The
History of the
Lookout
Valley
Community
By
Richard
Alexander McKeel
Chapter
Thirteen
“Cemeteries
in
Lookout
Valley
”
“Father,
and he is gone forever and left me here to weep, until I am called to
follow him and in the grave to sleep.” Eathie Achley Tucker
-
Baxter
Cemetery
Baxter
Cemetery
is a small family located
off
Cash Canyon Road
in
Lookout
Valley
. The cemetery is separated
by a creek that flows down from
Elder
Mountain
to the
Tennessee River
runs over the ground. The
remains of an old water wheel once used to generate electricity for the owner of
the property, still grace. The last year in which a person was that of Olin
Elgin Headrick buried in the
cemetery September 2002.
Take Interstate 24 west and exit at Brown's Ferry. Turn right on Brown's
Ferry Rd.
and go 1.8 miles to
Boydston Road
. Turn left on Boydston road and right on
O'Grady Drive
. Go 4.8 miles on
O'Grady Dr
, which becomes
Cash Canyon Road
. A narrow dirt road curving off the right hand side of
Cash Canyon Road
marks the entrance to the cemetery.
Baxter's
Family
Cemetery
2. Boylston’s
Family
Cemetery
The
Boydston
Cemetery
land was donated by
Cavanaugh Boydston. There are about two hundred very old unmarked graves.
Eventually another part of the cemetery opened up, and there are several people
who have been buried in the cemetery. Today, the cemetery is still used for
people to be buried in.
To get to the
cemetery take the
Browns Ferry Rd.
exit #175 off Interstate 24. Travel north 1.8 miles on
Browns Ferry Rd.
and turn left onto
Boydston Rd.
The cemetery is located next to the
Riverside
Baptist
Church
.
Boydston
Family
Cemetery
3.
John
Brown
Family
Cemetery
The
Brown
Family
Cemetery
was located near Brown’s
Tavern. However, due to the construction of
Valley
View
Elementary School
the cemetery if it exists
was located where the Chuck O’Mary Softball field is located now.
4.
Burgess
Family
Cemetery
Burgess
Cemetery
is one of most difficult to
find in
Lookout
Valley
. Take Interstate 24
west toward
Nashville
. Take the Brown’s
Ferry Road
exit and turn right onto Brown’s
Ferry Road
. Travel 2.5 miles on Browns Ferry until the paved road ends. There is a gravel
road through a gate which is also the entrance to The Classical Riding School.
Take this road about 2/10 of a mile until you pass under the power lines and see
a path which goes up hill on the right. The cemetery is at the top of the hill
in a wooded area. The last person interned in the cemetery was that of Jack
E. Charton who was buried there in May 2003.
Burgess's
Family
Cemetery
5.
Cherokee Native American Burial Grounds
Knowledge come form word of mouth. One that is real and the other is
unknown for certain without an excavation.
The
first one was located when the building of Cummings Cove was started two sets of
Native American bones were found when building the community. These bones were
reburied following a Native American Ceremony. The other burial ground if is
real is located behind the manse of the Lookout Valley Presbyterian located at
435 Patten Chapel Road
.
6.
Fryar
Family
Cemetery
One
of the earlier cemeteries in
Lookout
Valley
was that of the
Fryar
Family
Cemetery
. The land for the cemetery
was donated by James Fryar. There are about thirty-six marked graves with twenty
unmarked graves. The last time the cemetery was used was in the March 1976.
To get to the
cemetery from downtown
Chattanooga
, take I-24 West toward
Nashville
. Take the
Lookout Valley-Browns Ferry Road
exit and turn left. Turn left on
Parker Lane
which is next to McDonald’s. Parker Lane curves to the left where you will
soon see a gate blocking the road. This is the entrance to
Fryar
Cemetery
. This gate is kept locked. The cemetery is fenced and very well kept. There are
many graves marked only with stones. However,
you will need to get permission to access the property. A word of caution the
road is very ruff and you may need a four wheeler or walk to the cemetery.
Fryar
Family
Cemetery
7.
Lakewood
Memory Gardens West
This
is the newest cemetery in
Lookout
Valley
is located. Go I-24 West
take exit 174. Make a left off the interstate. Make a right onto Highway 11 (Old
Birmingham Highway) go down .5 miles and make a right onto Cummings Road and the
cemetery is found on the right about .1 miles.
Lakewood
Memory Gardens West
8.
Lookout
Valley
Primitive
Baptist
Church
Cemetery
Directly
located behind the
Primitive
Baptist
Church
is a small cemetery. The
cemetery was used to burry many of people who died in a "Yellow Fever"
epidemic. There are no tombstones except one to mark the entrance of the
cemetery. The epitaph on the tombstone reads, "DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE
UNKNOWN WHO REST HERE AWAITING THE SECOND COMING OF OUR LORD."
Lookout
Valley
Primitive
Baptist
Church
Cemetery
9. MaGill's
Family
Cemetery
The land was given for the cemetery by John Magill. A survey of the
cemetery was done in March 2003. The survey found the cemetery neglected and in
very disrepair. The last time the
cemetery was used was in 1965.
