Ole Tom's Grave

This little inset in our rail fence is the marker of the grave of Thomas Atkerson and his child. As the story was told by my grandmother, Eula McCoy, Tom and his child died of a fever. His wife sold the land to Theodore McCoy for a horse and saddle in the early 1850's. They buried the two next to the house place. We have found evidence of the house beside the grave. His wife then took the horse and left never to return.

We have never been able to verify this story, however, there definitely is a grave, and we preserved the site in respect of "Ole Tom". The hill on which our house is located has always been called "The Tom Hill".