BROWN (JACOB) CEMETERY In the Lamar Community, turn off State Highway 81 onto Taylor Bridge Road and go 0.8 mile. At mailbox 299, turn left through a gate and then immediately turn right onto a lane. Go around the barn and bear right through a gate. Continue up the hill to the top. It is between Cherokee Creek and the Nolichuckey River. The cemetery has a chain link fence around it with a barbed wire fence around the chain-inked fence (double fenced). There are at least 15 fieldstones marking graves and several with no markers at all. Outside the fence is the Brown's Slave Cemetery of unmarked graves. GPS location: 36.12.07 N 082.29.25W; Elevation 1462 ft.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS
Brown, Jacob	1736	1785	Founder of Brown's Settlement [River rock monument with old marker embedded. New marker has fallen off the monument.]
Brown, Sary	No date	1797	[Confusing stone-also bears the date 1800 *See note below]
Brown, J---b	3 Aug 1761	9 Aug 1847	[This marker not found in 1958; given name is unreadable.]
[?] beth [?]**	[No date]	[No date]	[This could be Elizabeth Byre/Bird, wife of Jacob Brown II. Most of the face of the marker has flaked off]
Brown, W [?]	Nov 1816	28 May 1848	[Given name is unreadable]
Templin, Rebeca	8 Feb 1799	May 5, 1851	-
Templin, Samuel	10 Sep 1795	31 Dec 1852	-
May, [MH or Mi]	[No date]	1795	[Small fieldstone with letters and numbers made with a series of dots. This marker is not recorded in older surveys. Small child's grave.]
Swingle, Evie Bland	21 June1877	6 Aug 1882	Daughter of G.W. and E.C. Swingle
Swingle, Lou A.	22 Feb 1846	31 Dec 1878	Daughter of B.F. & M.L. Swingle
Swingle, John J. G.	3 Feb 1861	11 Jan 1898	-
Swingle, Margaret L.	No date	26 Nov 1898	Aged 76 Yrs. 2 Ms, 15 Ds.
Swingle, B.F.	11 May 1816	11 May 1911	-
Ward, Sopia Louisa	14 Jan 1842	20 Sep 1920	[***See note below]

Transcribed and contributed for use on the TNGenWeb-Washington County Page and in the USGenWeb Archives, March 2003 by Donna Briggs, Dawn Peters, Elaine Cantrell and Betty Jane Hylton. Updated Oct 2005 by Jan Clark, Donna Brigs, Bob Shell, Chester Willis and Betty Jane Hylton.

Additional Information:

**Sary Brown--Bible records state that Jacob Brown II and his wife Elizabeth had a daughter, Sarah, born March 4, 1794 and died March 25, 1797.

**Elizabeth and Jacob Brown were married February 8, 1786 at the home of Ruth Brown, the widow of Jacob Brown, I, by William Clark, J.P.

***Louisa Brown, daughter of Bird and Louisa Rebeka Brown, born January 14, 1842 and died September 21, 1923. She was married first to Shelby McDowell Deaderick, who was killed in the Civil War and married second to George C. Ward.

Jacob Brown I was married to Ruth Gordon about 1759. She was born August 14, 1740 and died October 9, 1810.

Louisa Rebeka Sevier Brown was the daughter of John Sevier, Jr. and his wife, Sophia Garrette. She married Bird Brown. He was the seventh child and third son of Jacob Brown II and Elizabeth Bird Brown.

1858 baby's grave marked with stones on all sides.
1859 I believe this is the grave of Elizabeth Bird/Byrd Brown, wife of Jacob Brown, II. She was born on January 28, 1769 and died in 1846.

Found in 1958, but not in 2003:

Jacob Brown, II August 3, 1761 &endash; August 23, 1838

Also buried here in unmarked graves (according to Mary McCown's records)

William Brown, October 9, 1789- ca. 1863, son of Jacob II and Elizabeth

Susan Nelson Brown, wife of William Brown, daughter of George Washington Nelson and Alice Hoss

Bird Brown, October 28, 1801 - March 24, 1886

More information about the Jacob Brown family can be found in History of Washington County Tennessee, 1988, by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, p. 254.

