Speedwell Cemetery

SPEEDWELL CEMETERY

Located behind 3326 Cherokee Road (Hwy 67), Johnson City, TN.It is high on a hill on north side of highway. It was originally Speedwell Methodist Church Cemetery but the church has been gone for many years. This is a very old cemetery but well kept and there are many unmarked graves and just as many unlettered fieldstones. In 1997 money was collected and all the broken stones were repaired.

Andes, A. W.; age 1m 19d - 7-4-1856
Andes, C. E.; 2-25-1865 - 12-25-1940
Andes, Clarence; b&d 9-23-1905 parents W. M. & L. E. Andes
Andes, Elbert Foy; 1870 - 1943 [buried beside Nancy Etta]
Andes, Georgia Stella; 4-15-1892 - 10-20-1898 parents W. M. & L. E.
Andes, Isaac Glen; 1-23-1885 - 9-25-1903 parents W. M. & L. E.
Andes, Mary; age 55y 3m 1d, 4-23-1850
Andes, Mary A. [Willis]; 3-2-1814 - 5-4-1886 [spouse Adam]
Andes, Nancy Etta; 1856 - 1927 [dau of George Walters]
Andes, Peter B.; 12-1-1832 - 2-1-1899 [spouse Sarah F.]
Andes, Robert L.; 10-14-1894 - 5-13-1964
Andes, Sarah F. [Osborn]; 7-28-1835 - 9-13-1907 [spouse Peter B.]

Benfield, Lafayette J.; 6-6-1887 - 1-20-1969 [beside wife Mary Edna Walters]
Bennett, Inf Dau of E. D. & Alice Bennett, 3-28-1911 - 7-11-1911
Brockwell, Susan, 6-15-1859 - 7-5-1929
Brownlow, William; 1878 - 1957
Broyles, Ida; 7-29-1906 - 1-6-1924
Brumit, Elizabeth [Peters]; 10-21-1819-12-6-1893 [2nd w/o Absalom Scott]
Brumit, Nancy [Scott]; 6-17-1834 - 9-9-1899 [sp. Phillip][father Absalom]
Brumit, Phillip; 6-15-1830 - 4-6-1858 [spouse Nancy Scott]

Campbell, Helen; 2-13-1911 - 2-20-1913 parents W. M. & F. L. Campbell
Campbell, Lula Dunn; 3-10-1887 - 2-28-1925 [parents William & Margaret]

Dunn, Bunia V.; [9-28]1876 - 1898 [dau of Wm & Margaret Melvina Dunn]
Dunn, Sarah Emily; [4-16-]1875 - [12-8-]1936 [dau of Wm & Margaret Melvina Dunn]
Dunn, William H. Harrison; [5-19]1845 - [Jan] 1897 [spouse Margaret Melvina Scott who died and was buried in TN Eastern State Hospital Cemetery, Knoxville, TN]

Estes, Chas. N.; 1857 - 1920

Foust, Mary E. [Scott]; 10-6-1860 - 12-24-1901 [spouse W. H. Foust ][dau. of Thomas & Louisa Scott]

