transcribed and compiled by
Stephen and Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge, April 21, 2001
unknown ancestors interred without tombstones
Situated on Monroe County Road # 731 about three miles from Tellico Plains, this cemetery can be found by traveling old HWY 68, turning on #714 in Tellico Plains, and then turning on #731. Sink Presbyterian Church, once standing on the site, has been gone for decades. Local folks simply call the cemetery "Sank." The back of the cemetery, not visible from the road, dips or sinks into a basin, hence the name "Sink" or "Sinkhole." Basins or hollows are typical features of the area's karst topography.
Only cemeteries that my husband, son, and I have visited and tombstone inscriptions we have personally transcribed, verified, and typed are uploaded on this website. None are copied en masse, or in even part, from any other internet website or printed publication. Relatives may click the old mailbox below to email questions.
(NOTE: Names in orange text are navigable links.)
SURNAME | BORN | DIED | COMMENTS |
CANTRELL, Mary A. | 29 Aug 1855 | 14 Nov 1887 | |
CARTER, Anna A. | 9 Sep 1856 | 2 Feb 1884 | wife of Dr. N. G. Carter |
CARTER, N. G. Dr. | 31 Dec 1833 | 20 June 1902 | |
CARTER, P. P. | 15 Sep 1841 | 26 Oct 1881 | |
CURD, Susan Peck | 13 Dec 1819 | 7 Feb 1900 | wife of Richard Curd |
DAUGHERTY, W. A. | 29 Sep 1854 | 22 Jan 1886 | |
EDICK, Samuel R. | 20 Sep 1805 | 10 Nov 1853 | |
FERGUSON, Bartlet N. | 7 Jan 1888 | 4 Jul 1888 | son of W. H. & Margaret Ferguson |
FERGUSON, Margaret | 29 Dec 1845 | 13 Sep 1888 | wife of W. H. Ferguson |
GAY, William R. | 22 Feb 1829 | 6 Nov 1883 | |
GAY, William Walker | 29 Sep 1866 | 25 Jan 1892 | son of W. R. & E. J. Gay |
GHORMLEY, Elizabeth | 3 Feb 1829 | ---- | wife of J. L. Ghormley |
GHORMLEY, James L. | 3 Mar 1833 | 26 May 1911 | (husband of Elizabeth Ghormley) |
GHORMLEY, J. H. | 2 June 1854 | 10 June 1938 | |
GHORMLEY, Lillie L. | 21 Jul 1865 | 14 Mar 1921 | |
GHORMLEY, Mary | 6 Sep 1841 | 15 Apr 1924 | Aunt Mary |
GHORMLEY, Nancy K. | 1 Nov 1828 | 13 May 1899 | wife of Maj. R. T. Ghormley |
GHORMLEY, R. T. Maj. | 27 Oct 1827 | 27 June 1900 | husband of Nancy K. Ghormley |
GHORMLEY, Robert T. | 5 Aug 1858 | 17 Dec 1926 | |
GHORMLEY, Robert T., III | 14 Aug 1907 | 14 Oct 1934 | |
HARRISON, Annie | 30 Sep 1868 | 26 May 1903 | |
HARRISON, Benjamin Edgar | 8 June 1933 | 23 Mar 1934 | son of Clarence R. & Pearl Harrison |
HARRISON, E. W. | 4 June 1854 | 4 Aug 1928 | husband of Lizzie J. Harrison |
HARRISON, infant | 2 Sep 1893 | 2 Sep 1893 | child of E. W. Harrison |
HARRISON, infant | 1 Mar 1916 | 10 Mar 1916 | son of Clarence R. & Pearl Harrison |
HARRISON, Lizzie J. | 25 Oct 1852 | 5 Sep 1893 | wife of E. W. Harrison |
HAWKINS, Bettie | 1 Mar 1863 | 25 Nov 1930 | |
HAWKINS, J. M. | 14 Nov 1859 | 2 Apr 1917 | |
HAWKINS, Thomas Porter | 12 Nov 1894 | 25 Jul 1907 | son of J. M. & Bettie Hawkins |
HELEMNS, John A. | 14 Aug 1830 | 7 June 1886 | husband of M. A. [Nipper] Helemns |
HELMS, William | 3 June 1929 | no stone / info from newspaper article | |
HENDERSON, Benjamin P. | 21 Jan 1821 | 27 Apr 1893 | |
HENDERSON, Darcus | 10 Feb 1792 | 14 Sep 1869 | wife of John Henderson |
HENDERSON, John | 26 Sep 1790 | 23 Aug 1871 | |
HENDERSON, Rachel Allison | 3 Mar 1822 | 15 Sep 1891 | wife of Thomas Henderson |
HENDERSON, Thomas A. | 28 Sep 1818 | 31 Jul 1871 | |
