BUFFALO RIDGE CEMETERY Located on Hales Chapel Road in the Gray area of Washington County.  Turn onto Holly Lane and take an immediate right turn onto Freeman Lane.  The cemetery is at the end of the road.  GPS Location:  36.23.23N 082.27.54W.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS
Adams, A. P.	Apr. 20, 1837	Jun.  8, 1907	Son of Alexander & Lydia M. Adams
Adams, Alexander	Aug. 7, 1803	Feb. 25, 1865	[Lying flat and badly worn]
Adams, Donnie H.	Jan. 2, 1916	Mar. 25, 1916	Son of E. S. & Jennie Adams
Adams, Jennie Barnes	1879	1917	Mother
Adams, Lydie M.	Apr. 1808	Aug. 22, 1890	Wife of A. A. Adams [Dau. of Jacob Brown & Christina Ramey]
Adams, Mary J.	Sept. 23, 1839	Mar. 21, 1918	[Dau. of Alexander & Lydia Adams]
Adams, William McKinley	Mar. 21, 1896	Jun. 17, 1897	Son of E. S. & J. B. Adams
Archer, Jas. Milton	Jan. 16, 1822	Dec. 27, 1904	[Inside iron fence with the Archer family]
Archer, Lucinda	Feb. 15, 1820	Dec. 25, 1897	Wife of J. M. Archer [Inside iron fence with the Archer family]
Ashley, James	1920	1979
B. ?. H.	-	-	[No other inscription, just initials]
Barnes, Andrew J.	1860	1932	[Same stone as Rebecca & Sis Barnes]
Barnes, D. G. W.	Sept. 5, 1846	Oct. 17, 1914
Barnes, David G. W.	Jul. 13, 1822	Feb. 7, 1886	Aged 63 yrs, 6 mo, 27 days
Barnes, Fuller H.	1856	1940	[Same stone as Sallie Barnes]
Barnes, George W.	Apr. 1, 1884	Jul. 3, 1890	Son of D. G. W. & L. A. Barnes
Barnes, Haskiel Lee, Jr.	Only one date	Jul. 7, 1921	Infant sons of H. L. & Lula Barnes [Same stone as Leslie Talmadge Barnes]
Barnes, James H.	Feb. 18, 1842	Jul. 7, 1901
Barnes, John M.	No date	Apr. 21, 1933	Tennessee PVT  58 Pioneer INF
Barnes, Leslie Talmadge	Only one date	Jun. 7, 1923	Infant sons of H. L. & Lula Barnes [Same stone as Haskiel Lee Barnes Jr.]
Barnes, Letha Rose	Jan. 5, 1921	Mar. 12, 1921	Daughter of Andrew & Bessie Barnes
Barnes, Louisa A.	Jun. 29, 1847	Sept. 8, 1924	Mother
Barnes, Maria	May 17, 1861	May 15,   1865	Daughter    3 yrs, 11 mos, 28 days
Barnes, Nora A. Bowman	Jul. 17, 1887	Mar. 31, 1908	Wife of Rev. Jim Barnes Youthful beauty at rest
Barnes, Rebecca	1874	1930	[Same stone as Andrew J. & Sis Barnes]
Barnes, Sallie E.	1864	1943	[Same stone as Fuller Barnes]
Barnes, Sarah Ann	Feb. 9, 1821	May 11, 1890
Barnes, Saraphina	Aug. 9, 1826	May 3, 1902	Wife of D. G. W. Barnes
Barnes, Sis	1864	1883	[Same stone as Andrew J. & Rebecca Barnes]
Barnes, Violet R.	Oct. 2, 1895	Oct. 20, 1898	Daughter of  A.C. & M. M. Barnes
Barnes, W. Gentry	Apr. 8, 1877	Aug. 11, 1917
Barnes, Walter	Oct. 29, 1891	Aug. 15, 1894	Son of A. J. & Rebecca Barnes
Bashor, M. E.	No date	May 6, 1894	Mother
Bashor, W. J.	No date	Aug. 24, 1892	Father
Beasley, Matilda Archer	1850	1913	Wife of T. J. Beasley [Inside iron fence with the Archer family]
Bishop, Mary Lovicy	Jul. 19, 1862	Dec. 22, 1908	Wife of James Bishop
Buckingham, Mary E.	Aug. 15, 1862	Aug. 1, 1906	Wife of G. W. Buckingham
Chase, Andrew S.	Only one date	Aug. 19, 1890	Age 35y, 6m, 2 days
Chase, Claudie V.	1880	1907	Wife of W. H. Ford
Chase, Elizabeth Sherfey	1830	1920
Chase, Harvey K.	No date	Apr. 26, 1887	69 yrs., 8mo., 7 days
