You might think it's a bit unusual to do a blog about cemeteries, maybe even bordering on morbid, but the headstones do reveal bits of history relative to the time and area. Below is a view of the cemetery behind the Primitive Baptist Church, established in 1827.
Sandy pointed the headstone below to me. I wonder who the North Carolina Rebels were and why were they in Cades Cove? Plundering booty? Stealing cattle? Running away with moonshine? Sneaking off with cornmeal? Guess I'll never know.
This is a picture of the Methodist church, which has two front doors. It was built in 115 days for $115 by J. D. McCampbell, who was a blacksmith, carpenter and also the minister here.
Look closely at this headstone. It appears that the person who carved this out didn't plan out the spacing properly. The inscription reads" Was blind here, but now sees the beauties of heaven". The word see shows on the first line, and the "s" shows up on the far left side of second line. 
Then came the headstone for David Sparks who is somehow related to Mary Sparks, maybe he was her husband. Look closely at all the words with the letter "h" in them. Maybe this was written by a person with dyslexia.
We saw quite a few graves for infants, most of them were topped by a small lamb. I really like the inscription on the bottom of the headstone.
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