Re: Location of James Levi Killion's Grave
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Location of James Levi Killion's Grave
Beatrice Mathew 2/19/02
Hopefully, your email address is still good and this will reach you!The following was taken from the Knox County, TN USGenWeb site:
"A note about the Confederate Cemetery, located at 1919 Bethel Avenue, Knoxville:
One official source states:"The Confederate Cemetery is rarely opened to the public. It is owned and administered by the Mabry-Hazen Foundation, and inquiries should be addressed to the Mabry-Hazen House (865) 522-8661.Most of the 1,600 Confederates and 50-60 Union prisoners of war buried here were lost to disease, which periodically swept the camps during the War.As far as is known, none of those lost at Fort Sanders are interred here."
However, historian William Rule wrote in 1900:"The Confederate or Bethel Cemetery is located about one mile east of Gay street on the Rutledge pike, and includes four acres of land, two acres of which was purchased in 1862 of Knox county, and two acres of Joseph Mabry.Ever since it was established it has been in charge of the Ladies’ Memorial Association.More than 1,600 Confederate dead lie buried in this cemetery..."
In addition, there is a man who has transcribed nearly every tombstone in every known cemetery in Knox County and some of the surrounding counties.At one point, over 630,000 tombstones had been transcribed.His index is located in the McClung Collection of the Lawson McGee Library at Knoxville.The McClung Collection is located in the East Tennessee Historical Society's building in downtown Knoxville.