Buttram-Cemetery

Buttram Church is located at N 35°33'25" W 84°39'12" 305/220 in Tranquility Area, McMinn Co, TN

I-75 & Exit 60 at New Hwy 68. Go Down the hill (S-W) on 68. Go about 8 miles looking for CR 305 take Left. Go about 4-5 miles take left at CR 220 on Left. Look for the Tranquility Church Sign on Right, yet take a left, Continue 1 mile as it is located on the Left across from the Hutsell Farm. Size: Est.of 350-400 graves. Old & new, most well kept. Note: there is a small Buttram Cem in Decatur and one in Etowah also. Don't confuse the three.

Suggestions:

1. Stop bye a CVS or Dollar Tree and pick up, a $2 bucket, water & a Soft Scrub Brush and Orvus Horse Shampoo. RINSE WELL . Oddly enough, this horse shampoo is the most none abraisive cleaner recommended by the Grave Studies Projects.

2. Clean your family's tombstone. Bleach, Detergents and a hard brush or stick are harmful and will pit the stone.

3. No facilities open or available, even if the church is open..Water is not available.

4. Pictures best taken in AM.. In Summer, use bug repelent. Watch out for ants & ground bees. Cemetery is well mowed and taken care of.

5. Drop a small donation to C/O Rev Ogle Wattenbarger; Buttram Cemetery Care 515 Charlotte St. Athens, TN 37303 or current caretaker.if you can

Tombstones:

Below you will find a spreadsheet of every known or seen person located in this cemetery. I will PUBLISH Pictures 2013). Most of this information came from the following sources: Rev Ogle Wattenbarger, Marvin & Samme Templin's McMinn Co Cem Book and Joyce Knaepen. For a picture of your family's grave, please email me and I will look for the pictures and send them to you for free. I can not publish 400 tombstones in a timely fashion, it takes about 1-2 years per cemetery of editing.. The rows are approximate. Allow for mistakes in any publication as we are human.

For a complete list of all McMinn county graves, please visit the Historical Society in the Athens Court House Bldg and buy the cemetery book McMinn County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Marvin & Samme Templin which are priceless and also available online with various websites The local Fisher Library in Athens also has excellent Funeral/ Burial Records for all County Cemetery books or Funeral Home Books. Also available on Amazon.com, however the stories and mementoes you will find at the little Historical Societies or in person are precious. Only 1% of Tombstones in the US are on www.findagrave.com or TNGenWeb. or one of my websites Meigs Co Historical Museum or E TN FamilyMaps

Feel free to volunteer to do what I did; visit a cemetery and log each grave, as most go abandoned and your help is all we have to

find our ancestors ..."whom will be forgotten".....

DragonTailsComp@hotmail.com

Email for Questions, Comments and Pictures.

Cemeteries

Buttram

Mt. Zion Cem.

Ten Mile, TN

Oak Hill Cem.

Johnson City, TN

Monte Vista Cem.

Johnson City, TN

Ginn Cemetery

Loudon, TN

Buttram Cem.

Athens, TN

Tranquility Cem.

Athens, TN

Concord Cem.

Ten Mile, TN

Sharp Cem.

Ten Mile, TN

Rev. Ogle Wattenbarger in the peace of Buttram Church September 2010 - JDK 2010

Rev. Ogle Wattenbarger greeting you at Buttram Church

298 names listed below of estimated 400+ Tombstones. Posted March 2012 by JDK....Come back July 2013 for new updates. It will take a while to add the Rows & Pictures.

Authors' note: There is no other website where I open without a street view of the Church or Cemetery. The essense of this particular church IS no other than the Retired Rev. Ogle Wattenbarger and the ancestors of of the Buttrams & Wattenbargers and all families of this community. I have found no other pictures or words to do justice of this church's special feeling as that of Rev Ogle sitting in this closed church, last row, with the sun streaming in. It sums it up. We love you Ogle and this special church . ... JDK 3/2011

Rev Ogle Wattenbarger

welcoming us into the Buttram Church

Fall 2009 - JDK

1850's Family map of area

Last Name

Anderson

Arnwine

Barth

Boggess

Brickell

Brickle

Brock

Buttram

Carroll

Clark

Clayton

Davis

Edgemon

Ellison

Fields

Floy

Foster

Gaddy

Goins

Hamilton

Hughes

Hughs

Hutsell

Inman

Keicher

Kelsay

Key

Kyker

Land

Lweck

McCloud

McCulloch

McKeehan

McPhail

Miller

Monroe

Owens

Pierce

Plumlee

Plumley

Posier ?