Conner, John A.	Apr. 5, 1848	Mar. 26, 1930
Conner, Sarah Shipley	Oct. 11, 1849	Aug. 7, 1916	Wife of J. A. Conner [Two stones]
Crawford, Melviney	Feb. 4, 1847	Jan. 28, 1888	Wife of Sam Crawford
Crouch, Abigail M. Chinowth	Feb. 25, 1850	Apr. 26, 1929	[Same stone as Joe Crouch] Wife of Joe Crouch
Crouch, Caroline	Jan. 1824	Dec. 10, 1900	[Same stone as James H. Crouch]
Crouch, James H.	Feb. 1821	Feb. 20, 1900	Same stone as Caroline Crouch
Crouch, Joe H.	Mar. 27, 1843	May 8, 1924	[Same stone as Abigail Chinowth Crouch]
Crouch, Sarah	No date	Mar. 11, 1782	Wife of John Crouch
Crouch, William M.	Oct. 4, 1861	Nov. 1, 1933
Curtis, A. M.	Dec. 19, 1859	Oct. 6, 1918
Curtis, Rachel	Jan. 2, 1824	Dec. 28, 1905	Aged 81 Yrs. 11 Mos. 27 Daπs.
Davidson, John C.	May 6, 1834	Sept. 25, 1885	51 yrs, 4 mos, 19days Converted Feb. 1859; Ordained to the work of the gospel ministry Aug. 28, 1887
Davidson, Willie T.	Apr. 28, 1869	Nov. 23, 1887	Son of E. & M. J. Davidson [Stone is lying on the ground]
Davis, Harry Oliver	Dec. 16, 1894	Jan. 13, 1958	Tennessee   Wagoner HQ Co. GP Main TNG Depot,  World War I
Davis, Hazel	Jun. 20, 1920	Feb. 21, 1985
Denny, John S.	1873	1936
DeVault, Bobbie R.	Nov. 19, 1878	Nov. 5, 1886	Son of Fred & Laura DeVault
DeVault, James L.	Sept. 5, 1876	Sept. 5, 1895	Aged 29 years
DeVault, Nancy	Dec. 1, 1825	Aug. 30, 1897
DeVault, Samuel	Jun. 8, 1824	Mar. 25, 1897
DeVault, Sarah A.	Apr. 4, 1858	May 3, 1871
Edwards, Julia A.	Aug. 13, 1857	May 18, 1877	Sister [Edwards plots enclosed by a concrete wall]
Edwards, Lizzie M.	Feb. 4, 1846	Mar. 9,   1885	[Edwards plots enclosed by a concrete wall]
Edwards, Mary	Sept. 6, 1822	Sept. 22, 1888	[Edwards plots enclosed by a concrete wall]
Edwards, S. E.	Nov. 22, 1803	Apr. 6, 1878	[Edwards plots enclosed by a concrete wall]
Fitz, Martha Louise	Nov. 24, 1923	Jan. 18, 1924	Daughter of C. F. & Lizzie Fitz
Ford, Bonnie	Nov. 5, 1904	Nov. 5, 1904	Twins of Robert & Allie Ford [Same stone as Onnie Ford]
Ford, Elvira Cox	1850	1911	Wife of J. R. Ford
Ford, J. C.	Dec. 22, 1914	Jul. 20, 1916	Son of J. T. & Eliza Ford
Ford, J. R.	May 5, 1851	Aug. 23, 1904
Ford, John C.	Aug. 20, 1875	Feb. 7, 1915
Ford, Mary R.	Jan. 24, 1871	May 4, 1905	Wife of   W.S.Ford
Ford, Nora E.	Jul. 18, 1881	Mar. 17, 1900
Ford, Oma M.	Mar. 9, 1901	Jun. 15, 1919
Ford, Onnie	Nov. 5, 1904	Nov. 5, 1904	Twins of Robert & Allie Ford [Same stone as Bonnie Ford]
Ford, Raymond C.	Jun. 23, 1913	Apr. 13, 1918	Son of J. T. & Eliza Ford
Ford, Robert Boye	Dec. 11, 1903	Dec. 14, 1903	Son of Henry & Claudie Ford ? [very difficult to read]
Ford, William T.	Mar. 2, 1842	May 4, 1910
Ford, Willie	Aug. 27, 1901	Dec. 1, 1909	Son of W. F. & Mary Ford
Hale, Charlie Richard	Sept. 21, 1913	Sept. 24, 1971	Tennessee PVT, Troop A, 101 Cal, World War II
Hale, Effie Susan Marsh	Jan. 18, 1890	Apr. 21, 1954	[Same stone as John Franklin Hale]
Hale, Elizabeth Ann	May 22, 1844	Dec. 8, 1907	Wife of Rev. Thos. L. Hale [Same stone as Rev. Thomas L. Hale]
Hale, Emma	Only one date	Jan. 21, 1942	Home made stone
Hale, Evelyon  R.	Only one date	Nov. 28, 1938
Hale, Herman R.	1911	1980
Hale, James D.	1910	1969
