GINN CEMETERY
(Alcoa Highway)

Compiled and contributed by David Donahue 

          Ginn Cemetery is just south of the parking lot at Vulcan Materials Company on Alcoa Highway. In 1990 the cemetery was abandoned and badly overgrown. Many graves are indicated only by fieldstones and sunken spots. The cemetery probably contains over 100 graves. The cemetery was recorded February 10, 1990.

 

Berry, George C., 10/3/1802-11/22/1869

Berry, Mary, 10/1/1805-1/22/1888 [adjacent to marker for George C. Berry]

Berry, Mathew G., 5/3/1836-3/22/1874, "6th Tenn Inft."

Cartright, James B., 11/13/1831-3/24/1900

Cartright, Louisiana M., 1/15/1833-5/12/1897, "Wife of J. B. Cartright"

Cartright, W. D., 12/11/1855-1/16/1884 (broken, fallen)

Clayton, Elizabeth, 10/15/1819-3/13/1895 [adjacent to marker for R. P. Clayton]

Clayton, Nancy, 10/13/1818-10/16/1891 [adjacent to marker for Wm. F. Clayton]

Clayton, R. P., 11/10/1809-6/9/1880

Clayton, Wm. F., 6/18/1811-9/10/1854

Covington, Charlotte, 5/19/1811?-12/5/1857?, "Wife of Wm. M. Covington" (eroded)

Doyle, Sarah E., 10/6/1839-12/28/1912

Evans, S. P., 5/7/1825-11/20/1872, "Born . . . in nelson county state of virginia" (fallen)

Giffin, Pryor L., 4/4/1830-8/3/1855

Ginn, Bertha May, no dates, "Dau. of J. A. & Cynthia Ginn" [infant-style marker]

Ginn, F. B., 6/19/1848-5/31/1933, "Served in Co. G 11th Tenn Cavalry 1861-1865"

Ginn, Florence J., 6/21/1893-6/17/1926

Ginn, Infant, d. 3/7/1891, "Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. F. B. Ginn"

Ginn, Jeptha, 11/15/1815-5/28/1879\Ginn, Sarah G., 10/23/1815-5/28/1862, "Erected by L. B. Ginn son" (fallen)

Ginn, L. A., d. 6/10/1888 [probably an infant]

Ginn, Malisia J., 9/24/1852-1/14/1924

Ginn, Matilda J., 3/27/1850-8/29/1876

Griffin, John, 3/1/1790-7/30/1878 (eroded)

Griffin, John T., 1/7/1862-???/1869 (very eroded)

Harmon, Jane S., 11/4/1817-6/10/1866, "Wife of J. K. Harmon"

Harmon, Rebecca, 11/30/1833-3/8/1872, "Wife of J. K. Harmon"

Hommel, Dan'l, no dates, military marker "2 Tenn. MTD Gunmen Creek War"

Hommel, Rebecca [see Maxey, Rebecca Hommell]

Hood, Charity, 10/3/1824-12/30/1916, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Jordan H. Hood]

Hommel, Jordan H., 3/25/1825-9/3/1874, "Father" [Masonic emblem]

Houser?, Elizabeth, 5/1803?-2/2/1831 (eroded, difficult to read)

Massey, Polly, no dates (homemade)

Maxey, James H., 4/9/1855-6/7/1887 (broken, out of place)

Maxey, Rebecca Hommel, 5/24/1827-3/15/1889, "Wife of S. A. Maxey" (broken, out of place)

McArhur, Delano, no dates (homemade)

McCarrell, James, 12/30/1882-3/3/1892 (fallen)

McCarrell, Jane, 5/1/1798-4/21/1890, "Wife of Joseph G. McCarrell"

McCarrell, Joseph G., 3/7/1799-1/24/1884

McCarrell, Louesa M., 3/4/1825-2/7/1888, "Wife of James McCarrell"

McCarrell, Margaret, 5/12/1827-5/18/1908

Rice, Catherine, 4/28/1840-8/15/1885

Rice, Infant, 7/22/1859-8/4/1859, "Infant son of John & Catherine Rice"

 

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