MIDDLEBROOK CEMETERY
Compiled and contributed by David Donahue
This cemetery is located on the north side of Middlebrook Pike between Liberty Street and I-640. The record below was made initially September 16, 1989 and February 10, 1990. At that time the cemetery was overgrown and was being invaded by kudzu from the north. The only areas being maintained were the southwestern edge where an adjacent property owner was cutting the weeds to reduce weed encroachment onto his own property and a small area near the northeast corner surrounding Weaver family markers. The cemetery was revisited in January 1997 after the brush and kudzu had been cleared, probably with jail labor. Some fallen markers had been reerected. Most known markers not found in 1989-1990 were found in a cleared cemetery in 1997.
In 1990, a nearby resident says that the cemetery once belonged to the Holston Methodist Conference. The property was transferred by quick claim deed to Lee Weaver who sold plots and performed some maintenance until his death around 1980. The cemetery had been maintained only sporadically since.
There are three earlier records for the cemetery. One is a compilation by Carl A. "Cal" McIntire IV dated August 1978. It was compiled as a scout project by Troop 147 of West Hills Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, and is available as an unpublished manuscript in the McClung Collection of the Knox County Public Library. The troop cleared the cemetery, laid out a grid system, and recorded the graves by grid location. Anyone with a need to find a particular grave should consult this excellent work. McIntire noted 46 graves marked only by fieldstones or marble slabs. In the listing that follows, names from this manuscript are noted as being from McIntire.
Another was compiled by Karen Shultz as a high school history project in 1974. It is contained in a manuscript titled Knox Co. Tenn. Cemetery Inscriptions by the history students of Mr. Snyder Roberts, Clinton High School, Clinton, Tennessee. The manuscript is available in the McClung Collection of the Knox County Public Library. The Shultz manuscript has several major transcription errors and often uses initials for names spelled out on the markers, both of which make the manuscript a bit suspect. However, names listed by Shultz not found in 1989/1990 and not listed by McIntire are included below. Names from this manuscript are noted as being from Shultz.
The oldest record was made by Mrs. H. C. Amick on December 2, 1960. It appears as "Keith Street Cemetery" in Knox County Cemetery Records" Vol. II, a manuscript compiled by the Admiral Drivd Farragut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The manuscript is available in the McClung Collection of the Knox County Public Library. Amick noted 69 unmarked graves. Names from this manuscript are noted as being from Amick.
Akerd, Catherine, 12/25/1853-11/13/1895, "Our Mother" "Wife of James Akerd"
Arlington, Julia Ann, 1/7/1876-6/25/1944, "Mother" footstone\Arlington, William M., 7/14/1869-2/13/1953, "Rev."
Askin, Lucie, 2/19/1891-2/18/1905 (broken, fallen)
