Batte Obelisk - Old Graveyard Park - Pulaski, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 35° 11.527 W 087° 02.082
16S E 496840 N 3894349
A graveyard from 1817 to 1888, abandoned, and then in 1967 cleaned up and made a city park.
Waymark Code: WMX5E0
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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County of obelisk: Giles County
Location of obelisk: Center Octagonal Memorial Stone, Old Graveyard, Cemetery St. & S.1st St., Pulaski

Text on obelisk:
(Proper Right):

In Memory of
SUMMERFIELD
BATTE
Born 21st Feb. 1834
Died 12th April 1853
Thy Image Like
A Holy Spell
Shall in One Mem...
Ol'y Over Dwell
He was an Honest
Man, The Noblest
Work of God
(Proper Left):
In memory of
 AURELIA TENNESSEE
Wife of
AUGUSTINE BATTE
Born Dec. 3, 1832
Died Oct. 13, 1853
[Cursive text covered in lichen and unreadable]
(Front):
ERECTED
In Memory of
[Then text is covered and oxidized to unreadable]

Date Created/Placed: around 1853

Address:
U.S. Hwy 31 S. at Cemetery Street Pulaski, TN 38478

Height: 12 feet

Illuminated: no

Website: Not listed
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