Government Cemetery

Also known as Vanns Branch Cemetery

Byrdstown, Pickett County, Tennessee, USA

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Get directions Byrdstown, Tennessee, USA

Coordinates: 36.58310, -85.21810
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n the early 1940s, this cemetery was created when Dale Hollow Dam and Reservoir was created, and cemeteries had to be relocated. It is commonly called the Government Cemetery, but many call it Vanns Branch Cemetery. Reinterrments were made to this cemetery from several cemeteries, including Bethlehem, Cope, Gum Grove, Harrison 1, Jouett 1, Martin, Miller's Chapel 1, Miller's Chapel 2, Phillips, Raybourn, Sells 1, Sells 2, Sells 3, and Vanns Branch.

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