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Rushing Grove Church Cemetery

Also known as Rushing Cemetery

Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA

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  • Get directions 2135 Campbell Road
    Decaturville, Tennessee 38329 United States
    Coordinates: 35.56733, -88.19090
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From the intersection of Campground Rd. & TN-100 W, southwest of Decaturville, travel north on Campground Rd. for 1.0 mi.; turning west (left) onto Campbell Rd., going 0.9 mi.; turning north (right) into the parking lot of the Rushing Creek Church & to the cemetery to the rear of the church.



This is an small cemetery behind Rushing Grove Pentecostal Church (AKA: United Pentecostal Church) . The church and cemetery are indicated west-southwest of Decaturville on the U.S.G.S. Scotts Hill quadrangle (1986). This cemetery was recorded in 1990. The cemetery was recorded years earlier by Ms Alexander.

Unidentified Black Burials at Rushing Grove Cemetery



According to James Leon Rushing, who knew the cemetery well, says there are supposed to be about three or four blacks buried near the southeast corner of Rushing Grove Cemetery. He reported that these were slaves and former slaves of the Rushing family. Their names are not known. There is no visible evidence of these graves now, and Leon Rushing also mentioned lack of visible signs of these graves when he wrote about 1990. As the white Rushing family graves are grouped mostly on the western side of Rushing Grove Cemetery, the black burials would have been at the back of the cemetery. (some info from the TNGen.Web site)




From the intersection of Campground Rd. & TN-100 W, southwest of Decaturville, travel north on Campground Rd. for 1.0 mi.; turning west (left) onto Campbell Rd., going 0.9 mi.; turning north (right) into the parking lot of the Rushing Creek Church & to the cemetery to the rear of the church.



This is an small cemetery behind Rushing Grove Pentecostal Church (AKA: United Pentecostal Church) . The church and cemetery are indicated west-southwest of Decaturville on the U.S.G.S. Scotts Hill quadrangle (1986). This cemetery was recorded in 1990. The cemetery was recorded years earlier by Ms Alexander.

Unidentified Black Burials at Rushing Grove Cemetery



According to James Leon Rushing, who knew the cemetery well, says there are supposed to be about three or four blacks buried near the southeast corner of Rushing Grove Cemetery. He reported that these were slaves and former slaves of the Rushing family. Their names are not known. There is no visible evidence of these graves now, and Leon Rushing also mentioned lack of visible signs of these graves when he wrote about 1990. As the white Rushing family graves are grouped mostly on the western side of Rushing Grove Cemetery, the black burials would have been at the back of the cemetery. (some info from the TNGen.Web site)




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  • Added: 1 Jan 2000
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 18034