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