Cemetery: Fowler
Other:
Sign: No
Street: 2270 Zoar Road
City: Chatham, about 10 miles east and south of Chatham off hwy
34
Township:
County: Jackson
State: Louisiana
Nation: United States
Zip: 71226
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: cemetery is located on property of Lynn Faulk. From
Chatham, travel west on hwy 34 towards Winnfield. Go about 6 miles and
turn left onto Zoar Road. Go about 5 miles, go past Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church and you will see brick house on right just past church.
This is David Faulk, father of Lynn Faulk. The cemetery is located on an
pipeline next to house of David and Lynn Faulk, on the right hand side
of the road. There is presently one marker, but, many graves unmarked.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural-woods
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: located next to a gas pipeline, there is much
underbrush and small trees
Land Type: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: mid 1800's
Gravestones: 8-10 remembered, presently only 1 marker
Oldest: 1840-1850
Newest: unknown
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: Yes
Methods: Other
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Records location:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Yes
Granite: Yes
Marble: Unsure
Native Stone: Unsure
Slate: Unsure
Other Stone: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Other Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Owner: Private
Use:
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: No
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: I have not contacted anyone.
Needs
The cemetery needs infrared imaging to determine the location of all
the missing graves. The trees have shed leaves and there is presently
mulch over the graves, making their location unable to be determined any
longer. There is one existing marker present, grave of Mary Fowler, died
age 19. A fence needs to be put up and underbrush cleared from cemetery
and a path provided to the cemetery. There are headstones buried beneath
the underbrush and fallen leaves and these need to be found and restored
or replaced.
Other Information
Whenever I was a child in the mid 1960's, a gas pipeline came
through, just across the road from my childhood home. It ran into the
cemetery and this pipeline company restored the cemetery, placed a fence
around the graves and I remember there being at least 4 markers and also
several unmarked graves. From memory, I recall there being a Reverend
Fowler, possibly James, around age 56 and also a 19 year old female,
Mary Fowler. The dates were mid 1800's. The gas pipeline is still there
in operation and maybe one could locate or contact the gas company and
enquire about the records they may have for the cemetery restoration.
There were some markings on the headstones, but, I can not recall what
they were.
Support
I do not know anyone else to contact about the cemetery.
Submitted by:
name: Penny Myers
Email: pmyers@bayou.com
Date: December 23, 2001
