Bell Cemetery

Bell Cemetery is a Tennessee historical marker in Unicoi County.

Unicoi Co. TN 107, opposite Bell Cemetery, Between Unicoi and North Carolina line

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Here are buried the nine victims of a massacre of Union sympathizers by a detachment of Confederate cavalry from the command of Col. V.A. Witcher, Jr. A marker at the grave site gives their names.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1776 · Map Of North And South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers. (Northern Section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1935 · Unicoi, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1939 · Unicoi, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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