Date: April 25, 2001
Cemetery: Rodney Cemetery
Established: 1800
Street:
City: 6 miles outside of Lorman Mississippi at the Old Rodney
Town sight
Township:
County: Jefferson
State: Mississippi
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: Behind a restored antebellum Presbyterian church with a placard
from the national register of historic places.
Reached by: Crossing property-private
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Features: forest has grown completely out of control. Land
erosion is beginning to wear away the hillside.
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: Non-locking
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: 50+
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: approximately 1800
Newest grave: 1950's
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Religous
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Other Information
The town of Rodney itself ceased to exist some time ago. Long ago it
was a large town and the cemetery is quite extensive. It can be located
from Lorman, MS through following old farming roads towards the
Mississippi river (which has since changed course).
Support
Mississippi Department of Archives and History Colonial Dames
Daughters of the Confederacy
Submitted By:
name: Christopher Walters
Email: waltecm@millsaps.edu
