Originally the cemetery belonged to Mount Moriah Methodist Church. The church was active from 1845 to 1967 and the cemetery is estimated to contain around 350 graves, at least 25 of whom are our KIDD kinfolk who descend from Lewis & Sarah Kidd.

ABOVE: Ken Cornett is shown working to dig an entire family memorial out from under years of overgrowth and soil.
In the background can be seen the thick tree and brush growth typical of the condition of much of the cemetery as Ken Cornett found it before restoration began. In the right foreground of the picture stones that were broken and displaced can be seen.

In Honor of Mr. Ken Cornett, Blount County

Historian and Faithful Keeper of Mount

Moriah Cemetery from 2004 to 2022.

At right: The many hours of hard work pay off as can be seen in the photo. Again, in the background, is evidence of the heavy overgrowth that still remained to be cleared and additional graves uncovered.

Above, below and at right pictures show the extent of cleanup work that had to be done. Stumps and brushpiles clearly show how badly overgrown the cemetery had become. The pictures at right and below show broken memorials with pieces scattered beside them.

Above and at right, Ken Cornett was instrumental in receiving and placing military headstones (cenotaphs) in Mt Moriah Cemetery for three KIDDs who served in the Civil War whose bodies were never found.
(See KIDD Civil War Soldiers)

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THANK YOU, KEN CORNETT

We the descendants of all the KIDDs buried at Mount Moriah, owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Ken Cornett, the Blount County Historical Society, and to all who volunteered their time and labor to help return it to the revered, honored memorial it should be for our loved ones and kinfolk who have gone before us.