Tombstone Inscriptions from Black CemeteriesCompiled by Jonathan
Kennon Thompson Smith in Henderson County, Tennessee Copyright,
Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1995 Located in west-central Henderson
County about 3 miles south of the juncture of Highway 20 with
Sand Ridge Road. Situated about .5 mile behind a brick house on
the east side of Sand Ridge Road. Formerly the location of the
white Hepzibah Missionary Baptist Church and burial ground, one
of the oldest cemeteries in the county. A major local road once
passed this cemetery. Blacks with ties to this area and with
some of the white settlers buried here. The cemetery is
overgrown with vines and other vegetation so that it would be
difficult to point out the blacks' graves as they are unmarked
by tombstones but it is likely that their graves are located on
the southeast side of this fenced-in cemetery. The name,
Hepzibah, was often pronounced by black and white alike as
"Epseby." Some death certificates indicate the following black
persons are buried here. HENRY D