Rushing Creek Church Cemetery
Also known as Old Baptist Church Cemetery
Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
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Decaturville, Tennessee 38329 United StatesCoordinates: 35.55985, -88.13677 - Cemetery ID:
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Black Burials
Nannie Jane Pearcy Moore (1896-1990) was the daughter of William Loss Pearcy and Cordellea Savage and granddaughter of James M. Savage, who are buried here. She was a member of Rushing Creek Primitive Baptist Church, which was active in the 1840s and seems to have held regular meetings until about 1940. The decoration day here was Mother's Day weekend, the second Sunday in May. Every year my parents would visit my grandparents that weekend, and I would go with my grandmother, when she took her flowers to the decoration at Old Baptist. It was she who told me about the black burials in the cemetery.
"A.B.". These two letters and possibly a third appear on a fieldstone just west of the marker for Samuel Ashcraft. My grandmother told me that this was the grave of a loyal slave, who wanted to be buried next to his master. This story seems to have been well known among families using this cemetery. However, Rushing Creek Cemetery is now being used only by the Pearcys. Though some graves get decorated for the weekend, there is no longer a formal decoration. The Sykes family no longer meets here yearly for the decoration. Jehu McCorkle, probably was the last person who knew the history of the church, is dead. (some info from the TNGen.Web site)
Black Burials
Nannie Jane Pearcy Moore (1896-1990) was the daughter of William Loss Pearcy and Cordellea Savage and granddaughter of James M. Savage, who are buried here. She was a member of Rushing Creek Primitive Baptist Church, which was active in the 1840s and seems to have held regular meetings until about 1940. The decoration day here was Mother's Day weekend, the second Sunday in May. Every year my parents would visit my grandparents that weekend, and I would go with my grandmother, when she took her flowers to the decoration at Old Baptist. It was she who told me about the black burials in the cemetery.
"A.B.". These two letters and possibly a third appear on a fieldstone just west of the marker for Samuel Ashcraft. My grandmother told me that this was the grave of a loyal slave, who wanted to be buried next to his master. This story seems to have been well known among families using this cemetery. However, Rushing Creek Cemetery is now being used only by the Pearcys. Though some graves get decorated for the weekend, there is no longer a formal decoration. The Sykes family no longer meets here yearly for the decoration. Jehu McCorkle, probably was the last person who knew the history of the church, is dead. (some info from the TNGen.Web site)
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- Added: 26 Mar 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2347661
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