Cemetery: Desha Slave
Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Cynthiana Elks Lodge Property, Oddville Pike
(U.S. 62 East)
City: Cynthiana
Township:
County: Harrison
State: KY
Nation: United States
Zip: 41031
Status: Inactive
Size: Small
Directions: Take U.S. 62 East to the Elks Lodge
approximately 2 miles from Cynthiana. Cemetery is located on
hill beyond the rear of Lodge building
Type: Road-private
Location: Rural-agricultural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: Walnut and Locust trees
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Wall-Broken
Gate: None
Established: 1829 or before
Gravestones: 25-40
Oldest: 1829 or before
Newest: between 1829 and 186
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: Yes
Association: Yes
Records: No
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: Unsure
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: No
Marble: Yes
Native: Yes
Slate: No
Others: Yes
Wood: No
Materials: No
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: No
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: No
Buried: Yes
Weather: No
Pollution: No
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Problem: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: No
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: Applied for a grant through the Kentucky
Historical Society in 2001.
Surnames
Desha, Pickett, Talbot
Other Information
The cemetery was in poor
condition and total disrepair. Some graves stones had been knocked
down and the position of the grave lost. The Harrison County Slave
Cemetery Preservation Society has cleaned and mown the area
recently bringing out what is left of the cemetery. The one white
child buried there is the grandson of Kentucky's past Governor
Joseph Desha. The child and a number of slaves buried there died
of cholera. There are graves within the walls and on the outside
of the walls. The only carved grave stone is the white child's
grave the rest are marked by field stone.
Support
Harrison County Slave Cemetery
Preservation Society Project Director: John A. Hicks, 242 North
Church Street, Cynthiana, KY 41031
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name: John A. Hicks
Email: t_ibhicks@kih.net
Date: 5/9/2002
