Located on Knob Creek Road, between Knob Creek Brethren Church and State of Franklin Road intersection, Johnson City, TN.

The land on which the Miller Cemetery is now located was a part of the George W. Miller farm. He had started this as the burial place for his descendants and his relatives. The cemetery was set up prior to the Civil War; and no doubt George W. Miller’s first wife, Sarah Loudermilk Miller, who died c1858, was the first person to be buried there – grave unmarked. George W. Miller, his sister, Margaret Miller Little, his brother, James Madison Miller and their husband/wives, children and grand children make up the majority of those buried there. There is reason to believe George W. Miller’s father, Henry, Sr. [died 9-20-1863] and his brother, Lafayette Miller are also buried there in unmarked graves.

Tombstones have recently been cleaned and reset in this well kept cemetery. The city of Johnson City has made it impossible to park beside of the cemetery. Visitors must park across the street and walk across five lanes of traffic to visit the cemetery.

GPS location: 36° 20.32N 082° 24.22W;  Elevation: 1621ft.

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Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web June 2003 by Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. Updated August 2018 by Gordon M. Edwards.

Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.

The following are buried here in unmarked graves

Briggs, Alice Little 1866-1922 [grave unmarked, wife of Edward Briggs and daughter of Rev. Arnold and Margaret Miller Little]

Miller, Sarah Elizabeth Loudermilk died c1858 [1st wife of George W. Miller married 12-20-1844

There are several Infant Howard children buried near the rear of the cemetery in graves with just field stones – names unknown.

The following graves were moved to Monte Vista Cemetery

Branscom, Cecil A. [son of V.E. and Sallie Sells Branscom]HQ 401 St.

Branscom, F.A. BN, killed 5-09-1949, Heilbronn, Germany, buried at St. Avoid, France, Plot D, Row 46, Grave 23, U.S. Military Cemetery, killed at age 19 – Memorial Marker.

Branscom, Infant died 4-11-1930 [son of V.E. and Sallie S. Branscom]

Branscom, Sallie Sells 9-24-1888 – 9-09-1949[2nd wife of V.E. Branscom]

Branscom, V. [Valentine] E. 4-06-1873 – 2-27-1939 [son of Mary Miller and Isaac Branscom]

The following are known to be buried here, but the stones were not found in 2003

Church, Mary C. d. 12-31-1928 [infant daughter of Hartsell and Sue France Church]

Davenport, Abner died 1961 [not related to Miller family]

Edens, Mary Jane Miller Branscom 1848 – 4-06-1918, Daughter of George W. and Sarah Loudermilk Miller, wife of 1.Isaac Branscom, 2. Unknown Baskette, 3. R.W. Lilley and 4. Nathaniel Edens. No doubt the four husbands are buried in this cemetery, but only the grave of Nathaniel Edens is marked.]

Jones, Infant died 11-13-1937 [daughter of Waites Jones – not related to Miller family]

Little, Arnold P. [Rev.] 1839 – 1912 [Methodist minister, husband of Margaret Miller Little; son of John and Ruth Boring Little, grandson of John and Elizabeth Carr Little; great grandson of Jonas and Rebecah Little, early pioneer settlers to Washington County from Shenandoah County, VA.]

McIntosh, Becky Randolph died 12-13-1953 age 68 years, 6 months, 7 days [not related to Miller family]

Taylor, Infant [infant child of Jack Taylor] [Name given by Mrs. Marion Sell, July 1981]

Wright, Fred, Sr., 1862 – 10-31-1938 [son-in-law of Rev. A.P. and Margaret Miller Little]

Wright, Fred, Jr. “Jack” 1912 – ? [Grandson of Rev. A.P. and Margaret Miller Little]

Additional information by the late Dessie Little Simmons.

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