Cemetery: Barren's Cemetery
Other: St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
Sign: Yes
Street: Cemetery Road
City: just north of New Salisbury
Township: Franklin
County: Harrison
State: IN
Nation: USA
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: North of New Salisbury on S.R. 135, perhaps 2-3 miles, east on Cemetery Rd. less than 1 mi., on south (right) side
of road
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural-mixed
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: south side bordered by trees/woods
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: Natural
Gate: None
Established: after 1847
Gravestones: 40-50
Oldest: 1854
Newest: 1916
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: Unsure
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Stone: Yes
Draperies: Yes
Hands: Yes
Lambs: Yes
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork: Yes
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage:
Problem: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted:
Needs
This cemetery has a sign which indicates it has been allowed to return to its "natural" state of grasses and overgrowth as a
memorial to the pioneers, early settlers and native Americans who settled the area. It is completely overgrown, making it
almost impossible to locate the gravesites and headstones within. It is approximately 3/4 acre of deliberately
un maintained burial grounds. If action is not taken to reverse this intentional neglect, the gravesites will be completely overgrown and lost.
Other Information
At least 20 known ancestors of our family are buried in this cemetery. We have only recently become aware of its existence.
Many of the headstones are still in good condition, although some are broken and disintegrating. We fear their continued
deterioration and loss if the overgrowth is allowed to continue.
UPDATE: Additional updated information may be found at the
following link:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/barrenscem.html
This is a great example of what is actually
being done to save our nation's historic cemeteries.
Support
Submitted by:
name: Larry Stuart
Email: lstuartdsn@aol.com
