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Howard Public Cemetery
Monroe County,
Tennessee

Howard Public is located on the left bank of the Tellico River at mile marker 24.5L at 1,500 feet E of Vonore, Citico Road. Identified years ago as being "one hill away from Private" (i.e. Howard Family), this cemetery is very old and overgrown. Directions: From Citigo RD, turn left onto Miller RD, take a sharp right onto Howard's Chapel RD. Turn left onto Old Citico RD, turn right, turn right onto unknown RD. At end of lane, turn left at paved drive. The entrance is on the right. Other than in the winter one can barely identify it even though it borders the paved road. A "Monroe Co. Check list of Cemeteries and Graveyards" in Monroe Co. from 1939 lists "Howard's Chapel; Baptist, 8 miled E of Vonore, established 1875 or perhaps earlier, Howard family donated land, 219 graves." Due to the age and the large size visible, I suspect the described "Howard's Chapel" in 1939 is our present-day "Howard's Public"; and the current, 2003, "Howard's Chapel" has been recently established.
Spring 2012 - On a visit today we found less than 20 stones, not all legible. Those previously seen on the right side have been covered by layers of brush from the clearing of the woods next to the cemetery.

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Contributed on 2/17/19 by ashaw444
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Submitted: 2/17/19 • Approved: 2/17/19 • Last Updated: 2/20/19 • R169459-G0-S3

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