{"id":9120,"date":"2015-03-23T16:20:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/?page_id=9120"},"modified":"2015-03-25T20:36:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T00:36:39","slug":"hale-thomas-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/cemeteries\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee-h-i-j-k\/hale-thomas-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"HALE (THOMAS) CEMETERY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hale (Thomas) Cemetery
2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions<\/strong> by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists. Information used with the permission of Lorraine Bennett Rae.
\nFrom the WCCL of cemeteries not found.\u00a0 Page 324 Volume 3 –
\n\u201cHale<\/strong> \u2013 1-1\/2 mi N of Jonesboro on the old Blountville road on the farm now owned by Mrs. W. S. Parsons.\u00a0 It was established about 1820 by the Hale family.\u00a0 There are 24 graves.\u00a0 This cemetery is now farmed over and is covered in wheat.\u00a0 Slaves as well as members of the Hale family are buried here.\u201d
\nWilliam Solomon Parsons\u2019 (2\/25\/1861-9\/1\/1930) second wife was Margaret \u201cMaggie\u201d Louise Briggs (7\/12\/1871-10\/26\/1940).\u00a0 They are both buried at Highland Church of Christ in Boones Creek.\u00a0 The WCCL was compiled during the early 1930\u2019s.<\/p>\n

GPS:<\/strong>\u00a0 Unable to precisely determine.
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong> The exact burial ground location has not been able to be determined.\u00a0 Utilizing deed research, the boundaries of the farm have been determined and are shown in the accompanying aerial photograph.\u00a0 Most of the area is currently farmland and would probably not have changed much in the 75 years since the WCCL notation.
\n
\nDeed History \u2013<\/strong>
\nAll deeds reviewed have been silent on the existence of a burial ground.
\nTwo deeds are deemed important to locating the Parsons farm.\u00a0 Deed Book 141, Page 575 \u2013 in 1920 – was the conveyance from John C. Tilley to W. S. & Maggie Parsons.\u00a0 Deed Book 195, Page 598 \u2013 in 1935 \u2013 was the conveyance from the Parsons to J.M. (Mahlon) and Nell Susong.
\nOther deeds were referenced to aid in determining which Hale might have established the burial ground. John C. Tilley acquired the land from the Orr family (Deed Book 117, Page 12) in 1914.\u00a0 This deed, along with the two noted above, all utilized the same metes & bounds to define three tracts within the total conveyance.\u00a0 How the various pieces fit together in the Orr family becomes a little confusing, however, two additional deeds (Deed Book 76, Page 347 & Deed Book 82, Page 574) provided the clue to the specific Hale who most probably established the burial ground.\u00a0 In these two additional deeds, conveyance comes from the heirs of Augustus B. Cummings (1826-4\/2\/1897), to the Orr family.
\nAugustus B. Cummings was married first to Harriet Hale (circa 1840 to 5\/16\/1860).\u00a0 Harriet was the daughter of Henry Jackson Hale (1813-1906), who in turn was the son of Thomas Hale (circa1770 to 1848).\u00a0 Thomas was the son of John Hale (9\/13\/1734 \u2013 5\/8\/1817).\u00a0 If the WCCL date of establishment is correct in 1820, then Thomas would have been the most likely \u2013 John, being elderly or deceased, and Henry J. being too young.
\nNo clear deed connection has been established prior to A. B. Cummings.<\/p>\n

Burials \u2013<\/strong>
\nIt is possible that Thomas Hale established the burial ground to bury his parents.\u00a0 Also, Henry J. Hale and his wife, Mary.\u00a0 Henry\u2019s daughter, Harriet Hale Cummings \u2013 all could be buried there \u2013 along with unknown slaves.<\/p>\n

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

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Hale (Thomas) Cemetery<\/p><\/div>\n

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