Power

Robinson

Robison

Short

Shults

Shultz

Simpson

Stalcup

Stanton

Thompson

Tuell

Underwood

Vaughn

Wallis

Wattenbarger

Webb

White

Wilson

Ziegler

First Name

June L.

Carl Virgil

Emma

Frank Thomas

A C

Emily J

S.M.

Thomas M

Deborah

Grant R

Gus

Alfred B

Charles E.

Della I

Dorothy A

Earnest R

Elbert F

Harry H.

Leola

Leonard W.

Mary A

Mosie Terry

Patricia Ann

Terry W

Terry Willis

Wanda Sue

Cynthia

George W

Hiel

J M

Jane C

Jane F

Martha

Polly

Sally

Berzilla

Betsy J

Charlie

Eli A

Emily

Fannie

George E

George W

Hiel

John

Louisa

Marie

Martha

Maude

Myrtle Mae

Sitha A

William E

Zella M

Hazeltine

Ida Lee

Robbie W

George Floyd

Josephine

Oliver

A A

George W.

Katherine

M H

Maggie J

Sam

Dudley

Huntley

"Tennie" Tennessee

Andrew

Clarence

Crisley T

infant Daug

Joe T

John

Julia M

Margaret R

Nancy I

Rebecca E

Sarah

Sarah L

William

Alfred M

Jackson C

Alice L

Avril J.

Cam A

Dorothy O.

Hosea

J W

James W. Jr

Lillie May

Mary Ellen

Ollie H

Ora Lee

Stephen

Tina P

Mary Ellen

David A

Mattie Lee

J E

Emily

J E, jr

Nora L

Sarah

Clarry

Hester Ann

Ulises G

Daniria or Ogniria

Franklin

Arlie Hugh

Carl Clinton

Connie

Edward Hugh

Elizabeth Evaline

Irene

J Billie

James Thomas

James Willis

Margaret Eliz

Nancy

Margaret

David Uriah

Deborah

Pauline

Ralph

William

Artie A.

Mary E

L A

Lillie

Rebecca

E S

Eliza Belle

James L

Martha S

Samuel

Sarah

Byrd N

Delrae

Sarah J

W D

Will

Charles A

Edna

Frank

Larry Tilden

Lorine W

Ralph S

Rose Lynn

Julia Melissa

Andrew J

Bernease L

David N.

Floy

Odus Jack

Teresa Lynn

Elizabeth

T R

William H

Sallie

James M

James

JNO

Malinda C.?

Alice L

James

Mary M

Catherine

G Kermit

Geneva Mae

Glen B

J. P. (Rev)

James Will

Lenny L

Mary E

Minnie

Mollie

Naomi Lillian

Nathaniel E

Raymond

Rhoda J

Roy E

Sallie

Spence

Will

Barbara

Eva

Jackson P

James W

B D

H E

Ivora

L C

T J

William Clyde

George W (Dr.)

G's Wife

Emma L

Emily A

Eliza

G W

James Garfield

Nancy K

Robert

Victoria A

William

Osmond K

Sophia R

Bertie

John F

Madge F.

Mary

Nancy J

Noah Edward

Thomas L

A. F.

Albert

Allen B.

Artie H.

Brastus

Carl Olen

Carl W. K

Chris G.

Christina

Christopher

Danny Reece

Elbert

Elmer

Elmer C

Emma P

Erustis

Flora E.

George

George W

Grace R.

Grayson W

Henry C

Hester Mattie Lee

Inez T

Infant

Infant Son

J. Reece

J.B.

Jacob L.

Jane

John

John Henry

John M.

Lizzie

Louisa B.

Louise

M.A.

Mae M.

Maggie

Mary Edith

Mary I

Mary L.

Mary Rebecca

Mary Ruth

Mattie M.

