Rafter Friends Cemetery
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Rafter Friends Cemetery

Also known as Rafter Friends Chapel Cemetery , Rafter Friends Church Cemetery

Rafter, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA

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    Coordinates: 35.39584, -84.16978
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Rafter Chapel Meeting of Friends was begun in the early 1880's by Rev. John Farr who also started Quaker Meetings at Farr's Chapel and Oak Grove in Monroe County, Tennessee. The Meeting was originally called Grassy Flats and was located where many years later Flats Creek was impounded (dammed) to create Indian Boundary Lake. The area, which surrounds the lake, is more commonly referred to Whiteoak [AKA White Oak] Flats. Meetings were held in the Lovin School in a nearby community. Grassy Flats School (1908-1928) and White Oak Flats School (1928-1936) were built after the Friends Meeting had moved.



In 1903, the Friends Meeting was moved closer to Rafter, Tennessee and was called Roger's Chapel. The meetinghouse (church building) was built on land donated by the Andrew Rogers family. It was east of Rafter, near the current Belcher Loop Road intersection with Rafter Road. About 1944, a new meetinghouse was built a mile closer to Rafter (near Nickels Branch Rd) and named Rafter Chapel Friends Meeting (AKA Rafter Friends Meetinghouse). The first two pastors of Rafter Chapel, Edward Linton and Howard Yates, were instrumental in getting electric power to the Rafter community in 1952. Many improvements were made to the church after that.



Rafter Friends Chapel is now an independent Quaker church. As seen on the church sign, it is currently called Rafter Friends Church (with "Quaker" off to the right-hand side). It is located on Rafter Road, about 0.6 miles from the intersection of Rafter Road and Cane Creek Mountain Road in Rafter. The cemetery is located next to the church.



Rafter Chapel Meeting of Friends was begun in the early 1880's by Rev. John Farr who also started Quaker Meetings at Farr's Chapel and Oak Grove in Monroe County, Tennessee. The Meeting was originally called Grassy Flats and was located where many years later Flats Creek was impounded (dammed) to create Indian Boundary Lake. The area, which surrounds the lake, is more commonly referred to Whiteoak [AKA White Oak] Flats. Meetings were held in the Lovin School in a nearby community. Grassy Flats School (1908-1928) and White Oak Flats School (1928-1936) were built after the Friends Meeting had moved.



In 1903, the Friends Meeting was moved closer to Rafter, Tennessee and was called Roger's Chapel. The meetinghouse (church building) was built on land donated by the Andrew Rogers family. It was east of Rafter, near the current Belcher Loop Road intersection with Rafter Road. About 1944, a new meetinghouse was built a mile closer to Rafter (near Nickels Branch Rd) and named Rafter Chapel Friends Meeting (AKA Rafter Friends Meetinghouse). The first two pastors of Rafter Chapel, Edward Linton and Howard Yates, were instrumental in getting electric power to the Rafter community in 1952. Many improvements were made to the church after that.



Rafter Friends Chapel is now an independent Quaker church. As seen on the church sign, it is currently called Rafter Friends Church (with "Quaker" off to the right-hand side). It is located on Rafter Road, about 0.6 miles from the intersection of Rafter Road and Cane Creek Mountain Road in Rafter. The cemetery is located next to the church.



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