BEALS CEMETERY

BEARD CEMETERY (also known as Valley View Cemetery) Located across the road from 1959 Hwy 354, Jonesborough, TN, on top of a hill, close to Marvins Chapel Methodist Church. Fenced and well kept. There are some plain stone markers and some unmarked. The graves have been filled in and it is difficult to estimate how many. GPS location: 36.28.88N 082.26.76W Elevation: 1651 ft.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS
Bowman, Infants	[No date]	[No date]	Infants of Mr. & Mrs. Argil Bowman
Crouch, Georgia A.	1868	1940	[Shares marker with L. Frank Crouch]
Crouch, L. Frank	1869	1947	[Shares marker with Georgia A. Crouch]
Beard, James S.	19 May 1861	25 Sep 1882	Son of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Beard, Sarah E.	2 May 1848	16 Feb 1877	Dau. of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Maden, Glennie M.	1 Mar 1872	25 Jun 1907	Wife of A. D. Maden
Beard, Henry A. M.	10 May 1861	20 Sep 1875	Son of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Ledford, Andrew	[One date]	25 Jan 1964	Infant sons of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ledford [Shares marker with John Ledford]
Ledford, John	[One date]	13 Nov 1959	Infant sons of Mr. & Mrs. Pat Ledford [Shares marker with Andrew Ledford]
Beard, James D.	[One date]	1958	[Funeral home marker, shared with Robert L. Beard]
Beard, Robert L.	[One date]	1958	[Funeral home marker, shared with James D. Beard]
Beard, Lillie J. Crouch	26 Nov 1875	26 Sep 1937	Dau. of Joseph & Abigail Crouch, wife of U. G. Beard
Beard, U. G.	8 Dec 1867	10 Feb 1940	Son of J. S. & M. E. Beard
Beard, Mary E. Hale	24 Nov 1824	17 Jan 1894	Wife of James S. Beard
Beard, James S.	19 May 1825	16 Jun 1885
Beard, Hobert M.	7 Oct 1896	13 Sep 1973
Beard, James D.	2 May 1895	6 Aug 1958	Tennessee PVT 19 CO 157 DEPOT BRIG WORLD WAR I
Beard, Nell C. Hall	17 May 1900	17 Sep 1983	Wife of James D. Beard
Beard, James Samuel	25 Dec 1924	26 May 1967	Tennessee PFC US ARMY
Beard, Charles Rogan	6 Nov 1927	8 Dec 1998
Jeter, Zenola Pruitt	11 May 1909	8 Apr 1958	Wife of John H. Jeter
Keefauver, Stanley Eugene	4 Mar 1910	26 Feb 1980
Milhorn, William	24 Mar 1865	21 Jan 1945	[Shares marker with wife, Edith Beard Milhorn]
Milhorn, Edith Beard	17 Aug 1860	4 Nov 1943	[Shares marker with husband, William Milhorn]
Millhorn, Joseph A.	15 Dec 1888	20 Mar 1889
Susong, Elizabeth R. Beard	22 May 1850	29 Apr 1920	Wife of Mahlon Susong Aged 69 Yrs, 11 Mos, 7 Days
Susong, Mahlon	30 Apr 1846	12 Mar 1938	Co. E. 61 Tenn. Mtd. Inf. C. S. A.
H. A. M. B.	[No date]	[No date]	[Small stone, initials only]
S. E. B.	[No date]	[No date]	[Small stone, initials only]

Copied and contributed to Washington County TNGen Web Page by Robert D. and Betty Jane Hylton, December 20, 1998. Photographed and updated 29 Dec 2004 by Jan Clark, Betty Jane Hylton, Chester Willis, Donna Briggs and Bob Shell

Additional information

Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870, compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner.

James S. Beard--Mary E. Hale md. 19 August 1847 by David B. Hale

Mahlon Susong--Elizabeth R. Beard md. 2 September 1869 by L.F. Drake M.G.

1860 Census of Washington County, Tennessee, Boones Creek District,
page 35, #293-293

BEARD, James 34, May E. 33, Sarah E. 12, Elizabeth R. 10, Matilda J. 7, Mary E. 2

BELL [JAMES] CEMETERY This cemetery is located two miles west of ETSU on the Old Jonesborough Highway (West Walnut St.), left down Mayfield Drive to 612 Nunley Lane.
GPS Location: 36.18.06N 082.24,43W, Elevation 1792 ft.

Over many years, the little cemetery had become obliterated. The last burial was in 1926, and prior to that, 1906. It has subsequently become an impenetrable thicket. When the property surrounding it was sold in 1945, the new owners asked and were given permission remove this growth. As a result, the field rocks that marked the gravesites were either buried in the sunken graves or removed. This eventually became a yard.

In THE CEMETERIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, probably three children were buried there. No other information has ever been recorded of this cemetery. In walking across this property, depressions of many graves can be felt underfoot. I learned from an elderly neighbor, Kate Burleson Morley, that Frederick and Sarah Bell and also their daughter, Marie, known as Aunt Mary, definitely were buried there. In further searching, I learned more from Don Thompson, the son of the owner, that he was the young lad whose job it was to clean the ground. He distinctly remembered that there were 14-15 gravesites at that time.

