HENRY LONAS CEMETERY
Compiled and contributed by David Donahue
This is a private family cemetery located on Fillmore Avenue. It has a high fence with a gate which is kept locked to prevent vandalism. The cemetery, though no longer used, is well maintained. The family has erected a marker in the cemetery which can be read from the street. The last burial here was in 1920. The cemetery probably is full.
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HENRY LONAS CEMETERY HENRY LONAS (born Sept. 4, 1765; died July 27, 1848) established this cemetery in 1813... He was owner of a large tract of land nearby and a patriot of the American Revolution... He was husband of Sebella Helsley and later Elizabeth Yoast, both buried here... In his will he described this plot as being planted with Apple Trees... Buried here also are family members who fought in the War of 1812. - - - - - - - - - - - In GRATEFUL MEMORY OF Henry Lonas, this marker was erected by his many descendants. |
This cemetery was recorded for the Historical Records Project in the 1930s under the name "Lonas and Crawford Cemetery." The transcription appears in "Tombstone Records of Knox County," an unpublished manuscript available at the McClung Collection, Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee. A partial record was made by a P. J. McCarter, probably in the early 1960s. It appears under the name "Lonas (Private) in Filmore Street" in "Miscellaneous Knox County Tombstone Inscriptions," an unpublished manuscript available at the McClung Collection, Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Because the cemetery is not accessible without permission, the information below is based on the Historical Records Project (referred to below as HRP transcription). Some additional people and information concerning double markers comes from McCarter.
Allen, Robt. E., d. 1/3/1909
Beaty, Infant, d. 1885, "Son of P. & M. Beaty"
Beaty, Willie, 9/22/1888-8/8/1889
Bradley, Emily R., 10/31/1809-12/14/1858
Bradley, Frank, 1860-2/7/1892, "Son of J. & A. Bradley" [McCarter gives birth date as 4/19/1860]
Bradley, Infant, b. 12/12/1842, "Aged 4 Days" "Infant of J. & N. Bradley"
Bradley, Infant, b. 7/14/1848, "Infant of J. & N. Bradley"
Bradley, James H., 10/9/1816-10/3/1865
Bradley, Mary, 5/??/1783-5/4/1868 [McCarter gives birth date as 5/7/1783]\Bradley, William, 11/15/1763-4/23/1843
Bradley, Mary Ellen, 1/11/1844-7/24/1870, "Daughter of James & Annie Bradley"
Bradley, Sarah E., 11/8/1823-7/20/1839
Bradley, Tandy R., 10/24/1816-9/9/1839
Bradley, William C., 8/15/1846-7/2/1869
Coleman, Edward, 11/8/1870-1/5/1886, "Son of J. H. & Par. Coleman" "Eddie"
Coleman, Oscar, 1/13/1880-7/18/1900, "Son of J. H. & P. T. Coleman"
Coleman, Parthenar Knott, 1/21/1843-1/28/1905, "Wife of J. H. Coleman" "Our Mother"
Cooley, Hardin J., 2/14/1814-11/8/1900, "Rev."
