Byrd Family Plot, Bethel Historic Cemetery, Kingston, Roane Co, TN. That's the Tennessee River in the background. Around the visible bend (toward the left) is the confluence of the Emory, Clinch, and Tennessee Rivers. Bethel Historic Cemetery is located about one block north of the Bethel Presbyterian Church on E Church Street, near S Kentucky Street just south of its intersection with US 70 - East Race Street.
Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, Roane Co, TN - Aug 2004. This shot from the parking lot gives an indication of the elevation of the site which overlooks the river and parts of the historic district of downtown Kingston (viewable in other photos in this album). Even if you don't have family members interred in the cemetery, it's worth a visit just to see the view from Cemetery Hill.
Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, Roane County, TN (Historic plaque) placed by the Fort Southwestpoint Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The plaque reminds us that the land was donated by the American Native Chief RILEY. It also offers other names the cemetery has been known as: The Bethel Cemetery; Kingston Historical Burying Ground; Presbyterian Cemetery; Old Kingston Cemetery; Cemetery Hill. ©2004 D Giles Loiselle
Bethel Cemetery Location and Section Aid - Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee. This simplified map shows some of the areas to keep in mind as touchpoints as you move about the hilly cemetery. It includes the location of the graves of some of Roane County's Revolutionary War patriots. It also points out the location of the original Bethel Presbyterian Church, dismantled and relocated many years ago. The cemetery is about a block north of the present church and is, I believe, usually entered by those who arrive in cars at the north entrance off Euclid and near 3rd St. (both reached from the intersection of East Church and South Kentucky Streets.
Section map and interment index of Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, TN - furnished by the DAR - Southwest Point Chapter. This list and cemetery map gives both surnames and given names those buried in the historic cemetery so their graves are easily located once you orient yourself to the location of the display. (I don't know how often the map is updated. This photo was taken in Aug 2004.)
ELLIS interment section location - Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, TN (Aug 2004)
ELLIS family marker, Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, TN, 6 Aug 2004
Mattie L. ELLIS | Dec. 19, 1886 | Jan. 29, 1963 - wife of William Edward ELLIS
Wm. Edward ELLIS | July. 19, 1871 | June 26, 1948 -- in the 1930 census, he is in Kingston with wife Mattie L., and children, Mary F, Alma L, Eva L, Edward C, John A, Barbara J, and Robert J. He and Mattie have been married about 21 years in 1930. He was a Roane County, Tennessee (county employee) surveyor. Mattie worked in a grocery store.
Betty Jane ELLIS | May 8, 1924 | July 1, 1925 - she was likely a daughter of Mattie and William E. ELLIS, near whom she is buried.
Peak DEATHERAGE, 1883-1945 (Masonic emblem on the headstone) - Thomas Peak DEATHERAGE's WWI draft registration card indicates that his home (at the time of draft registration) was Mascot, TN. He listed J.A. DEATHERAGE of Kingston, TN as his nearest relative. His physical desription on the card says that he was short, of medium build, with gray eyes, and black hair.
Shared stone of Bettie (1870-19___) and Will J. (1879-1927) DEATHERAGE. Will has a Masonic emblem on his side of the stone. This is, I believe, the marker for William Jackson DEATHERAGE, born, according to his WWI draft card on 3 Jul 1880, a salesman in the second decade of the 20th century in Rockwood, TN, whose wife was Sarah Elizabeth - likely called Bettie. [Source: WWI draft registration card; Roane County, Tennessee; NARA Micropublication M1509 _877686; Draft Board: 0. © D Giles Loiselle
Shared DEATHERAGE stone: Annie E. (1858-1942) and John A. (1854-1937) DEATHERAGE. John's side of the marker has a Masonic emblem. The couple is found in Roane County, Tennessee censuses from 1880 forward.
GAMBILL to GILES interment locations, Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, TN (Aug 2004)
graves of William H. -Bill- GILES and Grace GAMBILL/GAMBLE GILES in Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, TN
GILES family plot marker, Bethel Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee (Aug 2004) - Section X7
Grace GAMBILL GILES, 1895-1977, Bethel Cemetery, Roane Co, TN - interred next to her husband William H. Bill GILES (Section X-7)
William Houston Bill GILES, 1899-1958, son of William Morgan GILES and Cora Pickens (nee ELLIS) GILES - longtime Harriman Record printer, political cartoonist, and tattoo artist (section X-7, Bethel Historic Cemetery, Kingston, Roane Co, TN)
graves of William Houston -Bill- GILES and Grace GAMBILL GILES in Bethel Cemetery, Kingston, TN
GILES family marker in right foreground - context shot - Aug 2004. Dennis is bent over clearing the individual markers for Bill and Grace GILES.
R.W. GAMBILL | Born Nov. 26, 1847 | Died Aug. 5, 1917 - Headstone in Bethel Historic Cemetery, Kingston, Roane Co, TN
l to r: BABY; Lina Gambill 1857-1938; R. W. Gambill Born Nov. 26m 1847 Died Aug. 5, 1917
Rebecca M. Wife of R.W. Gambill Born May 25, 1854 Died Nov. 11, 1899 In my Father's house are many mansions - grave marker, Bethel Historic Cemetery, Kingston, Roane Co, TN - GAMBILL family plot.
Context shot - the GAMBILL family stone and the location of the small flat GAMBILL family markers against the low boundary wall.
Down the hill and out of view of the corner post of this family plot is where the GILES family plot is in the Bethel Historic Cemetery, Kingston, TN.
That's the Roane County, Tennessee courthouse you see down the hill from the cemetery. This would be the entry side of the cemetery.
In the right foreground is are THOMPSON headstones.
