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. Additional names have been provided from death certificates. Beck Knob Cemetery is located on Dartmouth Street in north Chattanooga.

Surveyed by Alma Webb August 2001.
Jwebb@worldnet.att.net

Photo taken in early 1980s

Deceased	Born	Died	Notes
Adker, Ida M. B.		8/8/1917
Donhue, Sallie		3/17/1917	Age 71 yrs; From death certificate
Donohoo, Wilbur		8/26/1917	Age 96 yrs; From death certificate
Doughty, Alex		12/16/1917	Age 67 yrs; From death certificate
Iamai, Luther	5/25/1887	4/24/1946
Innman, Tang		11/9/1917	Age 84 yrs; From death certificate
Jackson, Claude		8/8/1917	Age 25 yrs; From death certificate
Jackson, Dewight	1907	1941
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
Lane, Will		6/30/1917	Age 28 yrs; From death certificate
Lowna, Mac	1876	1926
Parker, Gertrude	7/1/1902	7/9/1926
Roberts, Albert	1848	1934
Roberts, Albert	1898	1910
Roberts, Judia	1861	1943
Seacy, Alice	1901	1939
Smith, Tom		2/14/1917	Age 16 yrs; From death certificate
Thornton, Elizabeth		7/15/1917	Age 83 yrs; From Death Certificate
Tucker, Enouch		2/14/1917	Age 17 yrs; From death certificate
Walton, Lonnie	2/1/1893	7/30/1926
Williams, George		3/18/1917	Age 1 yr; From death certificate
Williams, Virginia		8/10/1917	Age 13 mo; From death certificate