Date: 7/23/01
Cemetery: Crooks Cemetery
Established: 1847
Street: Spencer Mountain north of Honey Creek on Route 183
Type: Road-public
City: Crescent
Township:
County: Pottawattamie
State: IA
Nation: US
Zip:
Nearby: Route 183 on Spencer's Mountain
Location: Suburban-developed
Land: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: Large Oak Tree's. Very steep hillside. On
Spencer's Mountain.
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Closed
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Gravestones: 25
Oldest: 1847
Newest: Unknown
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Residential
Bordering: Residential
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: No
Contacted:
Other Information
Known pioneers are buried in this cemetery.
Solomon Hancock b. 1793 d. 1847 is one of these. 3rd Cousin of John
Hancock the Patriot. One of two Captains of the Nauvoo Militia. Branch
President in Yelrome during the Mobbings and burnings prior to the
Mormon Exodus from Nauvoo.
Support
Ruth Daugherty - (402) 572-8235 Historian in the
area.
Submitted by:
name: Greg Hancock
Email: greg@bitmasters.com
