The Burntstand Cemetery Collection. Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, Tennessee. Record Group Five

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1 The Collection Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, Tennessee Record Group Five

2 Collection Series: I Planning and Correspondence Box l Series: II Data Sheets and Grave Plotting Box l Maps Series: III Photographs Box Series: IV Miscellaneous Papers Concerning Box 3 Disinterrment from J. Percy Priest and Cordell Hull Dam Areas

3 The Collection includes maps, photographs, business correspondence and legal correspondence regarding the relocation of. The photographs illustrate.. the brmer location of which was behind the east side of the stadium. The maps show the plots that were on Tennessee Tech property and the intended relocation plots at Shipley Cemetery where approximately l70 bodies V1 1 ere moved. The business correspondence necessary for relocating the cemetery is contained in the collection. The papers include corr~spondence with city, state and federal agencies. The Legal correspondence consists of part of a deed originally signed by Jere Whitson giving clear title of the Land to Tennessee Tech and Laws concerning the management and regulation of cemeteries... Miscellaneous papers from the Percy Priest Reservoir Cemetery Relocation plan were acguire.d from the U.S. Army Engineer District and \Jl,ere included in this c:jllection because Tennessee Tech officials used them as a guide for the Burnts tand project.

4 Rec ::>rd Group: 5 Series: L Collection Planning and Correspondence Certificate of Death for Jimmy Donald Bohannon Certificate of Death for Cora Kelma Bilyeu Certificate of Death of Ruth Elese Bilyeu Certificate of Death for John Donalson Certificate of Death for Jack Hughes Certificate of Death for William David Jackson Certificate of Death for Robert Kirby Certificate of Death for Francis K.i.rby Certificate of Death for Lucy Belle Kirby Certificate of Death for James Les Lie Kirby Death Certificate for Charley Kirby Death Certificate for the Infant of Harvey &. Ethel Kirby Death Certificate for James Les Lie Kirby Death Certificate for Ned Ramsey Death Certificate for Sarah Ramsey Death Cert.ificate for T. J. Rittenberry Death Certificate for William Dee Rittenberry Death Certificate for Edward Harrison Stewart Death Certificate for Sarah Eli7abeth Steward Death Certificate for A Lice Keith Taylor

5 Record Group: 5 Series: l Collection Planning and Correspcmdence Deed Concerning Signed by Jere Whitson Oct. l9l Correspondence Between Vice-President of Tech, Leonard Crawford and Jordan L. Antle, Chief, Real Estate Division, U.S. Army Engineer District Apr l966 Identification of Graves in Cemetery on TIU Campus Worksheet Identifying Graves in Cemetery on TTU Campus Memo to President Derryberry from Vice-President Crawford June 66 Letter to Mrs. Mary R. Baird, Director of Vital Statistics, Department of Public Health from Leonard Crawford June 66 Leonard Cra~,ford Memo July 66 Laws Concerning the Management and Regulation of Cemeteries Letter to Leonard Crawford from Gene Rogers, President Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Dec l966 Letter to Leonard Crawford from Jimmie Sc:Jtt, Chairman Cookeville Cemetery Board Jan l967 Dis interring and Reinterring Instructions Part II-Technical Provisions Disinterring and Reinterring Leonard Crawford Memo Feb l966 Correspondence from Maddux, Cameron and Jared Law Firm Concerning Apr l967 Invoice with List of Death Certificates Located for Bodies at Aug l967

6 Record Gr'.Jup: 5 Series: l Burn ts ta nd Cemetery Collection Planning and Correspcmdence l Summary of E~1ents Leading to Relocation of the Burntstand Cemetery Written by Leonard Crawford (Draft Copy) Correspondence from State Registrar Authorh:ing Relocation of Aug 67 Correspondence from McNeill Grave Marker Company Sep 1967 Consent & Authorization for the Bodies of W. D. Rittenberry, Effie Rittenberry Johnson, Charlotte Chism, Wesley Chism, and Mary Chism to be Moved to Shipley Cemetery Sep 1968 Blank Consent and Authorization Form Grave Data and Relocation Authorization, OVD Form 166 Memo from Leonard Crawford to William Jones, Business Manager Concerning Bids for Dis interring and Re interring (Bids Included) Oct Memo from Leonard Crawford to President Derryberry Concerning Work Done on Land Adjoining the Shipley Cemetery Oct Record of Conversation With Attorney General George Mccanless Nov Memo fr)m Crawford to President Derryberry Dec 1968 Final Decree on Land Feb 1969 Warranty Deed Oct Letter from President of Citizens Bank to Trustees of Shipley Cemetery May 1969 Copy of Check from Hooper &. Huddleston Funeral Home to Trustees, Shipley Cemetery and Copy of Receipt at Shipley Bank to Trust Fund to Shipley Cemetery Trustees May [969 Copy of Bill from Hooper & Huddleston for Moving Burntstand Cemetery May

7 Record Group: 5 Series: l Collection Planning and Correspondence l L.ist of Items Trustees Received from Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home May l969 Memo Listing Where Knovvn Bodies were Moved to May 1969 Series: 3 Shipley Cemetery.Addition Plotting Map Data Sheets & Grave Plotting Maps General Data Sheet on Disinterrment and Reinterrment of Human Remains from the Cemetery Relocations General Data Sheet ( Copies) Map of Cemetery on TTU Property ( Copies) Map of Shipley Cemetery Series: 3 Photographs l Area Behind Stadium Behind Stadium (Headstone Visible) 4

8 Record Group: 5 Series: 3 Collection Photographs 9 10 LL LS Bu:tntstand Cemetery Contact Photo,, 1 1th 9 shots of Contact Photo With 4 Shots of Contact Shots (4) of Area Where Remains Were Excavated from Contact Shots () One of Land at that had been Recently Dug up. # Shot is of Headstones at Burntstand Cemetery Graves in Phillips Cemetery, A Lgood Graves and Unknown Man in Phillips Cemetery, Algood Relocation of Graves at Shipley Cemetery Relocation of Graves at Shipley Cemetery Area and Unknown Man With Headstone with House in Background With Pick & Shovel in the Dirt Headstones at Shipley Cemetery-Donalsons 5

9 Record Gr:)up: 5 Series: 3 Collection Photographs Rittenberry Headstone at Shipley Cemetery Headstones at Shipley Cemetery Negative of Gravestones at Shipley Cemetery (Negative) Negative of Rittenberry Headstone at Shipley Cemetery (Negative) Shipley Cemetery (Negative) Shipley Cemetery With House.in Background (Negative) With Pick and Ax on the Ground (Negative) and Headst'Jne (Negative) (Negative) Rittenberry Headstone at Shipley Cemetery (Negative) With House in Backgr)und (Negative) 3 Series: 4 Miscellaneous Papers Concerning Dis interrment from J. Percy Priest and Cordell Hull Dam Areas Civil Suit #48 Concerning Eminent Domain of LO Acres in Davidson, Wilson and Rutherford Counties. Letter Explaining Procedures in Acquiring Land for the J. Percy Priest Project 6

10 Record Group: S Series: 4 Collection Miscellaneous Papers Concerning Disinterrment from J. Percy Priest and Cordell Hull Dam Areas l 3 "Suit Seeks Missing Cemetery"-Newspaper Article Percy Priest Reservoir Cemetery Relocation Plan May l969 7