Seaton (John A) Cemetery
December 2004
Turn off at 2285 Hwy 107, Chuckey, Tennessee onto a lane. Travel about ¼ to ½ mile until the road ends at a barn. Go around the barn and jump across a creek. Walk 300 ft. to the crest of the hill. The graves are in a clump of trees. Thirty-five fieldstone and five unmarked graves were found.
GPS location: 36.08N 028.34.50W; Elevation: 1529 ft.
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaton, Elizabeth | 01 Jan 1831 | 04 Mar 1911 | |
| Seaton, John A. | 16 Jan 1822 | 12 Jul 1887 | |
| Seaton, Tampa E. | 04 Sep 1854 | 20 Jan 1963 | [male] |
| NET | [No date] | [No date] | [Hand hewn fieldstone] |
| W.J.S. | [No date] | [No date] | [Fottstone, no headstone found] |
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web December 2004 by Jan Clark, Bob Shell, Chester Willis, Paul Painter, Oscar Brown, Donna Briggs 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 of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information:
From Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists with permission from Loraine B. Rae.
The following markers were found in 1977 but not in 2004:
Wm. J. Seaton, 12 Oct 1852 – 24 Jan 1863
Mark Seaton, his wife, Hassie Tinker Seaton, [Mother of Rev. H. G. Brocus]
Harace Tinker states the following are buried in unmarked graves:
T.P. Tinker and Annie Tinker his wife died 1903
Burnie Tinker
Boone Tinker
Willie Tinker
Ada Tinker
Rex Tinker
Mary Tinker
Maud Tinker
Jane Austin
? Detridge
Paul Painter states that the following are buried here:
Phillip Parks Tinker
Anne Graham
McBurnie Tinker
Margaret Jane Seaton Aston, 1835 – 1919 married 6 Dec 1860 Wm. Henry Aston
Margaret Jane was the daughter of David and Alice Green Seaton.
William Henry was the son of John Aston and Mary B. McCracken.
More information on the John Aston Family can be found in History of Washington County Tennessee 1988 by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, ©1988, p.220.
1850 Census Washington County, TN
14 Nov 1850
14/80/1512 Seaton, David 51 b. TN, Alice 48, Jesse G. 25, Rebecca 2, Robert N. 18, Jacob M. 17, Margaret J. 14, Mariah 8, Martha A. 6
1484/1516 Seaton, John A. 28 b. TN, Elizabeth 18 b. TN
1860 Census Washington County, TN
14 Seaton, John A. 39, Elizabeth 29, William J. 7, Tempe E. 5 (m)
32 Aston, Henry 25
984 Tinker, Philip P. 28, Ann H. 20, Margaret 3, James H. 1
1870 Census Washington County, TN
Dist. 1
13 Seaton, John 46, Elizabeth 38
15 Seaton, Allace 57, Rebecca 31, Robert M. 30, Jacob M. 27, Margaret 24, Mark l. 18, Martha A. 16.
20 Astan, Wm. H. 35, M.J. 24, P.S. 2.
Dist. 18
3 Tinker, Phillip 39, Ann H. 31, Margaret 12, James 10, John M. 8, Mary A. 6, Phillip 3, Sarah D. 1
1880 Census Washington County, TN
1st Dist.
24/24 Seaton, John A. 58, Elizabeth 48
25/25 Seaton, Mark L. 38, Jane 36, Mary P. 11, Dora M. 9, David M. 7 Ruben C. 5, Sarah A. 3, Babe 1/12 (m)
21/21 Tinker, Philip P. 49, Ann H. 43, John M. 18, Mary A. 15, Philip 13, Sarah D. 11, William 9, Jacob 7, Barnett 5, McBurney 2
Individual Record for Philip Parks Tinker
Birth: 1831 Washington Co. TN
Death: Aft 1880, Washington Co. TN
Burial: Seaton Farm Cem. Painter Creek, Washington Co. TN
Father: James A. Tinker
Mother: Nancy A. Parks
Spouse: Ann Hessaltine Graham, B. 8 Jan 1857, Erwin, Washington Co. Tn (Unicoi). Married 8 Jan 1857; died 1903; buried Seaton Farm Cem. Painter Creek, Washington Co. TN. Dau. of John Graham