Cooley, Susanah Osborne, 1/3/1827-8/12/1851, "Consort of H. J. Cooley"
Crawford, Amanda, d. 9/18/1869, "Aged 49 Yrs, 8 Mo. & 18 Days" "Wife of Barnes Crawford" "Our Mother"
Crawford, Barnes, 3/31/1789-5/26/1858
Crawford, H. C. A., 10/24/1844-1/30/1886
Davis, Elizabeth Scruggs, 4/30/1839-9/19/1863, "Wife of S. H. Davis"
Infant, no dates, "Infant son of S. H. & E. P. Davis"
Davis, John M., 9/24/1804-2/27/1862 [John M. Davis not included in HRP transcription; this name is from McCarter]\Davis, Jane Scott, 12/24/1803-7/18/1868, "Wife of John M. Davis"
Davis, Jennie Scott, 4/15/1866-3/31/1867, "Infant Daughter of S. H. & A. E. Davis"
Davis, Richard S., 10/6/1862-1/11/1892
Davis, Susan J. [see Scruggs, Susan J. Davis]
Ellis, John M., 8/26/1872-11/3/1894
Evans, James, 4/15/1839-1/26/1890
Felts, Sarah J. Lonas, 11/7/1834-5/25/1852, "Wife of David H. Felts" "Daughter of J. L. & Jane Lonas"
Goddard, Margaret, 11/6/1895-10/27/1900, "Daughter of C. B. & L. A. Goddard"
Harmon, Jacob, 2/20/1769-2/15/1852\Harmon, Mary, 7/11/1792-6/2/1867, "Wife of Jacob Harmon"
Harmon, Jacob, Jr., 1/15/1829-3/26/1895\Harmon, Margaret J., 8/20/1821-10/10/1899
Harmon, Thomas, 12/26/1826-10/16/1829, "Son of Jacob & Mary Harmon"
Harvey, Infants, no dates, "Infants of Henderson & Margaret Harvey"
Harvey, Nancy J. Knott, 10/14/1833-4/5/1853, "Wife of Henry Harvey"
Harvey, Sallie E., d. 6/27/1871, "Aged 15 Yrs. 2 Mo. and 22 Days" "Daughter of Henderson & Margaret Harvey"
Hawkins, Infant, no dates, "Infant son of Martha Hawkins"
Hawkins, Martha, d. 5/16/1865, "Aged 21 Yrs, 4 Mo's and 4 Days"
Haynes, Nathaniel, 10/4/1833-12/9/1865\Haynes, Julia, 3/7/1839-3/5/1907
Heap, Infant, no dates, "Infant Daughter of J. G. & A. E. Heap"
Heap, Mammy, no dates, "A Faithful Servant and Friend"
Howell, Mary, d. 2/28/1851, "Aged 47 Yrs, 9 Mo's, and 16 Days" "Erected by her daughter, Nancy Carnes"
Hughes, David, ???/1836-5/8/1881, "Father"
Hughes, Elizabeth, 12/3/1840-7/8/1862
Hulin, Charles B., 11/28/1858-7/18/1859, "Son of Crawford & Elizabeth Hulin"
Hulin, Crawford, 3/18/1831-12/15/1890
Hulin, Elizabeth J., 12/18/1842-2/7/1901
Hulin, Infant, no dates, "Infant son of Crawford & E. J. Hulin"
Hulin, William H., 3/26/1901-4/10/1901
Knott, Andrew, 5/26/1809-12/8/1833\Knott, Sarah Lonas, 8/23/1809-2/10/19??, "Wife of Andrew Knott" "Father and Mother" [death date in McCarter is 2/10/1901]
Knott, Belle [see Monroe, Belle Knott]
Knott, Eliza Jane, d. 9/9/1870, "Aged 29 Yrs, 5 Mo. and 12 Days"
Knott, Infant, 8/17/1859-9/1/1859, "Infant son of Peter & Martha Knott" "Little Brother"
Knott, James, d. 3/13/1819, "Aged 40 Years and 18 Days"
Knott, Martha, 11/21/1856-12/7/1858, "Daughter of Peter & Martha Knott"
