Cemetery: Jaybird Cemetery
Other: Rock City Cemetery
Sign: No
Street: near Lemaster Street
City: Newport
Township:
County: Cocke County
State: TN
Nation: USA
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: turn off hiway 25 at the old allen house into
Jaybird...continue on for approximately 100 yards , then turn
right at next corner..travel up the lane and turn left at lemaster
street...then turn right at next corner...go about 50 yards
and find cemetery on the left hand side of the street.
Type: Road-public
Location: Urban-developed
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: high weeds and some trees
Land Type: Private
Access: Inaccessible
Enclosure: Fence
Gate: Locks
Established:
Gravestones: 1910?
Oldest: Unknown
Newest: between 1950 and 1970?
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Records location:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Unsure
Marble: Unsure
Native Stone: Unsure
Slate: Unsure
Other Stone: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Other Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken:
Toppled:
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Unknown
Vandalized:
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Problem-Seasonal
Problem: Apathy
Owner: Unknown
Use: Dumping
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason: Housing
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: Tennessee Picnic Org. of Newport
Surnames
Jackson, Mills, Swaggerty, Thomas, Woods
Other Information
The cemetery is locked , overwhelmed with weeds
and vines..No one can enter. cans and other debris can be seen
through the fence..I lived two blocks from the cemetery as a child
untl 15 years..always many snakes...looks worst now..will update
in near future.
Support
will update in near future
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name: Charles Jackson
Email: a_jcj123@webtv.net
Date: February 24 2002
