The Salem Primitive Baptist Cemetery is located behind the Olive Branch Methodist Church Cemetery in Eaton/Hickory Grove Tennessee. The two churches stood close together at one point, but the Salem Church was destroyed. When looking for your relatives in the African American Cemetery part at Olive Branch Church on the Trenton Eaton Road, walk through the white cemetery until you see remnants of a fence. The two churches had arranged a location for burial of African Americans to the rear. So it appears as one large cemetery. It's two cemeteries. Note heavy erosion has harmed part of the cemetery and there are perhaps 50 unknown burials due to evidence in trenches. The site was not probed for buried tombstones but should be. The site is on the south side of the Trenton Eaton Road about half way between Hickory Grove and Eaton. It is highly likely this cemetery was started by the McLin/McLinn family who were enslaved on the Harwood place, less than one mile east of Olive Branch. A few of Godfrey McLin's children are buried in the Salem Primitive Baptist Cemetery

Name: Ben Easley
Birth Date: abt 1845
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 73
Death Date: 31 Jan 1918
Death Place: Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee
Burial Date: 1 Feb 1918
Burial Place: 16th Dist, Gibson Co
Gender: Male
Race: Colored (Black)
FHL Film Number: 1299684

Name: Ben Easley
[Bell Easley]
Age: 54
Birth Date: Nov 1845
Birthplace: Tennessee, USA
Home in 1900: Civil District 6, Gibson, Tennessee
Sheet Number: 9
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 163
Family Number: 169
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Hannah Easley
Marriage Year: 1880
Years Married: 20
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Months Not Employed: 3
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Rent
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members Age Relationship
Ben Easley 54 Head
Hannah Easley 34 Wife
Jessie Easley 19 Son
Cornelius Easley 16 Son
Abraham Easley 15 Son
Harrison Easley 13 Son
Jo Ella Easley 10 Daughter
Ben Easley 8 Son
Laura J Easley 7 Daughter
Julia Easley 5 Daughter
Clinton Easley 2 Son
Robert Easley 3/12 Son

Burial relocated at Olive Branch Cemetery in the African American section in back.
Memorial number: 223511259
Contributor: John Welch (50753279)