Cemetery: Crockett
Other:
Sign: Yes
Street: Higdon Rd.
City: Holly Springs (about 2 miles East)
Township: Holly Springs
County: Marshall Co.
State: Mississippi
Nation: United States
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Directions: Rt. 4, Higdon Rd (about 1/4 of a mile in woods)
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: Brick vault graves caved into ground with huge dead cedar trees collasped across graves.
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: Locks
Established: 1850
Gravestones: 25
Oldest:
Newest: 1870
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Other
Restoration: No
Association: Yes
Records: Yes
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: Yes
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Yes
Granite: No
Marble: No
Native: No
Slate: No
Others: No
Wood: No
Materials: Yes
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: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: Unknown
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA1: Gravestones-Overturned
VA2: Gravestones-Broken
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1: Problem-Access
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss: Yes
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Problem-Constant
Problem1: Encroachment
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Unknown
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Same
Reason: Roads
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: No
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: All Crockett descendants who express the same concern regarding this cemetery.

Surnames:

Bond, Crockett, Massey

Other_Information:

A write-up including pictures can be found in the Archives of the Holly Springs South Reporter by Linda Jones published in June 2000. The title " Mysterious graves pose many unanwered questions." I have a copy in my possession. Due to diligent research and the use of GNIS maps I located this family cemetery of our Crockett ancestors. Land adjacent to the cemetery is being sold for housing. For sale signs are very predominant. It is a major concern due to the condition of the graves it will be sold for such use.

Support:

The only contacts I have made regarding this cemetery were the county tax personel who gave me the information of the present owners. I have contacted the owners.

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Name: LouVella Zellner
Email: l_ouzell@mindspring.com
Date: April 25, 2003