Michael

Myrtle C.

Nancy A.

Nancy Ann

Oliver L.

Ora M.

Peggy

Pencie P

Peter

Ralph G

Rebecca

Sammie

Simon

Tennessee

Uel A.

Venia

W.P.

Hiram W.

Loueller

Laura

Ellen W

Isaac L

Luther O

Annabella

Emma A

J Reed

Jacob August

Joram A

Maiden/Alt Name

Goins

Wattenbarger

Alexander

Buttram

Simon

Milsap

Ahiel

Watson

Mary Polly Hurt

Martin

Willis

Newman

"Billy"

Ziegler

Wattenbarger

Bill

Wattenbarger

Slyger

Carroll

Hamby

Jenkins

Cammel

Davis

Hicks

Huntley

Hutsell

Wade

Carpenter

Wade

McPhail

Unknown

Goins

Arnwine

Alice F Brickell

Best

Margaret Hicks

Garfield

Price

Clyde

Mason

Jones

Reed

Clyde

Jacob

Jackson Brownlow

Lincoln

Mary Jane Buttram

John W

Buttram?

Mamie Louise Shultz

Moses Ashbury

Delany Mae Miller

Buttram

Newman

Mattie Pearl Miller

Wilson

Whistler

Buttram

Margaret Sliger

Hester R. Kyker

Wattenbarger

Aaron

William Peter

Key

Gibbony

End

Born

August 9, 1926

October 22, 1915

9/3/1894

11/23/1894

12/29/1873

12/9/1883

10/8/1818

3/11/1856

2/22/1869

3/24/1865

7/14/1894

February 12, 1922

October 8, 1959

April 25, 1920

April 9, 1921

August 8, 1921

December 8, 1913

2/3/1917

March 28, 1928

June 30, 1938

3/12/1891

May 11, 1925

January 4, 1959

9/27/1886

September 24, 1927

November 1, 1941

12/23/1874

3/4/1887

9/12/1795

5/20/1838

3/24/1881

7/14/1819

1/1/1864

4/25/1801

4/16/1843

12/3/1897

4/16/1848

December 17, 1906

9/3/1850

11/10/1887

4/21/1893

6/13/1891

June 22, 1913

8/14/1847

8/12/1878

9/16/1849

1816

2/5/1845

October 2, 1915

1818

November 8, 1916

September 8, 1901

2/11/1849

12/13/1908

12/21/1910

4/13/1876

3/10/1874

May 1890

March 15, 1915

1882

1884

3/3/1848

11/10/1885

5/15/1870

2/3/1878

6/3/1878

12/9/1848

12/5/1818

December 1, 1907

1/14/1864

7/11/1827

5/28/1888

4/27/1866

1/27/1865

11/14/1824

6/2/1832

7/5/1868

6/21/1854

5/27/1833

5/15/1856

5/18/1851

10/5/1838

2/23/1841

1942

September 14, 1931

9/2/1869

September 23, 1943

October 5, 1913

October 30, 1903

1939

5/3/1874

November 22, 1906

4/13/1912

12/3/1929

4/29/1914

10/1/1874

7/4/1911

September 21, 1911

September 1, 1914

10/5/1889

3/24/1818

12/1/1821

9/5/1814

10/26/1863

12/20/1878

12/14/1895

September 2, 1904

July 13, 1939

November 2, 1966

April 11, 1930

12/2/1842

November 20, 1950

12/18/1896

4/9/1845

12/9/1878

3/30/1874

3/14/1895

10/26/1873

5/1/1807

August 2, 1932

June 17, 1925

February 14, 1964

2/29/1856

12/23/1867

5/30/1871

March 24, 1903

5/15/1877

5/11/1829

11/30/1847

6/22/1846

1830

10/13/1807

10/29/1808

1/3/1842

1/28/1838

5/23/1918

4/6/1922

1/26/1941

2/18/1946

8/9/1914

1/17/1911

1/19/1940

8/31/1868

2/13/1832

February 12, 1934

2/15/1898

December 1, 1907

August 15, 1929

November 6, 1957

1/11/1818

10/14/1813

6/4/1840

5/12/1850?

