The Thomas J. Clouse Cemetery is located on Phifer Mountain in Cookeville, TN. The cemetery dates from 1842 when Thomas J. Clouse, Sr. and his first wife Susan buried their son, J.W. Clouse. The cemetery has been known as Clouse Cemetery or Possum Trot Cemetery. Pat Franklin called it the "Old Clouse Bumbalough Cemetery at Possum Trot" in her Clouse Book. It is believed the cemetery's established name as the Thomas J. Clouse Cemetery dates from the 1899 deed which establishes 2 acres for its boundaries. (deed recorded in Rec. Bk. W, pp 521, Register of Deeds, Putnam County, Tennessee);
Thomas J. Clouse, Sr. received a land grant in 1839, and he and his household relocated there moving from the Caney Fork region of White County, TN. Thomas was an early settler of TN, and was a Baptist preacher. He a provided a school, church, and cemetery for Clouse descendants and current church member families on his property, which he called Possum Trot. The county boundaries changed in 1856, and this land was re-districted to Putnam County, TN.
Directions: Take exit 291 off of Interstate 40 onto route 70. There is a Baymont Inn (previously Alpine Lodge) that you can see from Interstate 40. Follow route 70 to Clouse Road on the right. Follow a short distance to Whittaker Road. Clouse Road turns into Phifer Mountain Road at Whittaker veering off to the left. The cemetery is in the woods behind the house at that intersection.

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The cemetery is located 1/3rd mile inland from the boundary of Phifer Mountain Rd. and Whittaker Road in the 3rd Civil District of Putnam County in zip code 38506. The GPS coordinates are 36.081023, -85.425366 . It is on the opposite side of Phifer Mountain from his son's Clouse Seminary Cemetery on Board Valley Road.