Askin, Samuel G., 10/3/1853-4/24/1898 (fallen)
Bales, Ruby, 9/11/1927-10/11/1928\Bales, Katherine, 8/13/1922-2/19/1923\Bales, Paul, 11/11/1925-10/11/1926 [replacement]
Barkley, W. D., d. 8/14/1922, "Age 52 Years" [McIntire]
Barry, Emaline E., 10/25/1833-10/18/1895, "Mother" [McIntire]
Bean, Charles, 1876-1938, "Father"\Bean, Mary E., 1878-1933, "Mother"
Bean, Wilma J., 9/10/1928-12/8/1928
Biggs, Julia, 7/20/1878-3/10/1894 [Amick reports Julia Riggs]
Blackstock, Amanda V., 2/1/1865-10/10/1934, "Sisters" [shares double marker with Edith S. Goode]
Blanton, Annie I., 1/2/1895-9/27/1897
Blanton, Ella Isabella, 3/9/1896-3/22/1897, "Daughter of W. H. & M. C. Blanton"
Blanton, Howard G., 12/28/1903-4/26/1905 (broken) [dates only survive, 1 yard north of marker for Annie I. Blanton; name identified from McIntire]
Blanton, W. H., 12/28/1843-6/21/1900, "Husband"
Blattenberger, Ann, 1936-1937
Bogart, B. S., 9/5/1857-12/4/1881
Bowers, Gladys Anna, 4/25/1896-9/7/1897, "Daughter of S. H. & D. R. Bowers" (eroded) [identifiable but not readable in 1997; information from McIntire]
Byus, Oll, 8/13/1873-10/6/1898
Brooks, Della, no dates [Amick]
Brown, Anna, 1/18/1893-9/11/1914
Brown, O. P., 3/20/1871-8/16/1911, "Our Father"
Brown, Edith, 9/26/1910-12/16/1911
Brown, Rosa, 6/30/1892-10/17/1913
Brown, Zella, 6/1/1905-7/29/1905 [McIntire]
Burleson, Ollie Van, 8/12/1875-8/5/1912, "Wife of Wm. T. Burleson"
Burleson, Robert Van, 7/25/1904-8/7/1905, "Infant son of Wm. T. & Ollie Van Burleson"
Burlison, Mary, 1805-3/31/1895\Burlison, Arty Caroline, 9/21/1862-12/31/1894 (broken, fallen, out of place)
Burnett, Edward, 6/16/1910-7/17/1911
Burnett, Ray, 3/13/1914-4/2/1914
Capps, Walter, 1/17/1896, "Infant son of W. D. & C. L. Capps" [McIntire and Amick report birth date of 1/16/1896]
Caylor, Pearl, no dates (homemade)
Curton, Frankie M., 8/22/1875-3/10/1896, "Daughter"
Curton, P. S., 8/24/1832-7/16/1899
Davis, Bessie, 12/25/1898-4/30/1908
Day, Frank, 10/14/1893-10/23/1933
Day, Lee, 8/14/1885-2/12/1911, "Son of W. M. & M. J. Day"
Day, Lillie Berty, 6/23/1887-3/31/1894, "Daughter of Wm. & M. J. Day"
Day, Martha Jane, 8/2/1861-8/14/1935, "Wife of W. M. Day" "Mother"
Day, William M., 10/25/1852-11/9/1921, "Father"
Donaldson, Russell A., 4/30/1906-5/8/1934
Donaldson, Russell A., Jr., 2/25/1927-7/21/1927
Ebbs, Annie Mae, 7/23/1896-11/26/1896, "Daughter of M. R. & L. C. Ebbs"
Ebbs, L. F., born & died 5/16/1895, "Infant son of M. R. & L. C. Ebbs"
Ellis, Henrietta, 6/6/1867-1/15/1892, "Wife of J. E. Ellis" (fallen)
Ellis, John E., 4/29/1858-10/14/1936
Ellis, Pansy I., 7/4/1894-10/10/1894\Ellis, Celestial C., 7/4/1894-7/20/1894, "Infants of J. E. & M. E. Ellis" (fallen)
Felts, Edgar E., 3/14/1895-8/1/1896, "Son of William M. & Nicie Felts"
Felts, Hubert F., 3/1/1894-5/2/1894, "Son of William M. & Nicie Felts"
Felts, James W., 4/5/1893-4/25/1893, "Son of William M. & Nicie Felts"
Felts, Johnie B., 5/10/1889-1/5/1900, "Son of W. M. & Nicie Felts" (broken, fallen, out of place)
Felts, Nicie May, 5/14/1897-12/12/1897, "Daughter of William & Nicie Felts"
Fitch, Charles S., 7/3/1875-2/28/1902 [Shultz]
Fitch, Joseph, 9/6/1835-5/22/1900, "Rev."
