SLAGLE CEMETERY, WASHINGTON CO., TN This file is part of the TN Tombstone Transcription Project: http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/tenn.html ************************************************ http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ Contributed for use to the USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project & USGenWeb Archives by: Dennis Slagle (scarletd@bellsouth.net) Transcribed: 2/16/2001 To contribute additional information and/or photographs, please contact TN Tombstone Transcription Project Manager at tncemmy@yahoo.com Contributor's Note: This cemetery is completely over grown by trees, deadfall, and underbrush. Without knowing that a cemetery exists there, no one would ever see the cemetery without stopping and walking up a hill through woods and underbrush to the location. Looking closely one can see unmarked graves, field stones, and a few legible markers. The cemetery is below the intersection of Ridgecrest Road and Sinking Creek Road. Coming from Cherokee Rd. on Sinking Creek Rd., you cross Ridgecrest Rd. and the cemetery is just after the first house on the right. There is a section of wood fencing at the bottom of the hill. Just about the entire cemetery is covered by periwinkle. Several people who have lived there since the 1920's, did not know the name of the cemetery, but knew it existed. The oldest marked graves (Webb and Ramsey) denote the people died in 1912. The latest was in 1983. It is hard to believe the cemetery has deteriorated that much in 18 years since the last burial. NAME BIRTH DEATH NOTES =================================================================================================== Row 1 ------- Charles Chrisenberry, Jr. 1919 1983 Jessie Tucker Jan 18,1894 Oct 6, 1922 Wife of C. D. Chrisenberry C. D. Chrisenberry Sep 8, 1890 Jul 19, 1930 James G. Tucker Feb 22, 1881 Dec 6, 1945 8 stone markers 1 grave outline in brick Row 2 ------- John Slagle Co. F. 7th Ind Cav Susie Hammitt Jul 9, 1884 Jan 10, 1970 Geo. W. Hammitt Co. F. 6th Vol. Inf SP AM War Darkes E. Ramsey Nov 25, 1854 Jan 2, 1912 Unkknown 1877 1962 Metal marker w/ no name 5 field stone markers 1 grave outlined in brick Irine Main Feb 3, 1924 Jul 12, 1925 Row 3 ------- Sergt. Jas. R. Price Co. G 1st US V INF W. F. Webb Oct 17, 1887 Jan 30, 1912 5 stone markers At least 1 unmarked Row 4 ------- Henry Snell Jan 31,1895 Jun 20, 1936 Julia Mae Webb Dec 30,1903 Mar 21, 1969 Zelda Arline Jul 26, 1925 Sep 29, 1925 Daughter of Henry & Julia Snell 2 stone markers Row 5 ------- 7 stone markers 1 unmarked Row 6 ------- 5 graves with fieldstone markers Jas. Watson Co D, 13th Tenn Cav Row 7 ------- 6 graves with fieldstone markers Row 8 ------- 1 stone marker 1 unmarked Row 9 ------- 3 unmarked William S. Rogers No dates Anne La__ghre Illegible | No dates There looks like there could be two more rows of unmarked graves, and there are probably more unmarked in other rows. The cemetery looks like it was originally about 100 ft by 100 ft. There is one large dead pine near the south edge over 3 ft in diameter.