Date: 8-8-01
Cemetery: Renner Cemetery
Established: 1840?
Street: Loran Rd.
Type: Road-public
City: Mt Carroll Illinois 7 miles
Township: Freedom
County: Carroll
State: Illinois
Nation: USA
Zip: 61053
Nearby: Highway 78 then State St.
Location: Rural-agricultural
Land: Flat
Watersource: No
Features: trees, wild vegetation
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Gravestones: 15 +
Oldest: 1856
Newest: 1942
Unmarked: Unsure
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Yes
Removed:
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: Yes
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Seasonal problem
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: Planning stages
Owner: Township
Use: Dumping
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: Freedom Township Trustee
Other Information
This cemetery has been in my family for many
years. About 20 years ago my grandfather attempted to restore a few
headstones and erected a large RENNER headstone. Since then the people
that have lived on the farm next to the cemetery have used it for a junk
yard for autos, old sport equipment. They have let the vegetation grow
over all of the stones as well as trees that have fallen down and
toppled the stones. They have made no attempt to remove fallen trees.
They also had a burning barrel for garbage located in the cemetery.
Support
Freedom Township Trustee Mount Carroll, Illinois
61053
Submitted by:
name: Jean Hayes
Email: sisehayes@hotmail.com
