Big Fork Cemetery One of the Oldest Church Cemeteries in or Near White Co, TN – 200+ Years Like so many old cemeteries, for years the Big Fork Cemetery was covered with broken tombstones, fallen trees, waist-high grass, shoulder-high bushes, active groundhog dens, and God-only-knows how many copperheads. After conducting an on-site study of theContinue reading “Tour Stop #2 – Big Fork Cemetery”
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Big Fork Baptist Church – Early White County, TN
Big Fork Baptist Church The Earliest Baptist Church in White County, TN The Big Fork Baptist Church was hidden from local historians for many years. Most people who visit the Big Fork Cemetery in what is now Cummingsville, TN have no idea that there was a church there in the early 1800s. Only a fewContinue reading “Big Fork Baptist Church – Early White County, TN”
Old Union Cemetery – White County, TN
Old Union Cemetery – 200+ Years of Burial One of the Oldest Church Cemeteries in White County & Surrounding Region Cemetery Decoration – Sunday, August 20, 2023 Beginning with Potluck Lunch The Old Union Cemetery is one of the oldest church cemeteries in White County, TN. No one knows for sure when the first burialContinue reading “Old Union Cemetery – White County, TN”
Tent Graves: A Middle TN Phenomenon
Comb (or Tent) Graves = “Born” in White County, TN? Visitors who are not familiar with White County, Van Buren County and some of their neighboring counties are often surprised when they pass an old cemetery and see a scene such as the one above. I grew up seeing lots of these kinds of gravesContinue reading “Tent Graves: A Middle TN Phenomenon”