Dillahunty Cemetery
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Dillahunty Cemetery

Henry, Henry County, Tennessee, USA

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    Henry, Tennessee, USA
    Coordinates: 36.21791, -88.38163
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Dillahunty Cemetery is on the west side of Macedonia Road, 0.9 mile south of US 79, in the Routon community of Henry County, Tennessee. The center of the Routon community is the store located at the intersection of US 79 and Macedonia Road. Dillahunty Cemetery is very overgrown and difficult to spot. The nearest address is a home at 670 Macedonia Road and the cemetery is about 200 yards from the driveway of this house. Dillahunty Cemetery is on land which was once the plantation of William Dillahunty and now all that exists of the plantation house is the overgrown foundation.



From the intersection of Macedonia Rd. & US-79, northeast of Henry, travel south on Macedonia Rd. for 0.7 mi. to the cemetery, visible on the west (right) side of the road, as notated on USGS topo maps.



Copied from: 1962 "Ansearchin," News, states that "The cemetery is easily accessible. William Dillahunty was the owner of the land, whose interment in 1838, opened this cemetery. He was the grandson of John Dillahunty, a Revolutionary War veteran. Joining this cemetery to the west was a Negro burial ground for slaves of the Dillahunty's and Haynes', but ruthless land owners have cultivated this land and there is nothing left to identify it. Efforts are now being made to restore that part of the cemetery that is identifiable. Tombstones mark the following graves."



Dillahunty Cemetery is on the west side of Macedonia Road, 0.9 mile south of US 79, in the Routon community of Henry County, Tennessee. The center of the Routon community is the store located at the intersection of US 79 and Macedonia Road. Dillahunty Cemetery is very overgrown and difficult to spot. The nearest address is a home at 670 Macedonia Road and the cemetery is about 200 yards from the driveway of this house. Dillahunty Cemetery is on land which was once the plantation of William Dillahunty and now all that exists of the plantation house is the overgrown foundation.



From the intersection of Macedonia Rd. & US-79, northeast of Henry, travel south on Macedonia Rd. for 0.7 mi. to the cemetery, visible on the west (right) side of the road, as notated on USGS topo maps.



Copied from: 1962 "Ansearchin," News, states that "The cemetery is easily accessible. William Dillahunty was the owner of the land, whose interment in 1838, opened this cemetery. He was the grandson of John Dillahunty, a Revolutionary War veteran. Joining this cemetery to the west was a Negro burial ground for slaves of the Dillahunty's and Haynes', but ruthless land owners have cultivated this land and there is nothing left to identify it. Efforts are now being made to restore that part of the cemetery that is identifiable. Tombstones mark the following graves."



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