Knott, Martha, 5/30/1860-11/2/1862, "Daughter of Wm. L. & Darthula Knott"
Knott, Mary, 7/9/1871-7/7/1886, "Daughter of Samuel & Emma Knott"
Knott, Nancy J. [see Harvey, Nancy J. Knott]
Knott, Parthenar [see Coleman, Parthenar Knott]
Knott, Peter R., 4/5/1882-11/4/1877\Knott, Martha Lonas, 7/13/1824-8/13/1907, "In memory of father & mother"
Knott, Samuel L., 7/12/1848-12/22/1910, "My Husband"\Knott, Emma J. Thompson, 1/6/1852-4/12/1920, "Wife of S. L. Knott" "Mother"
Knott, William S., 11/16/1851-12/23/1851, "Son of Wm. L. & Darthula Knott"
Lonas, Barbery Ann, unreadable
Lonas, Berthena Whiteman, d. 4/13/1864, "Aged about 61 years" "Mother"
Lonas, Catherine Jane, 5/17/1824-10/26/1830
Lonas, E. J., 6/26/1833-8/14/1836
Lonas, Eliza, d. 1/5/1865, "Aged 10 Yrs, 11 Mo's, and 27 Days"
Lonas, Elizabeth [see Ragsdale, Elizabeth]
Lonas, Emly J., 2/25/1821-9/??/1827, "Aged 6 Yrs, 6 Mo." "Infant of Henry Lonas"
Lonas, Henry, 8/30/1794-10/14/1865
Lonas, Henry, Senr., 9/4/1765-7/27/1848\Lonas, Elizabeth, 8/1/1788-9/17/1851, "Wife of Henry Lonas"
Lonas, Infant, 4/6/1830, "Infant of Jacob & Jane Lonas"
Lonas, Jacob, Jr., 12/26/1792-1/29/1847
Lonas, James M., 9/19/1825-5/16/1889
Lonas, Jane, d. 10/7/1863, "Aged 67 Yrs, 4 Mo's and 28 Days" "Wife of Jacob Lonas" "Our Mother"
Lonas, Jesse H., d. 9/3/1851, "Aged 38 Yrs, and 19 Days" "Son of Jacob & Jane Lonas"
Lonas, John, Sen., 3/25/1799-1/25/1850\Lonas, Eveline M., d. 11/17/1829, "Aged 25 Yrs. & 6 Months" "Consort of John Lonas"
Lonas, John L., 11/29/1829-10/9/1915, "Father"\Lonas, Mariah L. Love, 9/15/1840-3/19/1861, "Wife of John L. Lonas" "Mother"
Lonas, Margaret [see McClellan, Margaret Lonas]
Lonas, Martha [see Knott, Martha Lonas]
Lonas, Martha [see Looney, Martha Lonas]
Lonas, Samuel, 12/11/1807-4/9/1889\Lonas, Mary Ann, 12/10/1824-10/18/1874
Lonas, Sarah [see Knott, Sarah Lonas]
Lonas, Sarah J. [see Felts, Sarah J. Lonas]
Lonas, Sebilla, d. 10/10/1843
Lonas, Wiley, d. 2/8/1827, "Aged 14 Years"
Lonas, William B., 10/8/1837-11/30/1853, "Son of Henry & Bethany Lonas"
Long, Mollie Scruggs, 11/26/1870-4/22/1894, "Wife of John J. Long" "Mother"
Looney, Martha Lonas, 12/24/1818-9/12/1914, "Born in Raleigh, N.C."
Love, Mariah L. Love [see Lonas, Mariah L. Love]
Lyons, Daniel, 8/28/1802-9/15/1865, "Born in Philadelphia, Pa." "Removed to Knoxville, Tenn., November __ 1829"\Lyons, Sebellah, 2/9/1815-7/13/1896
Lyons, E. J., 1/26/1836-8/14/1836 [not in HRP transcription; from McCarter]
Lyons, Edward Farrell, 6/6/1836-6/24/1874 [the HRP transcription seems to indicate that he was born in Knoxville, Tenn.]\Lyons, Albertine Bollie, 11/14/1843-4/5/1912 [the HRP transcription seems to indicate that she was born in Paris, France, and died in Knoxville, Tenn.]
