{"id":3697,"date":"2012-12-22T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=3697"},"modified":"2017-07-13T20:43:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T00:43:39","slug":"duncan-melvin-carathers-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/cemeteries\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee-d-e-f\/duncan-melvin-carathers-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"DUNCAN-MELVIN-CARATHERS CEMETERY"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Duncan-Melvin-Carathers<\/a>

Duncan-Melvin-Carathers Cemetery
2003<\/p><\/div>\n

Located in Johnson City, TN on Market Place Blvd, between Knob Creek Rd., and West Oakland Ave., a street that replaces part of Denny Mill Rd, and near Lowe\u2019s Store. It was cleaned in 1985 by the Dirty Street Fighters. George and Margaret Holley kept the cemetery mowed for 9 years. After which, the Dirty Street Fighters graciously mows it once a month during the summer months. The developer of the land, purchased from the Marion Sell heirs, has built a treated wood fence around the graveyard in 1999.<\/span>
\nAt least a hundred graves are in this cemetery. Many are limestone rocks and some misplaced over the years of neglect.<\/span>
\nGPS Location:\u00a0 36.20.41N 082.24.16W; Elevation:\u00a0 1630 ft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NAME<\/th>BIRTH DATE<\/th>DIED DATE<\/th>COMMENTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Burt, Jasper Lucian<\/td>[No date]<\/td>20 May 1909<\/td>[No Marker]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carathers, Charlie R.<\/td>12 Feb 1872<\/td>24 Oct 1876<\/td>Son of J.M. & E. Carathers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carathers, David<\/td>21 Nov 1838<\/td>09 Feb 1910<\/td>[Shares marker with Elizabeth A. White Carathers & Sarah Carathers]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carathers, Elizabeth<\/td>23 Sep 1818<\/td>29 Apr 1886<\/td>Wife of John M. Carathers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carathers, Elizabeth A. White<\/td>22 Nov 1846<\/td>21 Oct 1879<\/td>[Shares marker with David Carathers and Sarah Carathers]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carathers, James C.<\/td>13 Dec 1874<\/td>31 May 1876<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carathers, Sarah Ferguson<\/td>26 Feb 1832<\/td>12 Oct 1907<\/td>[Shares marker with David Carathers and Elizabeth A. Carathers]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coleman, Gina Tester<\/td>08 May 1964<\/td>06 Apr 2008<\/td>Daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan, Barbara<\/td>April _, ____<\/td>DC May<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan, Chas.<\/td>May 1748<\/td>30 May 1818<\/td>[Original stone at the Knob Creek Museum. New marker being set 5\/27\/03]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan, L. [Luranah]<\/td>April _, ____<\/td><\/td>Wife of Chas. Duncan. [Original stone at the Knob Creek Museum. [New marker being set 5\/27\/03]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan, Rawliegh<\/td>23 Apr 1806<\/td>28 Jan 1823<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan, Ruth<\/td>No date<\/td>DC 1846<\/td>Aged 58 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan, Sarah<\/td>18 Jan 1816<\/td>06 Aug 1839<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan, Soloman<\/td>05 Aug 1819<\/td>04 May 1839<\/td>[Stone very difficult to read]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fulmer, Elizabeth A. Carathers<\/td>03 Oct 1830<\/td>27 Apr 1912<\/td>Wife of John Fulmer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fulmer, Elizabeth Carathers<\/td>23 Sep 1848<\/td>29 Apr 1886<\/td>Wife of John Fulmer. [*John W. Fulmer-Elizabeth A. Caruthers m. 25 August 1853.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Good, Adam<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[Wooden cross]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Good, Laura [Tester]<\/td>25 Jul 1926<\/td>10 Feb 1998<\/td>[Shares marker with Ross L. Good] Wed Oct. 9, 1965.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Good, Ross L.<\/td>14 Jun 1923<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[Shares marker with Laura Tester Good]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodman, Eliza Carathers<\/td>30 Oct 1842<\/td>12 Aug 1904<\/td>Wife of George Goodman. [Shares marker with Mary G.R. Goodman]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodman, Eugenel<\/td>05 Oct 1882<\/td>04 Aug 1886<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodman, Mary G .R.<\/td>04 Dec 1876<\/td>08 Apr 1911<\/td>[Shares marker with Eliza Carathers]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hughes, Dora B.<\/td>1872<\/td>1958<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lane, Agnes Pauline<\/td>[No date]<\/td>02 Dec 1926<\/td>Dau. Of Guy and Martha Lane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lewis, Albert Mc<\/td>11 Aug 1932<\/td>20 Oct 1963<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, James R.