CROCKETT FAMILY CEMETERY, Pratt Rd., COFFEE COUNTY, TENNESSEE

This map shows the GPS coordinates of the Crockett Family Cemetery as N 35.43791 X W -85.96607. 

Coming from Nashville exit on Hillsborn Highway (#41) on exit 114 and go to Old Airport Road. Keep that several miles until you come to Pratt Road. Turn right (south) and follow that about a mile and on your left just past a residence will be the cemetery in a grove of trees near the road.

This photo looks at the cemetery showing faintly the iron fence surrounding these visible graves. First you must see thru the dense briars which completely covers this cemetery. Now I know why the Findagrave crowd has not photographed these stones. You will get wounded trying to get photos here, unless the trees eventually shade out the blackberry vines this is permanent. Do not burn this cemetery. The fire will damage the stones. Not having my brush cutting gear I used a large stick to beat down the briars best I could, including mashing them down carefully with my foot. (bad idea because the thorns got into my shoe and five days later they reared their ugly heads on an early morning walk in Alabama.)  This thrashing formed a narrow path and allowed me one trip thru the briars to secure the photos. Clearing the stones of briars for the photos presented an extra hazard. My path was so inconspicuous that you cannot see it in this photo.

A sling blade works fairly well in eliminating briars but you will still get some pricks that way. The blade will become entangled and pull the briars toward you for some choice ouches.

Findagrave crowd be aware if you steal these photos and add them to findagrave I will come after one with a vengeance, because of the briar sticks I endured. I don't have a problem with them being there, but just without my name & the photo date, because that is bad science. Well, it is only right that someone will see the need to clear this cemetery for the public to visit and repair.
Mapping from MS Streets & Trips & Google mapping sites. Modified and added here 22 Jan 2015 by C. Wayne Austin.