Mt. Vernon
Cemetery
Sale Creek, Tennessee
Mt Vernon is a community cemetery located in Hamilton County, 32 miles north of Chattanooga, TN. The land was established as a cemetery by Zeb and Green Lawson. In the 1940's, the land was donated to the community by Eschol Morgan. The cemetery grave markers was transcribed by the WPA in the 1930's. Cemetery location: From US 27, turn on Daughtery Ferry Road; turn left on Shipley Hollow Road; turn left on New Providence Road; and turn left on the first driveway, continue past a house on the left (currently the residence of Grady Francisco). The cemetery is located on the left. The following records were transcribed from tombstones located in the cemetery in 1977 by Eschol and Gladys Morgan. These records were verified in 1996 and most subsequent burials were added in 2007.
Submitted by John
Morgan
jmorganusaid@yahoo.com
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.
Name Birth Death
Inscription NotesLast First Middle Maiden Month Day Year Month Day Year
Aslinger Alice M Morgan 1889 1971
Aslinger Andy R Sep 8 1904 Sep 21 1904
Aslinger Charles E Jan 12 1872 May 12 1944 "CEA" footstone
Aslinger Clevor Sep 25 1869 Dec 14 1948 "May they rest in peace"
Aslinger Hiram L Apr 30 1911 Jun 14 1967 Husband of Lottie M.
Aslinger Hiram Douglas Jul 22 1879 Apr 24 1963
Aslinger J D Jun 16 1882 May 9 1908 "Gone but not forgotten"
Aslinger Jennie Smith Nov 12 1869 May 11 1936
Wife of Charles E.
Aslinger
Aslinger Katherine Fox Jul 9 1884 Aug 12 1958 Maiden name - Bell
Aslinger Leonard 1890 1952
Aslinger Levi 1917 1927
Aslinger Lottie M Morgan Oct 30 1911 Oct 19 1993 Wife of Hiram L.
"Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord for
Aslinger M O Aug 27 1952 Jan 28 1930 they shall see God"
Aslinger Mary 1919 1920
Aslinger Mary Turner Turner 1892 1955
Aslinger Nina Elizabeth Nov 21 1904 Sep 4 1973
Aslinger Nora Angeline Morgan May 24 1881 Apr 5 1924
Aslinger Ollie Jan 13 1878 May 21 1974
Aslinger Sep 27 1887 Sep 27 1887
WPA Records: Son of C E
& E J Aslinger
Aslinger Sep 8 1904 Sep 21 1904
Aslinger 1852 1930
Bankston Flora L Nov 28 1898 Jan 26 1913
Bolton Linnie C 1872 1930
"I am the resurrection and
the life"
Bolton P T 1871 1937
WPA record shows first
initial is "R"
Clarke Theodosie 1873 1930
Clarke Thomas J 1864 1928
Cox Susan Elaine Mar 28 1952 Apr 28 1952
Crawley J B Apr 8 1914 Dec 1918
Crawley Martha Turner Turner Jun 10 1880 Oct 8 1901
Crawley R H Jan 8 1926 Jul 23 1932
Crawley Rebecca Jul 18 1936 Feb 1 1937
Dodd Carline From WPA records
Dodd Juanita Sep 7 1924 Apr 19 1929 Dau of H.M. Dodd
Dodd Louise Dec 13 1919 Feb 18 1920
Dau of H.M. Dodd -first
name from WPA records
Doss Charlotte Nov 28 1862 Apr 12 1936
Doss Cicaro A 1890 1982
Doss Guss Jun 4 1949
Doss Harold A Apr 20 1925 Jul 18 1933
Doss Hugh Marion Dec 12 1857 Nov 30 1932
Doss J Albert 1898 1945
Doss John B Oct 7 1861 Feb 5 1917
Doss Martha J 1892 1968
Doss Mary T Jan 28 1944
Doss Nancy Annie Oct 31 1858 Apr 31 1914
"Thy life was beauty, truth,
goodness and love" From WPA records
Doss Sarah Francis Aug 20 1890 Feb 15 1974
Elsea James P 1935
Everett Ida Paralee Sep 5 1894 Nov 4 1983
Fox James S
Fox James Stanley Jul 27 1914 Jun 3 1939 "Our Loved Ones"
Fox Joe Lemilul Aug 18 1918 Dec 11 1919
"Budded on earth to bloom
in heaven"
Fox Martha C
Fox Martha Cordilla Feb 28 1921 Jun 12 1922
"Budded on earth to bloom
in heaven"
Francisco Clay Roscoe Oct 27 1905 Jun 15 1907
