CHEROKEE COMMUNITY CEMETERY, Section B, Rows 1 - 29

(Also known as Cherokee Baptist Church Cemetery)

Section B starts near the old cedar tree next to the church. GPS location:  36.14.124N  082.27.910W; Elevation:  1707 ft.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	ROW/ GRAVE	COMMENTS
Hurdt, James L.	15 Feb 1852	1 Aug 1936	1/1
Hurdt, Nancy E.	14 Apr 1858	11 Apr 1921	1/2	Wife of J.L. Hurdt
Carter, W.H.	23 Apr 1917	24 Apr 1917	1/3	Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. Guy Carter
Blevins, Arthur	28 Sep 1903	12 Dec 1942	1/4	TENNESSEE SGT HQ TROOP I CAVALRY
Runion, William	1922	1929	1/5	Son of C. R. & Ethel Runion
Blevins, John	27 Jul 1867	6 Sep 1907	1/6
Coffie, Ida Hurdt	1878	1940	1/7
Treadway, Elijah Jarvis	1906	2000	1/8	[Shares marker with Beulah M. Hoss Treadway]
Treadway, Beulah M. Hoss	1904	1986	1/9	[Shares marker with Elijah Jarvis Treadway]
[Graham], John C.	March -	March 2 ?	2/1	[Ceramic marker/broken; bottom only; made by Decker Keystone Pottery]
Graham, Martha A.	5 Jun 1853	11 Jul 1853	2/2	[Top only of broken ceramic marker; made by Decker Keystone Pottery]
Unknown	[No date]	14 Jul 1858	2/3	[Bottom only of ceramic marker made by Decker Keystone Pottery]
[Graham graves not found1]				[See notes at end of section]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	2/4	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	2/5	[Fieldstone]
Eastep, Martha J.	20 Jul 1844	22 Sep 1881	3/1	Wife of Alfred Eastep
West, Thomas S.2	[No date]	Jan 1796	4/1	[Shares marker with Rachel West, Edward West, Lydia West & Elizabeth West; see note at end of section]
West, Rachel	[No date]	Apr 1814	4/2	His Wife [Shares marker with Thomas S. West, Edward West, Lydia West & Elizabeth West]
West, Edward	29 Oct 1766	8 Apr 1849	4/3	Their Son  [Shares marker with Thomas S. West, Rachel West, Lydia West & Elizabeth West]
West, Lydia	[No date]	1792	4/4	Wife of Edward  [Shares marker with Thomas S. West, Rachel West, Edward West & Elizabeth West]
West, Elizabeth	5 Aug 1774	23 Aug 1839	4/5	Wife of Edward  [Shares marker with Thomas S. West, Rachel West, Edward West & Lydia West]
Booth, Eliza Jane	15 Aug 1826	31 May 1861	5/1
Booth, Sarah	11 Jul 1793	19 Jun 1888	5/2	Wife of John Booth
Booth, Elizabeth	15 Mar 1837	25 Feb 1908	5/3
Booth, Jeremiah	1832	1915	5/4
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	5/5	[Unreadable]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	5/6	[Unreadable]
Loyd, Sarah H.	17 Nov 1871	9 Jan 1946	5/7
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	5/8	[Fieldstone]
Loyd, John	[No date]	[No date]	5/9	CO B 12 TENN.  CAV.
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	6/1	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	7/1	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	7/2	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	7/3	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	7/4	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	7/5	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	7/6	[Fieldstone]
May, C. E.	6 May 1823	3 Jul 1897	7/7	[Marker broken]
May, Ann C.	26 Nov 1831	31 Mar 1869	7/8	Wife of C. E. May
Million, Mary	8 Sep 1787	12 Jan 1855	7/9	Wife of Rob. Million
Million, Robert	20 Apr 1781	21 Aug 1856	7/10	[Marker broken/on  ground]
Bayless, William M.	[No date]	[No date]	8/1	I ST SGT CO B 26 TENN. INF. CSA
Boothe,  Joseph Senπr	[No date]	7 Jun 1849	8/2	Aged 63 [Hand hewn marker]