A biographical sketch of Jacob Brown (died 1785) and his brother Gabriel Brown can be found online at: http://sc_tories.tripod.com/jacob_brown.htm

(LEE) BROWN CEMETERY

Located in Johnson City on Sinking Creek Road across from the Galen Drive dead end. GPS location: 36.15.31N 082.26.49W

It has recently been cleared and a chain link fence surrounds it. There are only 3 markers but the lot is large enough for more graves. It is an African-American cemetery.

Brown, Tom, Son, Mar. 1, 1888, - Sept 3, 1921

Brown, Sallie, Mother, Born 1854 - Died Aug. 1924

Brown, Lee, Father, July 4, 1850 - Aug 4, 1918

Transcribed and contributed for use on the TNGenWeb-Washington County Page and in the USGenWeb Archives, July 2001 by Betty Jane Hylton.

 

BROWN - MITCHELL FAMILY CEMETERY

Located in the at the end of a gravel road past 125 Clyde Mitchell Lane (Harmony Community), Jonesborough, TN, behind the old Mitchell Springs School. A large cedar tree stands in the middle of the fenced cemetery.

B _____, M.P. [Footstone - stone broken on ground]

Brown, John W., b. Jan. 23, 1788, Died Dec. 19, 1849

Brown, Margaret, born Oct. 29, 1800, died July 8, 1883. Consort of John W. Brown.

Mitchell, D.W., b. Dec. 15, 1839, d. July 19, 1924

Mitchell, Louisa, b. July 25, 1842, d. July 23, 1892. Aged 50 Ys. 2 Ds. Wife of D.W. Mitchell.

Scalf, J.R., b. Aug. 13, 1832, d. Jun 6, 1914

About four field stones.

Additional Information:

Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1879 by Goldene Fillers Burgner:

p. 13, January 7, 1817 John W. Brown--Margaret Kencheloe--Joshua Hail.

p. 120 November 11, 1859 Jesse R. Scalf--Clarissa Brown.

p. 122 March 10, 1860 David Mitchell--Louisa Brown--md. 21 March 1860--William A. Keen, M.G.

Washington County, Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872 by Goldene Fillers Burgner:

p. 38 George E. Kincheloe June 27, 1840

Children: John, William, James, Nancy McPherson, Mary wife of James Owen decd., Sarah, Elizabeth wife of John Whitlock, Clary wife of Chase Hale, Margaret wife of John W. Brown. My watch to my grandson, George Kncheloe, son of my son John. Executors: Sons: John, William and James Kincheloe. Wit.: Thomas Fulkerson, George J. Jackson, Elijah Ellis. Signed: George Kincheloe.

1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee, transcribed by Byron H. & Barbara Sistler:

p. 66 MITCHEL, D.W. 39 (m), Louisa 28, Mary E. 8, Hattie 6 (596)

p. SCALF, Jesse R. 45, Laura L. 19, John 17, Louisa 15, Archibald 10, Geo. 8 (597)

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BROYLES (PHILIP) CEMETERY   Located on the banks of the Nolichuckey River behind Oscar Brown's house, 2370 Hwy. 107, Chuckey, TN. GPS Location:  36.09.09N  082.34.96W;  Elevation:  1464 ft.   Approximately 20 graves marked with fieldstones were found.

The land owner shared a copy of a November 1907 deed from Mack Bailey and wife to Frank Brown (his ancestor) naming some of the people buried here:  "The graves of Philip Broyles and wife and of the two children of Newton Broyles are excepted from this deed."

Surveyed, photographed and donated to the Washington County TNGenWeb page 3 December 2004 by Paul Painter, Jan Clark, Chester Willis, Bob Shell, Donna Briggs, and Betty Jane Hylton.

Additional information:

1850 Census Washington County, TN

#1486/1518       Broyles, Philip 37, Eleanor 40, Frances 16, Amanda M. 14, Washington M. 11, Marietta 8, Martha 6, John 4, Jacob 1.

