SORRELLS (Thomas) CEMETERY, N. side Sorrells Rd,
LINCOLN COUNTY
TENNESSEE
This map shows the GPS coordinates of the Thomas Sorrells Cemetery as N 35.35643 X W
-86.59409.These coordinates are an estimate whereas the actual coordinates may
be as much as 100 to 200 yards different. The yellow highlighted area is the
most likely area to find this temporarily lost cemetery. You will not find the
cemetery on the west side of the branch nor at the top of the hill according to
Sherry.
Location: From
Fayetteville go north many miles on Highway 231 to Chestnut Ridge and turn left
on Hwy 129 (Chestnut Ridge to Petersburg Rd). Follow that about 3 miles and turn
left on Bledsoe Road and go something under three miles and turn left on Hannah
Gap Road. The Hannah Gap Baptist Church is on your right just before you turn
left. Follow Hannah Gap Road 7 tenths of a mile and look to the right (north) up
a slope and at a Farm road. Turn in and
follow the Farm Road north up the slope north about 100 yards. Next turn right
(walking)
and go down into the ravine and up the other side where these graves should be
found on the side of the slope not far from the ravine. Marked there should be
visible Cemetery vine (called Periwinkle). Look also for a place where the soil
depth is enough for a graveyard since this is rocky type land. Go here in March
or February when the Periwinkle is green and everything else is brown with dormancy.
The
cemetery will then stand out enough to be seen. You are looking for a flat grey
granite marker and a sharp pointed fieldstone standing up (I hope) as shown in
the photos above.
This modified and labeled Google view shows the field road and about the place
to cross the stream of water. Do not use the yellow arrow as the exact place to
cross this stream. It may not be exact enough. The cemetery may be found further
north (up) than this crossing.
Other Notes: The GPS to this cemetery is
approximate. A team of persons went there 1 Jul 2015 and was unable to find the
marker set 15 years ago by the Sherry Sorrells Finchum family, but a revisit
will attempt again to find this place in the future on a February or March day.
This cemetery is populated by a unique looking fieldstone and other marked
graves including the flat granite marker set about year 2000 in this place. That
should be located up the field road north a 100 yards or so and turn right and
go down into the ravine and up the other side where these graves should be found
on the side of the slope not far from the ravine. Marked there should be visible
Cemetery vine and place where the soil depth is enough for a graveyard.
There is legitimately these three known Sorrells Cemeteries in Sorrells Hollow
and Hannah Gap n Lincoln & Marshall County, Tennessee:
1. William H. Sorrells Cemetery in Marshall Co on N. Sorrells Rd. (at least 7
known burials)
2. James E. Sorrells Cemetery Marshall Co on S. side of Sorrells Rd. (at least 4
known burials)
3. Thomas Sorrells (father of above) Cemetery located inside the Lincoln Co. on
same road (named Hannah Gap Rd.)on the N. side of road.(at least 3 known
burials)
Mapping from ACME Maps, MS Streets & Trips, mapping sites
modified
and added here.
Added here by C Wayne
Austin for the family of Sherry (Sorrells) Finchum 1 Jul 2015.