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Mt. Vernon (Smith, Morris Chapel) Cemetery
Concord, 16, Morgan County

Cemetery:       Mt Vernon Cemetery
Other:          Smith Cemetery , Morris Chapel Cemetery
Sign:           No
Street:         Jct Seed Farm Road and Triopia Literberry Road
City:           Concord
Township:       16
County:         Morgan
State:          IL
Nation:         United States
Zip:            62631
lat_ns:         S
lat_h:         
lat_mmss:      
long_ew:        W
long_h:        
long_mmss:     
Status:         Abandoned
Size:           Small
Directions:     1.3 miles East of Triopia High School
Type:           Road-public
Location:       Rural
Terrain:        Level
Watersource:    No
Features:      
Property:       Private
Access:         Open
Enclosure:      None
Gate:           None
Established:    1860
Gravestones:    70
Oldest:         1847
Newest:         1938
Removed:        Unknown
Relocated:      No
Repairs:        No
Methods:        Adhesives
Restoration:    Yes
Association:    No
Records:        Yes
Inventory:      Yes
Availability:  
Landscaping:    No
Paths:          No
Trees:          Yes4
Crypts:         No
Fencing:        Yes
Brickwork:      Yes
Ironwork:       Yes
Sculpture:      Yes
Fountains:      No
Roads:          No
Buildings:      No
Cement:         Yes
Granite:        Yes
Marble:         Yes
Native:         Yes
Slate:          Yes
Others:         Yes
Wood:           No
Materials:      No
Architectural:  Unsure
Angels:         Unsure
Draperies:      Unsure
Fraternal:      Unsure
Hands:          Yes
Lambs:          Unsure
Monograms:      Yes
Plants:         No
Photos:         Unsure
Religious:      Unsure
Scrollwork:     Unsure
Urns:           Yes
Carvings:       Unsure
Condition:      Cemetery neglected
Unmarked:       Yes
Broken:         Yes
Toppled:        Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried:         Yes
Weather:        Yes
Pollution:      No
Vandalized:     No
Report:         Yes
VA1:           
VA2:           
VA3:           
VA4:           
VA5:           
Overgrowth:    
Overgrowth1:   
Overgrowth2:   
Overgrowth3:   
Overgrowth4:    Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover:    Yes
Moss:          
Vines:          Yes
Drainage:       Good
Problem1:      
Problem2:      
Owner:          Cemetery
Use:            Agricultural
Bordering:      Agricultural
Change:         Same
Reason:         Roads
Visited:        Occasionally
Archeology:     No
Habitat:        No
Contacted:     

Surnames:

Ater, Braner, Bridgman, Daub, Decker, Dyer, Goodpasture, Laughary, Lemm, Long, Loughary, Mallicoat,
Mclin, Ore, Potter, Remington, Richardson, Sewalts, Smith, Thomason, Wilson

Other_Information:

We are in the process of cledaning and restoring this cemetery.

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Name:           Pam Gaines
Email:          p_amela.gaines@gmail.com
Date:           04/24/2005



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