BLOUNT COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Old Baptist Church Cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Donna Harwood ==================================================================== I just returned from the Smoky Mtn State Park for a Sunday afternoon drive. I wrote down many names from the tombstones beside the old Baptist Church. There are many more there, and a couple more cemeteries but my hands got too cold. Will go back. There are also some old preserved log cabins - John Oliver cabin, Dan Lawson cabin, Tipton cabin, and Carter Shields cabin. Here are the tombstones - anything added by me is in (parenthesis). Pearly daughter of LGS and E J Shields born 12/11/1898 died 5/26/1899 Mary Ann B Wilcox 1953-1928 Giles B Oliver 12/23/1916 - 6/21/1921 J N Burchfield 6/17/1872 - 1/4/1918 Delia Myers Caughron 8/17/1884 - 3/20/1964 M S Ledbetter 12/14/1850 - 1/12/1926 Maggie Shields ( no date ) Elmer Wright 11/2/1879 - 4/10/1923 J R Brown son of S N A Brown 3/17/1897 - 10/28/1905 Russell Gregory 1795 - 1864 Founder of Gregory's Bald (a mountain in the Smokies) abt 1830 murdered by No Carolina rebels William Hamby North Carolina Militia Revolutionary War 1744 - 1840 Rutha Oliver Gregory Burchfield 1833 - 1891 wife of Walter Gregory 6/16/1833 Ruth wife of John Gregory 12/28/1852 - 6/11/1927 Willie son of John and Ruth Gregory born 10/24/1881 - 7/18/1886 Iva Lee daughter of T H and R L Shields 8/13/1910 - 7/27/1911 Josie Gregory (could not read dates) William A Sparks 1/5/1888 - 7/28/1908 Ethey E dad of J A and Anna S Sparks 5/20/1801 - 6/18/1892 TIPTON Isaac Cansada Louisa 12/6/1856 4/25/1857 12/12/1928 2/6/1936 Infant son of Mr and Mrs Pearlie Anthony ( funny name for a man) born and died 6/7/1932 Debora A Shields Lequire 10/25/1859 - 6/21/1902 Willis W Lequire 10/25/1853 - 12/5/1919 Mary 'Polly' Oliver Shields 1817 - 1892 Frederick Shields 1813 - 1885 D H Shields 4/20/1817 - 2/20/1891 ( scratched into a rock - not a formal headstone) John M. Shields de. this life (de. = departed?) 4/7/1817 Lazarus Oliver 1827 - 1902 Robert Shields 1784 - 1850 (on a fairly new headstone) John Oliver 1793 - 1864 Lurena Frazier Oliver 1795 - 1888 first permanent white settlers of Cades Cove 1817 - 1818 ( next to the above headstone is a scratched stone with the below inscription. note the different spelling of the lady and age error) Lurane Oliver de. 11/24/1888 (de. = departed?) age 98 John Oliver East Tennessee Militia War 1812 (no dates) Martha Brickey Oliver 1838 - 1887 Martha H. wife of William Oliver 1846 - 1919 Lee Oliver 3/1/1889 - 3/25/1914 Ann Boring Gregory Oliver 1888 - 1907 wife of John B. Oliver Callie daughter of A H and M C Oliver 6/28/1923 - 7/30/1924 William Oliver 9/6/1837 - 8/2/1901 Sara E. Oliver 9/4/1888 - 8/26/1960 Arthur J. Oliver 1907 - 1958 son of Annie Boring Gregory Oliver and John B Oliver Martha Shields wife of Henry Whitehead 7/6/1842 - 1/23/1924 Delzenie Moody (no dates) Irene Ryan Oliver dau. of John W and Nancy Ann Oliver 2/7/1905 - 9/22/1902 twin daughters of John W and Nancy Ann Oliver 8/8/1912 - 8/8/1912 Nancy Ann Whitehead wife of Eld. John W Oliver 9/15/1878 - 6/26/1945 "Thy loving wife, my bosom friend, the object of my love, the times been sweet I've spent with you my sweet and harmless love" Elder John W Oliver 10/14/1878 - 7/9/1966 Laura T wife of Sam B Sparks 4/13/1876 - 11/21/1927 Thats all today. Hope someone finds an ancestor donna