Henley (Marion) Cemetery
2008
Located in the Clark’s Creek Community in the 1st Civil District of Washington County, Tennessee. Turn beside of 234 Clark’s Creek Road, up a little lane. Follow the lane all the way to the barn. The cemetery is on the left in a clump of tree surrounded by a cattle pasture. Only one marker with a name. Several fieldstones but there was so many stones it was hard to tell if they were marking graves.
GPS Location: 36° 09.543 N 082° 32.392 W; Elevation: 1559 ft.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Henley, Marion 08 Jun 1866 11 Sep 1887 [Marker made by Remine]
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web January 2008 by Elaine Cantrell, Barbara Nelson, Robert Hylton 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 may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information
Mildred Miller Brittain obtained the following information from Mrs. A.H. (Bessie) Cloyd about others buried here in unmarked graves in 15 Mar 1977,
Evie Henley (Greenway)
Nerva Henley (Broyles)
Mary Henley
Jim Henley and Sallie Walters Henley (parents)
The above information was found in Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, v. II, page 217 with permission of Loraine Bennett Rae.
1880 U.S. Federal Census, Washington County, Tennessee, District 1
5/5 Henley, James M. 62, Sarah 56, Minerva 24, Sarah C. 22, Mary A. 20, Melvina 18, Alzenia 16, Marion P. 13
1870 U.S. Federal Census, Washington County, Tennessee District 1
7/6 Henly, J.M. 52, Sarah 46, Evaline 20, Manerva 18, S.C. (f) 17, M.A. 12 (f), Melvina 10, Alzena 7, M.P.F. (m) 4
Washington County, Tennessee Marriages 1780-1870, by Goldene Fillers Burgner
p. 80 James M. Henley to Sally Broyles 12 Sep 1848 by J.S. Burnett, Meth. Epis. Church
Washington County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1871-1899 by Watuaga Association of Genealogists
p. 10 William Greenway to Eveline Henley 26 Sep 1872 by J.M. Seaton, JP