Located off to the right on the Lester Snapp Road behind New Salem Baptist Church. The only known graves are of Nathan Gann and his wife. In 1936 a marker was erected to Gann. It was later moved to a spot near the Lester Snapp Road. In 1992, the Gann Family Historical Society moved the marker to the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery near the road.
Nathan Gann
Virginia, Lieut. Millinkin Co., N. Car. Militia Rev. War
July 18, 1839
More information can be found in The Ignatious Nathan Gann Family: Three Generations of Pioneers, by William R. Gann and Gary R. Toms, 1998. May be order from the authors, 7406 Englewood Lane, Raytown, MO 64133-6913.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 1992 by Betty Jane Hylton member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
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