To find the cemetery take I-24 West to exit 174 (the last exit before the
Georgia
line). Go left on US41 for
about 100 yards, then right on US 11 heading south. Go approximately 1.5 miles
to entrance to Tiftonia Quarry, which is just before a railroad underpass. The
cemetery is on the property of the quarry and you need permission to gain access
to the cemetery.
MaGill's
Family
Cemetery
10.
Nabors
Family
Cemetery
The
Gill or
Neighbor
Family
Cemetery
is very hard to locate. Take
I-24 West take Exit 174 make a right go about .2 miles to Highway 11 (Old
Birmingham Highway). Take Highway 11 to the intersection of Wauhatchie Pike,
which is about three miles. Go onto Wauhatchie Pike you will see Kenco on the
hill the cemetery was located in the middle of the warehouse. The people who
were buried in the cemetery were removed in May of 2002 and placed in a cemetery
in
Dade County
,
Georgia.
11.
Parker /O’Barr
Family
Cemetery
From
Chattanooga
take I-24 West and take the
Browns Ferry Road
exit. Turn left and travel 1/2 mile to
Cummings Road
. Turn left on
Cummings Highway
and take the
Drew Road
, which is
First Street
to the left. The cemetery lays 2/10 of a mile on the left hand side of the
street. The Cemetery has one
person who is buried who is an American Revolutionary Veteran. The cemetery is
on private property you will need special permission to be on the property.
Parker/ O’Barr
Family
Cemetery
12. Rowden Springs
(Civil War and
Native
American
Cemetery
)
To get to the cemetery, go I-24 West to exit 175. At the bottom of the
exit ramp make a left go about .2 miles. Onto
Cummings Highway
make a left onto
Aster Avenue
follow the road to
Rowden Road
the cemetery is directly in
front of you. The cemetery is slowly being destroyed by the four wheelers that
use the property. There are some
eighty graves that are marked the only grave that was mark was that of John
McNamare died
June 15, 1852
. Unfortunely, his tombstone
has been destroyed.
Rowden
Springs
Cemetery
(Civil War and
Native
American
Cemetery
)
13.
Sharp
Family
Cemetery
This cemetery only consists of only two graves, Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel
Sharp, and is located on the back side of the
Thompson
Family
Cemetery
at the foot of
Elder
Mountain
. It is very rough terrain to
gain access to this cemetery. Again you will need special permission to gain
access to the cemetery.
Sharp
Family
Cemetery
14.
Slave
Cemetery
There is one cemetery located on the bottom of
Lookout
Mountain
on the west side of
Lookout
Valley
near
Garden Road
. This was a slave cemetery
used
till the early-to-mid 1800s.
15.
Thompson
Family
Cemetery
The
Thompson
Family
Cemetery
lies on private
property on
Cash Canyon Road
. From downtown
Chattanooga
travel west on Interstate 24 and exit at Brown's
Ferry Road
. Turn right on Brown's
Ferry Road
and go north 1.8 miles turning left on
Boydston Road
. Turn right on O'Grady and go 3.6 miles. The cemetery is located on the left
hand side of the road and not visible. There is a small dirt road marked with
"No Trespassing" signs. The cemetery is approximately 500 yards up a
steep hill in the woods. The land for the cemetery was owned originally by
William Berry Thompson.
Thompson
Family
Cemetery
16. Title/
Whittenburg
Family
Cemetery
Tittle
Cemetery
is located on the side of
Elder
Mountain
in the Lookout Valley/Tiftonia
area of
Chattanooga
. It lies off
Cash Canyon Road
on private
property
belonging to William Foster. It is a family cemetery believed to have been
established by David Tittle. The last time the cemetery was used was in October
1988.
Tittle/Whittenburg Family Cemetery
The
Following Cemeteries are Located in Marion County; however, they are some of the
earlier families of Lookout Valley
Kelly’s
Ferry
Church
of
God
Cemetery
The cemetery is located on old US 41 and is seven
tenths of a mile from the Hamilton/Marion County Line. How to get to the
cemetery is take Interstate twenty-four west bound to exit 174. At the bottom of
the exit take a right turn and go about three miles till you get to the
Kelly’s Ferry Church of God on your left. The cemetery is located behind the
church in a wooded area and is accessible by car; however, it is very difficult
to travel by road. The cemetery has
numerous unmarked graves and the interments are not laid in rows. However, they
were spread out so it will be difficult to locate those who are buried there.
The last time a person was intern in the cemetery was in 1986.
Kelley’s
Family
Cemetery
The
McNabb
Family
Cemetery
The McNabb’s
Family
Cemetery
is also located near the
Hamilton/Marion County Line. Approximately .2 miles from the Hamilton County
Line the land was donated by Claude McNabb; however, the land around the
cemetery is around the Tennessee Valley Pump Storage Plant.
To get access to the cemetery take Interstate twenty-four west to exit
174 make a right at the bottom of the exit. Then go about one-and-half miles to
the pump storage plant entrance and the cemetery is located about one-and-half a
mile down the road on the right side. The last time a person was in-turn in the
cemetery was in 1999.
There
may or may not be other cemeteries located in
Lookout
Valley
.
However,
due to the construction of many homes and business many cemeteries maybe lost
forever. Therefore, watch your step you may find yourself in a sunken grave or
that bolder you may pick-up may be in actually a skull.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Richard Alexander McKeel
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©
2004
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