<\/td>02 Jan 1817<\/td>22 Oct 1887<\/td>[Shares marker with Nancy E. Melvin. *J.R. Melvin--N.E. White, m. 24 Dec. 1840]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Mahala<\/td>29 Oct 1804<\/td>07 Mar 1875<\/td>[Shares marker with Susanna Melvin]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Margaret<\/td>27 Mar 1848<\/td>25 Dec 1915<\/td>[Shares marker with William Melvin]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Mary E.<\/td>05 Oct 1863<\/td>13 Apr 1938<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Nancy E.<\/td>23 Oct 1823<\/td>11 Nov 1871<\/td>[Shares marker with James R. Melvin]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Raleigh<\/td>28 Apr 180?<\/td>28 Jan 1828<\/td>[Marker in poor condition]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Raleigh<\/td>26 Oct 1841<\/td>Sept. 28, 1858<\/td>Son of J.R. & N.E. Melvin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Ralph<\/td>22 Apr 1806<\/td>28 Jan 1823<\/td>[Marker missing 2003]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Stacy A.<\/td>18 Jan 1857<\/td>25 May 1933<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, Susanna<\/td>10 Jun 1810<\/td>15 Jul 1872<\/td>[Shares marker with Mahala Melvin]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melvin, William<\/td>29 Nov 1853<\/td>03 Mar 1919<\/td>Shares marker with Margaret Melvin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miller, Sarah J. Carathers<\/td>05 Nov 1833<\/td>01 May 1906<\/td>Wife of John Miller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radford, Gavin Sctoo<\/td>02 Jul 2009<\/td>02 Jul 2009<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smithpeters, Lucretia<\/td>18 Jul 1846<\/td>12 Feb 1912<\/td>Wife of W.G. Smithpeters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smithpeters, William Micial<\/td>06 Dec 1872<\/td>25 Jan 1941<\/td>Age 69 yrs. 1 mo. 19 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stevens, M.<\/td>[No date]<\/td>15 Nov 1826<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stevens, W.<\/td>[No date]<\/td>15 Nov 1826<\/td>[Marker missing 2003]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stout, Dorothy Tester<\/td>[19 Aug] 1922<\/td>[July 6] 2008<\/td>[Morris-Baker Funeral Home Marker]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stout, Tol G.<\/td>22 Nov 1924<\/td>30 Aug 1993<\/td>[Husband of Dorothy Tester]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Alvin Earl, Sr.<\/td>17 Aug 1934<\/td>09 Jan 1998<\/td>U.S. Air Force. Beloved husband of Brenda Dulaney Tester [ Marker missing 2003]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Clydie [female]<\/td>1916<\/td>1955<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Dorothy A.<\/td>[No date]<\/td>30 Apr 1909<\/td>Daughter of Howard R. & Nell McCarty Tester. [smothered]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Howard R.<\/td>1924<\/td>1976<\/td>[Shares marker with Nell McCarty Tester]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Iva G. [Wilson]<\/td>1899<\/td>1960<\/td>[Shares marker with Norman Cicero Tester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Lucie M.<\/td>24 Oct 1923<\/td>27 Nov 1974<\/td>[Dau. of Burt Tester]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Mabel<\/td>1920<\/td>1924<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Nell McCaty<\/td>1911<\/td>1990<\/td>[Shares marker with Howard R. Tester]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Norman Cicero<\/td>1894<\/td>1940<\/td>[Shares marker with Iva G. Wilson Tester]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Paul Norman<\/td>17 Aug 1930<\/td>08 Aug 2012<\/td>[Shares marker with Ruth Thomas Tester]
\nHusband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Rebecca<\/td>1939<\/td>1952<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tester, Ruth Thomas<\/td>12 May 1926<\/td>07 Mar 2004<\/td>[Shares marker with Paul Norman Tester]
\nWife<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White, D. Kirt<\/td>15 Mar 1856<\/td>21 Feb 1922<\/td>[No marker 2003]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Young, J<\/td>Apr 1845<\/td>Oct. 1845<\/td>[No marker 2003]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Young, Mary S.<\/td>18 May 1835<\/td>13 Apr 1875<\/td>Wife of U. [Hugh] P. [Patton] Young [Jr.] *Hugh Young-Mary A. Caruthers m. 30 Dec. 1857.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Top broken off]<\/td><\/td><\/td>My 6 1819 AD WSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web May 2003<\/span><\/span> by George & Margaret Holley, Lori Craiger, Donna Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. Deeds researched and updates by Gordon Edwards in 2017.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Additional information:<\/span><\/p>\n

