{"id":9091,"date":"2015-03-15T20:42:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T00:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/?page_id=9091"},"modified":"2015-05-05T09:07:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T13:07:08","slug":"dunham-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\/dunham-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"DUNHAM CEMETERY"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dunham<\/a>

Dunham Cemetery
2015<\/p><\/div>\n


\nWashington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions<\/em> by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists. Information used with the permission of Lorraine Bennett Rae.<\/span>
\nVolume 3, Entry 140, Page 310<\/span>
\n\u201cDunham \u2013 Located in the Harmony Community.\u00a0 Could not find\u2026\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

GPS Location: <\/span>+36\u00b0 22.980, -82\u00b0 33.380 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Location –
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\nThe burial ground is located at the northwest corner of the parcel at 453 Hartmantown Road, Harmony.\u00a0 The exact location was pointed out by Mr Tommy Hale, a longtime adjacent property owner. He recalled seeing a few markers several decades ago, however they appear to be lost to time and perhaps a previous property owner. Although a bit overgrown, two minor depressions were observed and more could be there. That area is denoted as \u201cDunham\u2019s Ridge\u201d on various maps.\u00a0 The remains of the old wagon road is still visible just west of the burial ground. The wagon road would have been along the western boundary of the Dunham tract running from Hartmantown Road to Harmony Road at Vance Hale Lane. \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Deeds<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span> \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary & Thomas Dunham conveyed to John Harrison (Deed Book 34 Page 252) \u2013 1854 \u2013 101-3\/4 acres.\u00a0 Although the metes & bounds are not overly clear, a rough plotting was able to be done.\u00a0 Working from the Bennett topo map location, using a current tax map and house number 453 and backtracking, another plotting was done. The most recent deed for house number 453 (R520\/I1722) backs up to deed (Deed Book 390 Page 73), which is for a 48-3\/8 acre plot, which overlays the 101-3\/4 plot.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Burials<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span> \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is unknown how many graves may be there. Two minor depressions were observed. The area is somewhat overgrown and difficult to survey. There are no signs of other markers or planted fieldstones.\u00a0 As Mary & Thomas Dunham sold the 101-3\/4 acres in 1854, there may be slaves buried at the site.\u00a0 No further documentation has been found, to date.
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\"Dunham<\/a>

Dunham Cemetery
Map
2015<\/p><\/div>\n

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Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web March 2015 by Gordon M. Edwards, member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.<\/span> Assistance provided by Tommy A. Hale.<\/p>\n

Copyrighted 2015 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast
\nTennessee. No part of this work may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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