ABERNATHY-PITTARD CEMETERY, Chicken
Creek Rd, west side, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
This map shows the GPS coordinates of the Abernathy-Pittard Cemetery as N
35.17779 X W 87.10180.
Go south on Hwy 31 from Pulaski and turn west (right) on the 64 bypass and then back
left (south) on Chicken Creek Road. Pass Richardson Road on the right and Short
Road on the left. Go another 1/2 mile and the cemetery is behind and NW of the Waldon family
home which used to be the Kennedy family farm. Mr. Waldon's wife inherited the
place from her mother who was a Kennedy and I think somewhere back in the line
were the Abernathys'. Mrs. Waldon said that the Pittards' were friends of the
Abernathy's in the community. I suspect if one follows the information trail there
is a marriage somewhere that helped seal a family connection. This is the graves
of the Charles Grandison Pittard b. 1809 and the William D. Abernathy b. 1800
families. To get there from standing at the Waldon home looking at the home one
goes left across the creek; to the left of the barn, and up the slope. Cross over
a tree line (thru an opening going northwest). Then follow a small narrow cleared area back to
the cemetery located to the right 50 feet of a giant Pin Oak tree. This is
northwest of the home about 400 yards. This cleared area is mowed by Mr. Waldon.
If he ever gets to the point he is unable to do that then all the vegetation
will change.
This aerial map shows the cemetery under the trees out northwest from the Waldon
home which is back from the road a few hundred yards.
Mapping from ACME Mapper 2.1, MS Streets & Trips & MS Bing mapping. Modified
and added here 3 May 2017 by C. Wayne Austin.