#1532/1565       Cannon, George 27, Kessiah 28, Mary E 1, Broyles, Newton 10.

#1515/1547       Broyles, Julius 65, Catherine 63, Manerva 19, Amanda 21.

1860 Census Washington County, TN

#28   Broyles, Philip 52, Elender 55, Frances L. 25, Newton 22, Mary A. 18, Martha M. 16, John A.S. 14, Jacob D. 12

1870 Census Washington County, TN

Not found

1880 Census Washington County, TN

Broyles, Philip 69, Ellander 70, Jacob 28

Greene County, Tennessee Marriages, 1783-1868 by Goldene Burgner.

Philip Broyles to Ellender Broyles m. 26 Nov 1829 by Hiram Daily, M.G.

Washington County Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872 by Goldene Burgner

p.73 Julius Broyles   January 31, 1866

Sons:  Philip, Alexander & Ephraim have their part. Daughter Louise wife of George Miller has her part. Five daughters:  Lucinda wife of Jackie Broyles, Mary Ann wife of David Good, Amanda wife of Elbert Fox, Nerza wife of Joseph Snapp, Sarah wife of James Henley. Executor:  Harvey Richardson. Test:  Alexander Broyles, Henderson Presnell. Probated December Term, 1866.  Signed:  Julius Broyles

p.37 James Broyles, Senr.  July 17, 1837

Wife Ellender to make my daughters Malinda and Ellender equal to my other daughters Polly Mauk and others. Land adjoining Adam Painter, John Broyles and others granted to me by State of Tennessee 30 September 1835 to be sold if not needed. Polly Mauk, my daughter, to have 18 acres at the head of Maple Swamp on the southside of Chuckey River. Sons John and Mathias have their pat which is $1500. Son Lewis has received $850 and is to receive $200 more provided the note on James Allen Esq. can be secured. Son James has received $1000. Sons:  Jacob and Ephraim, 246 acres. Son Simeon, 50 acres more. Samuel Mauk has land in his own right. Executrix:  Wife Ellender, sons Jacob and Ephraim to assist her. Wit.: Joseph West, Jacob F. Broyles. Angus Grahal Probated November Sessions, 1839.  Signed:  James (X) Broyles.

Keithıs Typescript with Additions by John K. Broyles, Sr., Clinton, TN

p. 278  #1479. Washington Newton Broyles (son of Philip Broyles and wife Ellender Broyles, was born about 1839. He served in the C.S.A. in the Civil War. He married 1. Sallie Harris. Their children:  Minnie Broyles, Nathaniel Broyles, Walter Broyles. Washington Newton Broyles married 2. Emma C. Miller (a widow, nee Collett) in Washington Co., Tenn., 21 Feb 1880.

(DANIEL) BRUMMIT CEMETERY

Located at 2648 Cherokee Road, Johnson City, TN. It is overgrown, so it was hard to determine how many graves are present, but there was only one readable stone. According to the WCCL: "This cemetery was established about the time of the Civil War by Daniel Brummit. There are 4 graves. Daniel Brummit and his wife are buried there."

Brummit, Elizabeth; ? - died 9-18-1845 spouse D. Brummit

Additional Information:

Daniel Brummit was a son of David Brummit (1790-1834) and Anna N. Moreland Brummit (1821-1880) and the grandson of Samuel & Margaret Ann Brummit who came to Washington County, TN in 1790.

[Note: A Letter to the Editor ofWAGS BULLETIN from Edith Brumit Twilling, 1480 South Salt Pond, Marshall, MO 65430. (Vol. 17 (1): 46, 1988)

My sisters and I were researching in Washington County, Tennessee a few years ago and secured a map of the cemeteries in the county along with locations and a listing of legible headstones charted by the WPA in the 1930s.

The Brummit Cemetery, No. 51, lists Daniel Brummit as being buried with his wife Elizabeth in this family cemetery located on the family farm. This is a logical assumption, however, this Daniel lived for many more years than this cemetery was in use and moved to Saline County, MO where he died in 1878.

