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Camp Forrest Cemetery

Memorials	:	669
Location	:	Coffee County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.3656006, -86.1841965
Description	:	Citizens Cemetery - (Community Marker) This land began to be used as a cemetery for the Black community in the 1870's but the State of Tennessee took the land as part of the area became Camp Peay, a World War I training base. In 1940 the US Government took the land which became part of Camp Forrest, a World War II training base and burials ceased. The cemetery includes a score of persons who were refugees from the Great Flood of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers of 1937 who were relocated to Camp Peay. The cemetery was later abandoned and... Read More	Citizens Cemetery - (Community Marker) This land began to be used as a cemetery for the Black community in the 1870's but the State of Tennessee took the land as part of the area became Camp Peay, a World War I training base. In 1940 the US Government took the land which became part of Camp Forrest, a World War II training base and burials ceased. The cemetery includes a score of persons who were refugees from the Great Flood of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers of 1937 who were relocated to Camp Peay. The cemetery was later abandoned and was heavily vandalized. In 1995 concerned citizens including Tommy Allen (and his 8th Grade class at Tullahoma East Middle School) and Tennyson Holmes (and many others) helped to save what little was left and reconstruct a record of what was gone.

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Latitude: 35.3656006
Longitude: -86.1841965

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1. Carroll Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4202995, -86.1671982

2. Davis Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4174995, -86.2283020

3. Gault Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.3256203, -86.2465301

4. Spring Creek Cemetery
Estill Springs, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.3185997, -86.1292038

5. Neel Chapel Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4319000, -86.1900024

6. Brown Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.3058014, -86.2363968

7. Blanton Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4418983, -86.1697006

8. Neel Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4441986, -86.1892014

9. Spring Creek Cemetery
Estill Springs, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.3060989, -86.1156006

10. Shipley Cemetery
Manchester, Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4032400, -86.0950700

11. Gilbert Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2938995, -86.2433014

12. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Estill Springs, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2797012, -86.1639023

13. Barton Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4474983, -86.2225037

14. Fletcher Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2757988, -86.1727982

15. Simpson Cemetery
Estill Springs, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2821999, -86.1406021

16. Lusk Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4444008, -86.1288986

17. Williams Cemetery
Moore County, USA
Coordinate: 35.3382988, -86.2913971

18. Huffar Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.3807983, -86.0702972

19. New Awalt Cemetery
Estill Springs, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2694000, -86.1841700

20. Chastain Cemetery
Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2789001, -86.2418976

21. Turkey Creek Cemetery
Moore County, USA
Coordinate: 35.3072014, -86.2818985

22. Estill Springs Cemetery
Estill Springs, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 35.2764015, -86.1299973

23. Brandon Cemetery
Coffee County, USA
Coordinate: 35.4618988, -86.2157974