LANKFORD, infant | 15 Dec 1907 | 16 Dec 1907 | child of D. H. & M. L. Lankford |
LESLEY, Nancy | 2 Aug 1804 | 15 Feb 1857 | wife of Thomas Lesley |
LESLEY, Thomas | 27 Jan 1805 | 29 Sep 1881 | |
LESLIE, James | 23 Apr 1792 | 23 Oct 1854 | 2 stones; different death yr inscribed |
LESLIE, James | 23 Apr 1792 | 23 Oct 1855 | son of Thomas & Mary Leslie |
McDERMOTT, Jane E. McG. | 14 Feb 1812 | 8 May 1862 | wife of William P. H. McDermott |
McDERMOTT, William P. H. | 17 Dec 1800 | 3 Aug 1854 | |
McNABB, Lucinda A. | 25 Dec 1816 | 12 Jul 1840 | |
McSPADDEN, Mandy Satterwhite | 1855 | dec 1878 | wife of James McSpadden |
McSPADDEN, S. K. | 30 Jan 1798 | 7 June 1883 | |
PECK, Jacob Franklin | 31 Jan 1793 | 22 Aug 1871 | Benj. Franklin's descendant/ Doran Chapt USD 1812 |
PECK, James M. | 18 Apr 1859 | 18 Apr 1859 | infant son of Joseph & Minervia Peck |
PECK, Mrs. Jane | 1795 | 16 Feb 1870 | |
PECK, Minervia A. | 24 Mar 1832 | 18 Nov 1866 | wife of Joseph A. Peck |
PECK, Nervey Alice | 21 Jul 1866 | 29 Jul 1867 | dau of Joseph A. & Minervia A. Peck |
RHEA, Jesse | ---- | 10 Jul 1859 | aged 80 |
RHEA, Margaret | ---- | 10 June 1851 | aged 61 |
ROMAN, Berth E. | 12 Oct 1886 | 14 Jul 1887 | child of F. A. & S. A. Roman |
ROMAN, Edgar H. | 12 Oct 1886 | 11 Jul 1887 | child of F. A. & S. A. Roman |
ROMAN, Elisha | 26 Aug 1894 | 27 Aug 1894 | child of F. A. & S. A. Roman |
ROMAN, L. L. | 15 Dec 1885 | 15 Dec 1885 | child of F. A. & S. A. Roman |
ROMAN, Nobie Peace | 20 Jul 1880 | 2 Apr 1895 | |
ROMAN, T. H. | 15 Dec 1885 | 15 Dec 1885 | child of F. A. & S. A. Roman |
ROMAN, Z. R. | 15 Dec 1885 | 15 Dec 1885 | child of F. A. & S. A. Roman |
SATTERWHITE, F. M. | 1820 | 8 Jul 1870 | |
SATTERWHITE, Robert Tate | 16 Jan 1851 | 27 Jan 1916 | husband of Sarah Frances Lee Satterwhite |
SATTERWHITE, Sarah Frances Lee | 16 Dec 1849 | 25 Nov 1892 | wife of Robert Tate Satterwhite |
SATTERWHITE, Virginia Evelyn | 19 Oct 1915 | 4 Apr 1919 | dau of W. A. & F. G. Satterwhite |
SHADDEN, A. W. | 14 Mar 1832 | 25 Apr 1889 | aged 57 yrs, 1 mo, 11 days |
SHADDEN, Mary Leslie | 3 Oct 1842 | 26 Nov 1902 | wife of A. W. Shadden |
SHADDEN, William A. | 9 Aug 1822 | 2 Jul 1856 | |
SMITH, Thomas M. | 9 Aug 1856 | 1 Aug 1858 | son of M. & M. A. Smith |
STEPHENS, Charles W. | 25 Mar 1885 | 6 Aug 1903 | |
STEPHENS, Ella | 25 Jan 1914 | 29 Sep 1990 | |
STEPHENS, Henry Clay | 20 May 1854 | 12 Apr 1921 | |
STEPHENS, Sallie L. | 25 Oct 1854 | 4 Mar 1899 | wife of H. C. Stephens |
WADE, Mrs. George | 11 Aug 1862 | 19 Apr 1943 | |
WEAR, Ida Pearl | 31 Jan 1908 | 25 Sep 1910 | dau of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Wear |
WEAR, infant | 30 Nov 1888 | 30 Nov 1888 | son of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Wear |
WEAR, Jesse | 25 Dec 1859 | 17 Mar 1908 | |
WEAR, Joseph Earl | 31 Jan 1908 | 17 Jan 1909 | son of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Wear |
WEAR, Sarah Elizabeth | 13 Nov 1868 | 30 June 1958 | wife of Jesse Wear |
WEAR, William S. | 30 Nov 1888 | 16 June 1922 | Co D 318th M. G. Battalion |
WEBB, infant | ---- | ---- | son of Mr. & Mrs. Brown Webb |
WELDIN, Ann | 7 Jan 1790 | 18 Dec 1851 | |
WELDIN, Harvey M. | 30 June 1823 | 24 Nov 1838 | |
YOUNG, Robert R. | 11 Jan 1856 | 8 Jan 1858 |
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This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.