Chickamauga Reservoir Cemeteries

Surveys of the Chickamauga Reservoir disclosed 55 cemeteries located in the area, 50 of which, containing over 3100 graves, were on lands subsequently purchased by the Authority. Twenty-four of these cemeteries, containing about 1300 graves, were either to be flooded or cut off from highway access by flooding of the roads. After identifying the graves and determining the wishes of the relatives that could be located, 425 graves were moved to nearby cemeteries and agreements were secured for 33 graves to remain in their original location. The other graves could not be identified or the relatives could not be located, so the graves were left in the cemeteries without being moved.

Reinterments were made in six nearby existing cemeteries, and in one new cemetery laid out for that purpose. Grave removals were completed in October 1938, requiring about three months from the time work was started. Surveying and mapping of the cemeteries and grave identification work, all preliminary to and necessary for removals, were carried out Intermittently during the three years prior to actual disinterments and reinterments.

Complete regards of the grave removals were kept in duplicate, one set is filed with the permanent records of the Authority, and the duplicate set la in the Maps and Surveys Division files in Chattanooga. A report of the relocations was given to the Tennessee State Department of Health, as required by them.

The total cost to the Authority was about $12,000. This includes the surveying, mapping, Investigative and grave identification work, locating and contracting with relatives, and the disinterment and reinterment work.

(Taken from the original report to the Tennessee Valley Authority written by H. Jervey Kelly - Civil Engineer).

Submitted by and used with
permission of James L. Douthat
Mountain Press
P. O. Box 400
Signal Mountain, TN 37377
www.mountainpress.com

Names of individuals in this cemetery were recorded as they appeared on the tombstones. No attempt was made to correct obvious errors or differences in spelling. Every attempt has been made to record this information correctly. However, mistakes are possible. The information on this page may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other person or organization without the written consent of the contributor, the legal representative of the submitter, or The Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society.

Chickamauga Reservoir Cemeteries

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