Kincheloe-Cox Cemetery
2002
Located on Hulse Road near the Harmony Community. The cemetery is on the right side of the road across Kendrick Creek in a cedar thicket on fenced land. The cemetery was very overgrown and many gravestones have been destroyed or lost. The Cox family cleaned up the cemetery with help but the state of this cemetery is unknown at this time, (2013)
36°24.42N 082°33.39 W; Elevation: 1681 ft.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENT
Cox, Abe 12 Aug 1887 25 Sep 1900 “Asleeq in Jesus” (note misspelling)
Cox, John M. 14 Nov 1851 November 31, 1929 Same stone as Sallie E. Cox
Cox, Ollie V. 24 Nov 1874 August 5?, 1888 Not sure about the 5
Cox, Sallie E. 12 Jul 1855 November 13, 1883
March 13, 1883Same stone as John M. Cox
She has two stones. An older stone was replaced when her husband died. The dates of death differ, though.
Hulse, Elvira 1903 “Gone to a better land”
Hulse, Hannah J. 26 Aug 1853 16 Mar 1897 “Asleep in Jesus”
Jackson, Norobell 07 Mar 1905 1909 “Sister”
Kincheloe, William 28 May 1793 11 Aug 1840 The engraver ran out of room for the name and put the “oe” above the name, “Kinchel”.
Mitchell, Haskle Lee 04 Feb 1909 14 Feb 1909 “Gone but still remembered”
Mitchell, Rutha 27 Nov 1824 19 Jan 1882 “Wife of Thomas Mitchell”
Thomas is buried at Double Springs Church Cemetery.
Whillock, Marta February 20, 185?
“Consort of James M. Whillock”
Almost completely illegible.
[This may be Martha Cox, daughter of John Cox & Ruth Gray. Dates work]
Mitchell, James 27 Feb 1868 03 Jul 1897 “29YR., 4MO., 6DA’S”
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 2002 by Donna Cox Briggs 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.
There are several unreadable stones and fieldstones marking graves. A total of 79 graves were counted.
Additional information:
From Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, v. III, p.18-19 with permission from Loraine Rae.
The following were found in 1977 but not in 2002:
Cox, Seacle, b&d 5 Aug ?
Kincheloe, George, 26 Sep 176? – 15 Dec 1843
Kincheloe, Sally, Nov 1761 – 7 May 1811 [Daughter of John Anthony Buckner and Sarah Byrne]
Wheelock, Lee E. [?]
Death and Obituary Notices printed in the Herald and Tribune, published in Jonesborough, Tennessee
Vol. XXVIII #48, Wed., March 24, 1897 Harmony, Tenn., March 18—Death came to Miss Hannah Hulse, cause cancer, and was buried yesterday.
Additional family information
John M. Cox (nicknamed Spoolie) was the son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Copas Cox.
Sallie Hulse Cox was the daughter of John (Jack) Hulse and Elvira Kincheloe. Elvira Kincheloe Hulse is also buried in this cemetery. She was born in May 1826 in Washington County, Tennessee, the daughter of James Horace Kincheloe.
Abe Cox is a son of John M. and Sallie Hulse Cox.
Washington County Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872 by Goldene F. Burgner.
p. 35 William Kincheloe August 6, 1840 Wife, Minerva. Daughters: Sarah and Mary – $500 each. Three sons: Archiblad, George and John – $500 each. Executors: John Kincheloe. Wit.: Valentine Sevier, Smith Irwin, James Kincheloe. Probated September Term, 1840. Signed: William (X) Kincheloe.
p.38 George E. Kincheloe June 27, 1840 Children: John, William, James, Nancy McPherson, Mary wife of James Owen decd., Sarah, Elizabeth wife of John Whitlock, Clary wife of Chase Hale, Margaret wife of Jhn W. Brown. My watch to my grandson, George Kinchelo, son of my son John. Executors; Sons: John, William, and James Kincheloe. Wit.: Thomas Fulkerson, George J. Jackson, Elijah Ellis. Signed: George Kincheloe.
Washington County Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870 by Goldene F. Burgner.
p.73 August 18, 1846 Thomas Mitchell – Ruth Hale md. _ August 1846 by John Jackson, J.P.
p.167 July 11, 1870 John Cox – Sallie Hulse md. 11 July 1870 by B.F. White M.G.
1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee
#594 Whillock, James 65, Martha E. 23, John A. 15, William N. 13, Geo. W. 11, Franklin C. 8, Samuel 1, Elmira 20.
#594 Hulsee, Elvira 54, Hannah 25, James B. 21
#593 Mitchell, Thomas 53, Ruthy 56, Amanda 15, James 10.
#595 Cox, John M. 28, Sallie O. 24, Martha R. 9, Louie Ollie 5 (f), Abie Oscar 2, E. Florence 5/12
1870 Census Washington County, Tennessee
Hulse, Elvira 46, Hannah 16, James B. 12, Ann C. 9
Mitchell, Thomas 43, Ruthie 45, Chase 23, Elizabeth 21, John 14, Clara 12, Amanda 4, James 1.
Cox, John H. 52, Hannah 51, Catherine 22, Matilda 20, John 18, Charles 14, James 11.
1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee
#652 Wheelock, James M. 44, Elizabeth 11, Sarah F. 5, Martha C. 4
#653 Hulse, Wm. K. 53, Hannah 52, Elizabeth 16, Louisa 14, Elvira 11.
#522 Mitchell, Thomas 33, Rutha 36, Chase 12, Elizabeth 11, John 5, Clara 2
1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee
1970/2013 Hulse, William K., Hannah 42, Leah 17, Abram 16, Mary A. 13, Thomas K. 9, Elizabeth 7, Louiza 5, Elvira 1, John Hulse 21.
1672/1708 Wheelock, James 34, Martha 24, Rebecca 2.
76/79 Mitchell, Thomas 23, Ruth 25, Chase 2, Elizabeth 1.