Date: 24 Feb 2001
Cemetery: Radford Family Cemetery
Established: Unknown
Street: Papillion Way
City: Tallahassee
Township:
County: Leon
State: Florida
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: US 319, Thomasville Road and Papillion Way
Reached by: Public road
Location: Suburban developed
Land: Flat
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access:
Surrounded by: Broken fence
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: 3
Broken gravestones: No
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Unsure
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: approx Dec 24 1914
Newest grave: approx Mar 24 1934
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: No
Police report:
VA1: Overturned gravestones
Vegetation:
Vegetation: Access problem
Vegetation: Disturbing-graves
Vegetation: Disturbing gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Moss
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Residential
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: no one
Other information
This appears to be a family cemetery. There is a Radford Road north
of Papillion Way off of Thomasville Road (US 319). I believe the
surrounding land may have been the Radford farm or maybe a plantation.
This small cemetery is surrounded by The Ravines development, and it
is practically in one house's front yard.
There are only three marked graves, but there are two other
distinct graves without markers but having domed concrete grave
covers, and there appears to be another grave, however, that grave has
no cover, only what appears to be the remains of a cover - large
chunks of brick and concrete. The cemetery is in very poor condition
with only one small section of fence still standing. All four fence
corner posts remain in place. There is heavy growth, thorned vines and
poison ivy.
Submitted By:
name:
Kim DuPree
Email: duprees@earthlink.net
