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ORAL TRADITION SAYS THAT THIS CEMETERY BEGAN AS A SLAVE CEMETERY ON THE PLANTATION OF TENNESSEE NATIVE CHURCHILL FULSHEAR. MANY EARLY BURIALS ARE UNMARKED, AND THE OLDEST HEADSTONE IS THAT OF REBECCA SCOTT IN 1915. IN ADDITION, MIDWIVES, A CHEF, A HORSE TRAINER AND COWBOY, THE FIRST COLORED SCHOOL HOUSE FOUNDERS, BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN, TWO LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND VETERANS FROM WWI TO THE VIETNAM WAR ARE BURIED HERE. A RURAL LANDSCAPE OF ROLLING HILLS AND TREES SURROUNDS A VARIETY OF HEADSTONES MADE OF FIELDSTONE, GRANITE, MARBLE, STEEL, HOMEMADE CONCRETE, WOOD AND RESIN. THE CEMETERY IS EVIDENCE OF THE RICH HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. |
