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	Wright Cemetery Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois

Date: May 5, 2001

Cemetery: Wright Cemetery
Established: 1820 (earliest burial
Street: It is in a woods on Dirt Trail in Montgomery County, IL
City: Fillmore
Township: South Fillmore Township
County: Montgomery
State: IL
Nation: USA
Zip: 62017
Nearby: Indian Springs Golf Course Accessible by walking through woods also from Dirt Trail & Oak Trail Intersection. Would have to have someone who knows where it is to find it.
Reached by: Crossing property-private
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Features: trees
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Closed
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: 40
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1820
Newest grave: 1875
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Private
Use:
Bordering: Recreational
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: No One
Other Information

Gravestones are in relatively good shape considering the age. Some are broken. Only a few people know the cemetery exists.

Support

Chris Daniels Montgomery County Courthouse Hillsboro, Illinois 62049

Submitted by:
name: Anna Marie Nobbe
Email: beetaz@madisontelco.com

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