Campground Cemetery in Farmington, Tennessee

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Get directions 2792 Shelbyville Highway
Farmington, Tennessee, USA

Coordinates: 35.48863, -86.66951
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This cemetery is located in a field off of Shelbyville Highway (TN 64) about 3 miles east of Farmington (approximate address is 2792 Shelbyville Highway). The gate to the field access is locked; go to the first house east of Palmetto on the south side of the highway to obtain a key. There are cows grazing in the field so the gate must be closed as you enter and leave. Once through the gate, you can follow the "farm road" beside the barn and through the next fence until you reach a large cedar; at that point you can see the trees where the cemetery is located. (See attached pictures for better orientation). Distance is about 3/10 mile from the gate to the cemetery.

The cemetery is not kept up - there are many small bushes and vines. A good cemetery to visit in winter or early spring, but not so good in summer.

There are many "rocks" in the cemetery - perhaps 75 to 100 graves - but only these 4 graves have stones with inscriptions. According to the person who transcribed the cemetery in 1958, it began as a burial ground for white people, but black people were buried there later. This transcriber also said it was once a campground near a spring on East Rock Creek - these campgrounds were places for "camp meetings," also called "brushy arbor" meetings because they would set up an "arbor" as a shelter for the religious services (the same way tents were - and still are - set up for revival meetings).