Fitch, W. H., 7/21/1871-1/26/1889, "Son of Rev. V. J. & R. A. Fitch"
Foster, Bonnie A., 12/25/1904-1/10/1905
Foster, J. T., 9/7/1909-8/5/1923
Foster, T. J., d. 11/14/1917, "Age 64 Years" [McIntire]
Fritts, G. W., 5/31/1845-12/23/1920, "Father"
Fritts, Infant, 11/3/1921, "Infant son of J. G. & M. G. Fritts"
Fritts, Louise, 8/29/1844-10/5/1912 ["Mother" according to McIntire]
Fritts, Wiley, 8/15/1878-8/9/1899
Fritts, William, 7/23/1872-4/22/1902
Gaddis, Jane, 6/20/1861-6/15/1940
Gaylor, Pearl, no dates [McIntire]
Good, Florence Darnell, 11/10/1871-9/15/1895, "Wife of J. A. Good"
Goode, Annie M., 3/4/1886-____\Goode, James A., 10/9/1876-6/2/1933
Goode, Edith S., 1/9/1890-6/4/1934, "Sisters" [shares a double marker with Amanda V. Blackstock]
Goode, Etha [see Weaver, Etha Goode]
Goode, Fred, 3/20/1898-10/26/1898
Goode, James A., 10/19/1876-6/2/1933 [McIntire]
Goode, Katharine, 8/27/1922-6/19/1923
Goode, Mollie Jane, 8/24/1924-12/12/1927
Goode, Virdie, 3/20/1891-7/22/1894, "Daug. of J. A. & F. Goode"\Goode, Infant, 2/29/1897-3/14/1894, "Son of J. A. & F. Goode"
Graham, Maggie, 4/25/1858-1/22/1894, "Mother"
Gray, Mary E., d. 5/19/1911, "Age 59 Years" "Wife of B. W. Gray" "Mother"
Gray, Nora, 9/7/1894-2/29/1920 (fallen, out of place)
Harper, Hattie E., 9/14/1894-1/25/1896, "Dau. of Sam & Rose Harper"
Harper, J. Sterling, 1/16/1899-10/1/1899, "Son of Sam and Rose Harper" [McIntire]
Harper, Otto F., 1/16/1899-10/1/1899, "Son of Sam & Rosa Harper" [Amick]
Harrell, Nora May, 5/27/1891-6/25/1891
Henry, Clemon, 1/17/1906-5/22/1906
Henry, Hazel, 11/8/1903-6/3/1905
Henry, Jessie I., 8/6/1885-9/10/1905, "Daughter of F. A. L. & N. C. Henry"
Henry, Nancy C., 12/3/1842-1/24/1917, "Wife of F. A. L. Henry"
Hensley, ______ McMahan, 8/8/1869-4/8/1900, "Wife of T. T. Hensley" (broken) [Addie E. McMahan in McIntire record]
Hickman, Margaret, 12/20/1834-11/23/1891
Hicks, Margaret [see Simpson, Margaret Hicks]
Hood, Andrew J., Jr., 2/21/1866-3/5/1893, "Son of A. J. & N. J. Hood" "A Leading Musician" (broken)
Hood, Andrew J., Sr., 3/24/1830-4/28/1901, "Father"
Hood, Edgar Wilson, 5/20/1889-6/27/1889, "Son of A. J. & N. J. Hood"
Hood, Elisha G., 10/26/1869-9/22/1895
Hood, Grace Vernon, 10/31/1880-7/19/1901
Hood, Lillian, 4/9/1902-4/13/1902, "Daughter of F. M. & Jessie Hood"
Hood, _____, d. 3/12/1895 (broken) [name does not survive but probably a Hood]
Hunt, Maude, 1/14/1891-3/25/1894, "Daughter of Mel & Mary Hunt"
Hunt, Willie, 1/18/1890-1/19/1890, "Son of Mel & Mary Hunt"
Hutton, Magie, 11/3/1897-11/21/1905, "Daughter of George M. Hutton" [McIntire read name as Macie]
Jones, Augusta Mueecke, 1/1867-1/1895, "Wife of J. B. Jones"
Jones, Mame, no dates [McIntire reports this as a name found on a loose stone]
Kirby, Elmer, 1/26/1894-1/16/1923
Kirby, Howard _, 5/14/1916-2/17/1918 (broken)
Kirk, William R., 5/1/1830-2/24/1899, "My Husband"
