Norton Cemetery

Norton Cemetery

Does it look haunted?

Hiram Norton

The (empty?) grave of  a Hutchison?

Ibby

Maston Hutchison

Where is it?

 The cemetery is located on The Ghost House Trail in the Big Ridge State Park located at 1015 Big Ridge Park Road, Maynardville, TN 37807. The Clinton/Norris exit 122 off I-75.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 36.252472, Longitude: -83.924788 

Interesting...

This particular cemetery comes with its own ghost story.There are several incarnations of the tale but here's how I have heard it and repeat it. Maston Hutchison and his family lived here. At some point his daughter, Nancy, became ill with tuberculosis.

Some friends of the family were coming up the trail to the Hutchison house to visit with the poor sick child when they heard the cries of a woman and the sound of a dog running down the trail towards them and then suddenly it was gone. When they soon reached the house they were informed that Nancy had died just moments before their arrival.

It is said that you can still hear the cries of the young girl and see the ghost of the very same dog to this day (I have no idea where the dog came from). Its also said that the ghost of Maston walks the trails of Big Ridge searching for his daughter and even greets some of the visitors to the park. He is said to be a kind man... or spirit.

Although it didn't work for me, many say that pictures taken at the cemetery reveal the ghostly images of the Hutchison ghosts.

Who's here?

    

Brannem, Mrs. S.M.
1881 - 1926


Branum, Dollie G.
May 15, 1905 - Jan. 5, 1929


Branum, George W.
Jun. 13, 1858 - Jun. 20, 1916


Branum, Rachel
1859 - 1928


Hutcheson, Martha
Jun. 5, 1827 - Jan. 15, 1910


Hutcheson, Maston A.
Mar. 12, 1826 - Jul. 6, 1910


Jones, Son
Dec. 7 - Jun. 15, 1907


Norton, Hiram
Jan. 17, 1844 - May 27, 1916


Norton, Thursa
Jul. 22, 1829 - Aug. 3, 1916


Unknown, Ibby
unknown - unknown

Thanks for visiting this page. If you have any additional information about this, or any other, cemetery in the Smokies, please let me know.

Keep on creepin' and always be respectful!