Lane Cemetery - Whitesburg, TN
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vhasler
N 36° 16.724 W 083° 08.877
17S E 307080 N 4017005
Very small family cemetery contains marked graves for Tidence Lane (Sr.), founder of the oldest church in Tennessee, and his son Aquilla, who served in the Revolutionary War.
Waymark Code: WM7QTD
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2009
Views: 4
Only two to four graves in the cemetery surrounded by an iron fence and located in a pasture off Whitesburg Pike road (TN113). Nearby parking is limited as the road does not have a shoulder.
Tidence Lane, Sr. was born near Baltimore, MD on August 31st, 1724. He married Esther in May 1743 in Randolph County, NC, where had also been converted to the Baptist religion with the Sandy Creek Baptist Church Circuit. In 1779, Tidence founded Buffalo Ridge Church in Boone's Creek area of Washington County, TN, which is the oldest church in the state of Tennessee.
Aquilla Lane was a private in Colonel Israel Shelby's regiment and part of the Overmountain men who accompanied Col. John Sevier to the Battle of King's Mountain during the Revolutionary War.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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