Date: Aug.
21, 2001
Cemetery: Lewis Cemetery
Established: May 1862
Street: Located by Burt Jordan' s Store in Franklin County, MS
Type: Road-public
City: McCall Creek
Township:
County: Franklin
State: Mississippi
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby:
Location: Rural-mixed
Land: Flat
Watersource: No
Features: Trees
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Gravestones: 10
Oldest: 1800's
Newest: Jan. 31, 1904
Unmarked: Unsure
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery poorly maintained
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Woods
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: Unknown
Contacted: No one
Other Information
Elisha Van Buren Lewis, my great grandfather and
his wife are buried there. He was in the Civil War. His tombstone is a
tall "Mason" tombstone.
Support
Supervisor of Franklin County or perhaps the
Masons.
Submitted by:
name: Verna Wooten Bryant
Email: mkbryant@bkbank.com