12/7/1840

5/14/1845

11/23/1879

2/14/1870

September 3, 1911

November 20, 1927

August 16, 1907

September 18, 1913

August 27, 1909

6/8/1851

August 11, 1918

7/19/1872

9/13/1870

1888

3/6/1890

December 29, 1924

12/14/1886

March 15, 1919

May 12, 1910

November 26, 1917

11/8/1849

10/22/1876

1884

February 2, 1939

1/11/1896

2/27/1881

8/11/191?

October 17, 1905

February 15, 1915

August 24, 1912

1889

September 14, 1902

July 6, 1909

June 8, 1914

4/19/1862

11/8/1866

1912

6/4/1866

3/2/1849

11/20/1873

9/13/1880

7/21/1844

3/2/1886

1/21/1846

October 24, 1939

August 1, 1944

April 14, 1921

11/18/1859

October 7, 1920

11/2/1885

7/5/1859

8/7/1886

December 30, 1913

3/27/1866

12/31/1880

2/3/1899

6/27/1889

12/21/1897

May 23, 1917

none

4/15/1883

May 12, 1920

11/7/1834

August 9, 1946

12/31/1880

April 20, 1903

August 6, 1917

January 23, 1950

12/21/1895

9/10/1888

8/23/1878

4/7/1888

8/4/1898

July 15, 1907

7/31/1897

none

8/27/1891

None

8/1/1888

June 1, 1921

12/3/1858

12/27/1884

7/12/1830

6/22/1884

September 18, 1929

8/16/1886

3/6/1885

7/19/1871

April 1, 1923

6/5/1855

January 15, 1909

November 25, 1907

March 19, 1913

11/29/1866

3/1/1863

October 9, 1912

November 24, 1904

5/30/1804

10/1/1895

9/21/1862

6/1/1808

2/3/1841

May 4, 1916

4/25/1895

1798

11/11/1892

1797

1/17/1842

6/24/1893

10/7/1859

July 16, 1907

June 1855

9/11/1886

6/26/1896

8/2/1888

10/18/1856

9/16/1869

11/7/1877

April 21, 1905

April 19, 1901

May 24, 1922

1/18/1894

January 12, 1905

12/9/1875

1897

4/15/1834

1874

Died

May 1, 2005

October 28, 1915

April 30, 1969

May 9, 1920

February 25, 1905

October 21, 1906

2/18/1882

1/18/1860

September 10, 1935

March 11, 1935

August 22, 1920

July 15, 1924

October 10, 1959

March 19, 1996

April 6, 2002

May 31, 2005

March 25, 1999

4/2/1917

June 13, 1995

June 11, 1973

August 18, 1996

September 5, 1975

March 17, 1928

May 11, 1984

May 8, 1996

8/9/1874

June 9, 1942

11/30/1867

May 5, 1906

June 22, 1942

12/13/1862

3/25/1864

10/22/1859

February 3, 1907

February 29, 1920

7/14/1886

November 27, 1942

July 26, 1921

September 2, 1919

February 18, 1920

August 9, 1973

November 11, 1916

March 2, 1929

February 2, 1907

March 1861

4/28/1916

April 2, 1917

1880

May 5, 1917

January 2, 1970

July 6, 1937

4/19/1981

11/22/1988

May 7, 1903

7/10/1891

10/26/1894

July 1982

1962

1955

9/14/1899

November 15, 1983

November 10, 1902

2/3/1896

May 4, 1946

July 30, 1926

7/13/1885

August 14, 1991

July 23, 1931

August 30, 1900

7/13/1895

November 29, 1922

November 25, 1926

1/20/1892

9/14/1898

September 29, 1904

10/15/1888

9/25/1864

3/24/1883

11/30/1881

7/11/1852

10/11/1854

10/13/1854

October 14, 1946

June 7, 1920

March 8, 1979

1995

May 6, 1971

March 16, 1988

May 21, 1998

December 19, 1932

December 3, 1996

September 30, 1959

December 23, 1932

September 15, 1993

April 16, 1915

August 5, 1918

March 24, 1900

4/25/1889

7/22/1860

9/2/1887

10/12/1897

10/1/1897

May 6, 1970

March 16, 1941

June 22, 2003

