Old Hepzibah Cemetery
Also known as Hepzibah Cemetery
Blue Goose, Henderson County, Tennessee, USA
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Get directions 2985 Sand Ridge Road, Blue Goose, Henderson County, Tennessee 38345 USACoordinates: 35.65075, -88.49750
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Add PhotosFrom the intersection of Sand Ridge Rd. & US-412, West of Lexington, travel South on Sand Ridge Rd., going 3.0 mi.; turning East into a private driveway at 2985 Sand Ridge Rd. With permission, this very early cemetery is about 2500 ft. East down the private farm roads to this cemetery, within a large wooded area, as notated on USGS topo maps. LW
Situated about .5 mile behind a brick house on the east side of Sand Ridge Road. Formerly the location of the white Hepzibah Missionary Baptist Church and burial ground, one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. A major local road once passed this cemetery. Many Blacks with ties to this area and with some of the white settlers are buried here. The cemetery is overgrown with vines and other vegetation so that it would be difficult to point out the blacks' graves as they are unmarked by tombstones, but it is likely that their graves are located on the southeast side of this fenced-in cemetery. The name, Hepzibah, was often pronounced by blackand white alike as "Epseby." Some death certificates indicate several black persons are buried here. summary from the Henderson Co. cemetery & genealogy site
From the intersection of Sand Ridge Rd. & US-412, West of Lexington, travel South on Sand Ridge Rd., going 3.0 mi.; turning East into a private driveway at 2985 Sand Ridge Rd. With permission, this very early cemetery is about 2500 ft. East down the private farm roads to this cemetery, within a large wooded area, as notated on USGS topo maps. LW
Situated about .5 mile behind a brick house on the east side of Sand Ridge Road. Formerly the location of the white Hepzibah Missionary Baptist Church and burial ground, one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. A major local road once passed this cemetery. Many Blacks with ties to this area and with some of the white settlers are buried here. The cemetery is overgrown with vines and other vegetation so that it would be difficult to point out the blacks' graves as they are unmarked by tombstones, but it is likely that their graves are located on the southeast side of this fenced-in cemetery. The name, Hepzibah, was often pronounced by blackand white alike as "Epseby." Some death certificates indicate several black persons are buried here. summary from the Henderson Co. cemetery & genealogy site
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 16617
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