Francisco Henry C Aug 14 1846 Jul 17 1920
Goins Granfill Jun 20 1839 "Age 80 yr old"
Green Benjamin F Apr 29 1900 Jan 4 1974
Green Tennessee 1858 1932
Hammack J W Jul 12 1837 Dec 26 1916 No longer marked
Henley Dotty Jun 6 1933 Apr 1987
Howard Ellis Leon Mar 23 1918 Jun 26 1920
Howard Mary D May 15 1856 Oct 4 1889 No longer marked
Iles Alexancer Dec 9 1851 No longer marked
Iles James Jun 10 1802 Aug 10 1858
"Aged 66 yrs - Sleep on
dear one and take thy rest;
God called thee home; He
thought best" Difficult to read marker
Iles Maudie M Apr 1899 Apr 1899
Johnson James Aug 30 1953
Johnson Ova Mar 26 1912 Sep 3 1953
Jordan Allen J Jan 23 1880 Feb 4 1955
Jordan Carl L Jul 1 1900 Aug 22 1932
Jordan Sarah J Dec 8 1898 "66 Yr old"
Jordan William A Oct 20 1842 Nov 7 1933
Knight Elner Nov 6 1857 No longer marked
Knox Roy Aug 22 1922 Nov 25 1986
Line Sara Annie Jan 22 1871 Apr 8 1945
Line William C Feb 22 1860 Jan 10 1937
Long Mamie May 15 1915 Oct 6 1966
Long Vaughn
Maynor Wilbern
McKinney Joseph Aug 10 1869 Sep 1947
McKinney Matilda Dec 27 1878 Dec 12
Mills Lucenda Hannah May 19 1849 Aug 15 1922
Morgan Alfred J 1885 1964
Morgan Almeda Price 1889 1920 First wife of Alfred J.
Morgan Ella Perry 1902 1969 Second wife of Alfred J
Morgan Ellen Doss 1887 1956 Wife of Walter
Morgan Eschol Lee Aug 7 1913 Dec 26 1994
Morgan Gladys Marie Morgan May 28 1917 Jan 14 2007 Wife of Eschol Lee
Morgan Mary A Jordan Jordan Dec 26 1829 Jul 4 1902 "Wife of John W Morgan"
Morgan Regester Jul Sep 2 1981
Morgan Tressie Aslinger Aslinger Oct 8 May 7 1959
Morgan Walter 1880 1948
Neal J Grover Sep 10 1897 Jul 25 1951
Neal T Francis Jan 1 1925 Jul 29 1946
Ottinger Theda Francis May 19 1920 Oct 30 1933
Price John Feb 24 1893 Jan 6 1965
Price Mary 1867 1949
Price Roy Apr 30 1903 Jul 29 1965
Price Tom 1940
Price William 1861 1936
Raulston Anna 1915
Reed Bobby Neal 1927 1978
Reed John Allen Jan 18 1862 May 30 1926
Reed Maggie Feb 17 Jul 1955
Reed Maudie Pearl Jan 31 1893 Aug 27 1971
Reed Robert Jun 1 1926 Jan 7 1990
Reed Willie 1903 1950
Rose Marvin
Shipley Allie V Feb 17 1872 Oct 1918 Wife of O A Shipley
Shipley Arrena Oct 18 1833 Jan 19 1911
Shipley B F May 5 1833 Dec 30 1922
Shipley Gilbert May 7 1871 Oct 22 1959
Shipley Harriett Oct 18 1869 Jul 16 1955
Shipley James Dec 11 1922 Aug 9 1943
Shipley Lee Jun 9 1898 Dec 5 1934
Shirley Martha Feb 26 1931 May 6 1937
Smith Minnie Morgan Morgan Aug 1918 Feb 1989
Swafford Claude Jan 30 1902 Jan 21 1949
Thomas Andy
Thomas J B Sep 8 1827 Dec 14 1892
"His words are kindness;
His deeds are loved; His
spirits humbles; He rests
above"
Not currently marked.
WPA records: Sgt, F
Company, 5th TN
Infantry
Thomas John 1916 From WPA records
Thomas Levissa F May 6 1853 Jan 18 1919
"In my Father's house are
many mansions" Wife of J A Thomas
Thomas Lizzie
Thomas Nettie Jane 1872 1942
Thomas Sarah Jane Sep 15 1842 Jun 16 1911
"We know she is with the
angels now"
Wife of J A Thoma (from
WPA records)
Trusley James 1879 1955
Trusley Lora Sep 12 1879 Sep 18 1920
month/day dates from
WPA records
Turner Patney 1892 1955
Turner Sallie Feb 6 1883 Jan 6 1930
Turner Thomas F 1895 1948
Turner Walter
Not currently marked.
WPA records: B
White Jonathan
Company; 1st TN Light
Artillery
White Thomas Elaine 1942 1843
Whitfield Bernice White Nov 24 1922 Mar 12 1952
Whitfield Mar 14 1904
Wilhoit William Mar 25 1918 May 28 1928 Not currently marked
Wright Eva 1933 1988