Date: October 8, 2000
Cemetery: John Cate Family Cemetery
Street: Road #262
City: Near Athens, Tennessee
County: McMinn County
State: TN
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: Road #262, McMinn County, TN (near a residence)
(cemetery is overgrown)
Land Type: Private
Status: Abandoned
Accessible: Unsure
Unmarked graves: Yes
Graves within:
Oldest grave:
Newest grave: Elijah Hurst died and was buried there in 1844.
He died Dec. 12, 1844
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Marvin and Samme Templin, Templin Family
Genealogy. Visit http://templin.rootsweb.com. Also contact
the Templins at MTTemplin@aol.com. Also info can be found
on the TNGenweb site for McMinn County, TN.
Owner: Unknown. Formerly the Cate Family farm.
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Overgrown-ground cover
Overgrown-vines
Disintegrating Headstones
Fallen Headstones
Removed Headstones
Other problems: Cemetery is (in a wooded area near a residence)
covered with cemetery ivy with possibly unmarked graves. We
visited the area but were unable to get permission to go on the land
as the residence owners were not at home. Not sure who owns the
property at this time. According to the WPA book 1930's
this cemetery is located on the former Big Springs Farm.
Apparently Big Springs Church was on this site at one time. No
trace of it now, though.
Previous contacts: Didn't know who to contact. I found out
about it while looking for my ancestor, Elijah Hurst who is buried in
the cemetery. June Reed at http://www.blvl.igs.net/~socstc/
or http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hurstpage.
June sent me a copy of a photo of Elijah Hurst's tombstone located in
this cemetery.
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Submitted by / Contact for additional Information:
name: Mary Munsey-McMahan
Email: CraftLogic@yahoo.com
