Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee

Old Gray Cemetery is a cemetery near Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. It lies about 0.9 mi south of Knoxville. The grounds sit at about 915 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 39 notable people buried here, including William Isaac Thomas, Horace Maynard and Richard W. Austin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1296318. The nearest other listed cemetery is Knoxville National Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Unity Mortuary in Knoxville, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 214 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 146 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Knox County dates to 1878. 4 of the 214 listings in Knox County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Knoxville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 10 US representatives, 4 business leaders, 3 football players, 3 writers, 2 journalists.

• William Isaac Thomas1863-1947
  American sociologist
• Horace Maynard1814-1882
  American politician
• Richard W. Austin1857-1919
  American politician, attorney and diplomat
• Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson1812-1873
  American politician
• Hubert Fisher1877-1941
  American politician
• John Baxter1819-1886
  United States federal judge, born 1819
• John Hervey Crozier1812-1889
  American politician
• Joseph Lanier Williams1810-1865
  American politician
• Lee McClung1870-1914
  American football player and coach (1870-1914); Treasurer of the United States 1909-1912
• Leonidas C. Houk1836-1891
  American congressman for Tennessee
• William Henry Sneed1812-1869
  American politician
• Hugh B. Lindsay1856-1944
  American attorney and candidate for governor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Old Gray Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Knoxville National Cemetery

  939 Tyson Street NW, Knoxville, TN
  National cemetery

  0.2 mi
• First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN
  Christian cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Beth El Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN
  Jewish cemetery

  0.9 mi
• The Bethel Confederate Cemetery & Museum

  Knoxville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Crestview Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• New Gray Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Southern Chain Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Middlebrook Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN · est. 1878
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Knott Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Maxey Cemetery

  Knoxville, TN
  Christian cemetery

  2.8 mi

• Unity Mortuary

  Mortuary · Knoxville · (865) 637-8811
  0.9 mi
• Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel

  Mortuary · Knoxville · (865) 523-2121
  0.9 mi
• Roberts Chapel Berry Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Knoxville · (865) 999-3106
  1.4 mi
• Stevens Mortuary

  Mortuary · Knoxville · (865) 524-0331
  1.5 mi
• Baldwin Cremation and Mortuary Service

  Cremation provider · Knoxville · (865) 633-5200
  1.9 mi
• Mountain Mortuary Service

  Mortuary · Knoxville · (865) 263-4893
  1.9 mi

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