CARTER COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Elk Mills Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Faye Ann Swiney Sepentzis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ELK MILLS CEMETERY This cemetery is located off Poga Road in Carter County , TN. From Elizabethton, TN, take Hwy 19E/67/321, turn left onto Hwy 67 in Hampton TN, turn right on Hwy 321 toward Boone, NC. When you get to Elk Mills, TN, at the Elk Mills Grocery Store you will see Poga Rd. Turn right onto Poga Rd, go straight, the cemetery is just past the Elk Mills Christian Church. Transcribed by Faye Ann Swiney Sepentzis, FAE48@aol.com 1. CURTIS D. PEARSON, Tennessee, Tec 5 414 TNF January 28, 1922 - July 9, 1944. 2. PEARSON, ANNA E, 1889 - 1960; (bottom) Mother 3. PEARSON, CLYDE, 1889 - 1967; (bottom) Father 4. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 5. E. B. POTTER, died May 18, 1909, age about 56 years 6. E. E. POTTER, ___ __, 1825 - ___ __, 1899 7. NARRAG (?) POTTER, born May 3, 1847, died December 15, 1905 8. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 9. GILBERT, CSM JAMES C., June 1, 1926 - March 12, 1969 ELLEN, Sep 8, 1898 - April 10, 1969 BERTHA, March 6, 1903 - April 6, 1968 10. JESSIE SHEETS, 1919 - 1994, (Henson Funeral Home marker) 11. An inspiration to all who knew her, Mother, VIRGINIA S. WARD, 1913 - 1990 (also a Tetrick Funeral Home marker with 8/8/1913 - 8/5/1990, age 76 ) 12. Headstone, no markings 13. Headstone, no markings 14. WILLIAM S. POTTER, 1885 - 1970, Gone but not forgotten 15. IDA E., wife of J. C. CAMPBELL, born October 7, 1875, died February 21, 1906 16. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 17. DOROTHY, daughter of A. B. & BELLA HASS, March 7, 1922 - October 16, 1924 18. (a large angel) CLIFFORD C. J. STOUT, 7/4/1909 - ___ __, 1991 (also Tetrick Funeral Home marker) 19. BYERL J. STOUT, November 8, 1937 - November 14, 1945 20. FLOYD STOUT, 1911 - 1947, At Rest 21. STOUT, WILLIAM M., April 11, 1872 - July 2, 1963 ALETHA R., July 6, 1882 - November 4, 1958 22. VonCANON, FRANK, 1892 - 1937 JANE, 1893 - 1986 23. GLADYS, daughter of A. F. & JANIE VonCANON, September 19, 1921 - March 9, 1922, Our loved one 24. CORDA ANN, wife of J. L. VonCANNON, February 20, 1854 - May 15, 1933 25. (Mason symbol) J. L. VonCANON, born September 13, 1804, died December 5, 1893 26. SARAH A., daughter of J. L. & C. A. VonCANON, ___ 22, 1890 - November 6, 1890 27. RORY (?), son of J. L. & C. A. VonCANNON, ___ __, 1882 - January __, 1894 28. ARIE VonCANNON, October 31, 1904 - November 7, 1904 29. EUGENE HEATON, May 24, 1943 - July 6, 1996 30. FRANCES J. POTTER, August 22, 1925 - June 29, 1980, Gone but not forgotten 31. PAMELA S. MILLER, March 29, 1974 - August 20, 1974 32. LAWRENCE S. WAGNER, 1876 - 1937, At Rest 33. VICKIE B. WAGNER, September 1, 1877 - April 17, 1948, At Rest 34. Come Unto Me, M. F. BUNTON, July 16, 1869 - October 30, 1904 35. TRILLA J. PEARSON, August 15, 1921 - October 3, 1936 36. THOMAS BIRCHFIELD, 1860 - 1897 37. K ____LEEN STOUT McKINNEY, age a___ 82 years, Mother o__ JIM CRANE McKINNEY 38. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 39. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 40. JOHN WILLIAM BANNER, SR., born 1820 - died 1882 41. (Millwheel for a headstone), JACOB VonCANNON, 1809 - 1879 Pioneer of German descent who came from Randolph County, NC, to Banner Elk, NC, in 1858; then to Elk Mills, TN, in 1869. He built the mills on Elk River from which these stones were taken and from which this community was named. (also has Millwheel at the bottom) 42. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 43. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 44. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 45. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 46. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 47. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 48. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 49. HEATON, MAE P., 1926 - 1967, (bottom) Mother CLINTON W., 1921 - 1994, (bottom) CLINTON WALTER HEATON, PFC, U S Army, World War II, March 31, 1921 - March 14, 1994 (a Cross) 50. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 51. Fieldstone, unmarked grave (also has an unreadable funeral home marker) 52. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 53. Fieldstone, unmarked grave 54. Fieldstone, unmarked grave Transcribed 10/12/2003 by Faye Swiney Sepentzis, FAE48@aol.com Submitted to USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project 11/2003