Boothe, Sarah	[No date]	5 Dec 1828	8/3	Aged 18 [Hand hewn marker]
Boothe, David	[No date]	21 Nov 1828	8/4	Aged 27 [Hand hewn marker]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	8/5	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	8/6	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	9/1	[Fieldstone with markings; unreadable]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	9/2	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	9/3	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	9/4	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	9/5	[Fieldstone]
Cox, Elbert Sevier	8 May 1822	3 Jul 1881	10/1	[A. C. Remine monument]
[Cox, John]  3	[No date]	[? Oct 1818]	10/2	[Aged 64 yrs.; See note at end of section]
Cox, Priscilla	[No date]	11 Oct 1835	10/3	Aged 52 Yrs. 3 Mos. 23 Ds. [Marker broken]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	10/4	[Unreadable]
Cox, Caroline	8 Apr 1817	19 Nov 1851	10/5	Consort of Thomas J. Cox
Cox, James Clabourn	19 Sep 1846	27 Mar 1858	10/6	Son of Thomas J. & Caroline Cox
Cox, Thomas J.	15 Novπr 1814	25 Nov 1859	10/7
Blair, Mary Chester	2 Sep 1865	16 Nov 1939	11/1
Blair, Susan Caroline	17 Aug 1859	15 Apr 1920	11/2
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	11/3	[Fieldstone]
Cox, Emmaline	5 Jul 1840	27 Jan 1910	11/4
Blair, John Laird	23 Mar 1823	26 Feb 1903	11/5
Blair, Mary J. Cox	17 Mar 1838	17 Apr 1895	11/6	Wife of John L.Blair
Blair, Shirley Albert	7 Sep 1916	14 Aug 1975	12/1	PVT  US ARMY WORLD WAR II [Ground level marker]
Blair, Paul G.	18 Feb 1909	12 Oct 1973	12/2	TENNESSEE TEC 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II [Ground level marker]
Blair, Robπt Alexander	24 Jun 1857	6 Apr 1932	12/3
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	12/4	[Fieldstone]
Franklin, Josiah	29 Apr 1769	13 Dec 1813	13/1
Franklin, Lucy	4 May 1780	14 Apr 1854	13/2	Wife of Josiah Franklin
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	13/3	[Unreadable]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	14/1	[Fieldstone]
Miller, Sarah	21 Jul 1798	24 May 1858	14/2	Wife of Peter R. Miller
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	14/3	[Fieldstone/markings]
S. M.	[No date]	[No date]	15/1	[≥S≤ is made backwards; Fieldstone]
Bayless, Infant	[No date]	[No date]	15/2	Infant Son of -iel L. & Mar-  -less  -d 7 days [Infant Son of Daniel L.& Mary Bayless; Aged 7 days; marker broken/on ground; partially readable]
Deakins, Achsah	[No date]	18 Mar 18?4 [1844]	15/3	Aged 49 Years 29 Days
G. J. D.	[No date]	D 1840	15/4	Aged 70
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	15/5	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	15/6	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	16/1	[Fieldstone]
McCray, Charles	[No date]	7 May 1819	16/2	Aged [43 yrs.]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	16/3	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	16/4	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	16/5	[Fieldstone]
McC[ray],  C. H.	[No date]	Jul 183? [1838]	16/6	[Fieldstone; almost unreadable]
Hixt, Polly (P. H.)	[No date]	11 Mar 1820	17/1	Here lies the body of Polly Hixt Dec'd March 11, 1820 Aged 60
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	17/2	[Large fieldstone; flat on ground; no markings]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	18/1	[Fieldstone]
Whaley, Sarah	11 Jun 1854	12 Jan 1923	18/2	Wife of James Whaley
