Pleasant Forest Cemetery, Farragut, Knox County, TN

Burial place for the Second Governor of Tennessee, Archibald Roane.Born in Pennsylvania in 1759. Served as Governor between the terms of John Sevier, from 1801 to 1803. Friend of Andrew Jackson, who helped get him elected to Governor. He served under George Washington in the Revolutionary War and was present at Yorktown for the surrender of Cornwallis. He died in 1819 and is buried here, in far west Knox County. Roane County in Tennessee is named for him.
This cemetery is one of the oldest in the area. It was established in 1796 and many of the stones in the areas photographed here are very old and many were hard to read. There is a large marker that notes that this land was given by David and Mary Steel Campbell, who emigrated from Virginia and established the fort here called Campbell's Station.

Knoxville Courthouse, Knoxville, Knox County, TN

Burial place of First Governor of Tennessee, John Sevier.John Sevier and both wives, Sarah Hawkins and Katherine "Bonnie Kate" Sherrill, are buried on the grounds of the old Knoxville Courthouse in downtown Knoxville.
John Sevier was born in Virginia in 1745. He served as the Governor of the State of Franklin, the first attempt to turn the area of Tennessee into a state yet failed after four years, and was the first and third Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1796 to 1801 and then again from 1803 to 1809. He served as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War and was at the infamous Battle of Kings Mountain, NC. He was infamous in Tennessee for his Indian fighting and helped to settle much of the area in East Tennessee. After his second term as Governor, he spent time in the Tennessee State Senate and the US House of Representatives.
Sevier died in 1815 while out surveying land in Alabama near the Georgia border. He was buried in a modest plot in near Fort Decatur, Alabama until 1889 when the Daughters of the American Revolution and Tennessee residents had his remains moved to the grounds of the Knox County Courthouse.
"Sarah Hawkins, First Wife of Gov John Sevier, 1746-1780. She was the love of his youth, the inspiration of his manhood, a gallant, courageous colonial and revolutionary patriot. Her descendants number many notable leaders of men. Tennessee's First Five Star Mother."
The back of the markers reads:
"Sarah Hawkins Sevier, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Marlin Hawkins, born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. 1746. Died in Washington County, Tennessee, 1780. She had an unusual education and great strength of character. Married to John Sevier at fifteen, she was for the nineteen creative, formative years of his life the greatest single factor in his spectacular early rise to fame and fortune. A wise, capable, understanding wife and mother who commanded her husband's post in his absences. Made the hazardous journey down the Shenandoah Valley in December 1773, with seven children under eleven years of age. The mother of ten, giving five fighting sons to the protection and building of Tennessee. Finally giving her life during an Indian uprising."
She died just after giving birth to her tenth child, after having been moved to the fort along the Nolichuckey River. Because of the Indians in the area, she had to be buried in the woods secretely. Her grave has never been found. The monument here was placed June 3, 1946, the 200th anniversary of her birth.
Katherine Sherrill Sevier BONNY KATE
Died in Russellville, Ala. October 7, 1836.
Kate married Sevier in 1780, after the death of his first wife. She and Sevier had eight children. She was nearly as infamous as her husband for her bravery during the many Indian attacks of the time. She was by John's side to serve as First Lady in each of his terms as Governor and was much loved by the residents of the state. There are schools and other areas of east Tennessee that are named for her. She died while living in Alabama in 1836. In 1922, descendants authorized the moving of her remains to lay beside John at the Knox County Courthouse.
A few months after the re-interment of Bonny Kate, the original headstones of John and Kate were presented to Knox County and placed upon the wall of the courthouse, near where they are now buried.

Near the original headstones is a memorial marker to another heroic Tennessean. The marker reads:

Captain Charles T. McMillan II
United States Air Force
Husband of Janice Means McMillan
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Only Son of Charles T and Nora Long McMillan
Corryton, Tennessee Born Oct 5, 1951
A Tennessee Volunteer who gave his life
while attempting to rescue 53 American
hostages in Iran, April 25, 1980
A privilege of many to love our country,
but destiny decrees that some
make the supreme sacrifice

Charles McMillan is buried at the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Knox County, TN

Burial place of First Territorial Governor of Tennessee, William Blount.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Founded 1792, with James White, John Adair and George McNutt founding elders. White, who gave the ground for the Church, is buried here, as are Samuel Carrick, first pastor and president of Blount College, now the University of Tennessee, William Blount, Governor of the Southwest Territory, and many other prominent pioneers.
(from historical marker)
William Blount, 1749-1800. Served as Territorial Governor from 1790 to 1796. He was a member of the Continental Congress and signed the US Constitution in 1787(as a representative of North Carolina). He also served as a Senator from the state of Tennessee from 1796-1997. He named the town of Knoxville for Secretary of War, Henry Knox. His home, built in 1792 in downtown Knoxville, still stands. There was an attempt to impeach him from the US Senate, but it failed. The people of Tennessee loved him however, and he was elected to the State Senate and served as Speaker until his death in 1800.
"In Memoriam JAMES WHITE
Founder of Knoxville, Born Iredell County, NC 1747, Died Knoxville, Tennessee Aug 14, 1821
Captain and Colonel in Revolutionary War, Brigadier General State Troops
Elder First Presbyterian Church, Donor of land for this church and graveyard"
It was part of James White's turnip field that became the churchyard in 1792. He had come to the area and set up home and fort near the forks of the Tennessee River and First Creek in 1786. When the town was to be established, White gave the land between First and Second Creek for it.