Hale, John Franklin	Jul. 29, 1882	Aug. 8, 1936	[Same stone as Effie Hale]
Hale, Mary	1872	1935
Hale, Nona Mae	Jun. 17, 1900	Nov. 10, 1900	Daughter of J. M. & Cora Hale
Hale, Ray D.	Aug. 22, 1995	Jun. 8, 1997
Hale, Raymond H.	Jul. 23, 1923	Nov. 29, 1988
Hale, Thomas L. (Rev.)	Mar. 30, 1849	Jan. 31, 1934	[Same stone as Elizabeth Ann Hale]
Hale, William D.	1915	1997	US Army
Harrison, Landon Carter	Jul. 13, 1840	Sept. 25, 1907
Harrison, Thursey Jane	No date	No date	Wife of Landon C. Harrison
Helm, Ann	Mar. 13, 1764	Oct. 15, 1844
Helm, Jane	Aug. 31, 1785	Nov. 18, 1810
Holland, Ella Mae	Apr. 6, 1944	Feb. 26, 2003	Mama
Isenberg(?), Cherrie L.	-	-	[Hand-made stone almost completely illegible]
Isenberg, Anna R.	Apr. 22, 1856	Apr. 20, 1932
Isenberg, Dehlia	May 15, 1893	Sept. 8, 1912
Isenberg, Guy	Jan. 26, 1897	Dec. 22, 1898	Son of B. N. & R. V. Isenberg
Isenberg, Lena M.	1903	1904
Isenberg, Rachel V.	1878	1924
Jenkins, Roscoe	Dec. 26, 1904	Apr. 28, 1911	Son of H. H. & L. A. Jenkins
Kitzmiller, David	Oct. 7, 1799	Jul. 3, 1895	Age 95 y, 8 m, 26 d
Kitzmiller, Elizabeth [Hughes]	Oct. 21, 1800	Jun. 20, 1888	Wife of David Kitzmiller, age 87y, 7mo, 29 days
Kitzmiller, Jacob	Apr. 29, 1813	Jun. 20, 1832	Aged 19 yrs, 1 mo, 22 days  [Stone was partially buried and broken in several pieces]
Kitzmiller, Martin	Feb. 11, 1772	Apr. 10, 1861	[From PA]
Kitzmiller, Mary	Nov. 17, 1771	Jun. 9, 1856	[Dau. of Henrich and Caherine Graver Devalt. Sister of Valentine & Frederick]
Martin, Amanda M.	1853	1943	[Same stone as David C. Martin]
Martin, David C.	1852	1923	[Same stone as Amanda M. Martin]
Martin, Hayes	1877	1956	[Same stone as Pearle Walker Martin]
Martin, Laura M.	Jul. 1, 1878	Apr. 2, 1899	Wife of Clayton Martin
Martin, Pearle Walker	1900	1989	[Same stone as Hayes Martin]
Milburn, Houston Jesse	Apr. 18, 1888	May 17, 1890	Son of Jno. W. & Mary Milburn
Milburn, John	Mar. 1851	Oct. 1915
Milburn, John Edwin	Jul. 6, 1887	Jun. 8, 1894	Son of Jno. W. & Mary Milburn
Milburne, Mary Ford	Aug. 28, 1848	Aug. 15, 1922	Wife of John Milburn
Milhorn, Martha	1837	Aug. 26, 1904
Milhorn, Sam	Jul. 21, 1835	Mar. 13, 1904
Miller, Sarah	Dec. 25, 1873	Oct. 5, 1895
Mohlar, John R.	Feb. 8, 1911	Jun. 1911	Son of Charles & Virgie Mohlar
Edwards, Earnest Morrell	May 11, 1883	Jul. 18, 1885	[Edwards plots enclosed by a concrete wall]
Mulkey, Anna Lacey	No date	No date	[Same stone as Jonathan & Nancy Howard Mulkey]
Mulkey, Jonathan	1752	1826	First Baptist Preacher in Tennessee
Mulkey, Nancy Howard	No date	No date	[Same stone as Jonathan, & Anna Lacey Mulkey]
N. A. H.	J? 6, 1844	Dec. 7, 1920	B  J  6, 1844    D Dec. 7  1920 New Roman"'[Inscription as it appears, exactly]
Owens, John R.	Mar. 22, 1828	Dec. 20, 1896	>
Riley, Jane	Apr. 5, 1830	Jul. 12, 1902	>
Rosenbaum, Jackie Wayne	Date missing	1963	[Funeral home marker]
Rosenbaum, Renia	Dec. 31, 1960	Apr. 29, 2001
Ryans, Henry King	No date	Jun. 23, 1899	Son of Geo. & Virgie Ryans New Roman"' Age 22 days
Zell, A. M.	Mar. 27, 1915	Mar. 28, 1915	[Same stone as H. L. Zell, twin]
Zell, H. L.	Mar. 27, 1915	Apr. 2, 1915	[Same stone as A. M. Zell, twin]

