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Most of the tombstones in the cemetery are small and simple. (The Herald/ Joe King)
If Seymour residents think the area lacks history there is one piece of newly discovered land that could prove these skeptics dead wrong.
Discovered just two years ago, the historical cemetery located just behind St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Boyds Creek is still generating local curiosity for residents who know of its existence.
“This land doesn’t belong to the church or the other cemetery,” said Don Tousinau, a member of the church who does the landscaping for the area. “We aren’t sure who owns the land, but it is private property so there is a limit to what we can do for the upkeep.”
The plot of nearly 40 small and varying sized tombstones was first discovered when the church had purchased a neighboring piece of land that was transformed into a gravel parking lot.
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I believe this is the “Trundles Crossroads Negro Cemetery” as documented on page #263 in the Smoky Mountain Historical Society publication of “In The Shadow Of the Smokies”. In 1985 it’s location was described as being “located in the corner of a pasture directly behind the Trundles Crossroads Cemetery and the old Trundles Crossroads Methodist Church (at present Seymour Church of Christ).” An update notation made in 1993 indicates that the cemetery was “badly overgrown”. Surnames of Chandler, Davis, Moss, Sharp and Skruggs are among the burials recorded.
John Beckwith
SMHS Genealogist