Knott, Ellen S., 7/10/1854-12/28/1913
Knott, Lavie [see Lepine, Lavie Knott]
Larue, Mary E., 1/13/1854-1/23/1902, "Wife of William L. Larue" "Our Mother"
Lawhon, Margaret, 3/22/1838-2/11/1917
Lawson, Nany, 5/7/1825-3/18/1899
Lepine, Lavie Knott, 9/25/1926, "Wife of W. E. Lepine" (broken)
Lettenberger, Ann B., 1936-1937 [McIntire]
Lingafelt, Margaret Jane, 1855-1927
Loy, Carl A., 2/14/1918-10/13/1918
Loy, Carry M., 12/7/1909-10/14/1911
Loy, Girtrude C., 8/22/1914-5/28/1921
Madison, Annie, 3/11/1820-11/2/1904
Madison, Mammie, born & died 6/2/1888, "Infant dau. of A. E. & L. E. Madison"
Matthews, Bobby Ray, 10/20/1932-10/21/1932, "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Lon Matthews"
McMahan, Addie [see Hensley, ______ McMahan]
McKenney, Edna D. V., 11/26/1917-5/17/1918
Merritt, Elley Seaman, 12/22/1876-7/15/1922 [McIntire]
Miller, Green, 2/1/1848-5/1/1911
Miller, Nannie, 12/18/1861-1/17/1921, "Our mother"
Mink, Ada, 1/14/1912-12/30/1912
Mitchell, Rachel, 5/10/1825-6/12/1908
Monroe, Amanda S., 4/15/1842-11/14/1896 (broken)
Morrison, Lantie Leander, 6/10/1885-7/31/1893\Morrison, Maggie, 10/15/1886-8/18/1893, "Children of J. & M. Morrison" (broken)
Mourfield, Eda A., d. 2/7/1896, "Aged 1 Yr 10 Mos" "Dau. of M. L. & S. G. Mourfield"
Mourfield, M. L., 12/30/1859-10/11/1911
Mourfield, Ollie A., 8/11/1889-8/31/1903
Murrey, Authur, 10/27/1884-8/7/1885, "Son of J. H. & M. D. Murrey"
Nelson, Charley A., 12/30/1876-5/30/1896
Nelson, Delila, 9/15/1795-1/12/1879
Nelson, J. W. G., 11/5/1823-3/19/1896, "Rev."
Nelson, R. A., 3/10/1842-10/7/1925, "Father" footstone\Nelson, Eliza, 1/18/1853-4/9/1898, "Wife of R. A. Nelson" "Mother" footstone
Nelson, Roseanne, 1/2/1826-3/22/1917, "Wife of Rev. J. W. Nelson"
Nelson, Viola, b. 12/22/1893 [Amick]
Owens, Susie, 11/27/1893-7/25/1894 (homemade, fallen) [birth year read as 1892 in McIntire and 1853 in Amick]
Paisecki, Edward, 3/28/1909-11/26/1983
Paisecki, Margaret Mary, 1908-1978
Palmer, Resie, 1880-____, "Wife" [her burial indicated by sunken spot into which the marker has fallen]\Palmer, Ben M., 1881-1938, "Husband"
Parker, Lawrence, Jr., 6/3/1910-6/23/1910
Parker, Murtle, 4/11/1911-4/25/1911
Payne, Mary M., 3/30/1863-2/6/1915
Payne, William L., 12/25/1858-5/22/1895
Perry, Lloyd, 6/2/1899-12/18/1899
Phipps, Richard Earl, 3/21/1889-9/19/1910
Portwood, Laura J., d. 3/27/1920, "Age 69 Years" "Wife of G. W. Portwood"
Presley, Albert, 9/26/1892-6/23/1894
Presley, Annie, 3/2/1878-8/6/1915
Presley, Columbus L., 1874-1957 [McIntire]
Presley, Dorha, 1/30/1883-8/7/1884
Presley, Edith, 6/15/1891-11/28/1891
Presley, Elizabeth, 8/6/1851-11/14/1941
Presley, Nannie, 3/2/1878-8/16/1915 [McIntire]
Presley, Udocia, 7/19/1886-8/8/1887
Presley, Wm., 12/16/1853-4/15/1912 [Note: Of these Presley markers, those for Albert, Annie, Dorha, Edith, Udocia, and Wm. appear to have been made at the same time, probably in the 1920s.
