This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VgB.2ACE/677 Message Board Post: Could anyone give me directions from Byrdstown to the Howard Cem. in Pickett Co.? I've been told that it is a very old cemetery and is located in a very out of the way place. Thanks.

From Richard Pierce's book, "Gone But Not Quite Forgotten".............. Howard Cemetery- From Byrdstown, take South Main St. (Clark Mtn. Rd.). Travel 1.5 miles to top of hill. Turn east (left) at crossroads. Still on Clark Mtn. Rd, travel 3.3 miles. At intersection of Clark Mtn. Rd. and Robbins./Faix Rd., Turn southwest (right) onto Robbins/Faix Rd. Travel 8.9 miles. Turn onto Jeep trail. Travel about 1 mile. Turn south (right) onto another trail and travel about 0.1 mile. Richard's book also says that Howard Cemetery is located on Crickett Creek , about 2.4 miles from an old barn at Robbinstown. There are approximately 25 graves with only two being properly marked. Those are Eliga Smith 04 Mar 1854 to 27 May 1910 and Mary Howard Smith 25 Jan 1850 to 20 Jan 1928. Hope this helps. Howard Groce -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gerriwoodwin@cox.net Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:28 AM To: TNPICKET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNPICKET-L] directions to howard cem. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VgB.2ACE/677 Message Board Post: Could anyone give me directions from Byrdstown to the Howard Cem. in Pickett Co.? I've been told that it is a very old cemetery and is located in a very out of the way place. Thanks. ==== TNPICKET Mailing List ==== To contact the list Coordinator Shawn Gray Mailto:octk@netzero.com or Richard M. Howland. mailto:richpump@sbcglobal.net

Gerri, I went to the Pickett County Library (by the way, they are now in their new location on West Main Street just west of the Regions Bank - very nice!) and looked in Richard Pierce's cemetery book "Gone but not quite forgotten" and this is what it has on the Howard Cemetery: Located on Crickett Creek, about 2.4 miles from old barn at Robbinstown. There are approximately 25 graves; only two are properly marked. Marked graves: 1. Eliga Smith 04 March 1854 27 May 1910. Son of George W. and Judith Garrett Smith; Brother to John "Booher" Smith of Monroe TN. 2. Mary Howard Smith 25 January 1850 20 January 1928 Eliga and Mary Smith are the grandparents of Cecil Smith of Grimsley in Fentress Co., TN. Cecil was born and raised on Tater's Hill. He stated he has five brothers, one sister, one nephew and one cousin buried here with fieldstone marked graves. Fieldstone Marked Graves number approximately 23. Those identified include: 3. Earl Clinton SMith (stillborn) 19 May 1923 19 May 1923 4. Aufra Oldis (Alfred Otus) Smith 25 May 1921 11 September 1923 5. Arthur Smith (Stillborn) 23 December 1928 23 December 1928 6. Flossie Smith (Stillborn) 23 December 1929 23 December 1929 7. Denton Smith (stillborn) 23 October 1932 23 October 1932 8. Charles SMith (stillborn) 17 July 1937 17 July 1937 Special thanks to Cecil Smith for his help in supplying data. --- Gerri, I was told that this cemetery is off Robbinstown Road after you turn left at the intersection where Winningham road splits off. There is an old farm map in A. R. Hogue's History of Fentress County, TN, 1916 that shows where Crickett Creek is locate, and running into the East Fork of Obey River just north of Riverton. Getting from Byrdstown to Crickett Creek might take some more specific instructions than what I have, but I know that if you take the Moodyville Road east (325) toward Moodyville and turn right onto Faix Road and go to the top of the mountain where the road splits, and take the left split, and just keep on that road, it will take you to the area you want to be in. You would be looking for the intersection of Robbinstown and Winningham roads. It's a ways back there, but the road has recently been paved and is an excellent road for the country. Hope this is of some help, and if I can answer other questions, don't hesitate to ask. To other members of the list: If anyone knows that I have given the wrong instructions, please don't hestitate to correct it for Gerri. Willie ----- Original Message ----- From: <gerriwoodwin@cox.net> To: <TNPICKET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: [TNPICKET-L] directions to howard cem. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VgB.2ACE/677 > > Message Board Post: > > Could anyone give me directions from Byrdstown to the Howard Cem. in > Pickett Co.? I've been told that it is a very old cemetery and is located > in a very out of the way place. Thanks. > > > ==== TNPICKET Mailing List ==== > To contact the list Coordinator > Shawn Gray Mailto:octk@netzero.com or > Richard M. Howland. mailto:richpump@sbcglobal.net > >

Gerri and list, Okay, I just read Howard Groce's directions, and he has given better directions from Byrdstown. Go by his directions. Willie ----- Original Message ----- From: <gerriwoodwin@cox.net> To: <TNPICKET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: [TNPICKET-L] directions to howard cem. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VgB.2ACE/677 > > Message Board Post: > > Could anyone give me directions from Byrdstown to the Howard Cem. in > Pickett Co.? I've been told that it is a very old cemetery and is located > in a very out of the way place. Thanks. > > > ==== TNPICKET Mailing List ==== > To contact the list Coordinator > Shawn Gray Mailto:octk@netzero.com or > Richard M. Howland. mailto:richpump@sbcglobal.net > >