Yancy Cemetery
Yancy Cemetery
Also known as "Tunnel Hill Cemetery" which was a name given by the Greenbrier Historical Society in the 1990s. The original name however is Yancy Cemetery named after the first interred individual, Hattie Yancy. This cemetery is a small African American family cemetery from the 1920s. This cemetery is located on private property and is not maintained, permission is by the landowner.
All individuals known to be buried there were residences of Caldwell. The 1920's census of Caldwell lists 36 people living "On hill above Caldwell". Those 36 people were made up of 5 families including Williamson, Chambers, Clark, Andrews & Yancy.
Below is a list of individuals known
to be interred with proof from their death certificates or newspaper records.
Interments
Luther Andrews
Born: 28 Dec. 1908
Died: 21 May 1941
Price Andrews
Born: 18 Aug. 1877
Died: 17 Oct. 1928
Fred Edward Burton, Jr
Born: 10 Sep. 1935
Died: 29 Dec. 1942
(Died in house fire of the Williamson Home)
Micheal James Chambers
Born: 4 Sep. 1953
Died: 27 Mar. 1957
Dove Engle Williamson, Jr
Born: 13 Sep.1927
Died: 29 Dec. 1942
(Died in house fire of the Williamson Home)
Engle Dove Williamson
Born: 26 Apr. 1887
Died: 15 Jul. 1952
Godfrey Williamson
Born: 7 Dec. 1935
Died: 21 Mar 1939
Hattie Yancy
Born: 21 Aug. 1874
Died: 8 Apr. 1926
Lucian Yancy
Born: Aug. 1856
Died: 17 Jan. 1935
Possible Interments
George Yancy
Birth : May 1887
Death Jan. 30 1888
Mildred Virginia Yancy
Birth: Jun. 27 1927
Death: Mar. 11 1928
Charles Milton Chambers
Birth: May 11, 1890
Death: Apr. 23 1918
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