People and Places Relocated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Date: 1933 to 1990
Location: [unknown]

The Tennessee River Valley was in many places prone to flooding and was hard hit economically during the Depression years.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was established in 1933 with the goals of alleviating flooding problems, generating affordable electricity, facilitating better river navigation, manufacturing fertilizer, and bolstering local economies.

While there were many benefits, thousands of people, cemeteries, and other institutions had to be relocated from places that were to be flooded to make way for dams and hydroelectric power plants. This collection includes grave removal records from cemeteries that were in the path of projects.

This is a place to list those families, Places and Cemeteries.

Contents 1 The People 2 The Cemeteries 3 Locations 4 Sources

The People

The Cemeteries

• Indian Creek Cemetery - The residents of Indian Creek was relocated to Turley Cemetery in Red Ash, Tennessee.
• McHenry Stooksberry Cemetery - The residents of McHenry Stooksberry Cemetery were relocated to New Loyston Cemetery in Andersonville, Tennessee
• Taylor Cemetery - The residents of Indian Creek was relocated to Mount Holy Cemetery in Smithville, Tennessee.

Locations

• Cedar Creek, Alabama is now Cedar Creek Reservoir.
• Nottely, Georgia is now Lake Nottely
• Gilbertsville, Kentucky
• Guntersville, Kentucky
• Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky is now Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
• [Unnamed], Kentucky
• Chatuge, North Carolina is now Chatuge Lake
• Fontana, North Carolina is now Fontana Dam, North Carolina
• Hiwassee, North Carolina
• Johnsonville, North Carolina
• Bear Creek, Tennessee
• Bellefonte, Alabama
• Boone, Tennessee
• Bull Run, Tennessee is now the Bull Run Fossil Plant
• Cherokee, Tennessee
• Chickamauga, Tennessee
• Douglas, Tennessee
• Fort Loudon, Tennessee
• Gallatin, Tennessee
• Nickajack, Tennessee
• Normandy, Tennessee
• Norris, Tennessee
• Pickwick, Tennessee
• South Holston, Tennessee
• Tellico, Tennessee
• Tims Ford, Tennessee
• Watauga, Tennessee
• Watts Bar, Tennessee
• Wheeler, Tennessee
• [unnamed], Tennessee

Sources