COUNTIES
COUNTIES TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THAT LIST THIS YEAR FIFTEEN
COUNTIES ARE4@ STILL LISTED AS
DISTRESSED THE PEOPLE BE4@ARING
HERE ON GETTING TO JUZ DO
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE
BURIED IN AN ABANDONED KNOX
COUNTY CEMETERY CEMETERY SITS
OFF FULLER AVENUE AND ADDISON4@
STREET IN EAST NAK SELF AND
HISTORIANS BELIEVE IT IS4@
THE OLDEST AND POSSIBLY
LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN
CEMETERY4@ IN THE KNOXVILLE
AREA FOR GENERATIONS OF
NEGLECT HAVE LEFT IT
OVERRIDDEN WITH TREES BRUSH
ROADS4@ EVEN HOMES AND BEGS
THE QUESTION WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR4@ MAINTAINING
IT AND HOW DID A GET TO THIS
WAY THAT WE BE I ARE TISH
REPORTER STEPHANIE HAYNES
EXPLAINS ABOUT ONE SOME OF
GEORGE CAN DOES A BIT OF
UPKEEP AROUND HIS FAMILY'S
GREAT IDEAS FOR WITH
THE NATURAL THING TO DO HIS
UNCLE COUSIN4@ IN LAW AND HIS
FATHER ARE BURIED ALONG
FULLE4@R AVENUE NEAR ADDISON
STREET IN4@ EAST KNOXVILLE
4@ MINUTE READY KEEPER TO CLEAN
AND PRESENTABLE SPOUSE
BECAUSE THE OTHER GRAVES4@
DON'T LOOK LIKE ANTS IN FACT
IT'S HARD EVEN SEE THEM AT
ALL. I KNOW EVEN WHEN I GREW
UP KNOW WHENEVER SIT4@ THIS IS
THE SPORT SIMILAR TO. IT
REALLY DOES LOOKS LIKE AN
OVERGROWN4@ FARCE A WASTELAND
THE WORST JUNGLE YOU POSSIBLY
THANK A HISTORIAN ROBERT
MCGINNIS SAYS THE CEMETERY TO
ITS BACK TO EIGHTEEN THIRTY
SIX4@ WHEN A SETTLER BOUGHT
THE LAND AND SET IT ASIDE FOR
THE FIRST4@ AFRICAN AMERICAN
CEMETERY IN KNOXVILLE AND
WITH PRIMARILY YOU BUT
FRIEDMAN AND SLAVES BOTH4@. SHE
BELIEVES MORE THAN FIVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE VERY4@
THEIR NOT BEEN USE NOW FOR
ALMOST4@ EIGHTY YEARS WE KNOW
OF HE SAID OVER THE YEARS
GROUPS HAVE TRIED TO4@ CLEAN IT
UP BUT THE VEGETATION JUST
THROUGH BACK YOU HAVE TO PUSH
THEM ASIDE TO SEE IF
THE TAILS ONLY ON THE GROUND
UNLESS SHE4@ LACTIC SNAKES AND
SPIDERS RATS4@ WOULDN'T GO
THERE NO ONE KNOWS FOR4@ SURE
THE ORIGINS OF THE NEED EAST
PORT NORRIS EXACT BOUNDARIES
MCGUINNESS THINKS IN TOTAL
THE CEMETERY IS ABOUT FOUR
ACRES AND MIGHT EVEN GO4@
BEYOND ADDISON AVENUE IN
COLOR ST4@ AND THATS ROADS IN
SOME HOUSES COULD BE BUILT
UPON GRADES AND4@ EVEN ITS
OWNERSHIP IS PARTLY A MYSTERY
RECORDS SHOW THE LAND IS4@ DID
TO FIFTEEN CEMETERY WITH NO
RECORD BEFORE THAT AND SOME
OF THAT IS OWNED BY YOU
THE TAXPAYER OR SURVEYOR
ACTUALLY FOUND A GRAVESIDE
ITS KNOX COUNTY WOUND UP
GETTING TWO PARCELS OF LAND
THREE TAX SALE IN TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN. BEFORE THAT
ONE PARCEL WAS CITY4@ OWNED ANY
OTHER WAS NEEDED TO A JONES
SETON STARBUCKS SAID
THE COUNTY ISN'T REQUIRED TO
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO4@ IT
HAPPENS BASICALLY KEEP
THE PROPERTY AS IS IN THIS4@
CASE AT THE CEMETERY SO YOU
AND AND THE PROPERTY IS WHAT
IT IS AS WE'RE NOT REALLY4@
LIABLE TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER
AS YOU'VE SEEN NOT PROPERLY I
MEAN IT WOULD COST A LOT OF
MONEY TO COMPLETELY4@ CLEAN
MONEY AND A PASSION PASSION
THAT MCINNIS BELIEVES
DISINTEGRATED OVER TIME4@ WHEN
THE FOUND AGO SOME OR ELSE
AND THERE'S NO O4@NE LEFT TO GO
PUT THE FLOWERS ARE GREAT
YOUR CREAM4@ BECOMES A BAND
THAT CAN'T IS AN READY TO
GIVE UP YES PEOPLE VERY HERE
ON GETTING TO JUZ4@ DO BECAU4@E
I'M SURE4@ MANY OTHER FAMILIES
OR NO4@ LONGER AROUND SO YOU
CAN PUT ON THE FAMILY'S ALL
HE CAN DO AT THIS POINT HE
SAYS IS KEEP HIS PLOT WELL4@
CAPS AND HOPE HIS EXAMPLE
INSPIRES OTHERS4@ REALLY
APPRECIATED4@ AND NO ONE ELSE
IS GOING SEVENTEEN STAY NEW4@S
THE COUNTY SAID IT WOULD
CONSIDER SELLING THE LAND TO
AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP WHO
SHOWED INTEREST IN RECAPPING
THE CEMETERY4@ BUT EVERYONE
AGREES IT WOULD REQUIRE A
MASSIVE CLEANUP TOMORROW WE
INTRODUCE YOU