18 Oct 1904 | Children of Jas. F. and L.A. Martin [Shares marker with Laura A. Martin and Inez Martin] |
| Martin, Laura A. | 1857 | 19__ | [Shares marker with James F. Martin; stone has been overturned, face down] |
| Martin, Inez | 30 Aug 1877 | 03 Nov 1905 | Children of Jas. F. and L.A. Martin [Shares marker with Laura A. Martin and James F. Martin] |
| Martin, Edwin Ellis | 1875 | 1923 | |
| Martin, Infant | [One date] | 30 Aug 1909 | Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Martin |
| Cox, Lizzie Louise | 25 Mar 1892 | 28 Oct 1897 | Daughter of C. C. and M. L. Cox; 5y 7m 3d |
| Chester, James W.P. | 17 Aug 1847 | 22 Jan 1871 | |
| Weems, Infant | [One date] | 02 Oct 1910 | Infant of W. E. and Carrie Weems [Stone is lying on the ground] |
Approximately ten graves marked by fieldstones and ten unmarked graves.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web March 2005 by Donna Cox Briggs, Jan Clark, Chester Willis, Bob Shell and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information:
Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Volume III, p. 61, with permission from Loriane B. Rae.
From the files of Charles M. Bennett:
This cemetery is on the land owned by William Ellis about the time the Revolutionary War closed. There is little doubt that William Ellis was a Revolutionary Soldier. The will of William Ellis, 11 September 1809, Book 1, page 79 Washingotn County, Tennessee, shows that he had grandchildren living at that date. In this will, he names his wife, Martha, the following children and grandchildren: Margaret Beane, a daughter, the widow of Edward Beane, property to go to her children after her death; Jacob Ellis, a son; James Ellis, a son; Martha Ellis, a daughter, Clark Ellis a son; Elijah Ellis, a son; William Ellis, a son; John Ellis, a son; Ellis Grisham, a grandson; Elizabeth and Margaret Grisham, grandddaughters. Some of the Ellis marriages in Washington County are as follows: Isaac Martin and Polly Ellis, 25 December 1818 (license); Elijah Ellis and Jane McAdams, 14 Marc 1831; William Ellis and Mary McAdams, 8 Feb 1825; Clark Ellis and Nancy Liken, 4 December 1811; John Ellis and Elizabeth Shipley, 28 December 1830.
Washington County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1871-1899 by Watauga Association of Genealogists.
Courtney, C. Cox to Mollie L. Ellis, 06 July 1881 by D.O. Byers, MG