November 20, 2001

October 2, 1920

September 12, 1995

July 4, 1917

August 17, 1938

October 5, 1928

abt 1900

March 5, 1928

November 17, 1906

5/15/1872

October 13, 2000

January 29, 1925

March 29, 1938

August 29, 1954

September 30, 1918

October 14, 1956

October 20, 1901

January 9, 1900

July 3, 1917

March 24, 1904

12/22/1889

4/1/1877

1893

1914

February 7, 1912

September 27, 1900

May 16, 1972

March 16, 1946

June 21, 1958

July 23, 1975

March 1, 1940

May 25, 1928

5/2/1872

March 24, 1969

August 14, 1991

February 9, 1987

June 26, 1992

1/18/1892

8/21/1887

June 28, 1911

7/11/1850?

8/22/1855

August 23, 1906

8/22/1881

12/24/1892

January 10, 1931

December 25, 1969

June 29, 1991

May 24, 1926

April 15, 1921

January 8, 1982

October 20, 1906

October 26, 1903

1966

May 16, 1946

June 4, 1926

June 27, 1967

March 23, 1920

June 21, 1974

December 12, 1917

March 26, 1925

November 20, 1904

1959

April 17, 1978

February 26, 1945

January 8, 1982

July 8, 1907

February 15, 1915

August 24, 1912

1931

June 17, 1903

July 27, 1909

June 2, 1916

June 12, 1933

1977

5/19/1892

February 19, 1929

July 21, 1907

August 4, 1903

April 10, 1917

November 24, 1901

April 8, 1906

none

October 22, 2001

March 8, 1928

May 11, 1925

December 13, 1972

June 22, 1901

December 18, 1953

October 3, 1962

July 12, 1939

9/12/1905-65

December 29, 1962

December 20, 1957

8/15/1897

April 16, 2011

none

June 7, 1978

May 18, 1997

July 9, 1902

none

September 12, 1905

January 16, 1904

October 29, 2000

June 17, 2003

8/16/1897

August 14, 1982

9/27/1878

11/12/1888

March 12, 1990

April 13, 1966

9/21/1946

none

8/28/1891

None

8/1/1888

August 26, 2010

January 9, 1928

May 30, 1965

5/18/1899

November 7, 1960

April 8, 1940

April 1, 1982

October 14, 1914

October 15, 1912

August 8, 1974

May 21, 1934

December 11, 1998

May 10, 2001

May 1, 1915

9/4/1893

November 22, 1930

January 27, 1962

March 9, 1985

9/1/1879

April 23, 1925

8/16/1863

10/31/1882

7/31/1897

October 7, 1992

2/28/1896

1872

8/29/1893 ?

1872

November 16, 1917

3/8/1896

December 22, 1922

April 9, 1908

October 19, 1935

March 12, 1963

January 10, 1990

June 11, 1928

June 26, 1926

9/8/1870

3/6/1878

May 14, 2001

December 11, 1991

September 18, 2000

November 4, 1980

December 14, 1918

February 5, 1964

1906

November 7, 1917

1935

Picture

Yes

End

Row

End

Notes

m. 5/3/1914

m. 6/27/1901

Masonic

Son of GR & Deby

m. 3/9/1946

m. 2/27/1937

m. 1/19/1957

m. 3/2/1946

W/W MP Hurt m. 4/2/1818 KY

Wife of James

W/H Hiel

Son of John & Martha H/O Sitha Newman

W/Wife

Consumption for 5 mos H/O Martha.

W/O John, D/O Martha King & Lewis Willis

W/Husband

W/O Eli A

wife of JW Clark

son of RO & Belle

W/O Oliver 1940 Census McMinn Co, TN

H/O Josie

W/O Sam

S/O Sam & A

Double TS

Daug of Jacob Wattenbarger & Louisa Thomas

Husb of Julia M 1832

Wife of John 1824

Dau of John & Julia

Son of John & Julia

no stone

wife of James W. Jr 1939?

Double TS w/wife

Double TS w/Husb

m. 1/23/1961

Wife of Bill?

Co C 3 TN Mntd.

