Cathers Cemetery in Atlanta, Kentucky

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Coordinates: 37.22924, -84.05327
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Directions: From Daniel Boone Parkway, turn onto KY 30 and drive approximately 7.1 miles; turn left onto a private lane labeled "Black Cem" and go 0.2 mile up the hill through pasture.

Description: Cathers/ Black Cemetery contains some of the oldest unmarked burials in Laurel County. The area developed as a pioneer settlement near Boone Trace which passed nearby. The cemetery is considered to be a pioneer cemetery containing the graves of some of the earliest settlers of Northeast Laurel County. Actually two different cemeteries, the Black family section has a fence around 7 graves. Among the burials in the Cathers section are said to be 4 to 5 graves of slaves that belonged to the Cathers family. There are as many as 20 unmarked graves in the Cathers section outside of the fence.