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The Seven Trustees
L. A. FawJamy M. GentryWilliam U. TaylorJ. M. JohnsonJ. W. SehornS. U. LuskP. P. C. Nelson
Henry Johnson Family
• Moved from Hoss Family Cemetery to Oak Hill Cemetery in 1910.
• Later Henry and his wife, Mary Ann Hoss were moved to the large monument in their honor.
THE SURVEY
• Cemetery is divided into sections by foot paths and roads.
• Each tombstone was recorded and photographed
• Unmarked graves were also noted.
TEAM FOR THIS PROJECT
• Elaine Cantrell, Project Manager• Betty Jane Hylton, Team Leader•• Members working on this project• Donna Briggs, Bernie Gray,• Geraldine Greenwell, Lucy Gump• Barbara Hilton, Margaret Hougland• Thomas & Wanda Manning,• Robert Shell
ARCHIVES OF APPALACHIA at ETSU
• Records are available on DVDs to be viewed:
• Cards with obituaries• Some even have relations and tell of family
members buried in other cemeteries• Business records of Oak Hill• Annual reports• DVDs of the survey
ELAINE’S NOTEBOOKS
• Book 1 - The survey, index, unmarked graves
• Book 2 - Timeline, articles, reports• Book 3 - Older death records, maps, e-mails• Book 4 - Deeds• Book 5 - Obituaries & miscellaneous
records at the Archives• Book 6 - 1 - 300 photocopies of cards
• Book 7 - 301 - 564 Archive records• Book 8 - 565 - 799 Archive records• Book 9 - Military Records• Book 10 - Work records• Book 11 - Original work sheets & Chester
Willis earlier survey, Peter Naher survey
The Count…
3758+ graves458+ unmarked graves67 Confederate Veterans10 Union Veterans1 War of 1812 Veteran (John Wright)10 Spanish American Veterans3 Philippine -American Veterans56 World War 1 Veterans46 World War 2 Veterans
Civil War Veterans DVD
• Has a picture of each veteran’s tombstone
• Along with his military information
• Songs from the Civil War era
• Compiled by Bill Hicks
Honoring veterans
• Alan Jackson and his group place 14” flags on veterans graves who died while in service.
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