Volume 13 , Issue 19

The Cemeteries of Hamilton, TN

According to The History of Hamilton County & Chattanooga, Tennessee, by Zella Armstrong, page 250, Chapter XVII, titled Cemeteries, we scrolled to page 263 to the McRee Cemetery, near Soddy, TN, contains the graves of many including the following members of the McRee family.

On page 242 of that same book I found mention of some other ancestors who were connected to the Soddy Presbyterian Church which was organized as "Mount Bethel church," but it is better known by the name of the town in which it has continued its services for more than a hundred years.

Rev. Abel Pearson organized the church, Dec., 1828, the following charter members being present: col. William Clift, Mrs. nancy A Brooks Clift, Col. James Cozby, Mrs. Isabella Woods Cozby, William McGill, Mrs. Betsy McGill, John McGill, Mrs. Nancy McGill, Major robert Clarke McRee, Mrs. James Brooks McRee Lewis Patterson, and two others whose names are not now known.



This is what I found to one of my distant ancestors, Jane (Craighead) McRee, born 29 Mar 1774; died 11 Oct 1813. Others listed were:

• William McRee, b. 17 Feb 1766; d. 13 Mar 1845.
• Richard McRee, b. 25 Aug 1792; d. 21 Jan 1845.
• Robert Clarke McRee, b. 1797; d. 3 May 1856.
• Jane Brooks McRee, b. 1797; d. 3 May 1856.
• William R. McRee, b. 2 Sep 1833; d. 28 Oct 1852.
• Elizabeth Jane McRee, b. 1 Feb 1824; d. 13 Dec 1852.
• Margaret Hannah McRee, b. 1819; d. 1828.
• Cynthia Ann McRee. 24 Jan 1822; d. 9 Oct 1840.
• Mary Agnes McRee (Mrs. James Hair), b. 22 Aug 1826; d. 1848.
• America Washington McRee, b. 4 Aug 1831; d. 1831.
• Sarah Eda Rebecca McRee, b. 3 Mar 1835; d. 29 Oct 1847.
• Robert Preston Roddy, b. 1790; d. 14 Sep 1842.
• John Roddy, b. 1790; d. 1841.
• Nancy T. Ledford, b. 1825; d. 1898.
• Elizabeth Brown, wife of john Brown, b. 17 Dec 1791; d. 10 Aug 1861.

On page 264, of that same book it gives a listing of those buried in the Patterson Cemetery, near Sale Creek, Tennessee.

The Patterson Cemetery near Sale Creek is one of the most interesting of the old graveyards in Hamilton county, Tennessee, although not many of the stones are old; "Patterson" is a misnomer as none of that family is buried in the plot. It is probable, however, that Robert Patterson gave the site and thus the name derives from him. Among the graves are those of:

• William S. Carrell, b. Jan. 15, 1846; d. Oct. 17, 1916.
• Alfred Lea, b. Sep 20, 1837; d. July 24, 1893. co. A. 6th Tenn. Fed. Regt.
• Jasper Lea, b. 1839; d. 1863. 5th Tenn. Fed. Regt.
• Larkin W. Shipley, 5th Tenn. Fed. Regt.
• George A. Leggett, Co. E, 4th new York Inf.
• Robert Patterson, the Revolutionary soldier,is buried near his home which is standing west of the Dayton Pike. Bartholomew rogers and his wife, Jane Gibson Rogers, are also buried in this plot.

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