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Smith Family Cemetery
Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky

Cemetery: Smith Family Cemetery
Other: Smith Graveyard
Sign: No
Street: Legg Farm Road
City: Columbia
Township: Milltown
County: Adair
State: Kentucky
Nation: US
Zip: 42129
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: Take 61 north from Columbia, left at #768 Milltown Rd.,left at Milltown Church Rd., and final left at Wayne Legg Farm Rd., located across Butler's Fork Creek directly behind the field adjacent to the corral and barn.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: Yes
Features: Lots of trees
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Established: 1869
Gravestones: 40
Oldest: 1875
Newest: 40's
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: Yes
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Unsure
Availability: Only family research and death records
Landscaping: Yes
Paths: Yes
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: Yes
Fencing: Yes
Brickwork: Yes
Ironwork: Yes
Sculpture: Yes
Fountains: Yes
Roads: Yes
Buildings: Yes
Cement: Yes
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: Yes
Wood: Yes
Materials: Yes
Architectural: Yes
Angels: Yes
Draperies: Yes
Fraternal: Yes
Hands: Yes
Lambs: Yes
Monograms: Yes
Plants: Yes
Photos: Yes
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork: Yes
Urns: Yes
Carvings: Yes
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA1: Gravestones-Overturned
VA2: Gravestones-Broken
VA3: Gravestones-Stolen
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4:
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2:
Owner: Private
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Unknown
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: No
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: Kentucky Historical Society

Surnames:

Burris, Butler, Goff, Lane, Poff, Smith, Spradling, Wilson

Other_Information:

Some of the graves are in danger of slipping into the creek because of ground errosion. There is one civil war soldier burried there and at least two WWI soldiers. I have a complete list of all who are known to be buried there and am willing to submit it to you.

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Name: Marilyn M Fair
Email: mfair@kc.rr.com
Date: 18/Feb./2004



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