Union Grove Cemetery
2013
Located across the road from 558 Conklin Road in the New Victory Community, Telford, Washington County, Tennessee.
GPS Location: 36°13.39N 082°31.14W; Elevation: 1685 ft.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 27 May 2003 by Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.Updated 14 Feb 2013 by Robert and Betty Jane Hylton.
Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
The following markers were found in 1977, according to the Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, used with permission by Loraine B. Rae.
Russell, Samuel 1868 – 1924
Greenlee, James 8 Oct 1936 – 27 Oct 1968
Scott, Henry R., Sr. 1905 – 1972
Johnson, George P. 1929 – 1972
Johnson, Mattie 1927 – 1970
Jordan, Etta (no dates)
Hale, Jennie K. 1881 – 20 Mar 1962
Hale, Fred R. 1910 – 1969
Johnson, Jennie H. 1920 – 1972
Allison, Flora Taylor, b. 9 Feb 1895, d. 15 Apr 1958
UNION GROVE CEMETERY TENNESSEE DEATH RECORDS FOR UNMARKED GRAVES
Banner, Reba, b. 8 Aug 1915, d. 4 Dec 1941 [DR 28426]
Fletcher, Lyons, b. 1840, d. 7 JUL 1927 [DR 16786]
Lyons, Hermon, b. 20 Dec 1907, d. 11 Jul 1941 [DR 17132]
Pillar, Laura, b. 4 Mar 1871, d. 10 Oct 1941 [DR 23620]
Russell, James Y., b. 14 May 1906, d. 10 Nov 1926 [DR 28679]
DEED
Deed Book 46, Page 438 (1877) – Edward West to J. Murray, I. Miller, A. Hill, West McKee, W. Murray, and Sidney Mivet (sic – Maverick). “…..committee above named are agents for the colored persons…..” Deed notes that “…..there IS a House for Public Worship and scool (sic) purposes for the use of the colored persons…..”
The plotting of the metes and bounds called in the deed match Washington County tax parcel 082-089.00 where the cemetery now exists.