Tipton-Haynes Cemetery

Landon Carter Haynes received the Tipton place as a wedding gift from his father in 1837 and gave it a Greek Revival portico and a temple-style law office. He was a farmer, lawyer, newspaper editor and briefly a Methodist minister, served three terms in the General Assembly, and sat in the Confederate Senate. Afterward he left for West Tennessee and died in Memphis in 1875. The land went through a chancery sale in 1871, and the state bought the house tract and the Tipton-Simerly cemetery in 1944 and 1945.

What the plaque says

Tipton-Haynes Cemetery This cemetery contains the remains of Revolutionary War soldier and legislator John Tipton (1730-1813) and his second wife, Martha Denton Moore. Also buried here are newspaper publisher Lawson Gifford (1810-1879) his wife, Mary Taylor Haynes (1818-1904), and some of their descendants. The cemetery is part of Tipton-Haynes Historic Site.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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• Unicoi County Heritage Museum and the Erwin Rail Yard — 9.6 mi
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More markers nearby

• Tipton-Haynes Historic Site — 0.3 mi
• Andre Michaux — 0.3 mi
• East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (ET & WNC) Depot — 1.5 mi
• Johnson City Sessions — 1.6 mi