Haney, John E.; 1889 - 1949
Howington, David M.; 2-26-1882 - 1-23-1902
Howington, Landon G.; 8-1-1895 - 10-19-1896
Howington, Laura E.; 3-9-1879 - 11-8-1896
Howington, Lillie M.; 4-17-1885 - 12-29-1899
Howington, Maggie M.; 5-8-1880 - 12-25-1903
Howington, Martha M.; 9-30-1856 - 5-20-1908 spouse N. Howington
Howington, Oscar J.; 4-9-1889 - 9-27-1896
Howington, Susie E.; 3-28-1892 - 10-24-1908
Huffine, A.M.[Achsah Minerva]; 5-18-1878 - 12-31-1882 parents D. B. & C.
Huffine, Achsah [Delaney]; 6-17-1814 - 8-22-1881 spouse Daniel
Huffine, Catherine G.; 10-30-1848 - 6-2-1887 [spouse Daniel B.]
Huffine, Cora L. Saylor; 7-16-1866 - 4-8-1935 [spouse John A.]
Huffine, Daniel; 11-25-1807 - 2-23-1897 [spouse Achsah Delaney]
Huffine, Daniel B.; 8-3-1843 - 9-29-1931 [spouse 1.Catherine G.-2.Margery L.]
Huffine, Ethel M.[Madge]; 1877 - 1960 [spouse Jacob Robert] [parents Isaac & Evaline Scott]
Huffine, J. D.; 2-10-1840 - 12-31-1882
Huffine, Jacob; [3-19]-1837 - [9-15]-1918 [spouse Sarah M.]
Huffine, Jacob R.[Robert]; 1879 - 1961 [spouse Ethel M.]
Huffine, John A.; 9-12-1859 - 8-18-1890 [spouse Mollie Miller/Cora Saylor]
Huffine, John A.; 12-29-1862 - 10-18-1947 [spouse Cora L.]
Huffine, Marjery L.; 7-27-1857 - 6-4-1936 [spouse Daniel B.]
Huffine, Mollie E. Miller; 9-12-1859 - 8-18-1890 [spouse John A.]
Huffine, Sarah M.; [5-11]-1842 - [4-1]-1885 spouse Jacob
Huffine, Son of J. A. & M. E. Huffine; 4-9-1887 - 7-11-1887
Huffine, T. W.; 4-7-1875 - 7-3-1882
Huffine, Thomas David; 11-10-1854 - 1-4-1928 [parents Daniel & Achsah]
Hughes, Annie Slagle; 9-20-1906 - 1-18-1945 spouse W. E. [father Lem]

Ling, James; 8-26-1816 - 8-3-1890
Ling, Martha; 1-22-1823 - 12-5-1904
Lowery, Amanda Rebecca Dunn; 3-10-1887 - 11-29-1938 spouse Elbert F.[dau. of William & Margaret Dunn]
Lowery, Elbert F.; 12-15-1875 - 9-9-1962 [spouse Amanda]
Lowery, Robert; 6-29-1909 - 11-8-1914
Lowery, Ruth; 12-1-1916 - 3-16-1917
Lowrance, Amanda; 12-18-1880 - 5-26-1918 spouse W. M.
Lowrance, Mary L.; one date - 12-11-1906
Lowrance, Thos.; one date - 8-24-1894

McMackin, Anna E. Scott; 8-14-1873 - 3-14-1935 spouse Frank
McMackin, Frank; 3-9-1867 - 2-10-1947 [spouse Anna E.]
McMackin, Glenn; 12-4-1905 - 12-6-1905 [parents M/M Marion McMackin]
McMackin, Henry J.; Tenn Pvt 2 Engrs, 10-2-1918
McMackin, Hugh; 6-15-1910 - 1-18-1969 Pfc US Marine Corp WWII [father Frank]
McMackin, Robert Earl; age ly 9m 14d - 7-11-1904 [parents M/M Marion]

Naff, Chester Byron; 2-28-1911 - 7-29-1912 parents R. H. & Otay
Naff, James Franklin; b&d 1-1-1918 parents R. H. & Otay
Naff, Otay; 1876 - 1961
Naff, Robert H.; 1878 - 1942
Naff, Robert Y.; 1902 - 1942

Pate, Allie M.; 6-15-1910 - 6-29-1971[near Montogmery Scott]