Elizabeth was Daniel Brumit's first wife whom he married in 1844. She died in 1845 and in 1846, he married Mary Ann Peoples, who died in 1848 and is buried in the Elliott Cemetery with her Peoples relatives. In 1849, Daniel Brumit married Louisa McAmis Stonecypher (previously married to Jacob Stonecypher) in Greene County, Tennessee. We do not know what became of this marriage or Jacob, but they had a son, Thomas A. Stonecypher, who was reared by Daniel and Louisa Brumit. We do not know what happened to Thomas after he was released from the Confederate Army in North Carolina in 1865.

Daniel and Louisa Brumit sold the family farm in Washington County, TN and moved to Saline County, MO in 1871, along with their 3 daughters and 1 son, Jacob Brumit. Thomas Stonecypher did not come to Missouri with them. Daniel and Louisa lived out their lives on the farm they purchased in Saline County, MO and are buried side by side in the Bethel Cemetery, located beside the Bethel Baptist Church in rural Saline Co., located 7 miles north of Slater, MO on Route C.

The "D. Brummit" listed in the directory is probably Daniel's father, David Brumit, who died in the early 1830s.

Of interest to us, and perhaps someone else, Daniel did marry a fourth time, Louisa died in 1873. In 1877, Daniel returned to Washington County, TN and married Elizabeth Scott, the widow of Absolum Scott who owned a neighboring farm to the Brumit's there. Daniel died in 1878 and Elizabeth returned to Washington County to make her home with her stepdaughter, Nancy Scott Brumit, who incidentally was the widow of Daniel Brumits youngest brother, Philip Brumit. Elizabeth, Nancy and Philip Brumit are buried at Speedwell Cemetery in Washington County.

We felt this error should be corrected regarding our grandparents as it certainly would be misleading to researchers.

Signed - Edith Brumit Twilling

The above added by Betty Jane Hylton.]

Recorded Sept. 15, 1990 by Elaine Cantrell of Johnson City, TN. Typed June 18, 1998 by Sandra Ellis. This file was contributed for use on the TNGenWeb-Washington County Page and in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Ellis <ellis@tyler.net>

BRUSH/BRUSHY CREEK CAMPGROUND AND CEMETERY     Located at the corner of Watagua and Jackson Avenues, Johnson City, TN GPS location: 36.19.09N 082.21.57W; Elevation: 1630 ft.

Three Star State Historical Marker at the site of the Brush Creek Campground located at the corner of Watauga Avenue and Jackson Avenue in front of the Masonic Temple. There are impressions of graves located in front of the Masonic building. On September 2, 1811, James Nelson deeded to trustees William Nelson, William Duzan, James King, Jacob Hoss and John R. Boring, 4 acres and 8 poles to be used by the Methodist Episcopal church for a house of worship. For many years a campground for religious meeting was maintained here with a central permanent tent and many family tents. During the Civil War Col. Robert Love's 62^nd NC Regiment, CSA, used the ground as a camp.

From Robert Young, Sr, Patriot and Pioneer by Dessie Little Simmons and Fred Simmons, c1984.

p. 371 After Lucretia's death, Joseph L. Young returned to TN and married 14 Sep 1848, Seraphina Jane Hoss (22 Dec 1823 - 20 Aug 1857), daughter of John Hoss and Sarah Adams Williams Hoss. Lucretia and Seraphina were cousins. Joseph and Seraphina Young moved to Catoosa Co., GA; however, they must have returned to the area of Washington Co. TN as Seraphina was buried Brushy Creek Camp Ground (now abandoned), which was located in the residential district of Johnson City, TN.

