Cemetery: Mount
Horeb Graveyard
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Norcross Farms, From Corinth, Ms take Hwy 72 W for abt.16
miles, turn right onto Alcorn Co Rd 747, then turn right onto Alcorn Co
Rd 770, go 3.7 miles. Norcross Farms gate is to the right of the white
house (residence of Mrs. Liela Roland), the gravesites are abt. 100
yards from the road, close to the MS / TN state border
City: Walnut
Township: Used to be the "Lookout Community"
County: Alcorn County
State: Mississippi
Nation: United States
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: From Corinth Ms. Take Hwy 72 W for abt. 16 miles,
turn right onto Alcorn Co.Rd. 747, go .25 mile to Alcorn Co.Rd.770,turn
right ,go 3.7 miles,the white house on the right (residence of Mrs.Leila
Roland), to the right of the house is a field gate, Posted "
Norcross Farms" the graveyard is about 100 yards from the road, and
abt 60 yards from the gate, in a small area with several large trees,
,
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural-mixed
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: tree's, tall weeds, there is a pieces of what looks
like a chimney, or maybe even a pile of stones, that may have been
cemented as a marker long ago
Land Type: Private
Access: Inaccessible
Enclosure: Natural
Gate: None
Established: Unknown
Gravestones: none, only 1 pile of stones, but grave area's are
sunken
Oldest: Known, possibly around 1870 to 1880
Newest: Unknown
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: Unsure
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Unsure
Records location: Alcorn County Mississippi Cemetery Book, Alcorn
Co. Museum
Landscaping: No
Paths: Unsure
Trees: Unsure
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: Unsure
Cement: Yes
Granite: Unsure
Marble: Unsure
Native Stone: Unsure
Slate: No
Other Stone: Unsure
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
Other Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: No
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: No
Buried: Unsure
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: Unknown
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Owner: Private
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason: Parking
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: No
Habitat: No
Contacted: none
Needs
Some Archeology/survey should be done to
preserve this graveyard, to locate the exact dimensions of this site so
that OUR family can put up some sort of marker and or fence around it so
that it will no longer be destroyed by the livestock on the property,
and also there should be access to the site, a right of way, ( which our
family would pay for if necessary) So that our family members present
and future will be able follow our family history. We want to preserve
our family roots!!!
Other Information
The land owner is not very cooperative with us.
Known to be buried here: Mullins, John Born ca. 1798 Virginia, living in
1870 Wife and other family members are buried here, also some slaves.
Support
Submitted by:
name: Matt and Darlene (Mullins) Geyer
Email: darlene_tn@yahoo.com
Date: 23 September 2001
