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Grainger County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Grainger County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Rutledge Methodist Church Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Grainger County, Tennessee
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Bunch (1786-1849) — of Tennessee. Born in Grainger County, Tenn., December 4, 1786. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1833-37. Died near Rutledge, Grainger County, Tenn., September 5, 1849 (age 62 years, 275 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Methodist Church Cemetery
    Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee
    Politicians buried here:
      John Alexander Cocke (1772-1854) — also known as John Cocke — of Rutledge, Grainger County, Tenn. Born in Brunswick, Brunswick County, Va., December 7, 1772. Son of William Cocke. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1796-97, 1807-13, 1837-39; Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1811-13, 1837-39; member of Tennessee state senate, 1799-1801, 1843; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1819-27 (at-large 1819-25, 2nd District 1825-27). Died in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tenn., February 16, 1854 (age 81 years, 71 days). Interment at Methodist Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Cocke; father of Frederick Bird Smith Cocke; uncle of William Michael Cocke; great-grandfather of William Alexander Cocke. See Cocke family of Tennessee.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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