Date: July 19,
2001
Cemetery: Sanders/Kersey Cemetery
Established: mid-1800's
Street: Nearest road: Hwy 728; There is a lumber yard dirt
road down to the cemetery now.
Type: Road-public
City: Mammoth Cave, KY
Township: Lincoln District
County: Edmonson County
State: KY
Nation: USA
Zip: 42259
Nearby: Bylew Hollow, Hwy 728
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Hillside
Watersource: Yes
Features: trees, fallen trees, lumber yard next door
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Gravestones: over 40
Oldest: mid-1800's
Newest: abt. 1940's
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Commercial
Bordering: Industrial
Change: Smaller
Reason: Industrial
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Contacted: Local historian, Local residents, genealogy list for
area, one descendant; Owner is aware.
Other Information
This cemetery was basically undisturbed until
recently. Now there is a lumberyard next door. Since then, large trees
have toppled over into the cemetery, breaking what few stones remain.
Support
Laura Day-Roth, M.A. gandalf@wko.com 305 West
Main Street, Providence, KY 42450 Willis Day (270)286-4332 4620 Nolin
Dam Road, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 Forest Jaggers (270)286-4944 Nolin Dam
Road, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259
Submitted by:
name: Laura Day-Roth
Email: gandalf@wko.com
