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Tumbling Hill Cemetery
Spivey Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee
Documented by Beth
Bradford-Pytel
Updated
04/17/16 |
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PHOTO: Macro view of the cemetery taken
October 3, 2012 --Julian Fender
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 Tumbling Hill Cemetery was also
known as the "Foster Cemetery" in the early 1900s most likely
named after the
property owners of Charles and Melissa K. Hensley-Foster. This is
evidenced by death records on file with Unicoi Co. for some folks interred
here. There are two large boxwoods which serve as the
centerpiece of this graveyard.
DIRECTIONS: From Erwin, take I-26 towards Asheville, NC and exit
at Temple Hill
Road. At the end of the ramp, make a left, proceed under the highway
and at the stop sign turn right onto US Highway 19-23W. Continue for
about 1.5 miles after which time, the road forks at Ernestville. Make
a left on US 19W [Spivey Mountain Road] heading towards Burnsville, NC.
The winding road cuts through the Spivey mountain pass. Proceed on 19W for
about a 1.5 miles, then make a right onto Tumbling Creek Road
which is a narrow paved road. Proceed .3 miles and make a sharp right
turn onto
Tumbling Hill Road. This gravel road is suitable for 4WD
only due to the steep incline. Proceed up Tumbling
Hill Road for about.1 mile and the cemetery is on the right.
NOTE: This project was in
partnership with Julian Fender who surveyed the
cemetery on October 3, 2012, took all the photos
(unless otherwise noted). This is an active cemetery, well taken
care of and ample parking. Feel free to
email me your comments, photos
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SURNAMES:
FOSTER, JONES, KISER, MARTIN, PEEK, ROBERTS,
SHEEHAN, THORPE, WILLIAMSON, WILLIAMS, WILLIS
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  1.
WILLIAMS, Lizzie [Elizabeth JONES]
b. January 13, 1899 -
d. August 18, 1940
[w/o Dillard E. Williams]
NOTE: At age 18 she married Dillard E. Williams (age 21) on Nov.
9, 1916 in Yancey Co., NC. Original ground stone marker was made of concrete
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 2. SEEMAN,
Ernest
b. November 13, 1886 - d.
October 19, 1979
US Navy - WWI
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MARTIN, James Kelly
b. January 10, 1947 - d.
August 18, 1947
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ROW 2:
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 4.
ROBERTS, Jessica Maurena
b. 1892 - d. 1995
"Bloomed on Earth to
Bloom in Heaven"
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 5. JONES,
James Elbert
b. June 16, 1867 - d.
December 30, 1939
[s/o Osborne Jones and
Tabitha E. Randolph; married Mary Elvira Sheehan on November 6, 1888]
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 6. JONES,
Elvira [Mary E. SHEHAN]
b. October 10, 1871 - d.
April 23, 1923
[w/o James Elbert Jones;
children: Harrison, Martha Jane, John F., Rufus B., Jodie Ann, Mary Ann,
David Silas, Virgie
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 7. LEWIS,
Lydia
b. January 10, 1910 -
d. June 27, 1912
[d/o Robert L. Lewis
and Rebecca]
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 8. JONES,
Vergie - Unmarked
- fieldstone
b. December 10, 1910 - d.
December 6, 1918
[d/o James Elbert Jones and
Mary Elvira Shehan]
NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record
#66-1918, cause of death "influenza and pneumonia"; informant J. E. Jones,
Kittyton; parents noted in record; buried "Foster Cemetery."
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 9. PEEK,
infant male - Unmarked - fieldstone
b./ d. April 13, 1922
[infant of Hadley S. Peek
and Sarah E. Foster]
NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #297-1922; cause of death
"Stillborn"; informant M.C. Foster of Kittyton; parents noted on
certificate; father was from NC; buried "Foster Cemetery."
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  10a. PEEK,
Hadley Smith
b. April 22, 1884 - d.
March 17, 1933
[s/o Dr. William A. Peake
and Margaret Conley
buried Peake Cem Yancey Co
NOTE: Served as Pvt. in the
68th US Army Coast Artillery Corp. In 1910 he was living in
Marin, California as noted in the Census.