Pulliam, Bessie Day, 9/13/1880-7/9/1887, "Daughter of L. L. & E. A. Pulliam"
Pulliam, L. L., 1/15/1835-11/19/1894
Ramsey, James W., 6/18/1892-10/2/1897, "Son of A. & Nannie Ramsey"
Raulston, William H., d. 7/27/1888, "Age 13 Ys 8 Mo 7 Ds" "Son of Mattie E. Raulston" [Amick's record includes note "Died in Knox County Industrial School"]
Richard, Bessie, 5/15/1898-5/16/1898
Richards, Joe T., 12/2/1871-6/13/1897
Richards, Josie L., 9/12/1897-3/30/1905
Richards, Licie, 12/30/1869-7/24/1889
Roddy, John, no dates, military marker "Co. C. 6 Tenn. Inf."
Rutherford, Nannie Pearl, 12/27/1884-6/17/1917, "Daughter of C. B. & Mary Rutherford"
Samuel, Wilson, d. 12/23/1901, "Age 48 Years"
Seaman, Anna May, 5/27/1921-5/11/1922, "Daughter of U. F. & Alice Seaman"
Short, R. L., 9/26/1893-12/23/1893, "Son of I. M. R. & Sallie Short"
Shorter, T. R., 2/4/1877-6/18/1887
Simpson, Margaret Hicks, 10/8/1871-9/24/1907, "Wife of Charles Simpson"
Smith, Eddie Burr, 8/30/1880-3/3/1887
Smith, J. M., 3/22/1859-7/10/1886
Smith, Mary A., 1/22/1837-8/14/1882
Smith, Mary E., 1/20/1857-2/11/1917, "Wife of E. A. Smith"
Smith, Roy P., 8/27/1888-11/20/1899
Smith, T. A., 7/7/1852-2/23/1940 (homemade)
Smith, William E., 3/18/1884-12/2/1888
Sparks, Jennie D., 9/29/1892-5/24/1894, "Dau. of R. E. & Texas Sparks"
Sparks, Lloyd M., born & died 11/6/1888, "Son of R. E. & Texas Sparks"
Stahorvinihalke, A., 1/8/1841-8/9/1900 [reported by Shultz; might be Annie Staton Whittaker]
Staton, Annie [see Whittaker, Annie Stanton]
Swatzel, George R., 2/18/1887-8/18/1888 [replacement]
Swatzel, H. G., 3/18/1902-1/15/1904
Swatzel, J. H., 6/15/1845-6/13/1890 [replacement]
Thomas, James H., 4/29/1903-6/5/1908, "Son of J. E. & M. H. Thomas"
Thomas, Paul E., 3/7/1914-3/15/1914, "Son of J. E. & M. H. Thomas"
Tuggle, Mary B., 6/1/1873-8/30/1942
Vess, D., no dates [this may not be a marker; might be two names "D" and "Vess"]
Watzell, H. C., 3/18/1902-1/15/1904
Wayman, Jessie, 4/1/1896-11/10/1899, "Son of M. & C. Wayman"
Weaver, Burp, no dates [read from tag on flowers; new grave 5 feet south of marker for Lee S. Weaver]
Weaver, Charlton B., 3/18/1877-2/5/1966\Weaver, Annie G., 3/25/1877-4/26/1934
Weaver, Etha Goode, 4/20/1910-1/11/1937 [replacement]
Weaver, Lee S., 1904-1981, "Daddy" footstone; older marker used as a footstone has dates 8/23/1904-6/23/1981\Weaver, Geneva B., ____-1989, "Mama footstone
