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Cemetery: Sedman Cemetery
Other: Old Waterhouse cemetery
Sign: No
Street: On an island in Watts Bar lake, just south of the end of
Dreamland road
City: Spring City
Township:
County: Rhea
State: TN
Nation: USA
Zip: 37381
lat_ns: N
lat_h: 35
lat_mmss: 41.11
long_ew: W
long_h: 84
long_mmss: 50.36
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: On an island in Watts Bar lake, just south of the
south end of Dreamland road - near Holiday Resort - accessible
by boat in summer, or must cross a private lot during winter
(when lake level is lowered).
Type: Road-private
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: Yes
Features: On a wooded island - TVA owns the land
Property: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1940
Gravestones: 18
Oldest: 1940
Newest: 1940
Removed: Yes
Relocated: Yes
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Availability: Rhea county, TN Cemetery Records, Vol. 1 - under "Sedman
Cemetery"
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: Unsure
Marble: No
Native: Yes
Slate: Unsure
Others: Unsure
Wood: No
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
Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: No
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA1:
VA2: Gravestones-Broken
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Recreational
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason: Roads
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: Edna Clack - Rhea County Historian
Surnames:
Other_Information:
Transcribed from 'Rhea County, TN Cemetery Records, Vol. 1"
" The Works Progress Administration (WPA) referred to this
cemetery as the old Waterhouse graveyard. “This cemetery is
north of Piney in the first district…go east from Spring City by
Cawood’s water mill. This graveyard is…old and has been
neglected for a long time. Stones are torn down and graves are
sunk in the ground. Most of the people buried there are colored.
Probably about 50 unknown graves” (from WPA notes).
In 1940, the TVA placed the Sedman cemetery on the north bank of
Piney river at mile 4.3 (1 mile SE of Spring City). It “contains
18 graves, no monuments. Occupants of all graves in this
cemetery unknown. We executed remain agreements” which were
signed by Mrs. George H. Jacoway, “nearest relative of
unidentified Waterhouse slaves” (from TVA notes). Cemetery was
in the woods @ time of visit.
The TVA map is reproduced below. Since the cemetery is at an
elevation of 766 to 769 feet it probably is on an island in
Watts Bar Lake near Holiday Resort. (see map no. 6 in Appendix
A). "
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Name: Robert Eubanks
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Date: 1/04/2004 |