None of the deeds reviewed made any mention of a burial ground. During the development of Marketplace Blvd and related plat (Plat Book 18, Page 22), the burial ground was indicated, but no deed reference was provided. It was noted as the \u201cTester Cemetery\u201d on the plat. Descendants of Cicero and Ida Tester have used one corner of the burial ground in recent decades. An adjacent property has a right of way called out to access the burial ground.<\/span>
\nDeeds referenced below contain the burial ground within the called parcel.<\/span>
\nDEEDS – <\/strong><\/span>
\nDeed Book 24, Page 533 (1844) \u2013 Heirs of John Duncan to Henry Bashor. 180 acres. Prior deeds for partition of the Charles Duncan tract were not researched.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 37, Page 495 (1860) \u2013 Henry Bashor Peter Bashor. 33-1\/2 acres.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 40, Page 122 (1866) \u2013 Peter Bashor to Isaac Branscom. Peter and Isaac were partners in the Bashor-Branscom Mill.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 41, Page 279 (1869) \u2013 Peter Bashor to Isaac Branscom. This was a partition of their several parcels. Lot #2 was conveyed to Isaac. Also reference DB41\/281 which became Peter\u2019s shares, but not inclusive of said burial ground.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 41, Page 529 and Deed Book 46, Page 6 (1869 & 1876) \u2013 These were deeds of trust to Nathan Shipley, etal. Branscom lost three parcels, including the subject parcel. Clerk & Master deeds were found for two of the three parcels \u2013 the burial ground parcel deed was apparently not recorded. The deed trail picks up \u2013 see description below.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 118, Page 249 (1914) \u2013 Wm Perry Hunt to James W. Sell. This deed is for the exact parcel shown in DB46\/6 that contained the burial ground. Within this deed, it is indicated that William Hunt obtained title by inheritance from his father, David Hunt, who had gotten the parcel from Nathan Shipley. The deed making that bridge of ownership has not been located, but the trail appears clear.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 300, Page 456 (1952) \u2013 Heirs of James W. Sell to Marion Sell. Tract #1 \u2013 which has the exact calls.<\/span>
\nDeed Book Roll 143, Image 1318 (1998) \u2013 Mary Pauline Sell (widow of Marion) to Marion, Jr and Frank Sell. Marion, Jr and Frank were the developers of Marketplace Blvd.<\/span>
\nDeed Book Roll 495, Image 1514 (2006) \u2013 This deed mentions the right of way \u2013 shown in Exhibit B, Item 19. This parcel is adjacent to and between the burial ground and the public roadway and is commonly known as the Ashley Furniture parcel. <\/span><\/p>\n

From <\/span>Washington County Tennessee Wills<\/span><\/em>, 1777-1872 by Goldene Fillers Burgner, c1983:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

JAMES MELVIN January 28, 1860
\n<\/span>Wife Stacey. Children: James R., Susan & Mahala \u2013 80 acres including spring and orchard. Wit.: Azariah Peoples, William C. Melvin. Exec.: James R. Melvin. Probabed July Term, 1860. Signed: James Melvin.<\/span><\/p>\n

