Polk County, Tennessee Cemeteries

Most of the cemetery infomation here was published in November, 1996 and November 1997 Polk County Historical and Genealogical Quarterly. Used with the permission of President and Editor, Marian Presswood. Additional information was provided from newspaper clippings contributed by Maria Carruth. We thank them all!

Back in January of 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), under the direction of State Supervisor Penelope Johnson Allen, undertook a project of copying historical records. Lawrence McConkey was given the task of listing all the burial grounds in Polk County. He not only made the effort to locate as many cemeteries as possible , but also made notes as he talked with those who lived in the area. Much valuable information has been preserved through his efforts. His listings, complete with his own remarks, are as follows: (Please remember that remarks were made in 1940.)

Marian Presswood has volunteered to check the printed records of the cemeteries listed below. Please be very specific with requests. Some of the supplemental material was provided by Connie Baumann.

Polk Cemetery Locations

Amburn Cemetery in Copperhill (need info here-please contribute)

Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery

Arthur Community Cemetery

Bakers Chapel Cemetery Ball Play (Old) or Hall Cemetery

Ball Play Baptist Church Cemetery

Beckler Cemetery

Beech Springs Baptish Church Cemetery

Benton City Cemetery

Benton Station Baptist Cemetery

Brock Family Cemetery

Burchfield Cemetery

Camp or Conasauga Baptist

Campground Cemetery

Carter Cemetery

Chestuee Baptist Church

Clonegar (Cloninger), Jacob Cemetery

COLETOWN CEMETERY also known as Reecetown Cemetery

Columbia Cemetery (information needed)

Cookson's Creek Baptist Church

CONASAUGA RIVER BAPTIST COMMUNITY CEMETERY
Location: Hwy 411 Date established: Mid 1980's

Columbus Cemetery

Copperhill Public Cemetery

Coxy Community Cemetery

Crestlawn Copperhill area

Croft's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church Turtletown area

Cumberland Shed (Presbyterian)

CURBOW CEMETERY Sylco area
Location: In a field in the Cherokee National Forest, close to McKissick Cemetery

DAVIS CEMETERY Location: Just south of Hwy 64 and 68 on BIT Manufacturing Island.
Remarks : Road is often closed to this cemetery. There are no legible stones.

Delano Cemetery

Dickey (Dill) Cemetery

DOVER CEMETERYLocation: Rough Creek Area, Cherokee National Forest
Remarks : No longer in use. Contains 7-8 graves with only legible stones reading Myra Hedden & Rose Pain

DUCKTOWN CEMETERY Ducktown Cemetery listing form Cemetery Surveys Inc
Click here Great site with pictures! Photographed and surveyed by Rose Birdwell & CAT Tindell on 22 Mar 2004,and indexed by Nikki Neblett & Rose Birdwell

Ezekiel Dunn Cemetery

Easley or Esley Cemetery

Fairview Baptist Church

FARNER CEMETERYLocation: Farner area, in the mountains Date established: About 1900
Acreage: 1/2 acre Number of graves: about 25 (1940)

FARNER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Location: Highway 68, FarnerNumber of graves: About 25-30 (1985) Remarks: This is a fairly new cemetery, just around the corner from Farner Presbyterian Church.
It was not found on the WPA listing from the 1940's.

FITZSIMMONS FAMILY CEMETERY Located in the Old Fort area.

FOUR MILE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

(OLD OCOEE CEMETARY)
Location: East of Benton on Parksville Road Number of Graves: Approximately 900 (1940)

FOUTS Also known as Carden Family Cemetery. Located in the Cookson Creek area

FREELAND CEMETERY Location: Burgertown area

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH

JOHN GOODNER FAMILY CEMETERY Location: One mile north of Ocoee, off of Hwy 411

GRASSY CREEK BAPTIST Copperhill area

GRAVEL HILL COMMUNITY CEMETERY
Location: Oak Grove Rd, four miles NE of Benton. Established: 1900
Established by: Joe B. Love gave the land for the Church and Cemetery. The church was established in 1900, discontinued before WWI Number of graves: 30 +, many unmarked graves

GREASY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

GREEN

GREEN, JOHNNY BELL

HAMPTON CEMETERY

HARBISON Cemetery

HASKINS Cemetery

HAYES Cemetery

HENDERSON Cemetery

HICKS CEMETERY
LOcation: Reliance-Springtown area, on top of the hill and close to Adams Grocery

OLD HILDEBRAND CEMETERY
Location: Four miles SW of Benton, near Federal Rd, off of Hwy 64
Established: Unknown
Established by: Either the Cherokee Indians or Michael Hildebrand

HILDEBRAND CAMP CEMETERY
Location: Just below the Benton Springs area in a clearing on the side of the mountain

Hiwassee Union aka Reliance Church Cemetery

Hooker Family Cemetery

Horn's Creek or Shady Springs Baptist Church Cemetery

HOWARD Cemetery

Howell' Grave
Lawrence McConkey reports that this Infant gravesite is located in the Courthouse Yard at Benton.

James Sloan Family Cemetery (On Old Federal Road. This cemetery is said to be located on the farm of Granville Mercer, per the McConkey report. It was established in October 1847 by James Sloan when his infant son, Albert, died. There are 3 graves)

JOHNNIE HEDDEN GRAVE Feb 14, 1812-Nov 17, 1905
Location: Brock Mountain, 3 1/2 miles SE of Archville off of Kimsey Highway
Remarks: This is the only known grave on what was once the Hedden property.

John O'Daniel Grave

Isiah Cronan Family Cemetery

Kimbrough Cemetery

Knox Cemetery

Ladd Cemetery

Lemmons Cemetery

LIBERTY (At Tennga GA, but in Polk Co)

Lillard Cemetery

Lintner Cemetery

Linder Cemetery

Maddox (Mattox) Cemetery

Mantooth Cemetery