Methodist Camp Ground Cemetery
Wayne County, Tennessee, USA
Location: On the south side of Beech Creek, 3/4 mile up the creek from the confluence with Little Beech Creek.
The Methodist Church was located here in the 1830s. Thomas Montagued deeded 2 acres to Campground Church in 1834. The first trustees for the Church were Alexander Steele, Richard Tidewell and Ben Steele. The Church was moved from this site more than one hundred years ago.
There are 75 to 100 fieldstone marked graves with no identification. Some are pre-civil war. There are also crypt type graves with no identification. There is a grave about 1/4 of a mile from the cemetery with L J on the fieldstone. Lewis Johnson entered land in the area. It is possible that this is his grave.
Location: On the south side of Beech Creek, 3/4 mile up the creek from the confluence with Little Beech Creek.
The Methodist Church was located here in the 1830s. Thomas Montagued deeded 2 acres to Campground Church in 1834. The first trustees for the Church were Alexander Steele, Richard Tidewell and Ben Steele. The Church was moved from this site more than one hundred years ago.
There are 75 to 100 fieldstone marked graves with no identification. Some are pre-civil war. There are also crypt type graves with no identification. There is a grave about 1/4 of a mile from the cemetery with L J on the fieldstone. Lewis Johnson entered land in the area. It is possible that this is his grave.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 15610
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