| Memorials | : | 0 |
| Location | : | Petros, Morgan County, USA |
| Coordinate | : | 36.0993996, -84.4496994 |
| Description | : | Two Petros natives are dedicated to restoring the graveyard located at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Charlie McGee, 84 and Don Cox, 84, estimate that over 500 bodies are buried in this graveyard. All plots are unmarked and did not have headstones to identify the deceased. There is also no record of who is buried in the graveyard. This graveyard is where many prisoners were buried when they passed away while incarcerated. "I would say about 95 percent of the people they buried here were black. A lot of them died while working in the coalmines, some were killed, some died from... Read More |
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Where is Brushy Mountain Prison Cemetery?
Brushy Mountain Prison Cemetery is located at Petros, Morgan County ,Tennessee ,USA.
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Latitude: 36.0993996
Longitude: -84.4496994
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