Date: March
21, 2001
Cemetery: Etherly/Smith Cemetery
Established: unknown
Street: Truro Turn Rd.
City: Victoria
Township: Victoria Township
County: Knox County
State: Illinois
Nation: United States
Zip: 61485
Nearby: Oak Run Residential Community/ Little
John Conservation Camp
Reached by: Crossing property-private
Location: Rural-mixed
Land:
Water:
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Permission required
Surrounded by:
Gate:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones:
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems:
Pollution problems:
Oldest grave:
Newest grave:
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Damaging gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Moss
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Problem: Restricted access
Work Status: The current status of this
cemetery is:
Owner: Private individual
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: township board
Other information
I'm only 18 and I
haven't yet been able to set foot inside the cemetery
but I have cleaned and restored others in the area and
have heard stories from older adults who have been
there at one time. This cemetery is continuously on my
mind though because I'd like to at least have the
chance to restore it. It bothers me that there are
people buried there that my generation probably never
knew existed.
Submitted By:
name: Andrew Collopy
Email: fritzy_83@ragingbull.com
