"Located about three quarters of a mile east of Jefferson City to the left of the highway leading from Jefferson City to Morristown can easily be seen from an overspan crossing the Southern Railroad. There are at least one hundred fifty unmarked graves. Copied by Carlyle Marney, January 12, 1937"

This is the paragraph written by Mr. Marney proceeding the listing of cemetery markers copied by him as part of the WPA project of the 1930's. He would not have been able to record the stones in this old historic cemetery by the mid 1980's, do to its neglected state.

Much of Mossy Creek's* early history lies in a mass of vines, underbrush and trees in this family treasured spot, once part of the property of the 1869 Victorian mansion, Glenmore. Once lovingly cared for by two sisters, great granddaughters of the builder of "the Oaks" (Glenmore), John Roper Branner and Deborah Massengill Branner. Mrs. Alice Carmichael and Mrs. Fanny Rogers faithfully tended the resting place of many of their ancestors, the Branners, until their own death.

The earliest known marked grave is that of Arthur Cable, who died in 1822. The first capitol, Rocky Mount was established at the Cable home. It is now set aside as an historic site. Hal Massengill married Penelope Cable and the house was also known as the Cable-Massengill home before being called "Rocky Mount."

Prominent early minsters, instrumental in establishing the Baptist Churches and the Mossy Creek Seminary, now Carson Newman College, are buried there. The Reverend Jonathan Quarles and Reverend W. Rogers among them. Rogers, who died in 1851, was the first President of Mossy Creek Baptist Seminary. Many others are of those who taught at or administered church sponsored schools.

*Mossy Creek became Jefferson City in 1901.