{"id":3721,"date":"2012-12-22T21:09:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T02:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=3721"},"modified":"2020-09-13T18:28:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T22:28:25","slug":"ernest-chapel-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\/ernest-chapel-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"EARNEST CHAPEL CEMETERY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"4-earnest-chapel-view-001-2b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Located on Mathew\u2019s Mill Road between the railroad tracks and the intersection of Glaze Road and Mathew\u2019s Mill Road, Telford, Tennessee. Concrete steps lead up to the cemetery from the road. It was founded in 1808. This cemetery is mowed occasionally but a lot of the markers are hard to read.<\/span><\/p>\n

GPS location: 36\u00b0 14.68 N 082\u00b033.89W Elevation: 1530 ft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NAME<\/th>BIRTH DATE<\/th>DEATH DATE<\/th>Row\/ Grave<\/th>COMMENTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Furches, Rebecca B.<\/td>1884<\/td>1922<\/td>01\/01<\/td>[Marker shared with Charles V. & Virginia Furches]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Furches, Charles V.<\/td>1875<\/td>1940<\/td>01\/02<\/td>[Marker shared with Rebecca B. & Virginia Furches]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Furches, Virginia<\/td>1875<\/td>1919<\/td>01\/03<\/td>[Marker shared with Charles V. & Rebecca Furches]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luttrel, James M.<\/td>07 Nov 1805<\/td>? Nov 1856<\/td>01\/04<\/td>[Stone crumbling]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lutrell, Nancy<\/td>[Unreadable]<\/td>[Unreadable]<\/td>01\/05<\/td>Wife of James M. Luttrell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luttrell, James J.<\/td>12 Dec 1865<\/td>02 Jan 1866<\/td>01\/06<\/td>Son of Geo. W. & Mary Luttrell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howren, James Dawson <\/td>14 May 183?<\/td>11 Jun ?<\/td>01\/07<\/td>Son of J. ? & R.D. Howren
\r\n[Stone badly eroded]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Frank<\/td>22 Dec 1896<\/td>13 May 1897<\/td>01\/08<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Robert<\/td>10 Jan 1816<\/td>31 Dec 1894<\/td>01\/09<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Elizabeth<\/td>11 Apr 1825<\/td>27 Apr 1890<\/td>01\/10<\/td>Wife of Robert Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Clyde<\/td>19 Jan 1893<\/td>01 Dec 1897<\/td>01\/11<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Painter, Essie Beard<\/td>21 Dec 1874<\/td>21 May 1945<\/td>02\/01<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beard, Albert C.<\/td>1870<\/td>1931<\/td>02\/02<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stepp, Polly<\/td>01 Apr 1803<\/td>11 Jun 1879<\/td>02\/03<\/td>Our Mother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stepp, J.T.<\/td>31 Aug 1863<\/td>12 Jan 1891<\/td>02\/04<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shannon, Lucia O.<\/td>31 Mar 1862<\/td>20 Jun 1862<\/td>02\/05<\/td>Daughter J. E. & M. L. Shannon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferguson, Oscar<\/td>09 Mar 1873<\/td>04 Oct 1884<\/td>03\/01<\/td>Son of John & Sarah Ferguson.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repass, Charles L.<\/td>20 Aug 1879<\/td>11 Sep 1890<\/td>03\/02<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repass, Perry B.<\/td>15 Apr 1881<\/td>20 Nov 1892<\/td>03\/03<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Repass, Sarah<\/td>[No date]<\/td>24 Dec 1905<\/td>03\/04<\/td>Aged 76 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Harlow S.<\/td>1888<\/td>1958<\/td>04\/01<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Blanche<\/td>11 Jun 1887<\/td>08 Oct 1897<\/td>04\/02<\/td>Daughter of B.G. & Mary C. Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saferight, Samantha<\/td>23 Mar 1870<\/td>07 Oct 1887<\/td>04\/03<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saferight, Eliza<\/td>14 Mar 1828<\/td>18 Sep 1887<\/td>04\/04<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saferight, Sarah<\/td>26 Dec 1858<\/td>20 Jul 1887<\/td>04\/05<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saferight, Robt. G.<\/td>14 Jun 1857<\/td>15 Oct 1887<\/td>04\/06<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Oscar L.