This is information I found in Bud Phillips book titled Bristol, Va./ Tnn. It is in my own words and told second hand from what I read and made notes on. If you need further info you should check out the book from a library if possible. It may also be for sale, I will try to find that out for I think it is one I would like to have because Bristol is where I was born and raised. This is about Sharett Cemetery and Mr. Phillips story about how it started. On a Sunday afternoon in late April of 1837, Nathan Worley and wife Susannah took a walk around their farm to choose a place for a family grave yard. They settled on a site located on a rounded hill above Beaver Creek Valley. According to the story one week from that day the Worley's son, Nathan Jr.took sick toward the end of that week, and died. Nathan was buried there at the site they had picked the following Sunday. Cherry trees use to crown the top of the hill they had picked and some old land deeds refer to it as Cherry Hill Cemetery. Later it was called Worley Cemetery, A Sharett family bought the adjoining property and the present name of Sharett cemetery was taken. It was slow to expand, but is now a sizeable graveyard.

Remember, there are 2 Sharrett cemeteries in the Bristol area. The other is on Rich Valley Road in Washington County, VA. Jerry D Sharrett 1104 Buchelew Dr Kingsport, TN 37663 [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 6:17 PM Subject: Bristol Cemetery History/ Sharett cemetery > This is information I found in Bud Phillips book titled Bristol, Va./ Tnn. > It is in my own words and told second hand from what I read and made notes > on. If you need further info you should check out the book from a library if > possible. It may also be for sale, I will try to find that out for I think it > is one I would like to have because Bristol is where I was born and raised. > This is about Sharett Cemetery and Mr. Phillips story about how it started. > On a Sunday afternoon in late April of 1837, Nathan Worley and wife Susannah > took a walk around their farm to choose a place for a family grave yard. They > settled on a site located on a rounded hill above Beaver Creek Valley. > According to the story one week from that day the Worley's son, Nathan > Jr.took sick toward the end of that week, and died. Nathan was buried there > at the site they had picked the following Sunday. Cherry trees use to crown > the top of the hill they had picked and some old land deeds refer to it as > Cherry Hill Cemetery. Later it was called Worley Cemetery, A Sharett family > bought the adjoining property and the present name of Sharett cemetery was > taken. It was slow to expand, but is now a sizeable graveyard. > > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #7 Please email your congressman to oppose any internet taxes. > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >