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Subject: [NEWGEN] Fwd: Bristol Cemeteries / Shelby's Slave Cemetery
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:21:32 EDT

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> This is taken from another list I am on.

> This information I read in a book by Bud Phillips called Bristol VA./Tn. I
>
> found the book in the public library if you would like to read more about
it.
>
> It was a wonderful book with many stories and photos about the town. I
hope
> the little info will help someone or be of interest to someone.
> Shelby Slave Cemetery is an old burial ground that no longer exist. It
> was referred to as Grove Cemetery. It lay outside the southern wall of the
> Fort, at the present corner of Rose and 7th St. Several slaves were buried
> there and it is said the bodies of 2 friendly Indians, and an Indian
child.
> When the Rev. James King moved ( within sight of this cemetery) he buried
2
> or 3 slaves there including old Nancy who was the King household cook for
> several decades. In 1871 John G. King inherited the land including the
> cemetery . He laid the area in lots and streets and sold them in an
auction.
>
> Col. Snapp from Blountville bought the plot where the slave cemetery was.
A
> few days after the sale the Bristol newspaper reported the bodies were
being
>
> taken out of the cemetery.It is thought the bodies were moved to what is
> known as the Tennessee Colored Cemetery just off Weaver Pike in Bristol,
> Tennessee.


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This information I read in a book by Bud Phillips called Bristol VA./Tn. I
found the book in the public library if you would like to read more about it.
It was a wonderful book with many stories and photos about the town. I hope
the little info will help someone or be of interest to someone.
Shelby Slave Cemetery is an old burial ground that no longer exist. It
was referred to as Grove Cemetery. It lay outside the southern wall of the
Fort, at the present corner of Rose and 7th St. Several slaves were buried
there and it is said the bodies of 2 friendly Indians, and an Indian child.
When the Rev. James King moved ( within sight of this cemetery) he buried 2
or 3 slaves there including old Nancy who was the King household cook for
several decades. In 1871 John G. King inherited the land including the
cemetery . He laid the area in lots and streets and sold them in an auction.
Col. Snapp from Blountville bought the plot where the slave cemetery was. A
few days after the sale the Bristol newspaper reported the bodies were being
taken out of the cemetery.It is thought the bodies were moved to what is
known as the Tennessee Colored Cemetery just off Weaver Pike in Bristol,
Tennessee.


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