Forks of the River Cemetery (Old Evans Chapel Cemetery)



The Rev. Richard Evans

Olive Evans 

Richard McCarter
"Grand father"

J.L. Martin

Mary Bartlett

W.F. Trentham
(Mary Bartlett's husband)



Mattie Bohanan

Joel Reagan
"Gone but not forgotten"

Harkless H. Ogle

Elmer McCarter

Ema McCarter

Martha "Marthy" Huskey

Martha Ownby
"Remember friends as you pass by once I was as you are now
but as I am you all must be and now prepare to follow me"

Urey and Elmer Husky

Stephen Huskey

Arminta Whaley
"In love she live
In peace she died
Her life was craved
But God denied"

Cynthia Reagan

Arbyzena Reagan

M.J. Ownby

Luther Ownby

Nikolas Ownby

Mary Ownby

Andrew Conner

Winnie McCarter
"Gone to be an angel"



Polly and Joel Kear

Fresh flowers for Audrey King

Mollie Atchly with the Park Headquarters parking lot directly behind.

The Old Evans Chapel Cemetery

Ogle grave with the first name broken off


                                                                    


Coordinates: N 35 41.272 W 83 32.227
Accessibility: Road
                                                                    




 The Old Evans Cemetery, nowadays called the Forks of the River Cemetery, is located adjacent to the parking lot of the park headquarters on Park headquarters Road.




Who's here?
    


Atchley, Mollie E. McCarter
Jun. 3, 1873 - Nov. 9, 1928


Bohanan, Clifford
Nov. 9, 1895 - Oct. 18, 1896


Bohanan, Louzilthy
Apr. 4, 1889 - Apr. 21, 1898


Bohanan, Martha "Patsy" Ogle
1828 - Feb. 16, 1896


Bohanan, Martha
Apr. 16, 1896 - Apr. 16, 1896


Carr, Lotty
Mar. 7, 1893 - unknown


Cole, Jane Huskey
Jan. 29, 1837 - Apr. 27, 1880


Cole, Mary "Poly" Whaley
1843 - 1890


Conner, Andrew J.
Nov., 1832 - Nov. 25, 1887


Conner, Claude E.
Apr. 11, 1896 - Sep. 27, 1896


Conner, Martha Bohanan
Jul. 5, 1855 - Dec. 14, 1909


Conner, Roy M.
Nov. 1, 1897 - Feb. 5, 1898


Conner, Samuel
Mar. 8, 1848 - Apr. 11, 1897


Conner, Sophia Elvira Ogle
1833 - Aug. 30, 1897


Evans, Mary Olief "Olive" Ownby
Jul. 11, 1821 - Apr. 26, 1908


Evans, Rev Richard E. "Dick"
Jan. 4, 1824 - Dec. 6, 1901


Huskey, Elmer
Apr. 24, 1892 - Apr. 24, 1892


Huskey, Grant
May 14, 1895 - Oct. 21, 1895


Huskey, J.H.
Jun. 6, 1886 - Oct. 16, 1897


Huskey, Martha Patsy "Marthy" Whaley
Jan. 23, 1820 - Jan. 14, 1892


Huskey, R.L.
Jul. 19, 1886 - Aug. 31, 1887


Huskey, Sarah N.
Aug. 10, 1877 - Oct. 23, 1886


Huskey, Stephen "Old Steve"
Mar. 8, 1804 - Jun. 17, 1887


Huskey, Urey
Jan. 22, 1889 - Jan. 22, 1889


Kear, Elmer
unknown - Nov. 12, 1893


Kear, Joel
Dec. 17, 1883 - Jan. 9, 1884


Kear, Joel
Feb. 5, 1850 - Feb. 10, 1926


Kear, Joel, Sr.
1796 - 1871


Kear, Mary M. "Polly" McCarter
Mar. 7, 1854 - Jun. 26, 1937


Kear, Sarah "Sally" Huff
Jul. 11, 1809 - Sep. 15, 1886


King, Audrey
Feb. 24, 1911 - Jul. 4, 1927


Lane, Mattie Bohanon
Apr. 27, 1872 - Jun. 4, 1898


Luther, Ownby
May 30, 1888 - Jul. 14, 1888


Maples, Infant
Apr. 20, 1922 - Apr. 20, 1922


Martin, James Lacy
May 22, 1818 - Jun. 2, 1906


McCarter, Elmer Branson
Dec. 5, 1896 - Feb. 25, 1897


McCarter, Ema
Mar. 26, 1886 - Nov. 22, 1895


McCarter, Mollie
Mar. 6, 1914 - Sep. 30, 1917


McCarter, Olive Evans
Feb. 1, 1853 - Jan. 14, 1913


McCarter, Richard E.
Aug. 3, 1852 - Aug. 11, 1929


McCarter, Winnie
Oct. 5, 1896 - Sep. 19, 1897


Ogle, Bruce
Aug. 29, 1909 - Oct. 2, 1917


Ogle, Charles R "Charley"
Oct. 18, 1902 - Oct. 12, 1916


Ogle, David
Dec. 21, 1888 - Jun. 25, 1889


Ogle, Harkless H.
Dec. 24, 1853 - Nov. 20, 1923


Ogle, Martha Bohanon
Jul. 5, 1855 - Dec. 14, 1909


Ownby, Hettie
Sep. 24, 1888 - Dec. 25, 1894


Ownby, Jane Huskey
Jan. 29, 1837 - Apr. 27, 1880


Ownby, Luther Eldridge
May 30, 1888 - Jul. 14, 1888


Ownby, Martha Whaley
Dec. 3, 1866 - Mar. 27, 1895


Ownby, Martha E.
Jan. 12, 1891 - Sep. 8, 1897


Ownby, Martha Ellen Reagan
Dec. 4, 1862 - Jun. 16, 1888


Ownby, Martha Jane
Feb. 20, 1881 - Dec. 27, 1886


Ownby, Mary Ogle
Jan. 24, 1815 - Feb. 7, 1903


Ownby, Morris
Jan. 11, 1920 - Jan. 11, 1920


Ownby, Nickolas H.
Dec. 11, 1812 - Aug. 15, 1883


Ownby, Rettie
Sep. 24, 1888 - Dec. 25, 1894


Ownby, William N.
Dec. 14, 1898 - Mar. 6, 1899


Reagan, Arbyzena
Mar. 14, 1876 - Apr. 8, 1898


Reagan, Cynthia Jane "Sintha" Whaley
1840 - Mar. 23, 1888


Reagan, Deborah A "Debbie" McCarter
1866 - 1897


Reagan, Joel
Jul. 18, 1897 - Jul. 8, 1898


Reagan, Sarah C.
Jul. 31, 1843 - Jan. 16, 1886


Trentham, Mary M. Bartlett
Oct., 1866 - Aug. 20, 1900


Trentham, W.R.
Jan. 29, 1862 - Apr. 1, 1899


Whaley, Arminta E.
Nov. 27, 1872 - Jul. 6, 1894


Whaley, Arminta E.
Nov. 27, 1872 - Jul. 9, 1894




Visited July 12, 2015

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2 comments:

  1. My great grandfather, Elijah Patterson, is buried there but not sure which marker is his. Went there once but couldn't read many of the markers.

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  2. So many tombstones of young young souls. Very very sad

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