Francis Cemetery
2008
Located in a field about 100 feet from the TVA power lines running north on the Jim McNeese Farm. Follow the old dirt road up the hill. Traveling from Johnson City on Hwy. 67 (Cherokee Rd.), turn left on Lone Oak Road at the Cherokee Elementary School. Pass the Lone Oak Christian Church. Lone Oak changes to Dry Creek Road at the intersection of Sinking Creek Road. Turn right into the new Sea Biscuit subdivision. At the end of the now unnamed street, look to the left at the TVA power lines running north. The cemetery is located about 100 feet from the power lines in a wooded area. Turn off Dry Creek Road onto Jim McNeese Road. Park at the end of the road and cross the fence to the TVA Power Lines running north. Follow the old dirt road bed up the hill. The cemetery is on the right at the top of the hill in a wooded area.
GPS Location: 36.16.252N 082.22.250W; Elevation: 1938 ft.
Only fieldstones mark the graves.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web June 2008 by Elaine Cantrell, Charles Denton, Robert France, Ila Hamilton, Betty Jane & Robert Hylton membes 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.
Washington County, TN Deed Note Book #2, Page 66 registered in Vol. 80 pages 201, 202, 204.
W.I. Vines
Jacob H. Francis to James B. Cox
Last Statement in Deed was:
I may desire to further expressly reserve and retain one quarter of land around and including the place where my father and mother are buried on said land and the said J.B. Cox will place a fence around the said one quarter of an acre for preserving of said graves.
Witness my hand this the 25th day of Nov. 1901.
Jacob H. Francis
According to the U.S. Federal Census for Washington County Tennessee, Jacob H. Francis parents were:
Daniel Francis, born 1797, died after 02 Jun1880 in Washington County, Tennessee
Married 15 Feb 1829 to
Martha Gervin, born 1804, died between 30 Jul 1870 and 02 Jun 1880
Note: Their children: 1. James P. 1826-after 1885, married Nancy Barlow; 2. William B. 1831; 3. John G. 1833; 4. Jacob H. 1837; 5. Evelina 1841; 6. Robert 1842.
Daniel was son of John Francis (1767 Maryland, he died Dec. 29, 1826). Children: 1. Daniel 1797 m. Feb 15, 1829 Martha Girvin 1804; 2. Ephrian 1800 married March 19, 1820 Ann Andes 1796; 3. Agnes married Oct. 24, 1821 Henry Jones; 4. William Nov 4, 1810-Aug 22, 1894 married? Apr 15, 1832 Waynesville, NC; 5. Jane married Oct 2, 1833 Jonesboro, TN to John Presnell.]
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Francis/France, Daniel Will