LONES CEMETERY
(Arrowhead Drive)
Compiled and contributed by David Donahue
This cemetery is on Arrowhead Drive on the western side of Sequoyah Hills. The cemetery is fenced and locked. In 1989 when this record was made, the cemetery was very overgrown with briars which made reaching visible stones difficult and finding fallen stones almost impossible. The cemetery is considerably larger than would be indicated by the number of stones recorded; a majority of graves may be unmarked. This cemetery was recorded March 25, 1988. By 1997 the cemetery had been cleaned up and was receiving regular maintenance. It is kept locked and there is no access other than climbing the fence.
On the outside of the cemetery is a marker which reads:
Est. 1827
Cemetery for the families of
ABSOLEM LOONEY (1770-1859)
Colonel, War of 1812
and
ANDREW SHARP (1809-1876)
and his wife
SINAI ZACHARY SHARP (1811-1885)
and
JACOB KIMBERLIN LONES (1842-1929)
Captain, Co. "C"; First Reg., East Tenn. Cavalry
1862-1865
and his wife
PAULINE SHARP LONES (1849-1936)
original owners of Sequoyah Hills
[Note: Marker conditions noted are those of 1989 before the cemetery was restored.]
Badgett, Drucilla Sharp, 11/19/1845-11/14/1909\Badgett, Samuel Emerson, 2/7/1835-9/6/1898 (fallen)
Johnson, Absolem, 6/13/1863-9/8/1867
Johnson, Meigs, 2/19/1917-10/19/1919, "Infant son of A. B. & S. S. Johnson"\Johnson, Infant Daughter, 10/27/1907
Lones, Lena, 12/9/1877-12/17/1881
Looney, Alexander, 12/10/1854-9/4/1885
Looney, Eleanor, d. 10/6/1861, "Aged 42 years"
Looney, Infants, no dates, "Infant sons of A. & E. Looney"
Looney, John, 4/3/1804-3/11/1879
Looney, Moses, d. 1817
Looney, Sarah, d. 1833, "Wife of Moses Looney"
Mary, Susan, 5/10/1856-2/24/1894, "Wife of John Mary" (fallen)
Mullens, Sarah J., 4/1/1837-1/29/1873
Sharp, Andrew, 4/24/1809-10/1/____ [broken at death date]
Sharp, Drucilla [see Badget, Drucilla Sharp]
Sharp, Eliza T., 2/19/1837-11/13/1887, "Wife of William Sharp" "Our Mother"
Sharp, Ephraim F., d. 10/7/1850, "10 Ys., 2 Mo. & 11 Ds."
Sharp, Sinai, 10/11/1811-10/5/1885
Unidentifiable
"Our Baby Boy," 9/30/1882-9/31/1882
Broken stone with "Sept. 19, 18__" death date which seems to go with a footstone which reads "A.L.K."