We visit a cemetery in Jonesborough, Tennessee, where the first burial occurred in 1801. The cemetery is believed to contain a mass burial site used during the cholera epidemic of 1873. Historian Anne G'Fellers Mason shares stories of the Rocky Hill Cemetery and the role it played in the town's history.
Anne G'Fellers Mason
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