Sink Cemetery
Also known as Sank Cemetery
Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
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The Cumberland Presbyterian Church established a congregation at this location, probably about 1830 and named it Sink. Alexander Shaddon and Dora Shaddon were pioneers and prominent in planting Sink Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Around 1910 it was changed from a Cumberland Presbyterian to a Presbyterian Church. The land for both the cemetery and the church was given by a Mr. Smith but the deed was lost and in 1930 the church paid Sam Patterson $300.00 for the church and cemetery land which comprises approximately 5 acres. The cemetery occupies about 4 3/4 acres and is still in use. The lower side has some unmarked Negro graves.
The oldest inscription is that of Harvey M. Weldin who died Nov. 24, 1838. It is probable that the first burial was still earlier. There is a marker at the grave of Jacob Franklin Peck placed by Alexander Doran Chapter U. S. D. 1812, Cleveland Tennessee, indicating that Peck was a soldier of the War of 1812. Maj. Robert T. Ghormley, buried here, was a Civil War Soldier on the authority of Guss Hunt, who also says that William S. Wear, interred in Sink Cemetery, was a World War Soldier.
In the Sink Presbyterian Church Cemetery there are approximately 60 field stone markers; 2 markers. unreadable; 77 inscriptions and approximately 200 unmarked graves. There is no way even to estimate the unmarked graves as most of the ground is smooth and people disagree as to the number of burials here. Some say the old part of the cemetery is full of graves and if so there are 500 or more unmarked graves, some say the old part does not contain many graves.
Sink Cemetery may be reached from Madisonville by taking New Highway 68 to Tellico Plains. Turn left onto Cherohala Skyway/Unicoi Tpke (Hwy 165). Then take an immediate left onto Bank St. Go .6 mi. Turn right onto Fairview Rd. and keep left traveling 2.3 miles. Turn left onto Old Sink Church Rd. Go one-third miles and Sink Cemetery is on the left.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church established a congregation at this location, probably about 1830 and named it Sink. Alexander Shaddon and Dora Shaddon were pioneers and prominent in planting Sink Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Around 1910 it was changed from a Cumberland Presbyterian to a Presbyterian Church. The land for both the cemetery and the church was given by a Mr. Smith but the deed was lost and in 1930 the church paid Sam Patterson $300.00 for the church and cemetery land which comprises approximately 5 acres. The cemetery occupies about 4 3/4 acres and is still in use. The lower side has some unmarked Negro graves.
The oldest inscription is that of Harvey M. Weldin who died Nov. 24, 1838. It is probable that the first burial was still earlier. There is a marker at the grave of Jacob Franklin Peck placed by Alexander Doran Chapter U. S. D. 1812, Cleveland Tennessee, indicating that Peck was a soldier of the War of 1812. Maj. Robert T. Ghormley, buried here, was a Civil War Soldier on the authority of Guss Hunt, who also says that William S. Wear, interred in Sink Cemetery, was a World War Soldier.
In the Sink Presbyterian Church Cemetery there are approximately 60 field stone markers; 2 markers. unreadable; 77 inscriptions and approximately 200 unmarked graves. There is no way even to estimate the unmarked graves as most of the ground is smooth and people disagree as to the number of burials here. Some say the old part of the cemetery is full of graves and if so there are 500 or more unmarked graves, some say the old part does not contain many graves.
Sink Cemetery may be reached from Madisonville by taking New Highway 68 to Tellico Plains. Turn left onto Cherohala Skyway/Unicoi Tpke (Hwy 165). Then take an immediate left onto Bank St. Go .6 mi. Turn right onto Fairview Rd. and keep left traveling 2.3 miles. Turn left onto Old Sink Church Rd. Go one-third miles and Sink Cemetery is on the left.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 18561
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