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Historic Cemeteries in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Anderson and Roane Counties

The United States Government bought the land for the Manhattan Project in Anderson and Roane Counties in Tennessee during the 1940's.  On this land there were many small cemeteries from family farms and churches.  The Department of Energy and the City of Oak Ridge still maintain many of these cemeteries.  Some of the cemeteries are on private property and still exist, while others may have disappeared completely.  Below are links to individual cemeteries, along with their location, GPS coordinates and a photo (if available).

Some of the information was taken from Inscriptions from Old Cemeteries on the Oak Ridge (Manhattan Project) Area by Marjorie Parsly and Margaret Terrell, with the permission of the Parsly family and Ms. Terrell.  The GPS coordinates and photos were furnished as part of an Eagle Scout project in 2008 by Hunter Ripley.

The individual cemetery pages contain the following information (if available):

  • Cemetery location and directions

  • Approximate number of interments

  • Burial records (through 1985)

  • Photos

 

 

Cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N-O P-Q R S T-U V W-Z

 

Cemetery Name

Atomic Energy Commission #

 Photo Available Online

Size
Arms Cemetery 43 No Less than 25 graves
Bradley Cemetery  20 No Unknown
Brummett Cemetery 45 Yes Unknown
Bryant - Landrum Cemetery 57 Yes Less than 25 graves
Burns - McFarling Cemetery  9 Yes Less than 25 graves
Cemetery East of K-25 (Lawson)  No Number No Unknown
Clough - Christenberry Cemetery  18 Yes 26 to 49 graves
Cox - Copeland Cemetery  17 Yes 26 to 49 graves
Crawford - Shannon Cemetery 25 No Less than 25 graves
Crawford Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery  7 Yes 50 to100 graves
Currier Cemetery 58 No 26 to49 graves
Douglas Chapel Cemetery 22 No Less than 25 graves
East Fork Baptist Church Cemetery 21 Yes More than 100 graves
Elkins Cemetery 46 No Unknown
Ellis - Keath Cemetery  3 Yes Less than 25 graves
Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery 24 No Less than 25 graves
Galbraith - Jett Cemetery 29 Yes Less than 25 graves
Gallaher Cemetery  1 Yes 26 to 49 graves
Gallaher Cemetery  12 Yes 50 to 100 graves
Gamble Cemetery 34 Yes 50 to 100 graves
Gamble Cemetery 48 Yes Less than 25 graves
Gorman Cemetery 44 No Unknown
Gravel Hill Cemetery 14 Yes Less than 25 graves
Gray Cemetery 55 No Unknown
Grills Cemetery 66 No Less than 25 graves
Hackworth Cemetery 47 No Unknown
Hackworth Cemetery 54 No Less than 25 graves
Hamblen - Parker Cemetery 49 Yes Less than 25 graves
Hamblen Cemetery 50 No Unknown
Hembree Cemetery  10 Yes Less than 25 graves
Hembree Cemetery 60 No Less than 25 graves
Hendrix (Raby) Cemetery 40 Yes Less than 25 graves
Hendricks Cemetery 38 Yes Less than 25 graves
Hensley - Peters Cemetery 61 No Less than 25 graves
Hutcheson Cemetery 51 Yes Less than 25 graves
Ivey Cemetery 31 No Unknown
Jackson Cemetery 33 Yes Less than 25 graves
George Jones Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery  4 Yes More than 100 graves
Kelly Cemetery 53 Yes Less than 25 graves
Kent McClain Cemetery 15 No Unknown
Key Cemetery 36 No 26 to 49 graves
Kirby Cemetery 67 Yes Less than 25 graves
Langley Cemetery 23 Yes Less than 25 graves
Lindsay - Bleu Cemetery 59 No Less than 25 graves
McKinney - Watson Cemetery 13A Yes Less than 25 graves
Mounger Cemetery  13 Yes Unknown
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church Cemetery 26 Yes 50 to 100 graves
New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery  16 Yes More than 100 graves
New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery 32 Yes More than 100 graves
New Zion Baptist Church  5 No Less than 25 graves
Peak Cemetery 27 No Less than 25 graves
Peck Cemetery 35 Yes Less than 25 graves
Rather - Hembree Cemetery 63 Yes 26 to 49 graves
Roberts Cemetery  No Number No Unknown
Robertsville Baptist Church Cemetery 30 Yes More than 100 graves
Scarbrough Cemetery 41 Yes More than 100 graves
Scarbrough Cemetery on Pine Ridge 65 No Less than 25 graves
Scott Cemetery  19 Yes More than 100 graves
Shelton Cemetery 68 Yes Unknown
Silvey Cemetery 62 Yes Less than 25 graves
Slave Cemetery  2 Yes 50 to 100 graves
Smith (Gallaher) Cemetery  11 No 26 to 49 graves
Smith Cemetery 37 No 26 to 49 graves
Snodderly Cemetery 28 No Unknown
Thacker Cemetery  8 Yes Less than 25 graves
Tunnell - Hudson Cemetery 64 No Unknown
Vann Cemetery  6 No Less than 25 graves
Walters Cemetery 42 Yes Less than 25 graves
Walters Cemetery 52 No Less than 25 graves
White Cemetery  No Number No Less than 25 graves
Wood's Chapel Cemetery 39 Yes Less than 25 graves
Worthington Cemetery 56 No 50 to 100 graves

 

 

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