TVA Cemetery #4 – Boone Lake Project – Washington County, TN
Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists. Information used with the permission of Lorraine Bennett Rae.
From volume 3, page 90 – entry 77
“Located on the left bank of the Watauga River. Flooded by Boone Lake. TVA records indicate that there were 94 graves; 47 were removed. Of the remaining 47 unknown graves, 28 were infants”
Those that were reinterred were moved between 30 June 1952 and 11 July 1952.
While reviewing the TVA records and foreman notes, a newspaper clipping was found – 6 May 1952, Press-Chronicle – Tommy Hall was killed by a self-inflicted shotgun blast thought to be accidental. His widow, Kate, was left to raise several young children.
Tommy Martin and Alma Kate Hall are buried at Gray Community Cemetery. Tommy was the son of Samuel Hall and the grandson of James Nathaniel Hall.
LOCATION: Located at Hall’s Ford (Oak Grove) Gray, Washington County, TN. Under the surface of the water, slightly northwest of 170 Kate Street, Washington County tax parcel 006JA012.00 – at the northwest corner of the parcel. Elevation approximately 1305 feet. TVA records available to the public were also found to supplement and confirm deed research. This burial ground was at the northeast corner of the parcel owned by Thomas Martin “Tommy” Hall.
GPS Location: +36° 26.220, -82° 24.790
DEEDS – Several deeds were reviewed to aid in determining the location of this burial ground. There are two documents that specifically address the burial ground and are releases by the heirs of the burial ground proper. Deed Book 266, Page 380 and Minutes Book 20, Page 69 (1952) involved several individuals whose names will not be listed here. The burial ground was approximately 210’ X 240’.
Two other documents specifically were used to locate the burial ground. Deed Book 258, Page 343 (1951) and Minutes Book 18, Page 519 (1952) were parcels on either side of the burial ground and contained calls of the burial ground boundaries. Plotting of those two parcels were clearly overlayed on the current tax map. A handful of other deeds were checked as additional verification and will not be listed, as no material differences were found. The Cemetery Survey Team files contain the reference material.
BURIALS – These named individuals were noted as moved to other burial grounds. (copied from the Bennett list and matches the TVA public listing). No public TVA records have been located regarding the names of those left. Dates clarified by viewing the markers that were moved, where found.
Name | Birth date | Death date | Reinterred Location | Marker |
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Russell, Infant | Africa Cemetery | None | ||
Russell, Adeline | 1921 | Africa Cemetery | None | |
Russell, Geo Washington | 1901 | Africa Cemetery | None | |
Russell, Elijah | Africa Cemetery | None | ||
Russell, Mary | Africa Cemetery | None | ||
Russell, Louvenia | Africa Cemetery | None | ||
Carmichael, Earl | Africa Cemetery | None | ||
Carmichael, UNK | Africa Cemetery | None | ||
Hall, Nathaniel | 13 May 1923 | 13 May 1923 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Tennessee | 12 Jan 1884 | 17 Jan 1911 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Sarah Ebbie | 14 Apr 1906 | 4 Mar 1908 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, J. Lucinda | 17 Jun 1853 | 11 Jul 1903 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Jacob | 19 Dec 1887 | 17 Jun 1903 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Fannie | 08 Sep 1885 | 10 Apr 1904 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Bertie | 19 Nov 1890 | 11 Aug 1894 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Samuel | 26 Feb 1844 | 14 Oct 1940 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Margaret J. | 06 Aug 1877 | 14 Oct 1940 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Margaret J. | 20 Jun 1853 | 21 Aug 1877 | Gray Community Cemetery | |
Hall, Inf Son of S & M Hall | 10 Sep 1876 | Gray Community Cemetery | ||
Hall, Inf Son of S & M Hall | 16 Mar 1876 | Gray Community Cemetery | ||
Hall, Inf Son of S & M Hall | 15 Mar 1874 | Gray Community Cemetery | ||
Hall, Inf Dau of S & M Hall | 23 Jan 1873 | Gray Community Cemetery | ||
Hall, Lucinda | 1843 | 17 Mar 1916 | Hales Chapel | |
Hall, E[benezer] B. | 15 Nov 1840 | 08 Nov 1909 | Hales Chapel | |
Hall, Melisa E. | 09 Feb 1865 | 09 Sep 1888 | Hales Chapel | |
Hall, Harriet A. | 21 Apr 1869 | 18 Aug 1879 | Hales Chapel | |
Hall, Mary A. | 24 Dec 1866 | 07 Aug 1869 | Hales Chapel | |
Goforth, Johnny Bartley | 1900 | Sanders Cemetery – Sullivan County | ||
Hall, Unknown [James]* | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |||
Hall, Unknown [Elizabeth]* | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |||
Hall, Little Bill [Billy] | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |||
Hall, Elizabeth | 22 Dec 1818 | 09 Jul 1883 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Hall, James | 12 Sep 1821 | 17 Sep 1886 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Hall, Elizabeth | 07 Feb 1859 | 31 Oct 1919 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Hall, Sarah Jane | 08 Mar 1860 | 31 Dc 1920 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Hall, James Robberts | 11 Oct 1851 | 14 Mar 1893 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Archer, Infant | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | None | ||
Hall, Nathaniel | 15 May 1857 | 07 May 1944 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Hall, Elizabeth Berry | 04 Oct 1862 | 22 Jan 1933 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Hall, Jennie Volena | 03 Nov 1900 | 27 Jul 1901 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Giesler, Inf Dau of EV & EJ | 21 May 1912 | 21 May 1912 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Giesler, Inf Son of EV & EJ | 04 Jun 1914 | 04 Jun 1914 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Giesler, Inf Dau of EV & EJ | 30 Mar 1911 | 30 Mar 1911 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Giesler, Inf Son of EV & EJ | 01 Apr 1910 | 01 Apr 1910 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Giesler, Inf Dau of EV & EJ | 24 Nov 1908 | 24 Nov 1908 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Hall, Esther Sandidge | 02 Dec 1895 | 04 Jun 1940 | Edgefield UMC – Sullivan County | |
Riffey, Garnet [Grant] Iver | 18 Oct 1893 | Hales Chapel |
Note: (*) TVA records indicate that one Walter E. Hall, shown as great grandson, authorized removal of these two bodies. He also authorized the removal of his grandparents, James N. Hall (1821-1886) and Elizabeth Snyder Hall (1818-1883). This would provide that the two unknowns were the parents of said James N. Hall. Unconfirmed online references name these two as James N. Hall (1776-1830) and Susan Elizabeth Biddle (1783-1831). The markers found at Edgefield are named with “James” and “Elizabeth”. Washington County marriages – James Hall to Elizabeth Biddle 13 Nov 1800. It is unknown who placed those newer, named flat granite markers that have only names.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web June 2015 by Gordon M. Edwards, member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
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