Historian s work on Anderson County cemetery connects woman with family history
A historian spent years restoring a neglected cemetery off Blacks Ferry Road, restoring a family s connection with its history in the process. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 7:19 PM EDT July 3, 2021
ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. In the woods near Blacks Ferry Road, there is a small cemetery with headstones poking out of the brush like small boulders. For years, it was neglected and overgrown. Then, a local historian went to work restoring it.
In the process, he also restored a family s connection with its history. A woman had the chance to visit some of her ancestors on Saturday after Leo York collected many Tennessee Valley Authority records and identified some of the people buried there.