Little River Cemetery
Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA
Little River Cemetery was created as as a relocation cemetery when Lake Barkley was impounded in 1966. Most all of the graves located there were disinterred by the TVA from family cemeteries in the projected flood plain and reburied in Little River. The affected cemeteries spanned the length of Lake Barkley, even into northern Tennessee. Many members of the Allen family that are buried in Little River were originally buried in the Allen Cemetery in the Siloam Community in Trigg County, KY. My grandfather Fay Allen assisted the TVA by providing names and burial spots in the Allen Cemetery, even when he was very ill, to assure that all were treated with dignity and respect. This process was repeated by other families in other small cemeteries as official records were were very sparse. Very few burial records were kept in the small family cemeteries and family members were asked to. Even though the government chose to disrupt peoples lives, they at least did the right thing in relocating all of the graves.
Little River Cemetery was created as as a relocation cemetery when Lake Barkley was impounded in 1966. Most all of the graves located there were disinterred by the TVA from family cemeteries in the projected flood plain and reburied in Little River. The affected cemeteries spanned the length of Lake Barkley, even into northern Tennessee. Many members of the Allen family that are buried in Little River were originally buried in the Allen Cemetery in the Siloam Community in Trigg County, KY. My grandfather Fay Allen assisted the TVA by providing names and burial spots in the Allen Cemetery, even when he was very ill, to assure that all were treated with dignity and respect. This process was repeated by other families in other small cemeteries as official records were were very sparse. Very few burial records were kept in the small family cemeteries and family members were asked to. Even though the government chose to disrupt peoples lives, they at least did the right thing in relocating all of the graves.
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Trigg County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials30
- Percent photographed37%
- Percent with GPS0%
Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials29
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
Trigg County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials66
- Percent photographed86%
- Percent with GPS3%
Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials4
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 27 Feb 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2208383
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