Webb, C. G., 3/25/1892-3/4/1910\Webb, R. K., 6/21/1850-5/27/1910
Webber, Chas. W., 11/20/1896-2/13/1897
Webber, Moses A., 8/7/1828-10/4/1886 (eroded, fallen)
Webber, William C., 9/11/1828-10/22/1890 [McIntire]
Wheeler, W. C., 9/11/1828-12/22/1890
White, Annie, 10/14/1974-12/5/1918 [homemade; plastic name plate on wooden cross]
White, ______, "Four children of Annie White 1900-1908" [McIntire]
Whitaker, Edna, 3/23/1877-10/29/1910, "Wife of W. N. Whitaker"
Whitaker, Shepard, 6/9/1902-11/23/1908, "Son of W. N. & Edna Whitaker"
Whittaker, Annie Staton, 1/8/1841-8/9/1909, "Mother"
Whittaker, Effie Victoria, 12/11/1887-4/29/1928 [replacement]
Whittaker, Mary Virginia, 3/5/1860-3/17/1928
Whittaker, S. A., 6/15/1837-6/23/1919
Whittaker, Shepherd, 6/15/1837-6/23/1919, "Father" [McIntire]
Wilkins, Annie Mae, 12/15/1907-3/15/1913
Williams, Andy, 6/16/1893-11/10/1913 [Schultz]
Williams, Anne, 7/16/1893-11/10/1945, "Wife of Andy Williams" (fallen)
Wilson, Albert T., 7/19/1877-6/27/1887 (broken, fallen)
Wilson, Charles A., 3/24/1881-10/14/1893, "Son of S. R. & S. A. Wilson"
Wilson, J. F., 11/1/1868-6/8/1939
Wilson, Laura, 2/7/1873-4/15/1901. "Wife of J. F. Wilson" "Mother"
Wilson, M. A., 10/26/1834-12/8/1894
Wilson, Nellie, 10/17/1886-9/4/1917, "Wife of J. F. Wilson"
Wilson, Nina, d. 4/16/1888
Wilson, Roy, 9/14/1891-3/18/1919
Wilson, Sam R., 5/24/1854-11/8/1915, "Father"\Wilson, Susan A., 8/10/1854-8/20/1921, "Mother"
Wilson, Samuel, d. 12/23/1901, "Age 43 Years"
Wilson, Samuel G., 11/30/1888-4/17/1905, "Son of S. R. & S. A. Wilson"
Wittenbarger, Flora Belle, 12/28/1896-5/13/1900\Wittenbarger, Joseph W., 9/15/1899-4/3/1900
Wood, Arvin, 9/7/1892-12/20/1907, "Brother"\Wood, Paul, 9/14/1862-5/13/1923, "Father"
Woodward, Robert, 5/19/1909-5/30/1909
Woody, John, 7/23/1865-4/13/1939, "Husband"
York, Mattie Lee, 7/16/1906-8/20/1907
Young, Charles Edward, no dates [Amick]
Unidentifiable
_____, d. 5/12/1895 (broken) [probably a Hood; McIntire also interprets this marker as being for a Hood]
_____, Aug. ___-July 5____ (broken)
_____, d. June _____, C. B. N. footstone
_____, d. June 2_____, V. E. N. footstone [death date is 6/21/1894 in McIntire]
A. W. [McIntire; probably a footstone; could be for any one of several people]
A. C. B.
L. P. P. [McIntire]
M. A. W. [McIntire; may be footstone for M. A. Wilson or Moses A. Webber]
R. A. [Amick]