Hi,
Im generally new to the Knoxville area. I have a love of old cemeteries. I was hoping someone or a few of you might be able to tell me where I might be able to find some old or interesting cemeteries in the Knoxville area. I have already been to Old Gray which I very much loved and have been to Cades Cove. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

- Winter

Well i'm not from k-town, but north of k-town on 25E and then it turns into 33 i believe, but it's from broadway heading north, off the side of the roads there are some old graveyards, most of them are small though and don't offer much but there are a few things to look at.

http://www.knoxgothic.com/pleasure/cemeteries/

http://www.knoxvilletennessee.com/cemeteries.html

http://www.potifos.com/cemeteries.html

http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/issues/v80/n ... e.70a.html

http://hallphotographers.com/travel_us/406.shtml

http://www.books-maps.com/US_TN/TYS.html


That should be a good start

On Concord Road in Farragut, just off of Kingston Pike is one of the oldest cemetaries around here. I believe it's called Pleasant Forest. The stones are really old, and very beautiful.

Thanks for the info so far. I have yet another question. I have a photo of one famous grave , Ernest Hemmingway. His grave and that of his wife's was covered with coins. I have often wondered what the meaning of this was. Anyone know?
Again..thanks.

if i i had to guess id say it has to do with the whole giving a coin to the ferryman thing (river of styx), but i dont know. plus i never liked Ernest Hemmingway at all so if its a ref to something of his i missed it.

I left a coin on a grave once because I found out that the tender collected them and used them for upkeep. I just wanted to somehow leave a mark that I'd been there, and help out a bit cause the grave was so old.

It was while I was on a little trip in Baltimore...

Jeeves brought me to this:

[The custom of placing coins under the tongue of the corpse first appears among the Ancient Greeks, where mourners sought to provide the departed with the toll for the ferry crossing of the River Styx. Coins have also been placed on the eyes to help them shut.

The modern custom of placing coins near or upon the tombstone has little to do with either of these practices. Coins are impressive medallions, ready at hand and inexpensive. When one leaves a coin at a grave, he/she leaves a sign: "One who admires this person was here."]