OAK HILL CEMETERY SURVEY and Genealogical Treasures

Oak Hill was established in 1870

The Seven Trustees

L. A. FawJamy M. GentryWilliam U. TaylorJ. M. JohnsonJ. W. SehornS. U. LuskP. P. C. Nelson

Oldest grave

• Leonora Love the 18-year-old daughter of Robert Love who had died in 1867.

Henry Johnson Family

• Moved from Hoss Family Cemetery to Oak Hill Cemetery in 1910.

• Later Henry and his wife, Mary Ann Hoss were moved to the large monument in their honor.

THE SURVEY

• Cemetery is divided into sections by foot paths and roads.

• Each tombstone was recorded and photographed

• Unmarked graves were also noted.

TEAM FOR THIS PROJECT

• Elaine Cantrell, Project Manager• Betty Jane Hylton, Team Leader•• Members working on this project• Donna Briggs, Bernie Gray,• Geraldine Greenwell, Lucy Gump• Barbara Hilton, Margaret Hougland• Thomas & Wanda Manning,• Robert Shell

BURNED RECORDS

• Margaret and Elaine spent 155 hours digitizing the 799 burned cards.

• Staples had to be removed

• Cards carefully separated

• Scanned

Margaret used her skills to finalize the process.

• Stored in acid-free sleeves and boxes

ARCHIVES OF APPALACHIA at ETSU

• Records are available on DVDs to be viewed:

• Cards with obituaries• Some even have relations and tell of family

members buried in other cemeteries• Business records of Oak Hill• Annual reports• DVDs of the survey

A sample of cards

ELAINE’S NOTEBOOKS

• Book 1 - The survey, index, unmarked graves

• Book 2 - Timeline, articles, reports• Book 3 - Older death records, maps, e-mails• Book 4 - Deeds• Book 5 - Obituaries & miscellaneous

records at the Archives• Book 6 - 1 - 300 photocopies of cards

• Book 7 - 301 - 564 Archive records• Book 8 - 565 - 799 Archive records• Book 9 - Military Records• Book 10 - Work records• Book 11 - Original work sheets & Chester

Willis earlier survey, Peter Naher survey

The Count…

3758+ graves458+ unmarked graves67 Confederate Veterans10 Union Veterans1 War of 1812 Veteran (John Wright)10 Spanish American Veterans3 Philippine -American Veterans56 World War 1 Veterans46 World War 2 Veterans

Confederate Iron Cross

Civil War Veterans DVD

• Has a picture of each veteran’s tombstone

• Along with his military information

• Songs from the Civil War era

• Compiled by Bill Hicks

Honoring veterans

• Alan Jackson and his group place 14” flags on veterans graves who died while in service.

HISTORICAL MARKER

• Designer of the Tennessee State Flag

Founder of Johnson City

• Henry Johnson• Wife, Mary Ann Hoss Johnson and • Son, William Johnson

Beautiful Stone Work

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