The church and graveyard sit on State Street, between Clinch Avenue and Church Avenue. The view in the first photo is from Clinch Ave, the street you see below is State. The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bakers Creek Church Cemetery, Blount Co, Tennessee

Bakers Creek Church-This Presbyterian church was established in 1756. Its first pastor was the Rev. Gideon Blackburn who served an extensive circuit in the area. Elizabeth Paxton Houston, mother of Sam Houston, is buried here. [from historical marker]
I visited Bakers Creek Cemetery on July 24, 2009. It is located about 8 miles southwest of Maryville, south of Hwy 411, left on Brick Mill Rd and right on Old Niles Ferry Pike. It is named for nearby Baker's Creek, a tributary of the Little Tennessee River.
As stated on the historical marker, this is the burial place of the mother of Sam Houston. Elizabeth Paxton Houston died September 8, 1831 in her 74th year. Sam was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, but the family moved to the Maryville area after the death of his father in 1807. While the family lived southwest of Maryville, Sam eventually settled northeast of town and founded a school-the first ever school built in the state of Tennessee. Sam is buried in Huntsville, Texas.

This cemetery is also the resting place for 5 Revolutionary War soldiers: Samuel Thompson, Andrew Kennedy, Magnus Tullock, Samuel Henry, and Thomas Montgomery.

Eusebia Church Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee

Located on Highway 411, just inside the Blount County line across from Sevier County. The side street is Burnett Station Rd. The small forts in the area during the late 1700s were often called "stations". This particular area was settled around 1784 and the cemetery was formed after the first death in the group. It was after that, that a Reverend organized a church next to the cemetery.
This cemetery has one of the largest number of Revolutionary War soldiers that I know of in Tennessee. There are 15 buried here. They are:
Andrew Bogle 1753-1813
Joseph Bogle Jr 1759-1811
Joseph Bogle Sr 1730-1790
John Boyd Sr 1745-1838
Andrew Creswell 1757-1838
John Cusick (dates unknown)
Josias Campbell 1760-1823(or 1812, unknown)
Joseph Black Sr 1747-1825
George Hadden 1751-1843
John McCrosky 1757-1843
Samuel McMurray 1755-1821
Michael McNelly 1747-1822
Robert McTeer 1740-1824
John Pickens 1751-1835
John Sharp Jr 1762-1844

Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson Co, KY

Today I wanted to post a cemetery that really means a lot to me. This is the burial place of my 3rd-great-grandparents.
Lutheran Church Cemetery(church no longer stands), northwest of Bardstown, Kentucky. Take Highway 245 to Lutheran Church Rd, left and the cemetery is 1/4 mile on the left.

I visited this cemetery July 2008. I was rather disappointed to see how much vandalism had taken place here. I wish I lived closer so that I could do more for it. In the second photo, the row on the right, the 2nd and 3rd headstones are of my relatives. I was also disappointed to see that my great-great-great-grandfather, Samuel Heffley, did not have a military headstone. From what I've been told from family, he was a Kentucky Sharpshooter and served with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. It was sad not to see "War of 1812" noted or even a flag at his grave. In fact, much of the cemetery seemed to have the surname of "Heffley", and certainly they are all cousins of mine.

My 3rd great-grandparents:
Samuel B Heffley Sep 20, 1792-Aug 13, 1965
Elizabeth Mathis Heffley Jan 3, 1798-Jan 20, 1891

And I also found buried here who I believe are Elizabeth's parents(4x great-grandparents):
Conrod Mathis Jun 16, 1746-Sep 6, 1832
Mary Magdelena Sep 19, 1750-Jan 13, 1833
(these markers CLEARLY show CONROD although all records I find list the names as CONRAD, and MATHIS, though it is spelled other places as MATHEWS)

And a brother of hers and his wife:
Conrod Mathis March 5, 1787-March 26, 1832
Mary M [Streit] Mathis Aug 26, 1789-May 8, 1844


**I am researching this on other sites as I type this**

And I find that possibly Conrad Mathews(Mathis), 1746-1832, may have served in a Maryland unit during the Revolutionary War-which makes this another in my list of Revolutionary ancestors! And his father came from (shock!) France-though technically, Alsace was part of Germany at times so it is more likely that they were 'technically' German(as are nearly all of my ancestors). Elizabeth's mother, Mary, has the maiden name of Weller, and there are quite a few of her brothers and their families buried here as well. Apparently many of the Weller and Mathews and Heffley familes moved from the Frederick County, Maryland area to Nelson County, Kentucky sometime between 1790 and 1800.

Some of the other surnames found here are Lutz, Shoptaugh, and Miller(I really only photographed Heffleys and the older markers).