Date: March 3,
2001
Cemetery: Land Cemetery
Established: Early to middle 1800
Street: County Rd. 325E Woodward Property on the East Side
City: Carlisle, IN 2 - 5 miles
Township: Haddon
County: Sullivan
State: Indiana
Nation: United States
Zip:
Nearby: County Rd. 700 S. and 325 E.
Reached by: Public road
Location: Rural agricultural
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Surrounded by: Broken fence
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: 7
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1800's
Newest grave:
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Sullivan County Court House has some records.
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Disturbing gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Moss
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: This cemetery has been cleared and a new fence is
being erected. All this work has been done by Land Family descendents
with special thanks to Robert and Hosea Land who without their financial
help this project would not have been completed as soon and surely not
as complete as it will be.
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Unknown
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Unknown
Previous contacts: No one. We just found it today and I found
your site. I just couldn't wait.
Other information
I would never know it was even there if I passed
it 10 times a day, if I hadn't been doing my family tree and found out
about it on the internet. It just looks like a small wooded area. We
have looked for it for three days. The directions we were given were
slightly wrong. It is right beside the road. You have to park on the
road. It really just made me sick at my stomach to know that the first
Land's that came to this area are in a place like this! It really
surprised me, because the other small family plots we've found have been
better taken care of. The trees and under growth have taken over. There
are a few markers still ledgeable. The wife of the first Land's marker
is broken but still ledgeable. And, there are about 3 or 4 others
ledgeable. There is one that says 59th infantry. I am very sure that
there are some covered by sod and weeds and trees.
Update - Contacts - Haddon Township Trustee -
Marcia Early - Town Hall - Carlisle, IN 47838 Also - Indiana
Speaker of The House - John Gregg John's email address may be found at
www.ai.org/legislature/homepages/H45 - I did contact the Haddon Township
Trustee today and she told me that she only had to (mow) the ones on her
list and that it included only 18 cemeteries. We accquired a map of
Sullivan County today with all the cemeteries listed and there are (by
my count) 47 in her township! She also proceeded to tell me that she
knew of one that was abandoned and that there were probably lots more
that were. And, then told me that I should do what ever I have to do. I
told her that I already had. She wasn't very friendly. Please help!
Submitted By:
name: Brenda Land - Skipper
Email: brendas@northknox.net
