Henry Grayson was born in 1799 in Knox (now Anderson) County, Tennessee. He died in 1879 in Marion County, Tennessee and is buried in the Burnett Cemetery.
Burnett Cemetery Information:
Location 35.225115, -85.456086
The Burnett Cemetery, north of Powell’s Crossroads, is often confused with another cemetery of the same name in southern Marion County. The gravel entrance road leading to this cemetery is located on the east side of Hwy. 283 (also known as the Alvin York Hwy. or East Valley Rd.), 3.2 miles north of Powell’s Crossroads and one half mile north of Mt. Calvary Road. The Burnett school house was originally near the cemetery. Earliest known burials were members of the Burnett family in the 1850s. Early Marion County settlers John and Susannah Burnett and Henry and Nancy Grayson are buried here. Slaves were buried under trees in one corner of the cemetery. By the early 1900s the water table had risen and burials were no longer allowed. The cemetery eventually came into disrepair and was overgrown with rambling vines. After a request by Grayson descendant and historian Glenn O. Wilson, the cemetery was cleaned and beautiful daffodil flowers planted by a grandson of Patrick Grayson and his family in the 1970s. The cemetery can be easily accessed by using the cemetery entrance road mentioned above. (Teresa Wilson Wiese)
Burnett Cemetery Information:
Location 35.225115, -85.456086
The Burnett Cemetery, north of Powell’s Crossroads, is often confused with another cemetery of the same name in southern Marion County. The gravel entrance road leading to this cemetery is located on the east side of Hwy. 283 (also known as the Alvin York Hwy. or East Valley Rd.), 3.2 miles north of Powell’s Crossroads and one half mile north of Mt. Calvary Road. The Burnett school house was originally near the cemetery. Earliest known burials were members of the Burnett family in the 1850s. Early Marion County settlers John and Susannah Burnett and Henry and Nancy Grayson are buried here. Slaves were buried under trees in one corner of the cemetery. By the early 1900s the water table had risen and burials were no longer allowed. The cemetery eventually came into disrepair and was overgrown with rambling vines. After a request by Grayson descendant and historian Glenn O. Wilson, the cemetery was cleaned and beautiful daffodil flowers planted by a grandson of Patrick Grayson and his family in the 1970s. The cemetery can be easily accessed by using the cemetery entrance road mentioned above. (Teresa Wilson Wiese)
Henry Grayson was born in 1799 in Knox (now Anderson) County, Tennessee. He died in 1879 in Marion County, Tennessee and is buried in the Burnett Cemetery.
Burnett Cemetery Information:
Location 35.225115, -85.456086
The Burnett Cemetery, north of Powell’s Crossroads, is often confused with another cemetery of the same name in southern Marion County. The gravel entrance road leading to this cemetery is located on the east side of Hwy. 283 (also known as the Alvin York Hwy. or East Valley Rd.), 3.2 miles north of Powell’s Crossroads and one half mile north of Mt. Calvary Road. The Burnett school house was originally near the cemetery. Earliest known burials were members of the Burnett family in the 1850s. Early Marion County settlers John and Susannah Burnett and Henry and Nancy Grayson are buried here. Slaves were buried under trees in one corner of the cemetery. By the early 1900s the water table had risen and burials were no longer allowed. The cemetery eventually came into disrepair and was overgrown with rambling vines. After a request by Grayson descendant and historian Glenn O. Wilson, the cemetery was cleaned and beautiful daffodil flowers planted by a grandson of Patrick Grayson and his family in the 1970s. The cemetery can be easily accessed by using the cemetery entrance road mentioned above. (Teresa Wilson Wiese)
Burnett Cemetery Information:
Location 35.225115, -85.456086
The Burnett Cemetery, north of Powell’s Crossroads, is often confused with another cemetery of the same name in southern Marion County. The gravel entrance road leading to this cemetery is located on the east side of Hwy. 283 (also known as the Alvin York Hwy. or East Valley Rd.), 3.2 miles north of Powell’s Crossroads and one half mile north of Mt. Calvary Road. The Burnett school house was originally near the cemetery. Earliest known burials were members of the Burnett family in the 1850s. Early Marion County settlers John and Susannah Burnett and Henry and Nancy Grayson are buried here. Slaves were buried under trees in one corner of the cemetery. By the early 1900s the water table had risen and burials were no longer allowed. The cemetery eventually came into disrepair and was overgrown with rambling vines. After a request by Grayson descendant and historian Glenn O. Wilson, the cemetery was cleaned and beautiful daffodil flowers planted by a grandson of Patrick Grayson and his family in the 1970s. The cemetery can be easily accessed by using the cemetery entrance road mentioned above. (Teresa Wilson Wiese)
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