BLAKE CEMETERY, westside of Hwy 431, LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE.
Mapping the Location

Overviews of the Blake Cemetery: 5168/5169/5170/5206/5224/5225/5226/5227/5228/5229/5230/5231/5232/5233/5234/5235/5236/5238/5239/5240

BEARDEN, Clara Olivia, Dau of B.F.& S.M. Bearden Nov 26, 1844 - Feb 15, 1847. 5198/5200/footstone C.O.B.:5199
BEARDEN, Mary A., wife of D.H. Bearden, Nov 3, 1831 - Feb 18, 1854 My beloved Mother. 5201C/5201
BEARDEN, Sarah Ann, Dau of D.H.& M.A. Bearden, Aug 25, 1852 - Apr 9, 1886. 5221C/5221/5222
BLACKWELL, Catharine D. (Blake), wife of William C. Blackwell, Jun 26, 1831 - Feb 7, 1855. 5202C/5202/5206
BLAKE, William D. , Jan 1, 1798 - May 7, 1850. Our beloved Father  5223C/5223/5224
BLAKE, Delia C., wife of William D. Blake, Dec 18, 1805 - Apr 1, 1879, Age 34. 5219C/5219/5220
BLAKE, John W., (b. cir 1792) - died Feb 8, 1862, Aged 70 years. Our beloved Father 5208/5209/5210
BLAKE, Mary A., wife of John W. Blake, (b. cir 1791) - died Apr 10, 1868, Aged 77 years. Our beloved Mother.  5207C/5207/5210
BLAKE, William F. , Sep 29, 1813 - Jul 28, 1858. 5179/footstone W.F.B.: 5178/5180/5183
BLAKE, Harriett M., May 27, 1819 - Aug 2, 1855  wife of William F. Blake 5182/footstone H.M.B.:5181/5183
BLAKE, Lucy H., Mar 14, 1841 - Jul 9, 1860. Our beloved Sister.  5218C/5218
BLAKE, John R. , Oct 6, 1829 - Mar 7, 1882 Our beloved Brother  5215
BLAKE, Stephen D. Oct 25, 1830 - Aug 7, 1884 Our beloved Brother. 5212/5211/5213/5214
BLAKE, Emily V., Dau of J.W. & M.A. Blake, (b. abt 1836) - died Mar 23, 1856, age 20 yrs. 5203/5204/5205/5206
BUVINGER, Charles, died May 17, 1909 age: 50 yrs. His wife was the dau of George Carmack (unmarked grave)
CARMACK, George C. Carmack* died-Sep 1908, Served in C.S.A. left a Son: Sam C. Carmack (unmarked grave)
GILLISPIE, Martha D., wife of George C. Gillespie, Sep 19, 1846 - Aug 20, 1868 & daughter of H.M. & Mary S. Blake  5175/footstone  M.D.G.: 5173
HAMPTON, William T., Son of W.W. & Delia E. Hampton, Jul 11, 1869 - Dec 29, 1879. 5217C/5217
HAMPTON, Mary E., Dau of W.W. & Delia E. Hampton, Jul 25, 1872 - Jun 25, 1874. 5216C/5216/5237
HANAWAY, Lucetta Blanton, Warren Hanaway, Oct 16, 1848 - Aug 31, 1937. 5192/5193
HARRIS, Infant Son of R.& S.A. Harris, b.&d. Oct 22, 1868. 5177
H. . . . . ., footstone initials H., no other information. 5174
SMITH, Fannie Lou, Dau of A.C.& S.A. Smith, died-Jul 24, 1896, age: 11y, 8m, 5d. (unmarked grave)
THORNTON, Mrs Phenton Thornton died-May 5, 1899 age:(not given) left a Son: Matt, & a Dau: Mrs Saunders. (unmarked grave)
WARREN, T. K., died 1887 Father (no other dates)  (unmarked grave) 5187/5189
WARREN, Elizabeth A., wife of T.K. Warren, Apr 7, 1817 - Jul 30, 1880.  5188/5189
WARREN, John B. Son of T.K. & E.A. Warren, Feb 22, 1837 - Aug 31, 1855. 5195/5196/5197
WARREN, William Henry, Jun 9, 1848 - Oct 10, 1877. 5192 footstone W.H.W. in far northeast corner of Cem: 5190/5191/5193
WARREN, William Henry Clinkscales, Jul 15, 1877 - Dec 29, 1881. 5192/5193
WOODARD, Mrs Polly, widow of R.S. Woodard, died Nov 10, 1897, age: (not given), Dau of ----- Hatcher. (unmarked grave)

fieldstones marking graves: 5171/5172/5176/5184/5185/5186
One of several footstone bases without the initialed top: 5194
Many unmarked graves.
 

The folks here made a point of telling me the damage to this cemetery was done by a previous owner. I can generally agree in that as it looked like most of the stones had fallen long ago, but I did see evidence otherwise. When I exited the cemetery and was in the truck I saw young steers crossing the premises of the cemetery and they had also left their calling card (poop) in the cemetery. There was a watering trough set inside the cemetery on the end and these calves were drinking from it. Best I can tell livestock have trampled both sides of the rock wall and were using the cemetery to cross from one field to another. Either way it would do no good to fix this cemetery and watch it fall apart again until the cattle are fenced out. Also need I remind us that the vegetation then needs constant attention or the trees and growth will do as much damage as the cattle in the long run as the giant limbs etc, fall down on the stones and in some cases burying the stones forever as giant rootballs flip up into the air from a falling tree flinging the stones around. Your choice is to find a loving caretaker volunteer/set up a maintenance fund to do that or just leave it as is. Well another option is to move the whole cemetery to a safe place elsewhere. At least the cattle will not do much more harm until the rock wall falls more, then the few stones standing will also be knocked over including the one or three I set back up.

This presentation is based on the photography of C. Wayne Austin 6 May 2015. Some of this material was presented on page 434 Lincoln Co Cemeteries (book.) Added here 16 May 2015.