From History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988 by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, 1988.

p. 25 About 1800 the Great Revival reached Washington County, with evangelistic meetings held at various sites for weeks at a time. Settlers came from miles away to attend these meetings, camping outdoors while the meeting lasted. The practice of camping resulted in the establishment of campgrounds. Two of these campgrounds became well known - the Brush Creek Campground (located in what is now Johnson City), and the campground at Sulphur Springs.

p. 81 In 1811 Brush Creek Campground was established on donated land in present-day Johnson City, extending from what is now the corner of Boone Street and Unaka Avenue southwestward to Market Street. These camp meetings served to increase Church membership, but were also occasions for families from the various communities to meet each other and exchange news.

p. 180 The name South Watauga continued unofficially until about 1805 when James Nelson, son of William, gave "4 acres and 8 poles" on Brush Creek to the Methodist Society (Bishop Francis Asbury) for the purpose of a church which was also used for educational purposes. This land was located on the present 300 block of West Watauga Avenue. The Brush(y) Creek Camp Ground flourished for more than half a century.

From History of Washington County, Tennessee compiled and edited by Joyce and W. Eugene Cox, 2001.

p.222 Probably one of the last civil cases stemming directly from the war was instituted by the Methodist Church South to regain possession of the Brush Creek Campground from the Northern Methodists. The suit would not be resolved until after it went all the way to the Supreme Court of Tennessee resulting in a victory for the Southern Methodists.

 

BUFFALO RIDGE CEMETERY

BURLESON-WALSH CEMETERY   Located behind the house at 507 Nunley Dr., Johnson City, TN. under two big trees. The cemetery has been recently cleared of brush About 34 graves are marked with fieldstones. GPS Location: 36.18.20N 082.24.15W. Elevation 1643 ft.

Copied and contributed for use on the TNGenWeb Washington County Page and in the USGenWeb Archives, June 11, 2003 by Donna Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton

Additonal Information:

From Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, V. 1, p.164-165, with permission from Loraine Bennett Rae. The following were found in 1976 but not 2003:

Heney, W.

Onks, Sarah E.

Burleson, Henry, 15 Aug 1885 - 2 Aug 1886, son of J.C. & Emma Burleson.

WCCL: The cemetery was probably established by Elber Bell, who died April 10, 1852, as this is the oldest inscription. There are 28 graves marked with inscriptions and 53 fieldstones. Families buried here are: Walsh, Nunley, Patrick, Griffith, Onkst, Burleson, Illey, and Patterson. [This information was recorded in the 1930's.]

From Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908-1916 by Eddie M. Nikazy:

p.20      Cary B. Patrick, age: 21 years, married, death cause: "Consumption", died: 5 Jul 1910, record (1908-12): 92310.

p.230   Alice Patterson, born: 12 Mar 1859, married, parents: Jefferson Burleson (NC) and Sarah Belle __, death cause "myo carditis" informant: M.S. Patterson (Johnson City), buried: Burleson Cemetery, died: 20 May 1916, death record (1916): 237.

p.232   Charles F. Patterson, born: 2 Mar 1892, single, parents: S.L. Patterson and Alice Burleson, death cause "typhoid fever," buried: Burleson Cemetery, died: 12 Jun 1916, death record (1916): 253.

From Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870 by Goldene F. Burgner:

p.114    April 14, 1858 Jefferson Burleson - Sarah Ann Bell - md. 14 April 1858 - L. Bowers.

p.78      Dec. 28, 1847 John Kelly - Eliza Jane Bell - md. 20 Dec 1847 - William Cate, M.G. [More information on the Kelly/Killey family http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwashin/cemetery/cemKilley.htm

p.114    Par. 14, 1858 Jefferson Burleson - Sarah Ann Bell - md. 14 April 1858 - L. Bowers

Washington County, Tennessee 1870 Census

Dist. 4 # 42 Morefield, William 36, Melvina 22.

Dist. 8 # 57 Kelly, John 43, Eliza 43, Mary C. 21, Madison 15, Elizabeth 17, William 12, Ann 8, Esther 6, Judson 3.

Dist. 8 #55 Burleson, Jeff 30, Sarah 38, Alice 10, Jas. C. 7, John J. 4, Elizabeth 1; Bell, Sarah 77.

A picture of Jefferson Burleson and more about this family can be found on page 273 of the History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988 by the Watauga Association of Genealogists.

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