Saunders Cemetery
Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
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The cemetery sits on a hill bordered by old and new Route 70 and Dodson creek
approximately one half mile from the existing church and school. For landmark locations
refer to Appendix A. The short path to the gate winds up the hill through a cow
pasture. For many years the only barrier to keep cattle from lumbering onto the
grounds was a single strand of barbed wire. The church has since replaced the barbed
wire with a chain link fence. Trees and brush create a natural barrier around the
rectangular plot of land and the grounds within are scattered with withered graveyard
trees.
The number of graves is approximately 132. The largest majority of the plots are
marked, but many are unmarked. Marked graves have simple inexpensive headstones;
unmarked graves either have a footstone, a field rock, or sunken earth. Former
markers are stacked against trees. The earliest birth date found is 1789, which is also
the earliest recorded death, 1873 for Jessie Spears. The grounds are still used for
burials with the most recent in 1997. Refer to Appendix D, Figures D1 – D4 for
cemetery photographs, Figure D5 for a 1984 list of graves, Figure D6 for a 2004 listing
of graves, and Figure D7 for a Cemetery Plot Survey.
The cemetery sits on a hill bordered by old and new Route 70 and Dodson creek
approximately one half mile from the existing church and school. For landmark locations
refer to Appendix A. The short path to the gate winds up the hill through a cow
pasture. For many years the only barrier to keep cattle from lumbering onto the
grounds was a single strand of barbed wire. The church has since replaced the barbed
wire with a chain link fence. Trees and brush create a natural barrier around the
rectangular plot of land and the grounds within are scattered with withered graveyard
trees.
The number of graves is approximately 132. The largest majority of the plots are
marked, but many are unmarked. Marked graves have simple inexpensive headstones;
unmarked graves either have a footstone, a field rock, or sunken earth. Former
markers are stacked against trees. The earliest birth date found is 1789, which is also
the earliest recorded death, 1873 for Jessie Spears. The grounds are still used for
burials with the most recent in 1997. Refer to Appendix D, Figures D1 – D4 for
cemetery photographs, Figure D5 for a 1984 list of graves, Figure D6 for a 2004 listing
of graves, and Figure D7 for a Cemetery Plot Survey.
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- Added: 2 Jun 2018
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2666865
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