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This cemetery is located on Hurricane Church Road, Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Official Website Sequatchie County was created in 1857 and was named for the Sequatchie Valley, which in turn had been named for a Cherokee chief. The word sequachee means 'opossum' or 'he grins.' Settlers began arriving in what is now Sequatchie by the early 19th century, drawn to the area by the ferti...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grundy County, Tennessee. Official Website The county was formed January 29, 1844 and is named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777–1840). Grundy County is known for its spectacular views, saltpeter mines. It was also known for arson starting in 1917 and continuing off and on until 1990. These fires and explosions destroy...
Prior to the settlement of the Europeans, Polk County was inhabited by the Cherokee, and before them, thousands of years of indigenous cultures. The portion of Polk County north of the Hiwassee River was ceded by the Cherokee Nation to the US in the Calhoun Treaty of 1819. The rest of the county was part of the Ocoee District. The Cherokee were forcibly removed from here in 1838-1839 and taken ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Henry County, Tennessee. Official Website An act of the General Assembly of the state of Tennessee which was passed on November 7, 1821. It is named for the Virginia orator and patriot Patrick Henry. Adjacent Counties Calloway County, Kentucky Stewart County Graves County, Kentucky Weakley County Benton County Carro...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Houston County, Tennessee. Official Website The county was founded in 1871 and was named for Sam Houston. Adjacent Counties Dickson County Benton County Stewart County Humphreys County Montgomery County Cities, Towns & Communities Erin (County Seat) McKinnon Stewart Tennessee Ridge (part) Links W...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gibson County, Tennessee. Official Website Gibson County is located in what was known as "Indian Land": territory that was legally occupied by Chickasaw Native American people. The Chickasaw Cession, proclaimed on January 7, 1819, eliminated those rights and opened the region for settlement and exploitation by white settlers and spe...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hickman County, Tennessee. Official Website The county was established in 1807 and was named for Edwin Hickman, an explorer and surveyor who was killed in an Indian attack at Defeated Creek in 1791. Adjacent Counties Dickson County Humphreys County Lewis County Maury County Perry County Williamson County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Official Website Chattanooga borders Georgia and the Tennessee River. It lies within 150 miles of Atlanta, Georgia, Knoxville, Tennessee, Huntsville, Alabama, Nashville, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama, which makes it a major transit hub. Chattanooga has several nicknames which are: "Scenic City", "River C...
Chattanooga Memorial Park was established in 1894 and was known at the time as White Oak Cemetery . In 1925, additional property was acquired and the name was changed to Chattanooga Memorial Park. Prior to becoming a cemetery, Chattanooga Memorial Park was a site of Civil War action. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army hid with four federal divisions in the hills of the pro...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sevier County, Tennessee. Official Website History In the mid-16th century, Spanish expeditions led by Hernando de Soto (1540) and Juan Pardo (1567) passed through what is now Sevier County, reporting that the region was part of the domain of Chiaha, a minor Muskogean chiefdom centered around a village located on a now-submerged i...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Meigs County, Tennessee. Official Website History Before 1819, the area that is now Meigs County was part of the Cherokee nation. Especially following the American Revolutionary War, land-hungry European-American settlers began to enter this territory in greater number. They established ferries across the Tennessee River from Rhe...
Project for those who were born, lived or died in Minor Hill, Giles County, Tennessee. Minor Hill is named for Joseph Minor, an early settler in the area. A later owner of the Minor tract donated part of it for the establishment of a school, church, and cemetery in the mid-19th century. A post office was established in 1870, and the city incorporated that same year. On November 19, 1863, duri...
This cemetery is located on 535 Shute Lane, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Henderson County, Tennessee. Official Website The county was founded in 1821 and named for Lt. Col. James Henderson, a soldier in the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties Carroll County Decatur County Hardin County Chester County Madison County Cities, Towns & Communities Cedar Grove Chesterfield Crucifer Dar...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Haywood County, Tennessee. Official Website Haywood County was created from part of Madison County in 1823–24, and was named for Tennessee judge and historian John Haywood. For much of the county's history, agriculture, especially growing cotton as a commodity, was the basis of the local economy. After Emancipation in 1865, many...
This cemetery is located on Scottsville Road at Haysville Circle, Haysville, Macon County, Tennessee. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 298 Harmony Lane, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hardin County, Tennessee. Official Website Hardin County was formed in November, 1819. The county was named for Revolutionary War veteran, Joseph Hardin, a former colonial assemblyman for the Province of North Carolina, Speaker of the House for the unrecognized State of Franklin and a territorial legislator of the Southwest Territor...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Official Website Hardeman County was created by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1823. It is named for Thomas J. Hardeman (1788-1854), a veteran of the Creek War and War of 1812 and a prominent figure in the fight for Texas independence. He served as a congressman in the Republic of Texas. The Battle of...
This cemetery is located on 5421 East Andrew Johnson Highway, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 5351 Highway 153, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Official Website Hamblen County was created in 1870 and was named in honor of Hezekiah Hamblen (1775–1854), an early settler, landowner, attorney, and member of the Hawkins County Court for many years. Adjacent Counties Greene County Hawkins County Cocke County Jefferson County Grainger Coun...
This cemetery is located on 4851 TN-126, Gunnings, Sullivan County, Tennessee. The cemetery is on a hill, unfenced and has numerous burials. It is well maintained and is still in use. The east side of the cemetery is the older section. Find a Grave TN Gen Web Tennessee Gravestones
This is the only sign for this cemetery. It is located at the end of the driveway. The cemetery is within sight of Gum Springs Cemetery Road Find a Grave Billion Graves USGW Archives