Scott, Absalom; 7-15-1811 - 12-14-1870 [spouse Margaret]
Scott, Amanda [May]; 6-25-1835 - 1-19-1891 spouse David
Scott, Benjamin Franklin; 4-21-1877 - 9-10-1931
Scott, Bonnie Leach; 1891 - 1966 [Dec.] [beside spouse Horace W.]
Scott, Daniel B.; 6-3-1870 - 10-30-1884 [parents David & Amanda]
Scott, David; 59y 11m 17d [9-14-1835] - 8-31-1895 [spouse Amanda]
Scott, Ed [Edward]; 5-4-1874 - 3-21-1950 [spouse Mary E. Perry]
Scott, Eveline W.[Watson]; 1852 - 1935 [spouse Isaac][dau. of Isaac W. Watson]
Scott, Horace W.; 1889 - [5-16-]1963 [spouse Bonnie L.]
Scott, Ida May; 6-5-1900 - 1-13-1919 parents Martin & Mary
Scott, Isaac; 1845 - 1890 [spouse Eveline][parents Absalom & Margaret]
Scott, John U.; dates unreadable [parents David & Amanda]
Scott, Laura; 1872 - 1954 [parents Isaac & Eveline]
Scott, Louisa M. [Harvey]; 6-8-1838 - 8-22-1913 [spouse Thomas]
Scott, Margaret [E.] France; 1866 - 1922 [spouse Montgomery][dau. of Reece & Margaret France]
Scott, Margaret [Huffine]; 10-8-1813 - 11-23-1856 [spouse Absalom][dau. of Jacob & Elizabeth Huffine]
Scott, Mary C.; 9-12-1860 - 11-31-1863 [parents David & Amanda]
Scott, Mary E. [Perry]; 7-25-1880 - 7-28-1938 [spouse Edward]
Scott, Mattie; (no dates) inscribed Daughter (and buried beside Isaac and Eveline Scott)
Scott, Montgomery; 1866 - 1916 [spouse Margaret E.] [son of Daniel & Buena Vista]
Scott, Sam Lee; 1899 - 5-12-1967 [parents Montgomery & Margaret]
Scott, Samuel C.; 1-19-1862 - 8-2-1884 [parents David & Amanda]
Scott, Thomas; 1-2-1838 - 12-18-1912 [spouse Louisa] [parents Absalom and Margaret]
Shell, Carrie Edith; 1902 - 1942
Shell, Charles E.; 1897 - no date
Shell, Inf Dau of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Shell; (no dates)
Shell, Inf Son of Earl & Vera Shell; one date - 1923
Shell, Inf Son of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Shell; (no dates)
Shell, Loretta; 1867 - 1949 (buried beside Samuel)
Shell, Margaret Ethel; 1884 - 1904
Shell, Samuel; 1860 - 1923
Shell, Vera Cox; 1901 - 1941 (buried beside Charles E.)
Slagle, Deliah Walters; 8-9-1878 - 7-20-1919 [spouse Lem]
Slagle, Lem [Lemuel]; 2-14-1876 - 8-29-1960 spouse [1.Deliah 2.Savannah]
Slagle, Savannah E. Walters; 5-9-1896 - 1-26-1988 [spouse Lem]
Slagle, Terry L.; 1954 - 1955
Slagle, William David; 5-3-1908 - 2-15-1910 parents Lem & Deliah
Stinson, Billy O.; 9-1-1928 - 11-28-1928
Stinson, C. L.; one date - 1964
Stinson, F. A.; 1885 - 1964 [spouse Lena]
Stinson, Lena; 1887 - 1970 [spouse F. A.]
Stinson, Mary M.; 8-6-1912 - 1-14-1926
Stinson, Willidean; 6-5-1925 - 9-25-1933
Stoops, Amelia D.; 1866 - 1959
Story, Alice B. Walters; 10-12-1877 - 1-5-1932 spouse Fuller
Story, F. (Fuller) G.; 1878 - 1949 [spouse Alice B.]
Strickland, Cora E.; 4-7-1872 - 3-15-1957
Strickland, Frances Louise; 9-16-1930 - 8-15-1932 parents J. R. & Pearl
Strickland, Millard C.; 6-22-1904 - 9-4-1904 parents L. N. & Virgie

