UNION CHURCH OF CHRIST CEMETERY

Union Church of Christ Cemetery

Located at the intersection of Cherokee Road (Route 67) and Charlie Hicks Road, Jonesborough, TN. Well maintained.

GPS Location: 36.14.59N 082.25.31W; Elevation 1730 ft.

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Copied by Chester Willis, photographed by Betty Jane Hylton and transcribed by Lori Craiger May 2005. Updated and researched January 2005 by Elaine Cantrell. Donated to the Washington County TNGen Web page February 2006.

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

Genealogical information enclosed in brackets was found in the following sources:

Bennett, Charles M., and Watauga Association of Genealogists, Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions. 1st ed.: Loraine Bennett Rae, 1979; with permission from Loraine B. Rae.

The following were found in 1976 but not in 2005:

Bennett, David York, 18 Oct 1954 – 20 Dec 1954

Branch, Esther, 1878 – 1933

Gilliam, ?, died 1962

Green, Alice Loretta, 1868 – 1964

Miller, Infant, 31 Jul 1938 – 31 Jul 1938, son of J.A. & Dixie Miller

Paul, Fannie, 2 Jan 1881 – 23 Oct 1934

Riddle, David, 1899 – 1955

Scott, Julia Cain, Sep 1841 – ? , 2nd wife of Absolom Lowery Scott; married 19 Jul 1859

The following names were found in Nikazy, Eddie M. Washington County, Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1916. Baltimore: Heritage Book, but not in 2005 survey of cemetery:

Baer, Andy, Miss, 2 Jan 1911 – 2 Jan 1915; dau. of W.P. & Minnie Baker; burned to death

Bayley, Texana, 2 Sep 1868 – 25 Sep 1915

Cash, Effie, Augusta, 1 Oct 1897 – 12 Jun 1916; dau. of Addie Cash

Cash, Nancy, died 24 Jul 1915; 90 yrs.; dau. of Nancy Waggoner

Cash, Nellie, 27 Oct 1916 – 28 Oct 1916; 1 day; dau. of Jessie Cash

Cole, Omar Clinton, 17 Apr 1913 – 14 Jul 1914; Twin of Ross; son of Frank & Mary Garland Cole

Cole, Ross, 17 Apr 1913 – 13 Jul 1914; Twin of Omar Clinton; son of Frank & Mary Garland Cole

Day, James Anderson, 9 Feb 1874 – 1 Jan 1916; son of Andrew & Nancy Hammet Day

Denton, John F., 8 Aug 1850 – 17 Nov 1916

Denton, William H.H., [1842] – 8 Jan 1916; son of Henry Denton; Civil War Veteran

Hale, Lizzie (Mrs.), 19 Jan 1889 – 21 May 1916; dau. of Frank & Jane Cox Hale

Laws, John R., 10 Jun 1910 – 23 Oct 1915

Lutturell, Bessie, 4 Sep 1915 – 6 Jan 1916

Long, William Gibson, 25 Jul 1858 – 1 Oct 1916; murdered, throat cut

McInturff, John W., 3 Apr 1841 – 5 Jan 1915

Miller, Clyde, 15 Sep 1915 – 15 Oct 1915

Redwine, Infant, died 5 Jan 1915; son of James & Margaret Obrien Redwine

Rose, William Albert, 26 Sep 1914 – 27 Sep 1914; son of Leslie & Fannie Baker Rose

Scott, Absolom Lowery, 6 Sep 1831 – 21 Mar 1915; son of David & Nancy Lowery Scott; grandson of Absolom & Mary [Wilson] Scott

White, Infant, died 4 Jan 1915; son of Frank & Eller White

Willin, Marjorie, 22 Sep 1914 – 10 May 1915; dau. of Martin & Lula Willin

 

Markers found by Mrs. Cantrell in a previous survey but not in 2005:

Harvey, Elizabeth Denton, 1852 –1872; dau. of John & Elizabeth Dention; 1st wife of Thomas G. Harvey

Hicks, Clarissa, 1909 – 1918; dau. of David & Nancy Story Hicks

Hicks, David, 1865 – 1919; son of Eli Hicks

Hicks, Nancy Story, 1868 – 1943; dau. of Eli & Sarah Leach Story

Perkins, Lydia, 1809 – 1866

Rash, Andrew “Andy”, died Aug 1905; typhoid

Rash, Hiram, died Sep 1905; typhoid

Rash, Noah, died 1904; typhoid

Shipley, Thomas, died Sep 1905; typhoid

Story, Jacob, 1874 – 1946; son of Milton & Tilda Whaley Story

Trent, Sherman, died Feb 1906; froze to death

Vance, Martha, died 1906

UNION CEMETERY UNMARKED GRAVES FROM TENNESSEE DEATH RECORDS 1917-1958

DR = Tennessee Death Records

 

We would appreciate receiving information about where these deceased individuals are buried in the cemetery. Elaine Scott Cantell <Elaine.Cantrell2264@gmail.com>

References:

Burgner, Goldene Fillers. Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985.

Watauga Association of Genealogists Northeast Tennessee. Washington County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1871-1899. 1st ed. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2004.

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