Date: March 21, 2001
Cemetery: Corbin Cemetery
Established: unknown
Street: US Highway 150 E
City: Dahinda
Township: Truro Township
County: Knox County
State: Illinois
Nation: United States
Zip: 61428
Nearby: Spoon River/Trenton Cemetery
Reached by: Public road
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Closed
Surrounded by: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Unsure
Markers:
Gravestones: 2 or 3
Broken gravestones: No
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave:
Newest grave:
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Disturbing gravestones
Vegetation: Damaging gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Moss
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Drainage: Seasonal problem
Problem: Restricted access
Work Status: Planning stages
Owner: Private individual
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Smaller
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: fellow cemetery maintainers/workers
Other information
This is a VERY small cemetery of a wealthy black man and his family
who were not allowed into the town's other cemeteries. He and his
family are marked by stones on the top of a hill next to the highway.
There is no access to the gravesite that I know of because of erosion
and vegetation, but I thought it might be worth my time to aid in
efforts to restore it.
Submitted By:
name:
Andrew Collopy
Email: fritzy_83@ragingbull.com
