{"id":905,"date":"2012-10-31T20:22:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T00:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=905"},"modified":"2015-06-04T15:42:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:42:06","slug":"africa-cemetery-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/cemeteries\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee\/africa-cemetery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICA CEMETERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_908\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Africa-Cem.-overview.jpg?csspreview=true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-908\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-908 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Africa-Cem.-overview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Africa Cemetery<br \/>2004<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;font-family: verdana,geneva\">Located beside 161 Buttermilk Road and directly behind 157 Buttermilk Road in the Boones Creek section of Washington County. This cemetery has been neglected and is very overgrown. There were at least 50 fieldstones marking graves and probably more that were unmarked. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\">GPS Location: 36\u00b025.64 N\u00a0 082\u00b026.37 W\u00a0 Elevation: 1528 ft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\n<table id=\"tablepress-19\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-19\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">NAME<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">BIRTH DATE<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">DEATH DATE<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">COMMENTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Rhea, Hazel<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1936<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1988<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">[Funeral home marker]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Carmichael, Earl<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Carmichael, Unidentified<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Russell, Adeline<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1833<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1921<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Russell, Elijah<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Russell, Geo. Washington<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1901<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Russell, Louvenia<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Russell, Mary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Russell, Unidentified<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">-----<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">TVA grave removed from Hall Cemetery on the banks of the Watauga River in 1952.  No marker located.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-19 from cache --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;font-size: small\">Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 17 Aug 2004 by Donna Briggs, Bob Shell and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;font-size: small\"><strong>Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\">Found in 1977 but not in 2004:\u00a0Leuvenia R. Hale, 1908-1972 [Funeral home marker] said to be wife of Fred Hale and sister of Paul Rueben.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9266\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Africa-TVA-Map-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9266\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9266\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Africa-TVA-Map-1-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"Africa Cemetery TVA Grave Relocation Map\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Africa-TVA-Map-1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Africa-TVA-Map-1-810x1024.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Africa Cemetery<br \/>TVA Grave Relocation Map<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located beside 161 Buttermilk Road and directly behind 157 Buttermilk Road in the Boones Creek section of Washington County. This cemetery has been neglected and is very overgrown. 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