Beck Knob
Cemetery

Beck cemetery is a family burying ground on what was once the Beck farm. Many members of the family are buried there but all the graves are unmarked. Joshua Beck, a prominent citizen of Hill City, seeing the need for a cemetery for slaves and their families, donated the land for Beck Cemetery. In appreciation to Mr. Beck, the burying ground was called Beck Knob Graveyard. On May 13, 1888, the sons of Joshua Beck deeded the property to Hurst Memorial M. E. Church. In 1968 the North Side Garden Club cleared the property and restored much of the cemetery. The cemetery, now overgrown, has very few markers remaining. Most of this information has been provided from death certificate research performed by Alma Webb. Beck Knob Cemetery is located on Dartmouth Street in north Chattanooga.

Surveyed by Alma Webb August 2001.
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Names of individuals in this cemetery were recorded as they appeared on the tombstones. No attempt was made to correct obvious errors or differences in spelling. Every attempt has been made to record this information correctly. However, mistakes are possible.  The information on this page may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other person or organization without the written consent of the contributor, the legal representative of the submitter, or The Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society.

 

Deceased

Born

Died

Notes

Achey, Flora Lee   05/27/1930 age 18; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Adkin, Charlie   01/15/1930 age 50; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Adkin, Ida M. B.

 

08/08/1917

 

Angel, Harriott   07/08/1918 age 70; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Banks, Harriott or Harrell   08/16/1912 age 17; Unmarked; Info from city death record
Barby, Frank   05/17/1919 age 59; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Barby; Joe Garrett      
Baxter, Sallie   03/03/1913 age 53; Unmarked; Info from city death record
Bowles, Alexander   04/30/1928 age 75; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Burnett, Jane   07/009/1919 age 76; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Campbell, Jas 05/01/1916 05/01/1916 Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Caruthers, Jr., Sinclair   07/05/1919 age 7; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Darby, Estine   05/01/1916 age 43; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Darby, Sherman   12/14/1916 age 50; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Dithridge, Henry   01/18/1916 age 66; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Donahue, Alice      
Donahue, Homer   12/07/1918 age 18; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Donhue, Sallie

 

3/17/1917

Age 71 yrs; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Donohoo, Wilbur

 

8/26/1917

Age 96 yrs; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Doughty, Alex

 

12/16/1917

Age 67 yrs; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Douglas, Helen Louise   07/28/1930 age 18; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Dumas, Joseph   12/20/1917 age 2; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Ferrell, Robert   01/01/1910 age 21; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Fields, Ethel   01/06/1919 age24; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Frasso, Jessy   12/08/1899 age 3 mo; Unmarked; Info from city death record
Frazier, Jane   01/28/1915 age 50; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Garrett, Joe Infant of 02/02/1920 02/02/1920 Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Green, Viola   06/20/1930 age 30; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Hammonds, Jimie   10/29/1938 age 35; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Huskey, D D   03/24/1916 age 38; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Hutchenson, James   01/04/1936 age 63; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Hutchenson, Martha   03/11/1940 age78; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Iamai, Luther

5/25/1887

4/24/1946

 

Innman, Tang

 

11/9/1917

Age 84 yrs; From death certificate

Jackson, Charles   08/12/1922 age 31; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Jackson, Claude

 

8/8/1917

Age 25 yrs; From death certificate

Jackson, Dewight

1907

1941

 

Jackson, Ernest S.   12/26/1930 age 58; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Jackson, J   11/13/1914 age 48; Unmarked; Info from death certificate

Jackson, James W

1910

1911

 

Jackson, Lula

1878

1852

 

Jackson, Willie Mae

 

5/2/1917

Age 24 yrs; From Death Certificate

King, Elonza

 

1/28/1917

Age 25 yrs; From death certificate

King, Jack   01/07/1930 age 67; Unmarked; Info from death certificate
Landman, Hannah   01/06/1910 age 62; Unmarked; Info from death record

Lane, Will

 

6/30/1917

Age 28 yrs; From death certificate

Leary, Ada   03/16/1914 age 58; Unmarked; Info from death record
Lewis, Risa   03/04/1919 age 5; Unmarked; Info from death record
Loship, Clarence   01/17/1930 age 42; Unmarked; Info from death record
Love, Bella   09/18/1916 age 10; Unmarked; Info from death record

Lowna, Mac

1876

1926

 

Madison, Winthorpe   12/30/1916 age 10; Unmarked; Info from death record
McGaven, Mary Ruth   03/14/1904 age 6 mo; Unmarked; Info from death record
Maxwell, Callie Sneed   01/03/1936 age 35; Unmarked; Info from death record
O'Neal, Ellenor   12/21/1938 Unmarked; Info from death record

Parker, Gertrude

7/1/1902

7/9/1926

 

Pollard, J W   04/02/1902 Unmarked; Info from death record
Rawlings, Porter Baxter   04/23/1940 age 41; Unmarked; Info from death record
Reeves, Elizabeth   07/30/1913 age 67; Unmarked; Info from death record
Rinas, Hepsie   07/02/1920 age 42; Unmarked; Info from death record

Roberts, Albert

1848

1934

 

Roberts, Judia

1861

1943

 

Rollins, Will   12/13/1919 age 56; Unmarked; Info from death record
Sanders, Abe 03/15/1861 06/24/1944 Born: Rome, GA; Unmaked; Info from death certificate
Schacteller, John A   02/01/1917 age 28; Unmarked; Info from death record
Scruggs, Ann   01/29/1919 age 46; Unmarked; Info from death record

Seacy, Alice

1901

1939

 

Sloan, Eugene      
Smith, Acha   03/24/1913 age 25; Unmarked; Info from death record
Smith, Mattie   04/27/1940 age 48; Unmarked; Info from death record

Smith, Tom

 

2/14/1917

Age 16 yrs; From death certificate

Sneed, Florence   10/08/1916 Unmarked; Info from death record
Staples, Mattie   07/27/1939 age 80; Unmarked; Info from death record
Swafford, Delia   03/10/1940 age 23; Unmarked; Info from death record
Swafford, William   03/29/1940 age 1 mo; Unmarked; Info from death record
Taylor, Ann   10/26/1938 age 55; Unmarked; Info from death record
Taylor, Delia   01/13/1919 age 38; Unmarked; Info from death record
Taylor, Flora   12/30/1938 age 36; Unmarked; Info from death record
Taylor, John   05/08/1919 age 40; Unmarked; Info from death record
Thomas, Arther   01/20/1919 age 39; Unmarked; Info from death record

Thornton, Elizabeth

 

7/15/1917

Age 83 yrs; From Death Certificate

Tucker, Enoch

 

2/14/1917

Age 17 yrs; From death certificate

Walton, Lonnie

2/1/1893

7/30/1926

 

Walton, Tennie   01/29/1919 age 75; Unmarked; Info from death record
Washington, Mary   10/05/1912 age 48; Unmarked; Info from death record
Williams, Adeline   08/12/1912 age 76. Unmarked; Info from death record

Williams, George

 

3/18/1917

Age 1 yr; From death certificate

Williams, Lizzie   03/11/1912 age 33; Unmarked; Info from death record
Williams, Mattie   08/12/1912 age 2 mo; Unmarked; Info from death record
Williams, Mollie   05/21/1917 age 38; Unmarked; Info from death record

Williams, Virginia

 

8/10/1917

Age 13 mo; From death certificate

Williams, Winifred   03/16/1919 age 16; Unmarked; Info from death record
Wright, Becky   08/10/1904 age 69; Unmarked; Info from death record
Young, Mattie Mae   08/30/1939 age 20; Unmarked; Info from death record