Cemetery: Furnace Hill Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Furnace Hill Road
City: Bumpass Cove, Tennessee
Township: Ebreeville
County: Washington County
State: Tennessee
Nation: usa
Zip:
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
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Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Directions: county road 81 from jonesborough tn to ebreeville, turn on bumpass cove road to furnace hill road
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: overgrowth, brush trees
Property: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1800
Gravestones: local historians say 300
Oldest: 1830
Newest: 1846
Removed: No
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: No
Methods: Other
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: No
Marble: No
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: Yes
Wood: No
Materials: No
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: No
Pollution: No
Vandalized: No
Report: Yes
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Good
Problem1: Encroachment
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Residential
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Surnames: Embree

Other_Information:

There are still only about 6 - 10 graves visable in thick underbrush. Elderly local residents claim there are about 300 graves. Most cannot be located due to thick underbrush trees. Historical significance in that Elihu Embree may be buried there by local tradition who was publisher of first emanicpation advocacy newsletter/magazine in 1820 in U.S. Also namesake of Embreeville TN

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Name: Richard Curtis
Email: r_curtis@curtisco.com
Date: 6/28/03