Date: 03/06/01
Cemetery: Liberty Hill Cemetery
Established:
Street: Adjacent to Louisville, across from Boyd Chapel
City: Sturgis
Township: Sturgis
County: Oktibbeha
State: Mississippi
Nation: USA
Zip: 39769
Nearby: unsure
Reached by: Crossing private property
Location: Rural woods
Land: Hillside
Water:
Sign:
Land Type: Private
Access:
Surrounded by:
Gate:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: apx 50-100
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Yes
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: apx 1850
Newest grave: apx 1940
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location: Requested that Oktibbeha Genealogical and
Historical Society inventory it
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA1: Overturned gravestones
VA2: Broken gravestones
Vegetation: Access problem
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Work Status: Planning stages
Owner: Private individual
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: Oktibbeha Genealogical and Historical
Society
Other information
I am planning a trip in Spring of 2001 to visit the cemetery and to
try to find some organization (possibly Boyd Chapel Methodist which
was formerly Liberty Hill Church) to sponsor it.
Support Contacts
Submitted By:
name:
Raquel Thiebes
Email: thiebes@wnonline.net