Husb of Mattie Lee Wattenbarger

w/ husb David A

Co C 3rd Calv TN

S/o Lloyd & Nora

w/o Lloyd

wife of Uriah

1st wife of Uriah

Son of Uriah & Clarry

w/o Burke Kelsay

S/o B & D Kelsay

w/o James T Key

Pvt Co B 14th Regt. Born KY H/O Eliza Carroll

Wood Ts Next to Nancy S/O James & Eliza

Wood Tombstone Next to James

d/o Eliza Carroll & James Key

Double TS W/ Ralph

Double TS W/ Pauline

w/o Jessie Lweck

wife of W D ?

Co B 7 TN Mtd

s/o Byrd & Delrae

Next to Charles

wife of Ralph?

husb of Lorine?

of Ralph & Lorine?

R. Walker of E. TN Submit

Co C 3rd Tn Cav

Double TS w/Odus Jack

Double TS

Double TS W/ Bernease

w/o William H ?

Co K 9th Tn Cav

H/o Eliz ?

Co C TN Mtd Inf

Co B TN Mtd Inf

Alt death = 8/1/1906

d/o N & Margaret

s/o of N & M

w/o J W age 53

husb of Sallie?

w/o J P Jr.

wife of Will?

wife of Nat?

husb of Mollie?

wife of J P ?

husb of Minnie?

Only partial pic

Inf of ?

w/o TR Tuell. Daug of Jacob & Anna Siegler?

s/o Robert & E E

Co H 7th TN Mtd

Co K 10 TN

w/ Osmond K

husb of Nancy J?

wife of Thomas ?

wife of Noah E?

wife of John F ?

husb of Mary?

m. 10/7/1939

Double Tombstone JB

Double TS w Mattie M

Double TS w/John M.

Son of JB & AF

w/w Christina m 12/9/1940

w/John Wattenbarger

w/wives Grace & Venia

Double TS w/ Carl Olen

H/o Jane Buttram

Double/ Emma P. Mason

s/o M A & HR

Avn Cadet US Army WW II

Double TS w/ Danny Reece

Son of JB & Alice B

W/Husband and Carl

Son of Moses & Reb

W/H Chris G m. 3/6/1932

W/Wife Maggie Jane Buttram m 9/21/1930

New Tombstone

W/ Flora & John & Carl

Small Marker

Son of JB & AF Wattenbarger…

Double TS W/Louise Shultz son of HC & Cora

Double Tombstone A F Brickell

w/Wife Tennessee m 12/24/1911

w/h Christopher m 5/3/1854

W/Wife Flora m 2/25/1906

DC= bd is 9/6/1928 son of Artie & John

Double TS w/Wife Artie H

w/h J. Reece m 2/22/1942

Double Tombstone w/Rebecca

D TS W/Uel A.

w/h Grayson m 9/21/1930

Daug of John & Artie

D/o C Wattenbarger & MJ Buttram

W/Husband Wm Peter

d/o Jacob & Tennessee

w/h Allen B. Wattenbarger m 3/7/1831

Next to Nancy Wife

D/o C Wattenbarger & MJ Buttram

Next to Michael husband

2 tombstones

s/o Jacob & TN

TS 1/2 buried d/o Jacob & Mary

W/Husband Peter

W/Wife Marg m. 3/9/1819

m. Nancy 3/7/1865

s/o JM & M

w/h Moses A

Daug of Jackson B & Alice F

Aged 80 Y 3M 27D

W/H Jacob L daug of A & E

Double TS w/Mae M W

Lg TS w/ CG m 4/12/1914

W/Wife Mary Rebecca Newman

Double TS w/Loueller s/o L&N

Double TS w/ Hiram s/o L&N

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Homcomings & Old Church Events...

Homecoming May Mother's Day Sunday EVERY YEAR at Buttram Church

Visit with relatives you've never met. Hear the stories of the Old Homesteads. Visit the Land. Our special Rev Ogle Wattenbarger and family and Many families from the community will be attending, ALL ARE WELCOME. Visit your familiy and learn your history.

Bring your cameras, story's, food, ice, a dish if you can; or just show up and enjoy !

Designed, Researched, Documented by JDK 1971-2012

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