Hale, Landon Carter Cemetery
2001
Also known as Hale (Shadrack) Cemetery
Located at 216 Coxes Springs Rd., Fall Branch, TN in a field beside the house. Bud Cox has cleaned and reset the markers in concrete bases. The cemetery is surrounded by a fence. There could be as many as 21 graves in this cemetery.
GPS location: 36º22.169N 082º74.55W; Elevation: 1776 ft.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Chase, John S. 04 Feb 1847 22 Jun 1890
Hale, Infant [No date] [No date] Infant of Sallie E. Hale
Hale, Mollie M. 04 Feb 1838 18 Feb 1884
Hale, Thomas 1843 07/10/58
Hale, Samuel 1846 07/14/58
Chase, Shadrach 22 May 1811 [28 Oct 1887]
[Calculated date]Aged 76yrs, 5mos, 6days
[Stone is broken and has been repaired over the date of death]
Chase, Margaret B. 1818 1881 [Funeral home marker set in stone]
Chase, Elisabeth Jane 01 Jul 1848 08 Jul 1858 Daughter of Shadrach & Marg’t Chase
Hale, Hannah Ellis 08 Aug 1813 23 Oct 1890 Mother
[Same stone as L. C. Hale]
Hale, L. C. 01 Jan 1812 19 Apr 1893 Father
[Same stone as Hannah Ellis Hale]
Hale, Shaderack C. 12 Feb 1840 09 Sep 1921 Aged 81 Yrs, 6 Mos, 17 Days
Hale, William C. 14 Feb 1844 23 May 1918
Hale, Emma Kiser 1848 1923
Hale, Minnie Pearl 07 Nov 1887 11 Nov 1887 Daughter of W. C. & Emma Hale
R. H. [Initials only]
H. R. [Initials only]
S. H. [Initials only]
Illegible stone
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web November 2001 by Betty Jane Hylton, Donna Cox Briggs, Bud Cox and Dawn Peters 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
Bud Cox gives the following information:
Delcina Chase married James Ellis Hale, son of L.C. and Hannah Ellis Hale. He married the second time to Nancy Ferguson. Delcina Chase Hale is buried in the Old Babb’s Cemetery in Greene County, TN. but there is no marker.
William and Emma Hale adopted Dora Belle Ballard (b. 1875). In the 1880 census, she is listed as Belle D. Dora Belle Ballard married Will Phillips.
From Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870, by Goldene Fillers Burgner:
P.36 – Landon Carter Hail to Hannah Ellis md. 2 June 1831 by Jesse Riggs, M.G.
P.141 -William C. Hale to Emma E. Kizer md. 25 January 1866 by W.C. Hale, J.P.
1850 Census for Washington County, Tennessee:
#1968 – Hale, Landon, 38 b. TN, Hannah 35 b. TN, James 14, Mary M. 12, Shaddrack 10, Richard H. 7, William C. 6, Thomas M. 4, Elizabeth M. 2; all the children were born in TN.
1860 Census for Washington County, Tennessee:
#596 – Hale, Landon C. 48, Hannah 47, Mary M. 22, Shadrack 19, Richard H. 17, William C. 16, Elizabeth M. 14, Elijah H. 8,
Sarah E. 2.
1870 Census for Washington County, Tennessee:
District 13
#126 – Hale, Landon C. 58, Hannah 57, Mary M. 30, Elijah H. 18, Sarah E. 12, Etta 6.
#127 -William C. 25, Emma H. 22.
1870 Census for Greene County, Tennessee:
#232 – Chase, Shadick 69, Margaret 57, John 31, Debora A. 21, Martha E. 15.
Hale, Shadrack Rev. Mkr.
2014
BIOGRAPHY OF SHADRACK HALE
The following is the speech given by Anna O. Mays at the DAR Marker dedication for Shadrack Hale at the old Hale Cemetery on 10 May 2014.
The first Hale to arrive in America was George Hale from England, who arrived in Jamestown in 1620. Later Hales would move into the Baltimore area, then across the mountains into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It is from Lunenburg County (newly formed) Virginia, that Shadrack would travel into the Watauga Settlement.
It is difficult to cross the years and try to tell you about someone when there is nothing specifically written about him. We have no idea what he looked like. But, to me, Shadrack Hale, epitomizes the colonial settler that circumstances turned into a patriot/soldier. For most people, carving out a home in the wilderness, providing for a family, and protecting them from wild animals and Indians would be a daunting task. But, when the British troops on the other side of the mountains threatened to come into the area and “burn their homes, kill the people, and desecrate their graves”, this was more than enough to turn a settler into a soldier.
One thing I can tell you about Shadrack is that he was willing to do his part to protect the settlers in the Watauga area. Shadrack would later receive payment from the state of North Carolina for “services rendered against the Chickamauga Indians,” and also payments from the North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts. I can safely say, he must have been an excellent shot. While researching records in Raleigh, NC, I found a reference to his paying part of his taxes in “scalps.” I really didn’t want to think of my ancestor scalping Indians, so I was relieved when further research showed that the scalps were from crows and squirrels. When you consider he was using a muzzle-loader, he had good eye sight.
Another thing we know about Shadrack was that he was very interested in the Watauga Area gaining its independence from North Carolina. Both Shadrack, Sr. and son Shadrack, Jr. signed the petition to ask North Carolina to declare the area free so the new state of Franklin could be created. This would have enabled the settlers the right to make their own laws, etc. As you know, North Carolina rescinded their offer and the State of Franklin was never recognized.
We know that Shadrack was a religious man. Shadrack and his brothers – Meshack, Abendego and Nicholas, along with a sister who was married to the Reverend Matthew Talbott were instrumental in bringing the Baptist Church into the area. Sinking Springs Baptist Church near Elizabethton is still in existence today. Those of you who came from Jonesborough passed the Oak Hill Baptist Church, where three of his descendants were among the five charter members of the church. To my knowledge, all his descendants were Baptist. I may have been the first to stray when I joined the Methodist Church as an adult.
But, perhaps the most important thing about Shadrack was his love of the land. He brought his family into a wilderness seeking land. Eventually, he would acquire around 1000 acres of land either by grant or purchase. He lived out his life in this very spot, and passed his love of the land on to his descendants. There has been a descendant of Shadrack’s on part of the original land continually since 1778. Tennessee has declared the farm (where Odell house is located) a “Pioneer Farm.” A designation given to a farm before statehood. At the time, it was the 3rd oldest farm in Tennessee. For this designation, proof by deeds of continuous ownership by a descendant.
This cemetery is referred to as the “Old Hale Cemetery.” Shadrack is buried here on a hill over looking the big spring (actually head waters of Lick Creek) where he built his home. According to his grandson, Landon Carter Hale (who is buried here too) the first burial took place in 1797. This could not have been Shadrack, but I like to think it was his wife, Mary. Whatever sacrifices he made, I think Shadrack would be very pleased that we are honoring his memory by placing this marker today.
Note: Eighth generations were at the cemetery.