INFORMATION: "This cemetery is located on Smith Branch Rd. From Greenup, take US 23 North (3.5 miles) to a left turn onto Smith Branch. Go approximately 2.2 miles up Smith Branch (left fork) to the Church of God. The cemetery is on the right side of the road about 100 feet up on the side of the hill behind the old Ellis Bays' property and beside Rickard Tackett's home. The cemetery is in very bad condition with heavy undergrowth. Civil War Veteran buried here. (Elwood Tackett 2004)." - taken from Greenup County Kentucky Cemetery Locator Guide. Last updated January 10, 2013. ©Greenup County Genealogy & Historical Society, Inc.

Additional driving information: The Church of God has been converted into a home. The little drive on your right across from it is called Briar Patch Lane. Turn in here and park somewhere. On your left there is a house, overgrown hill with a telephone pole, and a trailer (61 Briar Patch Lane). The cemetery is up that hill above the telephone pole.

Hints: Take a machete, wear long pants/long sleeves, etc.

What you will see: A lot of undergrowth and headstones and metal markers from various time periods. There are yucca plants marking many graves where there are no headstones. Some of the graves are marked with only rocks, which you may find in rows. All the graves that were marked in some way were photographed, but it's evident that a lot more people are buried here.