Leonard (Baston) Cemetery
2013
All markers found on the southeastern portion of this graveyard, directly behind (west) of 917 N. North Street, Johnson City, Tennessee. Very overgrown, more markers may exist. This cemetery was not included in the 1930 WPA or the 1970 surveys.
GPS Location: 36°18.987N 082°23.662
Fieldstone marker with:
J M LE
And an unknown flat rock behind it.
B [atson] N Leonard
Born 1824 and Died 13 Oct 1903
With foot marker “B N L”
“At Rest”
Broken head marker [Omega Leonard] top piece not found – adjacent to Batson’s marker
[Born June 1826, Died 23 Jun 1909]
With foot marker “O L”
Lydia J Leonard
Born 13 Oct 1872 Died 28 Apr 1888
Foot marker found but slightly out of place “L J L”
“She was the sunshine of our hom” (sic)
Joseph M. Leonard
Born 2 Jun1848 Died 22 Apr 1878
No foot marker found
“He died as he lived – a Christian”
Omega (Omey, Naoma) and Batson married on 10 Oct 1847.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web July 2013 by Gordon Edwards a member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information
A Washington County, Tennessee deed (92/236 – 1906) that Omika (Omega – Mrs Batson) Leonard signed off on the property, conveying it to the Holston Corp. It includes mention of the graveyard, although the dimensions vary slightly. Holston Corp, in turn, conveyed it (137/499) to Hugh Fain Anderson, again mentioning the same graveyard as above. Hugh had a plat done (1-25), which did not show the graveyard, however, following the deed chain, the graveyard was mentioned later on. Another Anderson plat (1-147), which subdivided further, does show the southern section. The measurements appears to have been made more accurate when that survey was done in 1939. The northern section of the graveyard was excluded from plat 1-147, but shows up in future deeds, hence the two parcels we see today. It has always showed up as an exception in the deeds, not separate conveyance, per se.
1870 U.S. Federal Census, Washington County Tennessee District 8
74/80 Leonard, B.N. 45, born NC
Leonard, Omega, 37, born NC
Leonard, Sarah, 18, born TN
Leonard, Thomas, 17, born TN
Leonard, James, 14, born TN
Leonard, William, 13, born TN
Leonard, Arnold, 10, born TN
Leonard, Lauretta, 8, born TN
Leonard, Matilda, 6, born TN
Leonard, Elizabeth 3, born TN
75/81 Leonard, Joseph 22, born TN
Leonard, Margaret 21, born TN
1880 U.S. Federal Census, Washington County, Tennessee, District 9
200/208 Leonard, B.M. 57, born NC
Leonard, Oma 53, born NC
Leonard, Baston A. 19, born TN
Leonard, Loretta 18, born TN
Leonard, Tilda A. 15, born TN
Leonard, Elizabeth A. born TN
Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 for Naoma Leonard
Naoma Leonard Death Record
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