After comparing the birth and death dates of the family members living on this property, which is only about 100 feet from the cemetery, it is obvious that these members are buried here. There has never been any evidence of another cemetery on this property.

As there are probably thirteen graves here, (twins occupied one), it causes me to wonder if possibly one or two family members of an earlier generation could also be buried here. The first James which we call James I, received the land grant in 1784. We do not know if he was father of James II. We have some reason to believe that James I had three brothers, John, Thomas, and William. This is speculative as there is no written record of this. But this seems to be fact. James I either gave or sold property to John, who in turn deeded it to James II in 1817. The word "son" does not appear in deed, so we still can only guess at the relationship. There is also an unsubstantiated fact that James I had a wife named Mary. We cannot even locate how this bit of information came to us.

An obelisk stone has been erected on this site with the thirteen names that were in the Bell Family Bible. They are as follows:   James Bell II, b. March 5, 1793, d. January 5, 1856 Sarah Anders Bell, b. April 11, 1794, d. August 4, 1870 [Children: ] John Bell, b. August 14, 1820, d. March 24, 1822 William Bell, b. April 9, 1824, d. May 27, 1865 James M. Bell, b. June 5, 1829, d. 1832 Elbert Bell, b. January 8, 1834, d. April 21, 1852 Frederick Bell, b. May 7, 1822, d. date unk, still living 1880 Sarah Ann More Bell, b. 1824, d. date unk, still living 1880 [Daughter:] Marie Ellen Bell, b. September 4, 1851, d. March 24 1926 [Aunt Mary] June 2003, the following children listed on the marker are not buried here. They are in the Vines-Bell Cemetery off of West Walnut St. DGF Children of Thomas J. and Loretta Vines Bell: Carl David Bell, b. February 14, 192, d. September 2, 1896 Roxie Mae, b. November 11, 1901, d. December 8, 1901 Charles Grayson Bell, b. August 25, 1904, d. CA 1905 Twin Girls, b&d 1906

I wish to gratefully acknowledge the following family members who were instrumental in the restoration of this little forgotten cemetery: Dean & Launa Bell Bailey (dau. of Alvin Bell),Richard & Margaret Bell (son of Oscar Bell),Donald & Gerry Griggs (son of Nora Bell),Martha C. Marshall (g-grandau. of Eliza Jane Bell Killey). It was truly a labor of love! More information on the Bell Family can be found in the HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE 1988 and TENNESSEE BIBLE AND FAMILY RECORDS.

Reprinted with permission from the Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin, Vol. 26(1):54, 1977

Submitted by: Dorothy M. Griggs Franklin, 3446 Street Drive, Johnson City, TN 37604-2704.

If anyone has any additional information about this Bell family, I would be delighted to hear from you.

BERRY-HAYNES CEMETERY     Located in the field behind 727 Mayberry Road in Washington County. The cemetery is very overgrown. There were eight or nine graves marked by fieldstones. Only footstones remained for 3 graves. GPS Location: 36.12.56N 082. 29.37W; Elevation: 1712 ft.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS
Be[rry], Margaret		26 Jan 1900	[Stone is broken and in small pieces]
Berry, Corpl S. B.	11 May 1841	16 Jul 1902	Co. A.  3rd NC  Mtd. Inf.
Berry, Infant Daughter	25 Aug 1888	31 Aug 1888	Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D.M. Berry
Haynes, John	15 Oct 1833	7 Jan 1889
Ruff, Matilda M.	15 Jun 1865	2 May 1905	Wife of J.C. Ruff
She[rfy], Fannie	[No date]	[2] Dec 1892	Wife of Samuel Sh[erfy]. Aged [82] Years [Stone is broken]
Sherfy, Samuel	[13 Jan]	[12 Mar 189-]	[Stone is broken and parts missing]
JB			[Foot stone only]
STB			[Foot stone only]
HB			[Foot stone only]

Transcribed and photographed 20 Feb 2004 by Betty Jane Hylton, Dawn Peters and Donna Briggs.

Additional information:

In the Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, this cemetery is know as the Berry Cemetery, but older residents of the community call it the Haynes Cemetery.

Washington County Marriage Records, by Goldene Burgner:

John Haynes and Emma Berry married 6 Dec 1868 by J. M. Becket, M.G.

Samuel Sherfy and Fanny Rose married 18 August 1836 by Jacob Hartsell, J.P.

 

Mrs. Maude Walters Teague states that her g-uncle George Walters and his wife Suzanna Miller Walters are buried there in unmarked graves. The family was not found in the 1870 or 1880 census.

1850 Census Washington County, TN 4th Subdivision

873/901 Walters, George b. TN, Susannah 56 b. TN

 

1860 Census Washington County, TN 8 th District

962/962 Walters, George 68, wife Susanna 66.

 

1870 Census Greene County, TN, District 10

# 79/79 Sherfey, Samuel, 58, Farmer; Fanny 44, Jane 23, Ellen 20; Russell, Fanny 10

 

1870 Census Washington County, TN, District 7

#9 Berry, Samuel 71, Margaret 53, John 18, David 16, Robert 13

 

1880 Census Washington County, TN

Sherfey, Samuel 67, Fannie 64 [page 473]

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