For those of us who trace our ancestors through the generations
that resided in Flatcreek, Tennessee, we have ancestors buried in that area.
The Farrar Family Inc., line is as follows: Farrar’s Island immigrant
William, William, William, George, William, Abel, Jordan, Joseph H., Lewis
and Joseph V. Farrar, Sr.
Jordan Farrar and his wife, Priscilla (Riggins), had at least six children
of which Joseph H. Farrar was one. Joseph and his wife, Permelia (Howard),
had at least 13 children of which Lewis Tillman Farrar was one. Lewis
was born in Flatcreek.
Jordan is buried in Flatcreek but his grave site at this time is unknown.
His son Joseph is buried in the old Flatcreek Cemetery along with Joseph’s
wife, and his wife’s mother.
The graves in the Old Flatcreek Cemetery were documented in a book published
some years ago. The cemetery is listed as number 25 and it's residents
are listed on page 276, 277 and 278.
Click
on this link to see those pages.
Currently, the cemetery is not maintained.
Click on
this link to see a location map. Be sure to contact the owners
of the property that you must go through if you want to visit the cemetery.
Click
on this link to see more exact directions to find the area of
the cemetery that contains the graves of those mentioned above.
Some photos are contained here:
Joseph H.
Farrar and his wife Permelia M. Farrar. Additional photos of
these two
headstones may help you locate them but will also show the lack of care
of this cemetery.
We are planning a work day in 2006 to attempt to at least clear the area
around the graves of the Farrar. The cemetery is large and contains
many graves and it would take a larger program to clean it up into a respectable
condition.
