May-Thomas Cemetery
2005
Located in a clump of trees in the field beside of house #2097, Hwy. 81 S, Jonesborough, TN. The fence is down and all the markers have fallen.
GPS location: 36°15°49 082°21°35; Elevation: 1749 ft.
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garst, Ralph | 02 Oct 1892 | 09 Nov 1892 | Son of Samuel & Rebecca Garst. |
| May, David | 24 Dec 1859 | 25 Dec 1859 | Son of Samuel & Mary May |
| May James Rufus | 1865 | 1925 | |
| May, Mary Catharine | 11 Sep 1831 | 05 Dec 1910 | |
| May, Samuel | 09 Feb 1829 | 24 Mar 1884 | |
| Reed, Infant | [Only 1 date] | 17 Feb 1886 | Son of Summerfield & Eliza Reed. |
| Reed, Eliza May | 04/04/54 | 10 Aug 1935 | [Shares marker with Summerfield Reed] |
| Reed, Summerfield Reed | 01/31/55 | 24 Jan 1899 | [Shares marker with Eliza May Reed] |
| Thomas, David | 05/13/86 | 30 Apr 1865 | |
| H T | [No date] | [No date] | [Footstone of Hannah Thomas, consort of David Thomas, 17 Feb 1797 – 19 Mar 1866. Marker found in 1960 but not in 2004.] |
20 graves marked with fieldstones.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web Jan 2005 by Donna Cox Briggs, Jan Clark, Chester Willis and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. II, p. 3, with permission from Loraine B. Rae.
This cemetery is located about four miles directly South of Jonesboro. It is about one quarter mile East of Highway 81 between Jonesboro and Erwin. The farm on which it is located was sold by Henry McCray to David Thomas of Sullivan County on October 28, 1822. On Dec. 5, 1850, Mary C. Thomas married Samuel May. On Jan. 7, 1857, David Thomas sold the farm to his son-in-law, Samuel May., set aside in 1903. This cemetery has perhaps had as many as seventy burials, most of them marked with plain fieldstones or unmarked. The cemetery is covered with brush and trees. Copied by Charles M. Bennett, Sept. 16, 1960.
Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts, 1908-1916, by Eddie M. Nikazy, p.18
Mary C. May, age: 78 years, married, death cause: “old age,” died 5th District on 5 Dec 1910, record (1908-12): 92281.
1850 Census Washington County, TN
356/372 Thomas, David 56, Hannah 33 b. VA, Mary E. 17
1860 Census Washington County, TN
451 May, Samuel 31, Mary C. 28, Harriet A. 8, Eliza A. 6, David 1/12
452 Thomas, David 74, Hannah 63.
1870 Census Washington County, TN
Dist. 4
30 May, Samuel 42, Mary C. 38, Harret A. 18, Eliza A. 16, Rebecca G. 8, John F. 7, Jas. Rufus 2
1880 Census Washington County, TN
5th Dist.
310/310 May, Samuel 57, Mary C. 49, Rebecca G. 19, John F. 17, James R.14; Dowdle , Margaret 11
311/311 Reed, Summerfield 25, Liza A. 26, Minnie P. 11, William E. 2, Lilah M. 8/12
1900 Census Washington County, TN
5th Dist.
74/74 Reed, Eliza A. b. Apr 1854, 46, widow; Wm. E., son b. Jan 1878, 22; Ida E., daughter b. Dec 1881, 18; Olivene T. daughter, b. Feb 1884, 16; Mary E. daughter b. Nov 1890, 9; Frank S. son b. Apr 1892, 8; Walker, Calvin B. son-in-law b. July 1874, 25 married 1 year; Lelia M. daughter b. Sep 1879, 20 married 1 year.
Washington County, Tennessee Marriages 1780-1870 by Goldene Burgner, p. 88: Samuel May to Mary C. Thomas, 5 December 1850 by Samuel Y. Wyly, MG
Washington County Tennessee Marriage Records, 1871-1899 by Watauga Association of Genealogists, p. 70: S.S. Garst to Rebecca G. May, 21 May 1885 by F.W. Dove, MG
p.93: J.F. May to Alice Walker, 18 Aug 1889 by F.W. Dove, MG
Abstracted from Widows’ Dowers of Washington County, Tennessee, 1803-1899 by Gary R. Toms and William R. Gann pp. 227-229: Margaret Thomas, widow of Samuel Thomas, October Term 1866. Husband Samuel Thomas. 12 Aug 1867, …appropriated to Mary May, wife of Samuel May a portion of the lands.