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Grainger County
Tennessee

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Grainger County

Index to Locations Lea Springs Cemetery Private or family graveyards Rutledge Methodist Church Cemetery Lea Springs Cemetery Grainger County, Tennessee See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Luke Lea (1810-1898) — of Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss. Born in Grainger County, Tenn., November 16, 1810. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1876-85. Died in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., May 9, 1898 (age 87 years, 174 days). Interment at Lea Springs Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lavinia (Jarnagin) Lea and Major Lea; brother of Pryor Newton Lea; married, March 17, 1847, to Mary Mayrant Smith; father of Albert Major Lea; nephew of Luke Lea (1783-1851); first cousin of John McCormick Lea; first cousin twice removed of Luke Lea (1879-1945).   Political family: Lea-Cocke family of Tennessee.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Major Lea (1771-1822) — of Grainger County, Tenn. Born in Leasburg, Caswell County, N.C., April 21, 1771. Member of Tennessee state senate, 1810. Baptist. Died in Grainger County, Tenn., July 16, 1822 (age 51 years, 86 days). Interment at Lea Springs Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Luke Lea and Elisabeth (Wilson) Lea; brother of Luke Lea (1783-1851); father of Pryor Newton Lea and Luke Lea (1810-1898); uncle of John McCormick Lea; grandfather of Albert Major Lea; great-granduncle of Luke Lea (1879-1945).   Political family: Lea-Cocke family of Tennessee. 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. Slaveowner. 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. 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). Slaveowner. Died in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tenn., February 16, 1854 (age 81 years, 71 days). Interment at Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Cocke and Sarah (Macklin) Cocke; father of Frederick Bird Smith Cocke; uncle of William Michael Cocke; great-grandfather of William Alexander Cocke; second great-grandfather of Luke Lea.   Political family: Lea-Cocke family of Tennessee.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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