Whaley, James W.	1853	2 Oct 1921	18/3
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	19/1	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	19/2	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	19/3	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	20/1	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	20/2	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	20/3	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	20/4	[Fieldstone]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	21/1	[Fieldstone]
Hill, Guy O.	1889	1938	21/2
Hill, William C. M. D.	1 Oct 1869	3 Sep 1900	21/3
Hill, Joseph	26 Oct 1819	9 Aug 1892	21/4	Aged 72 Yrs., 9 Mos. & 13 Ds.
Humphreys, Mary Ann	17 Oct 1857	21 Nov 1890	21/5	Wife of J. Wm. Humphreys; Married Jan 15, 1890; Aged 33 Yrs. 1 Mo. & 4 Ds.
Hill, Mary Ann	5 Feb 1825	26 Apr 1863	21/6	Wife of Joseph Hill
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	21/7	[Fieldstone]
Bayless, M. C. Dove	1850	[1919]	22/1	[Shares marker with W. M. Bayless]
Bayless, W. M.	1846	1926	22/2	[Shares marker with M.C. Dove Bayless]
Bayless, E. W. Rev.	29 Feb 1840	31 Mar 1899	22/3
Bayless,, Elizabeth Catharine Miller	21 Aug 1843	29 Mar 1913	22/4	Wife of E. W. Bayless
Bayless, Margaret	29 Jul 1834	29 Jun 1911	22/5	Aged 76 Yrs. 11 Mos.
Hill, Alice	1 May 1861	14 Dec 1906	22/6
Hill, Elizabeth A. Bayless	20 Mar 1880	24 Aug 1904	22/7	Wife of Joseph Hill
Hill, Rhoda D.	9 Dec 1857	13 Jan 1883	22/8	Wife of Detroit Hill
Shannon, Elizabeth T.	15 Nov 1811	Febπy -	22/9	[Marker broken/partially missing]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	22/10	[Bottom; H. C. Remine, J. C.]
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	22/11	[Marker broken; no markings]
May, S.C.	5 Sep 1853	20 Oct 1924	23/1
May, Malisa  J. Miller	15 Aug 1858	7 Jul 1922	23/2	Wife of S. C. May
May, Mary Estal	29 Apr 1884	18 Aug 1891	23/3	Daughter of S. C. & M. J. May
Mulkey, Malissa	14 Apr 1861	9 Oct 1890	23/4	[On river rock monument; has separate marker]
Huffman, Fannie	8 Jul 1858	11 Apr 1887	23/5	Wife of ? Huffman [Marker broken; on river rock monument; has separate marker]
Mulkey, J. B.	16 Mar 1856	26 Apr 1885	23/6	[Could be the Bovelle Mulkey on river rock monument; has separate marker]
Mulkey, Hiram	[No date]	1872	23/7	[Large monument made of river rocks]
Mulkey, Amanda	[No date]	1875	23/8	[Large monument made of river rocks]
Mulkey, Bovelle	[No date]	1885	23/9	Children [On river rock monument; could be the J. B. Mulkey, Row 23, Grave 6; separate marker]
Mulkey, Fannie (Mrs. Huffman)	[No date]	1887	23/10	Children [On river rock monument; has separate marker, Row 23, Grave 5]
Mulkey, Vernie (Mrs. Williams)	[No date]	1901	23/11	Children [Large monument made of river rocks]
Mulkey, Malissa	[No date]	1890	23/12	Children [On river rock monument; has separate marker, Row 23, Grave 4]
Williams, Clyde	[No date]	1894	23/13	Williams Children [Large monument made of river rocks]
Williams, Dewey	[No date]	1899	23/14	Williams Children [Large monument made of river rocks]
Williams, Ralph and Ray	[No date]	1901	23/15	Williams Children; Siamese twins [Large monument made of river rocks]
Ferguson, Susannah (Aunt)	[No date]	1878	23/16	Aunt [Large monument made of river rocks]
Stone, Freelove	17 Jun 1812	6 Mar 1894	24/1	Wife of Elder J. B. Stone; Professed and was Baptized by Elder Reece Bayless into Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church in 1846 and Died Triumphant in Christ March 6, 1894.
Stone, J. B. Elder	2 Sep 1814	[24] ? Jun 1897	24/2
Stone, Catharine B.	27 Apr 1839	13 Nov 1897	24/3	Dau. of Eld. J. B. Stone
Stone, Martin K.	1852	1919	24/4
Robertson, Eliza A.	17 Nov 1848	26 Jun 1932	24/5
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	24/6	[Fieldstone]
Guinn, Laura A.	1860	1894	25/1
Guinn, P. M.	4 Jul 1828	16 Dec 1906	25/2
Miller, Henry	20 Apr 1835	16 Jan 1901	25/3
Miller, Henry Daniel	[No date]	9 Mar 1890	25/4	Aged 24 Yrs. 9 Mos. 2 Das.
Miller, Irene	18 Dec 1898	18 Oct 1899	25/5	Daughter of J.E. & Minnie Miller
Miller, Laura E.	3 Feb 1860	18 Jan 1885	25/6	Wife of B. F. Miller
Unknown	[No date]	[No date]	25/7	[Fieldstone]
Constable, John W.	29 Sep 1905	17 Sep 1937	26/1
Dunn, Wm. Joe	23 Sep 1875	24 Jul 1965	26/2
Dunn, Monnie Bell Constable	[No date]	22 Oct 1929	26/3	Wife of Joe Dunn; Age 35 Yrs.
Branche, Mae I. Constable	1901	1928	26/4	Wife of  S. D. Branche
Constable, Roy V.	1910	1938	26/5	[Ground level marker]
Constable, Arthur J.	1933	1934	26/6	[Shares ground level marker with Virginia L. Constable]
Constable, Virginia L.	1932	1932	26/7	[Shares ground level marker with Arthur J. Constable]
Constable, Charles E.	3 Oct 1959	8 May 2004	26/8
Peoples, George D.	18 Nov 1898	10 Oct 1899	26/9	Son of W. R. & L. S. Peoples
Peoples, Ida Bell	1896	1912	26/10	[Ground level marker]
Lee, Richard Tyrone	15 Sep 1939	11 Oct 1939	26/11	[Ground level marker]
Hoss, Ella Pearl	21 Apr 1895	8 Jun 1896	27/1	Dau. of J. R. & Aggie Hoss; Aged 1 Yr. 1 Mo. 17 Das.
Hoss, Henry	3 Feb 1900	5 Nov 1905	27/2	Son of J. R. & Agnes Hoss
Hoss, Agnes	23 Nov 1874	9 Jun 1955	27/3
Hoss, J. R.	1 Feb 1874	4 May 1913	27/4
Constable, Hannah Burgner	1 Apr 1908	22 Aug 1984	27/5
Constable, James S.	1903	1936	27/6
Constable, Lela Mashburn	25 Jun 1908	17 Apr 1929	27/7
Constable, Pearl M.	1891	1897	27/8
Constable, Mary M.	1873	1928	27/9	[Shares marker with Charlie N. Constable]
Constable, Charlie N.	1872	1940	27/10	[Shares marker with Mary M. Constable]
Constable, Lillian	[No date]	17 Jan 1934	27/11	Infant daughter of Charles & Josephine Constable
Constable, Josephine E.	23 May 1892	6 Dec 1981	27/12	Wife of Charles N. Constable
Yoder, Joseph S.	11 May 1829	12 Aug 1895	27/13
Duncan, Louise B. [Broyles]	8 Aug 1921	[No date]	27/14	[Shares marker with Earl Radford Duncan]
Duncan, Earl Radford	3 Feb 1919	3 Jun 1992	27/15	US ARMY  WORLD WAR II [Military info. on footstone; shares marker with Louise B. Duncan]
Hoss, Blanche E.	1907	2000	28/1	[Shares marker with  Charlie F. Hoss]
Hoss, Charlie F.	5 May 1905	15 Mar 1977	28/2	PFC  US ARMY WORLD WAR II [Military info. on footstone; shares marker with Blanche E  Hoss]
Story, Dora Mae Hoss	26 Mar 1898	19 Feb 1932	28/3
Story, James H.	5 May 1920	20 Dec 2000	28/4	Married 9 Feb 1941 US ARMY WORLD WAR II [James Herman Story on footstone with military info.]
Story, Mary A.	4 Jul 1924	[No date]	28/5	Married 9 Feb 1941 [Shares marker with James Herman Story]
Douglas, Inia Bell Dunn	16 Dec 1919	9 Apr 1995	28/6
Douglas, Janet	29 Dec 1940	29 Dec 1940	28/7	Born and Died 29 Dec 1940 [Small ground level marker]
Constable, Hattie R.	1896	1944	28/8	[Ground level marker]
Rogers, Anna Caroline "Carrie"	3 Jan 1921	22 Oct 1993	28/9
Rogers, Charlie Vestal	4 Jun 1915	17 Oct 1976	28/10
Bailey, Bette R.	18 Oct 1934	[No date]	29/1	[Shares marker with Earnest H. Bailey]
Bailey, Earnest H.	27 Sep 1936	31 Jan 1979	29/2	[Shares marker with Bette R. Bailey]

