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Morley Cemetery
Scott St., Butler, Carter County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

You may click on one of the surnames below to go to the first image with that surname. Click here to go to the first grave marker image or here to see views of the cemetery or views from inside the cemetery.

Location

Located near the Carter County and Johnson County line off Scott Street in Butler, Carter County, Tennessee. Directions: Hwy 67 and turn onto Piercetown Road. Scott Street is on the right. Cemetery is to the right in a wooded area between two mobile homes.
See the views below.

Pictures Taken

These pictures were taken at Morley Cemetery off Scott Street, Butler, Carter County, Tennessee and submitted by Ann Carr or Angella Graybeal and they are the owners of all images unless otherwise noted.

Sources of Names Listed

NOTE: My name is Ann Carr I found March 28, 2007 a Morley Cemetery on I. W. McQueen property on Scott Street in Bulter, TN. I called Dawn and Jackie Peters and with Polly and Sherril Carr we cleaned the cemetery. Only three head stones could be read.

The listing that follows is derived from the readings by and photographs taken by Ann Carr and Angella Graybeal. We have used a listing by location in the cemetery and includes those known to be buried (although no marker was found).

Information in brackets [sample] was added by Angella Graybeal unless indicated otherwise.

Views of Morley Cemetery

The views are noted with the approximate location in the cemetery.

• View of wooded area
• View of dense branches and undergrowth
• View of cleared area

Morley Cemetery Marker Listing and Photos

There are 13 graves in this cemetery (8 are undientified).

Morely,DJ
• D J Morely
  Co K
  13 TN Cavalry
  [No dates
  David Jesse Morley
  b. June 12, 1844, d. Feb. 22, 1892]
  alt view
  More about him
  Rhymer,Lexie
• Lexie Rhymer
  daughter of Starling Rhymer and Nora Copley
  1901-1909
  alt view
  [Tree has grown around the tombstone. Writing is facing the tree. She was born 1901 and died 1909. She is buried near her great grandmother, Susan, which has a larger tombstone.
  Copley,Susan C
• Susan C. Copley
  Sept 22, 1899
  Aged 73 Years
  alt view
  [Susan Caroline Copley
  b. Sept 1826]

• fieldstone

The following are also buried in the Morley Cemetery. (source: TVA records)

• Sarah Clawson Morely
  wife of David
  b. 1846
  d. July 23, 1892

• Dicey Copley Morley
  b. abt 1828
  David Jesse Morely's Mother

• Artie Morley
  daughter of Dicey
  b. Feb 20, 1874
  d. abt 1894

Sources

1. Photos taken, readings and genealogical research by Ann Carr and Angella Graybeal.
2. TVA records

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This page added 25 May 2007 and last updated June 16, 2007

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