Walls, David Lem; 1961 - 1988 [parents Willard & Nora Slagle Walls]
Walls, Mary Etta; 1958 - 1974 [parents Willard & Nora Slagle Walls]
Walter, Barbara A.; 8-1-1857 - 12-21-1901
Walter, Bertha Lenore; 1878 - 1938
Walter, Edward F.; 4-10-1877 - 3-29-1935 [spouse Martha E.]
Walter, Hugh L.; 10-16-1904 - 12-29-1975
Walter, Martha E. Lady; 9-22-1877 - 3-26-1929 spouse Edward F.
Walter, Minnie L. Denton; 1873 - 1951 spouse Samuel D.
Walter, Samuel D.; 7-25-1870 - 7-30-1944 [spouse Minnie L.]
Walters, Artie L.; 1886 - 1912 (on stone with Jacob)
Walters, Clifton B.; 8-18-1921 - 8-29-1921 [son of Jacob Walters]
Walters, Cora Lee; 5-12-1872 - 10-15-1915
Walters, Dewey; 8-22-1898 - 8-17-1952 [spouse Glenna L.]
Walters, Glenna L. Huffine; 11-29-1898 - 8-6-1991 [spouse Dewey]
Walters, Horace C.; 5-24-1900 - 10-18-1974 [spouse Margorie]
Walters, Hugh; 10-16-1904 - 12-29-1975 [unmarried son of Sam and Minnie]
Walters, Iris H.; 1915 - 1944
Walters, Jacob; 1881 - 1947 (stone also has Meena & Artie)
Walters, James W.; 9-18-1920 - 12-23-1920 [son of Jacob Walters]
Walters, M. E.; 4-28-1846 - 5-6-1922
Walters, Margorie [Leach]; 10-8-1902 - 12-29-1958 [spouse Horace]
Walters, Mary Edna; 9-14-1868 - 12-5-1939, [spouse L.J. Benfield]
Walters, Mary Huffine; 11-5-1831 - 5-22-1853 [father Daniel]
Walters, Mary J.; 3-24-1829 - 2-16-1907
Walters, Mary M. Feathers; 12-30-1843 - 12-18-1931 spouse Worley W.
Walters, Meena S.; 1887 - 1958 (on stone with Jacob)
Walters, W. W.; 9-24-1845 - 2-4-1922
Walters, William S.; 12-30-1872 - 11-9-1875 parents W. W. & M. M.
Walters, William T.; 10-11-1857 - 11-6-1859
Walters, Worley M.; 4-30-1848 - 7-22-1926 [spouse Mary M.]
Whittaker, Charles [Walter]; 1883 - 5-7-1937 [spouse Sabre]
Whittaker, Sabre Sue Dunn; 10-2-1899 - 8-18-1954 [spouse Charles]
Wright, Fannie Ethel; 2-24-1894 - 7-21-1897 parents J. W. & M. E.
Wright, Nola Susan; 1-16-1890 - 7-30-1897 parents J. W. & M. E.
Wright, Samuel Edgar; 9-23-1892 - 10-31-1892 parents J. W. & M. E.

Additional Information:

From Jonesboro Herald & Tribune Obituaries: Buried at Speedwell Cemetery

Sarah Andes died 9-14-1906

William Andes died Nov. 16, 1905 at the age of 81 years. He died at home of son-in-law John Feathers. He had two children.

Lavonia (Vonia) Dunn b. 6-23-1872 d. 1929

Clyde Dunn b. ?6-18-1907 d. 8-26-1945

Robert Ernest Dunn, infant son of Bill and Dora Dunn - Dec. 1916

Faucette, Inf son of Carl and Pearl Faucette buried in mid 1930's

Mollie Huffine, age 8, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Will Huffine died 11-16-1905

Mrs. Sallie Jarvis, widow of A. M. Jarvis, died Aug. 21, 1893 [Abner M. Jarvis probably buried there also]

John McMackin died 1894 Feb. 2

Infant child of Mr. & Mrs. Johnson [Ada L. Scott] McMackin buried 1899 April 10; grandson of Daniel and Buena V. Boring Scott.

Addie (Scott) McMackin died April 11, 1904. She is survived by her husband Johnson McMackin and five children, one an infant of 4 weeks.

Andrew Johnson McMackin (1865-1930) is also buried at Speedwell.

Infant child of Mr. Mrs. Marion McMackin buried Dec. 14, 1904

Earl McMackin, age 18 months, died 7-11-1904 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Marion McMackin

Miller, Frank, killed by his nephew, laid to rest at Speedwell [in the 1940's]

Ethel Shell, death also visited oldest dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Shell. Buried Saturday at Speedwell.

