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Historic Cemeteries in Oak Ridge
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, a photo and burial records (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. Click on cemetery name to view the pdf file.
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 to 100 graves
Currier Cemetery
58
No
26 to 49 graves
Douglas Chapel Cemetery
22
No
Less than 25 graves
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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
No
Less than 25 graves
Gray Cemetery
55
Yes
Unknown
Grills Cemetery
66
Yes
Less than 25 graves
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Hackworth Cemetery
47
No
Unknown
Hackworth Cemetery
54
Yes
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
No
Unknown
Kent McClain Cemetery
15
No
Unknown
Key Cemetery
36
No
26 to 49 graves
Kirby Cemetery
67
Yes
Less than 25 graves
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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 then 100 graves
New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
5
No
Less than 25 graves
Peak Cemetery
27
Yes
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
Yes
Unknown
Robertsvillle Baptist Church Cemetery
30
Yes
More than 100 graves
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ScarbroughCemetery
41
Yes
More than 100 graves
Scarbrough Cemetery on Pine Ridge
65
Yes
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
Yes
Less than 25 graves
White Cemetery
No Number
Yes
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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