Date: July
15, 2001
Cemetery: Black Family Cemetery
Established: unknown
Street: Duncan Swindle Road
Type: Road-public
City: Commerce
Township:
County: Madison
State: GA
Nation: US
Zip: 30530
Nearby: GA State Hwy 98 and Duncan Swindle Road
Location: Rural-mixed
Land: Flat
Watersource: No
Features: Trees
Sign: Yes
Land Type: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence
Gate: Locks
Status: Abandoned
Size:
Gravestones: 50
Oldest: 1840
Newest: 1910
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Association: Unsure
Records: No
Inventory: No
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: The current status of this cemetery is:
Owner: Unknown
Use:
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: Library research and Madison County Heritage
Foundation records indicate NO information of cemetery is available.
Other Information
The Black Family Cemetery is located on Duncan
Swindle Road near Ila, GA. From Interstate 85 and Hwy 441, travel south
on Hwy 441 6.5 miles. Turn East on Hwy 98 toward Ila, GA. Travel 6 miles
and turn South on Duncan Swindle road. The Cemetery is located about .75
miles on the West side of the road and sets about 175 feet from the
road. This cemetery is not listed in GDIS Survey maps, it is listed on
Madison County, GA map.
Support
Albert L. Stone, Jr., President Madison County
Heritage Foundation P.O. Box 74 Danielsville, GA 30633
Submitted by:
name: Robert Donaldson
Email: bob_donaldson@worldnet.att.net