Per the Unicoi Co.
DEATH RECORD #6839-1933
died age 49 of "tuberculosis"
10b. PEEK,
Sarah Elvira FOSTER
b. May 27, 1889 - d. July 8,
1974
[d/o Charles Foster and
Melissa Katherine Hensley; children: Harry, Maude, Harley, Ottie,
William C., Mabel,
NOTE: photo of Sarah E. --bbpytel
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  11a.
THORPE, Minnie PEEK
b. July 14, 1928 - d.
May 3, 2008
[d/o Hadley S. Peek and
Sarah Elvira Foster; married Allen Thorpe]
11b. THORPE,
Allen
b. October 3, 1935 - d. July
21, 2008
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 12. Unmarked
- fieldstone
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 13. Unmarked
- fieldstone
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 14. JONES,
M/Sgt. Walter H.
b. February 24, 1889 - d.
September 6, 1943
"Gone But Not Forgotten"
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 15a. JONES,
Rufus B.
b. May 9, 1895 - d.
June 12, 1968
[s/o James Elbert Jones and
Mary Elvira Sheehan]
15b. JONES,
Renia J.
b. May 10, 1871 - d. May 10,
1981
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 16a.
WILLIAMSON, Alvin
b. June 22, 1924 - d.
16b.
WILLIAMSON, Lena FOSTER
b. July 22, 1926 - d.
March 3, 1983
[d/o Mart Foster and Ida]
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 17.
FOSTER, Sherl
b. August 1929 - d.
August 1955
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 18. Unmarked
- fieldstone
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MARTIN, Marvin
- Unmarked - fieldstone
b. January 21, 1924 - d.
February 20, 1926
[s/o Luther G. Martin and
Lora Foster]
NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #8075-1926, cause of death
"hernia", informant father of Clear Branch; buried at the "Foster
Cemetery."
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 20a. FOSTER,
Ida
b. 1905 - d.
20b. FOSTER,
Mart
b. (August 1891) 1892
- d. 1955
[s/o Charles Foster and
Melissa Katherine Hensley]
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 21a. MARTIN,
Clifton
b. October 29, 1921 - d.
November 10, 1924
[s/o Luther G. Martin and
Lora Foster]
NOTE: Unicoi Co. death record #317-1924, cause of death "croup",
informant father of Clear Branch; buried at the "Tumbling Hill Cem."
21b.
MARTIN, Wrothy
b. January 18, 1926 - d.
February 9, 1926
"Sons of Luther and Lora
Martin - Gone But Not Forgotten"
[s/o Luther G. Martin and
Lora Foster]
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 22.
"JHJ" Unmarked - fieldstone
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 23.
WILLIS, Vergia
b. 1910 - d. 1914
[d/o Ardille Foster and John
Perry Willis]
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  24.
WILLIS, Ardille FOSTER
b. September 1886 - d.
March 18, 1926
"At Rest"
[d/o Charles Foster and
Melissa Katherine Hensley; married John Perry Willis buried
Willis Cem #3]
NOTE: Per the Unicoi Co. death record #8074-1925; cause of death
"heart failure"; informant Perry Willis of Clear Branch; buried at
"Foster Cemetery." Photo of young Ardilla - bbpytel
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 25. C.T.W
[WILLIS]
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  26a.
FOSTER, Charles
b. September 1857 - d. 1945
[s/o Thomas Foster of Coffee
Ridge and Sarah "Sallie" Mashburn of Flag Pond; married Melissa Katherine
Hensley on April 10, 1881]
26b.
FOSTER, Melissa [Catherine] HENSLEY
b. May 1858 - d. 1945
[d/o
William Kimsey Hensley and
Elvira Ella Chandler buried
Hensley Cem #3; children: Thomas, Amos, Ardille, Sarah E.,
Mart, Laura E.
NOTE: Photo of Charles and Melissa C.
Foster courtesy of Dwight Edwards.
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 27. Unmarked
- fieldstone
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 28. KISER
b. 1884 - 1957
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Macro photo of the cemetery facing west -
courtesy Julian Fender |
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