East Hill Cemetery (Bristol)

East Hill Cemetery, also known as Maryland Hill, Round Hill, Rooster Hill, and City Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia. It is an American Civil War-era cemetery established in 1857, with sections for Confederate soldiers and veterans as well as a small section for African American burials. In 1995, the United Daughters of the Confederacy put up a small commemorative monument to the Civil War dead. Among its graves are the founders of the city, representatives of enslaved African-Americans, Civil War soldiers including those who died as a result of the war as well as those who survived the war, a Revolutionary War General of Militia Evan Shelby, and many who have made contributions to Bristol and the nation. It straddles the Tennessee-Virginia border.[3]

East Hill Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Burial section of the Confederate unknown
Location	East State Street at Georgia Avenue, Bristol, Virginia
Coordinates	36°35′39″N 82°10′16″W
Area	16.7 acres (6.8 ha)
Built	1857
NRHP reference No.	11000142[1]
VLR No.	102-5028
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 28, 2011
Designated VLR	December 16, 2010[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

Notable burials

• Evan Shelby, Revolutionary War General of Militia, father of Isaac Shelby, first Governor of Kentucky
• Col Abram Fulkerson, Virginia House of Delegates and Congressman

See also

• List of cemeteries in Tennessee.

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 3/28/11 THROUGH 4/01/11. National Park Service. 2011-04-08.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Gray Stothart (May 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: East Hill Cemetery" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos