Old Gray Cemetery

A beautifully landscaped garden cemetery established in 1850. Many of Knoxville's most prominent citizens are buried here among ornate Victorian monuments.

Old Gray Cemetery, established in 1850, is one of Knoxville's most haunted locations, with reports dating back to the Civil War era. The Victorian garden cemetery is the final resting place of many of Knoxville's most prominent citizens, some of whom apparently never left.

Visitors have reported seeing figures in period dress walking among the ornate monuments, particularly at dusk. The most famous ghost is a woman in a long gray dress who wanders the paths, believed to be searching for a loved one's grave. The temperature drops sharply at unexpected spots, even on warm summer days, and the sound of weeping has been heard near certain graves. Some visitors have photographed mists and orbs hovering over headstones. The cemetery's Civil War section is particularly active, with reports of soldiers in uniform standing guard over their fallen comrades. The beautiful statues and monuments that adorn the grounds sometimes seem to move in peripheral vision, as if the stone figures are watching visitors pass. Old Gray Cemetery's combination of beauty and the supernatural makes it a unique destination for ghost enthusiasts.