<\/td>02 May 1890<\/td>06 Apr 1908<\/td>04\/07<\/td>Son of B.C. & M.C. Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Mary C.<\/td>17 Apr 1860<\/td>17 Oct 1911<\/td>04\/08<\/td>Wife of B.C. Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Brookins C.<\/td>02 Jun 1856<\/td>27 Dec 1927<\/td>04\/09<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argenbright, James M.<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>05\/01<\/td>Co. M 1 Tenn. Cav.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argenbright, Mary J. Stepp<\/td>12 Mar 1841<\/td>03 Jan 1917<\/td>05\/02<\/td>Wife of J.M. Argenbright<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moore, L.T.<\/td>11 May 1847<\/td>08 Jan 1898<\/td>05\/03<\/td>Masonic Emblem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moore, Mary E.<\/td>29 Jun 1847<\/td>03 Feb 1912<\/td>05\/04<\/td>Wife of L.T. Moore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salts, Wm. Henry<\/td>28 Jan 1856<\/td>29 Oct 1858<\/td>06\/01<\/td>Son of Wm. & Emaline Salts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biddle, James<\/td>1808<\/td>1874<\/td>06\/02<\/td>[Shares marker with Elizabeth Biddle, and Mary A. Biddle]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biddle, Elizabeth<\/td>1806<\/td>1876<\/td>06\/03<\/td>[Shares marker with James Biddle, and Mary A. Biddle]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biddle, Mary A. <\/td>1840<\/td>1879<\/td>06\/04<\/td>[Shares marker with James Biddle, and Elizabeth Biddle]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>07\/01<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, Leban F.<\/td>02 May 1852<\/td>24 Jul 1887<\/td>07\/02<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, John F.<\/td>02 May 1820<\/td>21 Mar 1880<\/td>07\/03<\/td>[Masonic Emblem, Stone broken and worn]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, Caroline<\/td>[No date]<\/td>01 Jul 1854<\/td>07\/04<\/td>Consort of John F. Smith. Aged 30 yrs. 6 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, Phebe Catherine<\/td>21 May 1863<\/td>21 Jul 1863<\/td>07\/05<\/td>Aged 2 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, Eleanorah<\/td>12 Oct 1831<\/td>03 Nov 1868<\/td>07\/06<\/td>Aged 37 yrs. & 10 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, Joseph<\/td>23 Mar 1866<\/td>? Jan 1887<\/td>07\/07<\/td>[Stone broken]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Rachel<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>08\/01<\/td>Wife of J.B. Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, Joseph<\/td>17 Feb 1835<\/td>09 Jun 1903<\/td>08\/02<\/td>Married Rachel A. Mulkey Mar. 8, 1856<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tucker, Wm. Boy<\/td>17 Oct 1896<\/td>25 Jul 1897<\/td>09\/02<\/td>Son of S.S. & Lina Tucker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Ida<\/td>01 May 1871<\/td>19 Oct 1904<\/td>09\/03<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sims, James Henry<\/td>27 Jan 1922<\/td>07 May 2001<\/td>10\/01<\/td>[Shares marker with sister, Addie Viola Sims]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sims, James Andrew<\/td>14 Feb 1881<\/td>30 Apr 1956<\/td>10\/02<\/td>[Shares marker with Addie Cleo Wassom Sims]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sims, Addie Cleo Wassom<\/td>03 Aug 1891<\/td>23 Feb 1956<\/td>10\/03<\/td>Wife of James Sims [Shares marker with James Andrew Sims]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster, A. C.<\/td>27 Dec 1837<\/td>30 Jun 1883<\/td>10\/04<\/td>Co. F. 13th Tenn Cavalry [Marker shared with Vina Foster and William Foster]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster, Vina<\/td>04 Mar 1846<\/td>[No date]<\/td>10\/05<\/td>[Marker shared with A.C. Foster and Vina Foster]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster, Will M.<\/td>02 Mar 1861<\/td>09 Jul 1917<\/td>10\/06<\/td>[Marker stone shared with A.C. Foster and Vina Foster]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Way, Hiram<\/td>10 Dec 1821<\/td>06 Jun 1895<\/td>10\/07<\/td>Father [Shares marker with Drusana Biddle Way]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Rachel<\/td>23 Nov 1811<\/td>28 Sep 1870<\/td>10\/08<\/td>Wife of Jesse R. Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Way, Drusana Biddle<\/td>19 Jun 1834<\/td>06 Oct 1907<\/td>10\/08<\/td>Mother. Wife of Hiram Way [Shares marker with Hiram Way]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byerley, Hallie Ilena<\/td>17 Oct 1888<\/td>11 Jul 1889<\/td>11\/01<\/td>Daughter of C.W. & S.B. Byerley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byerley, Mary M.<\/td>04 Jul 1826<\/td>17 May 1898<\/td>11\/03<\/td>Wife of J.H. Byerley [Shares marker with J.H. Byerley]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biddle, Fannie L.<\/td>07 Nov 1868<\/td>04 Jan 1898<\/td>11\/04<\/td>[Shares marker with Eddie M. Biddle and Infant son Biddle]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biddle, Infant Son<\/td>17 Aug 1895<\/td>27 Sep 1895<\/td>11\/05<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biddle, Eddie M.<\/td>13 Jan 1866<\/td>07 Sep 1895<\/td>11\/06<\/td>[Shares marker with Fannie L. and Infant son Biddle]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biddle, Infant Son<\/td>25 Dec 1897<\/td>28 Dec 1897<\/td>11\/07<\/td>[Shares marker with Eddie and Fannie L. Biddle]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milhorn, Paralee Venora<\/td>30 Oct 1885<\/td>11 Jul 1973<\/td>11\/08<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wassom, Ida Blound<\/td>15 Dec 1893<\/td>04 Jul 1973<\/td>11\/09<\/td>[Shares marker with Stella Viola Wassom. Dau. Of Frank M. & Charity M. Ferguson Wassom. Postmaster at Telford.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wassom, Stella Viola<\/td>24 Oct 1888<\/td>19 Apr 1964<\/td>11\/10<\/td>[Shares marker with Ida Blound Wassom. Dau. Frank M. & Charity M. Ferguson Wassom]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wassom, John Henry<\/td>18 Jul 1879<\/td>23 Aug 1945<\/td>11\/11<\/td>Son of Frank M. & Charity M. Ferguson Wassom.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wassom, Charity M.<\/td>23 Oct 1861<\/td>08 Dec 1911<\/td>11\/12<\/td>Wife of Frank M. Wassom [Shares marker with Franklin Wassom]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wassom, Frank M.<\/td>08 Nov 1840<\/td>10 Jul 1900<\/td>11\/13<\/td>[Shares marker with Charity M. Wassom]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henley, Lawrence<\/td>23 Feb 1894<\/td>20 Mar 1894<\/td>12\/01<\/td>Son of S.G. & H.M. Henley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henley, Hannah M.<\/td>10 Mar 1857<\/td>12 May 1894<\/td>12\/02<\/td>Wife of S.G. Henley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henley, Charley<\/td>14 Nov 1897<\/td>30 Jan 1898<\/td>12\/03<\/td>Son of S.G. & E.S. Henley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henley, Naomi R.<\/td>1914<\/td>1916<\/td>12\/04<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Sarah Isabelle<\/td>22 May 1856<\/td>26 Sep 1928<\/td>12\/05<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Sarah I.<\/td>01 Feb 1823<\/td>14 Feb 1891<\/td>12\/06<\/td>Wife of A.M. Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Alexander M.<\/td>20 Dec 1823<\/td>12 Dec 1894<\/td>12\/07<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Alexander M., Jr.<\/td>28 Dec 1862<\/td>23 Feb 1902<\/td>12\/08<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Louisa J.<\/td>03 Nov 1858<\/td>29 Jul 1917<\/td>12\/09<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barnes, Franklin P.<\/td>18 Apr 1862<\/td>28 Nov 1862<\/td>12\/10<\/td>Son of Joseph S. & E.A. Barnes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middleton, Ann Zimmerman<\/td>[No date]<\/td>09 Jan 1899<\/td>13\/1<\/td>Wife of Wm. J. Middleton. Age 94 yrs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middleton, Annie A.<\/td>31 May 1846<\/td>05 Nov 1880<\/td>13\/2<\/td>[Stone is broken and part is now missing]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morrison, Peter C.<\/td>09 Oct 1812<\/td>10 Jan 1897<\/td>13\/3<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walker, Lyde Pearl<\/td>04 Mar 1882<\/td>10 Jun 1882<\/td>14\/1<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baines, Lizzie<\/td>27 Mar 1850<\/td>19 Mar 1922<\/td>14\/2<\/td>Wife of J.B. Baines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bennett, John William<\/td>13 Apr 1851<\/td>05 Oct 1917<\/td>14\/3<\/td>Father<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>16\/1<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Newton<\/td>21 Sep 1844<\/td>16 Oct 1844<\/td>16\/2<\/td>Son of J.R. Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>16\/3<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>16\/4<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>16\/5<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>17\/1<\/td>[Unable to read]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Carlisle<\/td>05 Oct 1867<\/td>13 Jun 1897<\/td>17\/2<\/td>Son of Jacob & Hester T. Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>17\/3<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paine, William<\/td>25 Mar 1843<\/td>16 May 1867<\/td>17\/4<\/td>Son of J.H. & Maria A. Paine. He entered the U.S. Army Oct. 1, 1862, 1st Teenn Cal Col (1) and was honorably discharged May 25, 1865.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paine, W.B.<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>17\/5<\/td>Co. B. 12th Tenn Cav.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>18\/1<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>18\/2<\/td>[Unreadable]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barnes, Alcy M.<\/td>15 Aug 1840<\/td>08 Jun 1842<\/td>18\/3<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>18\/3<\/td>[Unreadable]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barnes, Sarah E.<\/td>28 Jul 1845<\/td>01 Jun 1858<\/td>18\/4<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>18\/4<\/td>[Unreadable]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barnes, Elizabeth W. <\/td>01 Jan 1836<\/td>18 Mar 1858<\/td>18\/5<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barnes, Nathan<\/td>07 Apr 1788<\/td>09 Oct 1862<\/td>18\/6<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barnes, Alcy<\/td>1790<\/td>11 Jun 1865<\/td>18\/7<\/td>Consort of Nathan Barnes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Robert H.<\/td>10 Nov 1830<\/td>24 Jun 1879<\/td>20\/1<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>20\/2<\/td>[No inscription left on stone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Mary<\/td>19 Apr 1854<\/td>16 Aug 1855<\/td>20\/3<\/td>Dau. of B.W. & Mary E. Payne. Beneath this stone in sweet repose is laid a mother\u2019s dearest pride. A flower that scarce had waked to life and died and light and beauty ____.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>20\/3<\/td>[Unable to read.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Dora<\/td>26 Apr 1859<\/td>17 Jan 1862<\/td>20\/4<\/td>Dau. of Ben W. & Mary E. Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>20\/4<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, John Wm. H.<\/td>15 Dec 1870<\/td>18 Jun 1871<\/td>20\/5<\/td>Son of A.E. & Alice Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Wm. C.<\/td>30 Oct 1811<\/td>24 Jan 1885<\/td>20\/6<\/td>[Stone broken.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Samuel<\/td>24 Nov 1821<\/td>28 Jun 1859<\/td>21\/1<\/td>[Stone broken.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td><\/td><\/td>21\/2<\/td>[Headstone broken]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Thurza M. <\/td>23 May 1819<\/td>31 Dec 1853<\/td>21\/3<\/td>Consort of W.G. Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byerley, J.H.<\/td>05 Jan 1823<\/td>10 May 1898<\/td>22\/1<\/td>[Shares marker with Mary M. Byerley]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bennett, J. W. <\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berry, Eliza<\/td>09 Nov 1839<\/td>20 Jun 1903<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell, James F. <\/td>11 Apr 1851<\/td>11 Jun 1906<\/td><\/td>Husband and father<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster, Asa<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td><\/td>Co. F 13th Tenn. Cav.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middleton, Wm. J.<\/td>27 Oct 1803<\/td>21 Jan 1877<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N., B. F. <\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Sarah R. <\/td>26 Apr 1849<\/td>22 Jun 1863<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sims, Addie Viola<\/td>11 Sep 1927<\/td>[No date]<\/td><\/td>[Shares marker with brother, James Henry Sims]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stepp, Lydia<\/td>18 Jan 1844<\/td>15 Aug 18_6<\/td><\/td>[Death year impossible to read]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 9 Nov 2004 by Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. <\/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><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Ola Miller is buried in an unmarked grave.
\nHannah Stepp Beard, b. 18 Jan 1833 in Virginia, d. 20 Oct 1915 in Washington County, Tennessee is buried in an unmarked grave. TN death certificate #474.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington County, Tennessee History, 1988<\/i>, p.80: Undoubtedly there were several Methodist churches, which were active for some period of time and later disappeared. Names of the cemeteries in Washington County identified as Methodist included the following, although churches no longer exist at some of the locations: Fall Branch, Mt. Zion, Pleasant Grove, McKinley, Barnett\/Timber Hill, Uriel, Eden, Speedwell, Bethesda, Earnest\u2019s Chapel<\/b>, McAllister.<\/span><\/p>\n

[The following will and marriage record may be clues to the name of this cemetery.]<\/span><\/p>\n

p.37 Lawrence Earnest, August 25, 1837 Wife, Hannah. Sons: Jacob B. Earnest, Lawrence W. Earnest, Jonah W. Earnest. Children: Wesley, Elizabeth Coon, Syntha, Axley, Marilla Broyles, Antamond? Payne, Rebecca Payne, Lavinia Barnett, William S., Jonah W., Jacob B. and Lawrence W. Earnest. Executors: Brother-in-law Nathan Barnes, E.L. Mathes. Wit.: William, William G. and Jesse R. Payne. Probated May Session, 1838.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington County Tennessee Marriages<\/i> by Goldene Burgner <\/span><\/p>\n

p.17 Westly Earnest to Mary Payne, md. 21 October 1819 by Nathan Barnes<\/span><\/p>\n

History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988<\/i> by the Watauga Association of Genealogists.<\/span><\/p>\n

p.319-320 Lawrence Earnest (second son of Henry Earnest b. 1732 Zurich, Switzerland, d. 1809 Greene County, TN. m. Mary Stephens, 1760 Frederick Co., VA) born 1763 Frederick County, Virginia, died after 25 August 1837 (will) in Washington County. He married (1) Rebecca North [dau. of John & Esther North] 11 September 1795 and (2) Hannah Payne. Her father, Jesse Payne, had will recorded in Washington County.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawrence Earnest was a delegate to 1822 Greene County Convention from Nolichucky Branch for Tennessee Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves. Children of Rebecca and Lawrence Earnest: Wesley, Elizabeth, Synthia, Marilla, Artamicia, Rebecca, Lavina, William, Josiah, Jacob, Lawrence, Jesse, Henry.<\/span><\/p>\n

DEEDS \u2013<\/strong><\/span>
\nDeed Book 1, Page 223 (1784) \u2013 State of North Carolina to Robert Gentry.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 4, Page 70 (1789) \u2013 Robert Gentry to James Cunningham.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 6, Page 514 (1799) \u2013 James Cunningham to Ebenezer John Cunningham.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 22, Page 260 (1837) \u2013 Ebenezer John Cunningham to Josiah Earnest.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 24, Page 187 (1840) \u2013 Josiah Earnest to McCracken Meeting House Trustees \u2013 \u201c\u2026..appropriate it to a place of public burial\u2026..\u201d\u00a0 The trustees of the McCracken Meeting House were:\u00a0 Nathan Barnes, Elijah Shannon, William Payne, James Biddle, John Biddle, Samuel Stevens, and Adam A. Broyles. \u00a0<\/span>
\nDeed Book 24, Page 188 (1840) \u2013 Josiah Earnest to McCracken Meeting House Trustees.\u00a0 Conveyed a nearby but not adjacent parcel for \u201c\u2026..a house or place of worship for the use of the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church\u2026..\u201d \u00a0<\/span>
\nDeed Book 82, Page 207 (1899) \u2013 Trustees of the M.E. Church to Alex M. Payne \u2013 \u201c\u2026..dispose of a certain church property known as Earnest\u2019s Chapel\u2026..\u201d\u00a0 Trustees shown as Rev. W.P. Mitchell, G.M. Gillespie, and J.B. Klepper. \u00a0<\/span>
\nDeed Book 26, Page 287 (1845) \u2013 Josiah Earnest to William Middleton.\u00a0 This parcel includes the area allocated to the meeting house and to the burial ground, but does not mention same.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 40, Page 102 (1865) \u2013 William Middleton to John F. Smith.\u00a0 This parcel includes the area allocated to the meeting house and to the burial ground, but does not mention same.<\/span>
\nDeed Book 43, Page 138 (1872) \u2013 John F. Smith to William Middleton.\u00a0 This parcel includes the area allocated to the meeting house and to the burial ground, but does not mention same.<\/span>
\nUp to this point, the deeds included the area of the graveyard.\u00a0 William Middleton began to parcel out the larger tract and deeds coming forward called around the burial ground.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Deed research donated to the Washington County TNGen Web August 2016 by Gordon M. Edwards, member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.<\/span>
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