Bacon Cemetery
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Location: Behind the house at 1030 Lebanon Road
Description: Located behind the house at 1030 Lebanon Road, on top of the hill. The cemetery is overgrown and several stones are now missing. Many of them have fallen over and some are broken. There were fifteen graves marked by field stones and it was impossible to tell how many unmarked graves.
Burial records: 5
Recorder: Photographed and transcribed 18 Mar 2005 by Chester Willis, Bob Shell, Betty Jane Hylton, Jan Clark and Jennifer Wig.
USGS Map: Sullivan Gardens
GPS Location: 36.461334, -82.507164
Elevation: 1592 ft.
Searchable burial information, an interactive map and additional information on this cemetery can be found by visiting the cemetery database click here
Bacon Cemetery - March 18, 2005
Found in the 1970s but not in 2005:
Zimmerman, Mary Ann
Bacon, Sarah
Bacon, Byer
Bacon, Aaron
Bacon, Aaron
Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed book 3, page 319, Aron Bacon bought 128 acres on Horse Creek from Henry Sullivan in August 1799.
Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed book 4, page 727 records that Robert Easley sold to Arin Bacon 200 acres of land on 7 Oct 1805.
Story about this cemetery: A newspaper reporter wanted to do a story on us, so she took a day and followed us around listening and getting notes. We had an old transcription of this cemetery and there were some markers that we couldn’t find. We searched for a while and I was mumbling and said, “I just hate losing dead people!” That was the one quote that the reporter put in the newspaper. We all got a big laugh about it. When I redid my office, I ordered the saying from Upper Case Living and that’s what’s above my desk! Definitely a conversation starter! (Donna Briggs)
Thank you so much for posting information on this cemetery. I had always wanted to go up to it, but was never sure of access or permission. My Mother was a Bacon decended from this Abijah, his son Charles, and his son Abijah II. I appreciate being able to “see” where some of my ancestors are buried. Thanks.
Thank you, Lydia! It’s our very great pleasure to preserve our history. Please check back with us, as we will soon be adding headstone photos to all our cemeteries.