JOSEPH MELVIN
\nWife, Hannah. Children: Joseph, John, Rheba (or Rhoda) Melvin. Executors; Hannah Melvin, James Melvin. Wit.: Ed G. King, John Range, William Duncan. Proven April Sessions, 1817. Signed: Joseph Melvin.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHARLES DUNCAN April 14, 1817
\nWife, Susannah. Children: John, William, Robert, Sarah, Mary, Stacy, Elizabeth, Margaret, Lovarry, Raleigh. Executors: Susannah Duncan, William Dunc. Wit.: T.V.Y. King, Richard Carr, William Car. Proven July Session, 1818. Signed: Charles [his mark] (v) Duncan.<\/span><\/p>\n

* From <\/span>Washington County, Tennessee, Marriages 1780-1870<\/i><\/span> by Goldene Fillers Burgner, c1985:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More information about these families can be found in <\/span>History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988<\/i><\/span>by Watauga Association of Genealogists and<\/span>Robert Young, Sr.: Patriot and Pioneer<\/i><\/span> by Fred and Dessie Little Simmons, 500 Hillrise Blvd., Johnson City, TN c.1984.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From <\/span>Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908-1916<\/i><\/span> by Eddie M. Nikazy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

p. 222 Infant Tyree, male, parents: Moses Miller and Nellie Tyree, death cause: \u201cborn dead,\u201d buried: Caruthers Cemetery, died: 3 Mar 1916, record (1916): 153.<\/span><\/p>\n

p.154 Infant Miller, female, parents: Moses Miller and Nellie Tyree, death cause: \u201cstillborn,\u201d informant: Zacharias Tyree (Johnson City), buried: Carather Creek, died: 17 Feb 1915, record (1915): 86.<\/span><\/p>\n

1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

446-468 James R. Melvin 33, Nancy 26, Raleigh 9, Elizabeth 6, May M. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHARLES AND LURANAH DUNCAN MARKER<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by Margaret Sherfey Holley, 1069 W Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, TN 37604-2120<\/span><\/p>\n

May 27, 2003 Edward Duncan, South Haven, MS and Joseph Duncan of Chattanooga, TN, [fourth great-grandsons of Charles and Luranah Duncan] with the help of George and Margaret Holley placed a new marker for Charles and Luranah Duncan in the Duncan-Melvin-Carathers Cemetery, Market Place Blvd, Johnson City, TN.<\/span><\/p>\n

DUNCAN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Charles 1748-1818 Luranah 1752-1828<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Patriot<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

American Revolution<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Pioneer Settlers in State of TN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

[On other side]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

CHARLES<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

BORN ROWAN CO, N.C.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

SON OF MARSHALL & MARY ANN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

FROM PRINCE WILLIAM CO. VIRGINIA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Duncan was one of eleven children of Marshall and Mary Ann Duncan. He had four land grants on Knob Creek with a total of 769 acres. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His will dated 14 April 1817, witnessed by H.G. King, Richard Carr, and William Carr, probated July 1818 (Washington Co. TN will Book 1, p.117) named his wife Luranah who was to have the land and farm where he then lived during her life or widowhood; all his land was left to his sons William, John and Robert to be divided equally among them; William and John were to have the profits from the saw mill since they built it at their own expense; and further named his sons Raleigh, Marshall, and Joel and his daughters Sarah, Mary, Stacy, Nancy Elizabeth Margaret (no commas between) and Lorany; and specified that if Robert died without lawful issue, then Robert\u2019s share of the land was to be divided among all the children. Although Lurarah\u2019s name has sometimes been read as \u201cSusannah,\u201d Charles named a daughter Luranah and his son William named a daughter Lieuranah. Charles Duncan\u2019s inventory was filed 9 Aug 1828 (Washington Co. TN Inventory Book 1, pp.64-69), which indicates that his widow Luranah was deceased by then. The home Charles built in the Knob Creek Community is still standing and is marked as a pioneer homestead. The original house is contained within the present home of John Sherfey; now owned by John\u2019s daughter, Margaret and husband, George Holley. The log house was restored in 1995.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More information about this pioneer family can be found in <\/span>Some Duncan Families of Eastern Tennessee Before 1800<\/i><\/span>, 1991 Revision by Mary Ann Dobson.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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