Matthews
Cemetery
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Matthews Cemetery is located on private property. It sits on what is known as the old Pleasant Matthews plantation on Ooltewah-Georgetown Road just south of Highway 60. Surveyed in 1999.

Photo courtesy of Cynthia Chavis Matsumoto
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 | MARRIED | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card, Dorothy Shelley | 06/25/1916 | 04/13/2006 | ||
| Edwards, Edward | 08/27/1854 | 02/14/1931 | 12/19/1877 | |
| Edwards, Ethel | 10/04/1881 | 05/23/1884 | Daughter of E & N Edwards | |
| Edwards, Nancy Matthews | 09/01/1857 | 11/11/1944 | 12/19/1877 | |
| Edwards, Raymond | 12/14/1878 | 03/27/1942 | ||
| Hagler, Hattie | 05/00/1878 | 05/00/1923 | ||
| King, Susan Matthews | 00/00/1817 | 00/00/1852 | w/o - Rev. Alfred King; Tombstone photo courtesy of Cynthia Matsumoto | |
| Luttrell, Martin | 00/00/1789 | 03/06/1866 | ||
| Matthews, George W | 05/01/1821 | 09/30/1901 | Lt Co F & 4th Tn Inf | |
| Matthews, J T or W? | "Son of Rev James A & Mary A Matthews | |||
| Matthews, James A, Rev | 06/06/1812 | 03/16/1883 | Mason | |
| Matthews, John | 00/00/1784 | 06/01/1869 | Tombstone photo courtesy of Cynthia Matsumoto | |
| Matthews, Martha A | 09/20/1854 | 07/30/1911 | ||
| Matthews, Mary A Blair | 10/30/1815 | 02/01/1892 | ||
| Matthews, Mary E Watkins | 00/00/1821 | 11/17/1888 | ||
| Matthews, Nancy McAllester | 00/00/1785 | 05/05/1860 | ||
| Matthews, Pleasant L "Pleas" | 08/17/1825 | 10/12/1898 | ||
| Matthews, Thomas | Tombstone photo courtesy of Cynthia Chavis Matsumoto | |||
| Matthews, William E | 05/10/1847 | 12/16/1883 | ||
| McCulley, S D | 06/13/1876 | 04/26/1942 | ||
| McCulley, Tennessee G "Tennie" Morgan | 11/15/1877 | 11/21/1932 | ||
| Morgan, James | Co C 5th Tn Inf | |||
| Morgan, John Beavers | 02/28/1855 | 01/24/1941 | ||
| Morgan, Mary I or E Roberson | 04/04/1860 | 12/05/1937 | ||
| Morgan, Minnie S | 04/21/1881 | 10/19/1960 | ||
| Morgan, William W | 01/17/1887 | 07/14/1909 | ||
| Roberson, Hannah M | 03/11/1844 | 12/12/1927 | ||
| Roberson, W A | 05/25/1838 | 03/26/1910 | Mason; Ga 4th Tn Cavalry | |
| Runyan, A A | 11/07/1855 | 06/08/1921 | ||
| Runyan, Nancy C | 00/00/1825 | 09/04/1860 | "Wife of Simeon P Runyan" | |
| Runyan, Sallie McCulley | 02/15/1853 | 03/01/1918 | "Mother" | |
| Shelley, Alice Bollinger | 11/25/1914 | 09/06/1997 | "Mother"; Tombstone photo courtesy of Cynthia Matsumoto | |
| Shelley, Harriet Hudson | 04/4/1924 | 01/24/1997 | 03/17/1951 | w/o - Oscar Lemar Shelley; Tombstone photo courtesy of Cynthia Matsumoto |
| Shelley, Inez Edwards | 04/13/1884 | 09/22/1956 | 06/23/1904 | |
| Shelley, James Howard | 02/21/1908 | 10/12/1977 | Pvt US Army WWII | |
| Shelley, James Monroe | 09/08/1878 | 08/06/1969 | 06/23/1904 | |
| Shelley, Marvin Matthew | 09/15/1920 | 07/30/2006 | Tombstone photo courtesy of Cynthia Matsumoto | |
| Shelley, Oscar Lemar | 11/02/1918 | 01/11/1994 | 03/17/1951 | h/o - Harriet Hudson Shelley; Tombstone photo courtesy of Cynthia Matsumoto |
| Shelley, Raymond D | 07/24/1911 | 12/03/1985 | Tech 5 US Army WWII |