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Background:Stophel Cemetery In Front of the Dam
Taken by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown


Dickson--Shipley Cemetery - Located at the end of Montclair Road, near the Ft. Patrick Henry Dam, Kingsport. Many unmarked graves and six graves marked by fieldstones.

Photographed and transcribed November 18, 2003 by Betty Jane Hylton and Donna Briggs. Additional information from the research of Yvonne Dillow Bennett and Donna Briggs GPS Location: 36° 30.03N 082° 30.39W Elevation: 1331 ft.

Thanks to Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.

Newest listings look like this

Updated listings look like this


[UNKNOWN], Elizabeth Sue [No date] 18-- Aged 80 years [No surname; stone is very old and difficult to read]

DICKSON, Allie Galloway Feb 1841 [No date] 3rd wife of John Dickson [Death date 1912]

DICKSON, Cora M. 3 Dec 1869 21 Jul 1883 Daughter of John and Allie Dickson

DICKSON, John 16 Jul 1822 1 Apr 1910 [Son of Wm H. & Mary Shipley Dickson]

DICKSON, Margaret E. 10 Nov 1867 13 Nov 1883 Daughter of John and Allie Dickson

DICKSON, Mary 5 Aug 1789 3 Feb 1858 [Mary Shipley w/o William H. Dickson]

DICKSON, Mary Shipley 28 May 1836 28 May 1863 2nd wife of John Dickson [daughter of Enoch Shipley & Lucy Ann Roller]

DICKSON, Noah F. 29 Jul 1866 29 Jul 1866 Infant son of John and Allie Dickson

DICKSON, Sarah Brown 4 Feb 1828 6 Feb 1866 1st wife of William Samuel Dickson

DICKSON, William H. 1787 Nov 1876 [Stone is broken and date of birth is in the break]

DICKSON, William Samuel 20 Jan 1826 22 Aug 1880 [Son of Wm H. & Mary Shipley Dickson]

DILLOW, Infant daughter [Anna Jewell] 23 Dec 1913 23 Dec 1913 Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Dillow [Mother- Mae S. Culbertson Dillow]

DILLOW, Pauline 22 Mar 1917 28 Sep 1921 [Daughter of S. Bruce Dillow & Mae S. Culbertson]

SHIPLEY, Enoch 1808 1865 [Same stone as Lucy Ann Roller Shipley]

SHIPLEY, G. W. 19 Nov 1839 6 May 1901 [Son of Enoch Shipley & Lucy Ann Roller]

SHIPLEY, James E. 5 Apr 1882 18 Apr 1882 Son of Mr. & Mrs. G. W.

SHIPLEY, Lucy Ann Roller 1816 1880 [Same stone as Enoch Shipley]

SHIPLEY, Maggie L. 10 Jun 1876 24 Aug 1880 Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Shipley

SHIPLEY, Margret C. 3 Aug 1843 5 Jul 1905 [Wife of Enoch Shipley]

SHIPLEY, N. W. 7 Aug 1870 11 Aug 1901

WEXLER, Sidney Spencer 14 Jun 1940 14 Jun 1940 Infant son

Also reported buried here, but not found in 2003

Two Bradley Infants

DICKSON, William Howard

DILLOW, Charles Alvin [Son of Rufus Dillow & Eliza Ann Dickson]

DILLOW, William Henry [Son of Rufus Dillow & Eliza Ann Dickson]

SHIPLEY, Bill

Two Wexler Infants

WEXLER, James Monroe (moved to Oak Hill Cemetery, May 1967)

Additional information

1860 Census of Sullivan County

Page 70, District 7; Household # 497-497

DIXION (sic), John 36
Charles 10
George 4

Page 119, District 11; Household # 848-848

SHIPLY, Martha 51
Betty 25
George 21
Nathan 19

Page 119, District 11; Household # 849-849

DIXON, William H. 73

Page 119, District 11; Household # 852-852

DIXON, Wm. 34
Sarah 32
William P. 9
John W. 8
Margret E. V. 6
Martha E. 4
Sarah Ann 4/12

Page 123, District 11; Household # 873-873

SHIPLEY, Enoch 52
Lucy Ann 43
Mary Ann 23
George 20
Ann 3

1870 Census of Sullivan County, TN

11th District, P.O. Gotts Cross Rd., Household # 110

DICKSON, William S. 44
Margaret 35
Wm P. 19
John W. 17
Margaret E. 15
Sarah M. 12
Elizabeth 8
Mary Susan 3
Martha 14
Geo. H.T. 9/12

1880 Census of Sullivan County, TN

Gotts P.O., District 11, pg. 22, Household # 185-200,

DICKSON, William 54
Margret C. 44 wife
John W. 27 son
Sarah M. 22 dau
Noah B. 21 son
Eliza A. 18 dau
Mollie S. 13 dau
Samuel P. 7 son
Noah D. 2 grandson


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Last updated on 04 November 2006

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