Lyons, Henry, 9/10/1834-8/20/1835
McClellan, Abraham, 7/18/1844-5/20/1845
McClellan, Joseph D., 1/15/1854-1/6/1855, "Son of Wm. & Margaret McClellan"
McClellan, William, 3/??/1821-11/3/1873, "Husband" "Father" [birth date in McCarter is 3/7/1821]\McClellan, Margaret Lonas, 9/2/1826-8/30/1905
McClellan, Wm. Daniel, 4/27/1851-7/11/1853, "Son of Wm. & Margaret McClellan"
McClellan, Wm. Wallace, 3/9/1874-12/17/1874, "Infant son of M. S. & H. E. McClellan"
Monday, Omelia, 2/29/1805-5/23/1853
Monroe, Geo. O., 6/8/1833-11/7/1913, "Lieut." "Co. B 6 Tenn. Mtd. Inf."\Monroe, Belle Knott, 10/27/1840-5/3/1920, "Wife of Geo. O. Monroe"
Monroe, J. Willie, 6/27/1872-5/15/1907, "Billie"
Monroe, Jimmie, 2/25/1882-3/9/1884, "Infant son of G. O. & Belle Monroe"
Osborne, Eliza L., 6/??/1853-10/31/1894, "Wife of Samuel A. Osborne"
Osborne, Henry L., 3/11/1843-3/3/1904
Osborne, James, 9/6/1779-5/8/1877, "Aged 77 Yrs, 8 Mo. and 2 Days" "In Memory of My Husband" [obviously, either the birth date, death date, or age was misread; not in McCarter for cross check]
Osborne, Sibyela, 5/27/1804-6/6/1887, "Wife of James Osborne" "In Memory of Our Mother"
Osborne, Susanah [see Cooley, Sibyela Osborne]
Osborne, William T., 11/27/1875-9/26/1884, "Son of H. L. & H. S. Osborne"
Parker, Sarah, 8/11/1844-11/7/1896
Ragsdale, Elizabeth Lonas, 10/29/1824-8/20/1860, "Consort of L. F. Ragsdale" "Daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Lonas" "Mother"
Rolston, Children, no dates, "Three Rolston Children" "Grandchildren of Jacob & Mary Harmon"
Ruley, Eliza, 5/15/1811-1/27/1902
Ruley, James P., 5/2/1841-11/2/1869
Ruley, Robert S., 3/30/1847-8/7/1919, "Born in Abingdon Washington Co. Va."
Ruley, William P., 10/9/1839-1/23/1867
Scott, Jane [see Davis, Jane Scott]
Scruggs, Elizabeth [see Davis, Elizabeth Scruggs]
Scruggs, Infant, no dates, "Infant of R. J. & S. J. Scruggs"
Scruggs, Infant, no dates, "Infant of R. J. & S. J. Scruggs"
Scruggs, Mollie [see Long, Mollie Scruggs]
Scruggs, R. J., 1/31/1837-11/25/1880
Scruggs, Susan J. Davis, 3/24/1840-9/24/1898, "Wife of Richard J. Scruggs"
Ragsdale, Elizabeth, 10/29/1824-8/20/1860, "Consort of L. F. Ragsdale" "Daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Lonas" "Mother"
Thompson, Emma J. [see Knott, Emma J. Thompson]
Weaver, Anna, no dates
Weaver, Infant, no dates, "Infant of J. Weaver"
Weaver, Infant, no dates, "Infant of L. L. & E. weaver"
Weaver, Infant, no dates, "Infant of L. L. & E. weaver"
Whiteman, Berthena [see Lonas, Berthena Whiteman]
Wilson,William P., 11/2/1877-2/19/1893, "Son of California Wilson" "Little Willie" [death date is from McCarter; HRP gives 2/19/1933, an odd date for a "Little Willie"]
Yoast, Barbara, d. 2/5/1834, "Aged 73 Years"
Yoast, Francis, d. 6/7/1834
Yoast, Joseph H., 3/9/1816-9/3/1854 [not in HRP transcription; from McCarter]
Yoast, Peter, 11/23/1796-2/14/1825, "This tribute to his memory was erected by his son. In the year 1853."
Unidentifiable
The HRP transcription notes 13 graves marked with fieldstones, 4 graves marked with plain marble slabs, and 1 unmarked grave