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Date: February 19, 2001

Cemetery: Surveyed as "Alexander" Cemetery in 1965 by St.Amand.  Also known as "Langley"  Cemetery and as "Pilgreen" Cemetery
Established: abt 1850
Street: Cemetery located on State Road 1529 east of Greenville, NC and within 2 miles of Pactolus, NC
City: Pactolus
Township: Pactolus
County: Pitt County 
State: North Carolina
Nation: USA
Zip: 27834
Nearby: State Rd 1529 and Hwy US 264
Reached by: Public road
Location: Rural mixed
Land: Flat
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Surrounded by: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers: None
Gravestones: 13
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Yes
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: abt 1850
Newest grave: 1940
Records: Yes
Inventory: No
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery destroyed
Vandalized: No
Police report: Yes
Overturned gravestones
Broken gravestones
Graves desecrated
Vegetation: None
Drainage: Good
Other Problem's
Apathy
Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: County
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Smaller
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Occasionally
Previous contacts: Have previously contacted Pitt Co. Law enforcement.  They were going to make further contacts but have not to my knowledge
B1: Submit
Remote User:
Date: Monday, February 19, 2001

Other information

This cemetery plot has been completely destroyed by plowing over process. With the exception of a few broken stones, no signs of original cemetery exist.

Submitted By:
name: Nancy L. Pittman
Email: hepitt@earthlink.net


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