Tobias Strickland died Jan. 26, 1906 [left wife and children; no stone]

Daniel Strickland 1815-1905, was ninety at time of death; b. Watauga Co. NC; married Elizabeth Sefford who was born in Germany; he died of cancer. Article dated Dec. 6, 1905

Known buried at Speedwell in unmarked graves:

Adam Andes, 1788 (Chester Co. PA) d. 10 Feb 1875 was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving with Jacob Hartsell's unit. The DAR failed to mark his grave in 1832 when they marked others in the county. Adam had 3 wives, two are buried in marked graves at Speedwell - Mary Hunter Andes d. 1850 and Mary Ann Irick Willis Andes d. 1886. Adam's second wife probably died in Marion Co. TN abt 1852. He returned to Washington Co. after her death. His grave has plain rock. Adam's son Aaron died in Confederate Army in 1863; place of burial unknown. Adam's son James served in the Mexican War; died young and may have been buried in Speedwell. Adam's son Peter has a marked stone at Speedwell. Most of Adam's 13 children left Washington County.

Axie Scott Henson; 12-5-1842 - 5-15-1870 (found ASH Marker) her husband, Pinkney Henson 4-22-1835 - 10-7-1913 buried at Oak Hill Cemetery

John Matthew Dunn 1847-1902

Dunn, inf. son of Clinton and Jane Buchanan Dunn, d. 1916

Octavia (Tave) France Dunn b. 8-17-1862 d. 7-26-1923

Lena McMackin Ellis - no dates

Orgil (Argil) Ellis - no dates

Wm Irwin family lived near the cemetery and family members were said to have been buried there.

Emory McMackin - 3 months old - no dates

Howard McMackin, 3-11-1916 - 5-27-1916, son of J.D. and Molly Perkins McMackin [from Washington Co. Death Records, p. 228 by E. Nikazy]

Bill McMackin - no dates

Anna Vanice Rowland 1-13-1938 - 7-21-1938, dau. of Grant Aulden, Sr. & Anna Pearl Rowland

Charlie Scott - no dates; his wife Lucinda Harmon Scott 8-30-1867 - 1-14-1914 buried at Milligan College

Virgie Dunn Strickland - no dates

L.M. Strickland - no dates

Nancy Keplinger Walters, 1809-1850, wife of William Washington Walters; dau of Jacob and Mary Buzzard Keplinger who moved from MD abt 1790

William Washington Walters, 1806-1891, bur beside wife, Nancy; son of Peter and Clare Fulmore Walters

William Washington Walters Jr., son of William and Nancy Keplinger Walters

Worley Mack Walters, son of William and Nancy Keplinger Walters

[George, Samuel and David, sons of William and Nancy Walters, perished in the Civil War as Confederate soldiers and are buried elsewhere.]

Isaac Watson lived at the corner of Buncombe and Cherokee Rds. and died in an accident hauling wheat in July 1874 and is likely buried there. His father lived on what was later the Tom Harvey farm just south of the cemetery on Cherokee Rd. Several family members were buried at Speedwell.

Whittaker, inf. dau of Charles & Sabre Dunn, stillborn 17 May 1915 [from Washington Co. Death Records, p. 170 by E. Nikazy]

Buena Vista Boring Scott b. Mar. 1848 d. before 1920 Her husband was Daniel Scott b. 12-5-1842 d.c1895 - died in Hospital in Knoxville, TN and believed to be buried there.

Margaret Melvina Scott Dunn b. 2-13-1851 d. 1889, wife of William Henry Harrison Dunn, died also at hospital in Knoxville, TN and buried there. She was Daniel Scott's sister.

Glenna Evans (cemetery caretaker): her mother said a whole family died of cholera and is buried here. Names not known or how many was in the family. There is a row of fieldstones that is believed to be this family.

An early deed refers to the Speedwell Cemetery as the John Longmire family graveyard. Longmire lived there during 1820's-30's and members of his family are buried there with rock markers. With the construction of the Speedwell Methodist Church in 1855, the cemetery became known as the Speedwell Cemetery. Worley Mack Walters who owned the land around the graveyard, donated land to enlarge the cemetery. He inherited the farm from his father, William Washington Walters.

Recorded Spring 1991 by Elaine Cantrell of Johnson City, TN and a partial recording was done 10-21-1996 and 5-23-1997 by Sandra Ellis. Typed June 26, 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

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