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Cemetery: Sandy Creek
Cemetery
Other: Williams
Cemetery
Sign: No
Street: Standing on the
Alvie Holmes Road boat ramp on Sandy Creek... facing across the creek
the old flowing well is somewhat to your right. Going on the two
trail road from it up the incline to where it levels off there will be
large old oak trees on your left. The cemetery was in and behind
those oak trees.
City:
Allanton
Township:
County: Bay
State: Florida
Nation: USA
Zip:
32404
lat_ns: N
lat_h: 30.
lat_mmss: 03.233
long_ew: W
long_h: 085
long_mmss: 22.899
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: Going West from Callaway, FL on Hwy
22 turn right (South) at the Gulf and Bay County Line onto a dirt road
known as the County Line Road. Go 1.7 miles, at the intersection
turn right (West) onto the dirt road known as the Panama Road. Go
1.7 miles. The cemetery location is on your right hand side
amongst and behind the old oak trees.
Type:
Road-private
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: Yes
Features: The cemetery was located
in and behind the old oak trees that are located at the top of the
incline coming up from Sandy Creek.
Property: Private
Access:
Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: ca 1900
Gravestones:
Oldest:
Newest:
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes3
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: No
Marble: No
Native: No
Slate: No
Others: No
Wood: No
Materials: No
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Unmarked: No
Broken: No
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: No
Buried: No
Weather: No
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
Gravestones-Stolen
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4:
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2:
Owner: Business
Use:
Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: Bay County, FL mailing list,
Florida Tombstone Project
Surnames:
Williams
Other_Information:
According to long time area residents this cemetery was destroyed late
1949/early 1950's when Alvie Holmes removed all the headstones and
supposedly dug a hole and buried them all in it. He then used the
land to plow and sow crops. All signs of the cemetery were
destroyed as a result.
Support:
Patricia Smith psmith@bak.rr.com
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Name:
Patricia Smith
Email: p_smith@bak.rr.com
Date:
August 4, 2006
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