Barnett Cemetery
The Barnett cemetery is located east of the Stonewall Road and Hwy 70 intersection in Elmwood
community. It is on Ford Way Lane halfway between the house and highway on the Ford farm.
GPS 36-13-142N 85-52-866W
Barnett, James Fleming M.D. 1856-1894
There are 25-30 other unmarked and marked by fieldstone graves that are said to be
the burial place of the Ford family slaves. This cemetery is appox. 150 yards from
the Ford family cemetery on the same farm.
Go To The Nichols-Ford Cemetery Pictures
Dr. Barnett was an Afro-American said to have came here from northern United States.
Many years ago the family of those buried here use to visit and had a plat of the
burials. The existence of this plat is no longer known.
Listed in Smith County Tennessee Cemeteries-South of the Cumberland River (1983) page 258.
Also listed in Cemetery Records of Smith County Tennessee by Louise Gillespie Lynch (1978)
page 105. (Incorrectly called the Barrett Cemetery in both books)
Uploaded December 12, 2006
