Cedar Grove Cemetery - 1A 119 - Elizabethton, TN
N 36° 19.528 W 082° 14.740
17S E 388191 N 4020768
A cemetery on the outskirts of Elizabethton Tennessee
Waymark Code: WM73HK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2009
Views: 18
Cedar Grove Cemetery was originally establsihed as a "colored cemetery" in the early nineteenth century on a tract of land adjacent to a trail that became known as Gap Creek Road. The remote and rocky terrain often required the use of dynamite o clear the areafor burials. Resting today at Cedar Grove are some of Carter County's early African-American families, war veterans, church leaders and Carter County's last know slave, the beloved Josephine "Aunt Jo" Taylor, a slave of Nat Taylor, the father of Alf and Bob Taylor, governors of Tennessee.
Marker Name: Cedar Grove Cemtery
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 1A 119
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: THC
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