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Old Salem Cemetery 
Kosciusko, Attalla County, Mississippi


Date: March 11,2001

Cemetery: Old Salem Church Cemetery
Established: 1875 app
Street: Dossville Road
City: Kosciusko
Township:
County: Attalla
State: Mississippi
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: Negro Baptist Church
Reached by: Crossing private property
Location: Rural mixed
Land: Hillside
Water: Yes
Sign: Yes
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Surrounded by: Broken fence
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: 8 app
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: unknown
Newest grave: 1899
Records: Yes
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Access problem
Vegetation: Disturbing-graves
Vegetation: Disturbing gravestones
Vegetation: Damaging gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Moss
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Drainage: Constant problem
Problem20: Encroachment
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Private individual
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: Turnage family members, MS Tombstone Project, MS County information-Bruce Reeves

Submitted By:
name:
Herny Schlatre
Email: Schaltre@juno.com


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