Copied, photographed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web Page by Chester Willis, Betty Jane Hylton, Jan Clark, Donna Briggs and Geraldine Greenwell, Summer 2005. Posted 21 Nov 2005

Additional Information:

¹  The following were found in earlier records of Charles Bennett (Bennett, Charles M. and Watauga Association of Genealogists . Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions. 1st ed. : Loraine Bennett Rae, 1979; with permission from Loraine B. Rae) or Oral J. Constable, Cherokee Community Cemetery Committee, 2002. but not in 2005:

Graham, Emmaline J.

Born 27 Mar 1836, Died 11 Jul 1837

[Marker was made by Decker Keystone Pottery]

 

Graham, Robert T.

Born 7 Sep 1887, Died 22 Nov 1887

[Marker was made by Decker Keystone Pottery. Pictures of the Decker Keystone Pottery markers are in Down on Cherokee by Billy Hugh Campbell, Jr., pp. 124-126.]

 

Graham, Jacob M.     

Born 1 Apr 1834, Died 21 Jun 1847

 

Graham, Rheuben B

Born 1 Apr 1834, Died 21 Jun 1847

 

Graham, A. B.

Born 31 Mar 1851, Died 15 Feb 1902

 

Graham, Margaret [Wife of A.B. Graham]

Born 22 Oct 1853, Died 10 Jun 1899

 

Graham, Mary            [Wife of John Graham]

Born 4 Jun 1811, Died 16 Sep 1898

 

Graham, John

Born 12 Mar 1800, Died 25 Mar 1869

2   The following is the exact inscription of the West monument listed in Row 4, graves 1-5:

IN MEMORY OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER WHO

BROUGHT HIS FAMILY TO TENNESSEE FROM VIRGINIA IN 1778.

             THOMAS S. WEST               HIS WIFE                   RACHEL

             DIED JAN. 1796                                                        DIED APRIL 1814

             THEIR SON                                      

             EDWARD WEST AND WIVES        LYDIA            ELIZABETH

             OCT. 29, 1766                                    DIED 1792     AUG 5, 1774

             APR 8, 1849                                                               AUG 23, 1839

                         ERECTED BY HIS DECENDANTS 1968

3  The following is in Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. II, 1967 transcription but not found in 2005:

Cox, John  (Row 10, Grave 2)

Died Oct 1818

Aged 64 Yrs.

Section A		Section B	Section C
Rows 1 - 18	Rows 19 - 30	Rows 1 - 29	Rows 1 - 12	Rows 13 - 32

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