Date: July 13,
2001
Cemetery: Old Muscogee Cemetery at Muscogee in Escambia City. Old
Gulf States lumber company cemetery originally.
Established: mid l800
Street: River Annex Rd. off Muscogee Rd. in Escambia City. On
Alabama-Florida line.
Type: Road-public
City: Cantonment, Fl. 10 miles
Township:
County: Escambia
State: Fl.
Nation: United States
Zip:
Nearby:
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: half overgrown scrub oak\half kept cut
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Gravestones: 100 +
Oldest: 1800's
Newest: 1998
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Yes
Removed: Yes
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Yes
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery vandalized
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
VA: Graves-Desecrated
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Dumping
Bordering: Woods
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Frequently
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: Escambia City. commission. NO HELP Need some
deputies checking on weekends.
Other Information
The cemetery is used every weekend for beer
parties and dope users. Campfires in the cemetery, beer cans, etc. Half
of the cemetery is kept because of local people having some relatives
there. Cemetery is in deplorable condition.
Support
Submitted by:
name: Jerry Stewart
Email: Hesaskip@aol.com