Jonathan Mulkey Monument reads: Jonathan Mulkey 1752 - 1826 First Baptist preacher in Tennessee  Restored by Tennessee Baptist Historical Society  Central WMJ Johnson City, Tenn.  October 26, 1938.

There is a full size grave with a slab covering, no inscription visible.

Transcribed, photographed contributed for use on the TNGenWeb-Washington County Page and in the USGenWeb Archives September 5, 2003 by Elaine Cantrell, Chester Willis, Betty Jane Hylton, Dawn Peters, Bob Shell and Donna Briggs

Additional Information:

According to Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, V.III, with permission from Loraine B. Rae. The following were found in 1957 but not in 2003:

Barnes, Charles A., Jun 29, 1873 -

Barnes Nellie J., Oct. 25, 1882-

Bishop, M.E., d. March 6, 1894

Bishop, W.J., d. Aug 24, 1892 "Father"

Hale, Barbara Jeanne, Infant, July 17, 1952 [FHM]

Two limestone markers with the initials J.T.H. and W.C.H. These are between Evelyn R. Hale and Barbara Jeanne Hale.

Ketchem, Annie, 1874-1936

Information from Charles M. Bennett's files indicate that the following are buried in unmarked graves:

Gresham, Thomas, Rev. War, 3^rd VA Rgt. Died before 1804.

His wife, Dorcas Lane, dau. of John Fuller and Elizabeth Cloud Lane. Dorcas married (2) Nathaniel Davis.

Lane, John Fuller, 1727 - 1785, born Baltimore, MD, son of Richard and Sarah Fuller Lane.

Shipley, Benjamin, Sr., 1770 - ca 1802/03.

From History of Washington County Tennessee, 1988, by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, p. 114:

Quite a large cemetery is located on Buffalo Ridge at the site of the old church, with names on the stones representing many of the families living in Washington County and East Tennessee. There are approximately 500 graves containing many early settlers, including Jonathan Mulkey and his family. The oldest stone found is that of Sarah Crouch, who died March 11, 1782, just four years after the church was organized. Surnames of persons buried in the cemetery include:  Adams, Agee, Ashby, Archer, Barnes, Beasley, Bishop,Buckingham, Chase, Conner, Crouch, Crawford, Curtis, Davidson, Davis, Denney, DeVault, Edwards, Fitz, Ford, Good Gray, Gesham, Hale, Hamilton, Harrison, Helm, Isenberg, Jenkins, Ketchem, Kitzmiller, Lane, Martin, Milburn, Milhorn, Miller, Mohlar, Morrell, Mulkey, Murray, Osborne, Owens Rayns, Riley, Rosenbaum, and Susong.

"Buffalo Ridge Cemetery, Clue to Gray's Early Days", Johnson City Press, Sept. 14, 1986:

The C.C. & O. Railroad was built through this area in 1907-1908, with a railroad station located about two miles from Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. Some black workers on the railroad died and are buried in the back of the cemetery. There are no markers.

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