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Baker Cheatham Cemetery

Henry County, Tennessee, USA

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  • Get directions Bennetts Creek Road
    null, Tennessee 38221 United States
    Coordinates: 36.38898, -88.04349
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From the intersection of TN-69 A & Atchison Ln., in Springville, travel 4.2 mi., entering Big Sandy in Benton Co.; turning north (left) onto Main St., going 100 yards; turning east (slightly right) onto Front St., going 0.1 mi.; turning north (left) onto 2nd St, for 0.1 mi.; turning east (right) onto Lick Creek Rd., going 0.3 mi.; turning (left) to continue on Lick Creek Rd. for 10.1 mi., re-entering Henry Co.; turning northwest (left) at a fork, going 2.7 mi. to the intersection of an unnamed road on the west (left). From this spot, the cemetery is almost 2000' due east through the woods, as notated on USGS topo maps.



Located on Tennessee Wildlife Refuge beside Tennessee River. Now covered by floodwaters of Kentucky Lakes. (Copied from: (1) Mr. Charles Sanders' records which he indicated were copied from TVA records.; (2) The Kentucky Lake Cemetery Relocation Project comp. by Judith Ann Maupin (1975) which stated that "the cemetery contained 36 graves, was above elevation but the access was flooded, that it was inactive and poorly kept, It tells whether graves remained or were removed"; (3) T.V.A. records which also referred to this cemetery as CHEATHAM CEMETERY, gives nearest relative.)

From the intersection of TN-69 A & Atchison Ln., in Springville, travel 4.2 mi., entering Big Sandy in Benton Co.; turning north (left) onto Main St., going 100 yards; turning east (slightly right) onto Front St., going 0.1 mi.; turning north (left) onto 2nd St, for 0.1 mi.; turning east (right) onto Lick Creek Rd., going 0.3 mi.; turning (left) to continue on Lick Creek Rd. for 10.1 mi., re-entering Henry Co.; turning northwest (left) at a fork, going 2.7 mi. to the intersection of an unnamed road on the west (left). From this spot, the cemetery is almost 2000' due east through the woods, as notated on USGS topo maps.



Located on Tennessee Wildlife Refuge beside Tennessee River. Now covered by floodwaters of Kentucky Lakes. (Copied from: (1) Mr. Charles Sanders' records which he indicated were copied from TVA records.; (2) The Kentucky Lake Cemetery Relocation Project comp. by Judith Ann Maupin (1975) which stated that "the cemetery contained 36 graves, was above elevation but the access was flooded, that it was inactive and poorly kept, It tells whether graves remained or were removed"; (3) T.V.A. records which also referred to this cemetery as CHEATHAM CEMETERY, gives nearest relative.)

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  • Added: 4 Aug 2012
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2460352