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    1. [TNCOFFEE] Directions to Mt. Hebron Cemetery
    2. Jess Lewis
    3. Someone was asking directions to Mt. Hebron Cemetery near Gossburg. This is in old Civil District #1, in northern Coffee Co. >From Interstate Hwy 24 Exit 97 at Beechgrove, go North on State Hwy. 64 approx. 2 miles, toward Gossburg. At this point, the road crosses Sutton's Branch. This will be the 1st bridge and stream that you will cross. The Cemetery is about 200 yards East of this point. Just look to your left when you get to the bridge and you should see it up along the hill side. The only logical way to drive (or walk) up to the cemetery, is through the barn lot on the left, that you passed, just before arriving at the bridge. Any other way would require you to cross the creek (Sutton's Branch) that curves around the hill just below the cemetery. There used to be a fancy old white house next to the barn lot, (the old Moore Farm), but it finally decayed and was removed a few years ago. A new home now is at the same location. I don't think the people at the house are too hard nosed and I simply just drove up to the cemetery, a few years ago, with no problem. I probably should have asked, though. The Tullahoma Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans cleaned the cemetery several years ago, and I understood that some sort of fund was being set up to clean it, from time to time. But, that has been a while back. There are about 100 marked graves in the ancient cemetery. Several Confederate Vets. Many more graves are marked only with a field stone. Jess Lewis http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/

    11/02/2002 09:22:46