Briceville in Anderson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Miners' Circle Cemetery

Photographed by Tom Bosse, March 4, 2017

1. Miners' Circle Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Thirty-one of the 84 miners who perished in the December 9, 1911 explosion of the Cross Mountain Mine are buried in concentric circles around a monument beside Circle Cemetery Road. The arrangement of headstones may be rooted in the Welsh ancestry of early miners to the area and the stone circle monuments in their native land.

The Cross Mountain miners lived and worked together as equals and remain so in death. Their headstones say they are "gone but not forgotten", claims which are validated by listing of the site on the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected by Coal Creek Watershed Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 9, 1911.

Location. 36° 10.3′ N, 84° 11.267′ W. Marker is in Briceville, Tennessee, in Anderson County. It is at the intersection of Briceville Highway (Tennessee Route 116) and ircle Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Briceville Highway. Marker is located in front of Laurel Branch Missionary Baptist Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 255 Circle Cemetery Road, Briceville TN 37710, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee and in Greater Knoxville. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Welsh in Coal Creek (approx. half a mile away); "The Coal Creek War" (approx. half a mile away); Legacy of Condy Harmon (approx. half a mile away); Cross Mountain Disaster (approx. half a mile away); Briceville Church (approx. half a mile away); Fraterville Disaster (approx. 2.6 miles away); Itinerant Miners' Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away); Village of Brothers (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Briceville.

Also see . . .
1. Cross Mountain Mine Disaster and Rescue. (Submitted on April 1, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)
2. For One More Breath: The Fraterville Mine Disaster. (Submitted on April 4, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, March 4, 2017

2. Miners' Circle Cemetery Marker

Miners' Circle Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, March 4, 2017

3. Miners' Circle Cemetery

Photographed by Tom Bosse, March 4, 2017

4. Miners' Circle Cemetery

Photographed by Tom Bosse, March 4, 2017

5. Miners' Circle Cemetery

Photographed by Tom Bosse, March 4, 2017

6. Miners' Circle Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,236 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 1, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.